Rarest mammal species in captivity?
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If following this paper
PLOS ONE: The Sixth Rhino: A Taxonomic Re-Assessment of the Critically Endangered Northern White Rhinoceros
it's the Northern White Rhino.
Otherwise: Sumatran Rhino, Asiatic cheetah, Iberian lynx, Arabian leopard, Amoy tiger, Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, Volcano rabbit, Red wolf, Roloway monkey, Greater bamboo lemur, Hawaiian monk seal...
PLOS ONE: The Sixth Rhino: A Taxonomic Re-Assessment of the Critically Endangered Northern White Rhinoceros
it's the Northern White Rhino.
Otherwise: Sumatran Rhino, Asiatic cheetah, Iberian lynx, Arabian leopard, Amoy tiger, Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, Volcano rabbit, Red wolf, Roloway monkey, Greater bamboo lemur, Hawaiian monk seal...
I'd agree; if there are any captive mammal taxa rarer than the Northern White Rhino I would be dumbstruck.
Considering there are something like 2,500 Mountain Nyala alive, and 7 Northern White Rhino alive, I think your skills at counting have reached a new low 
Has anymore been heard of the three wild Northerns reportedly found living in Sudan? Or are they included in this total? (probably not?)
Have not heard any such reports myself; the total of 7 pertains to the four reintroduced animals, the two at San Diego and the single individual at Dvur.
IanRRobinson
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It would have needed the co-operation of government officials in the DRC, which wasn't forthcoming, but Northern White Rhino's last chance was when efforts were made to get animals out of Garamba in the mid 1990s.
Sad. The animals that went to London in 1955 were exported at a time when the authorities were concerned about overstocking in Uganda's West Nile province.
Sad. The animals that went to London in 1955 were exported at a time when the authorities were concerned about overstocking in Uganda's West Nile province.
Considering there are something like 2,500 Mountain Nyala alive, and 7 Northern White Rhino alive, I think your skills at counting have reached a new low
I took your comment - if there are any captive mammal taxa ' to mean numbers in captivity,m excluding the wild.. I can count perfectly well thank you. I saw 3 bongos on my last visit to Chester.
I haven't yet made an attempt to count mountain nyala in the wild.
Hehe, Shirokuma's initial query was for global populations I believe
Maybe one day you *will* have the chance to count mountain nyala in the wild!
Maybe one day you *will* have the chance to count mountain nyala in the wild!
How about "PURSAT" the male hairy-nosed otter (Lutra Sumatrana), kept at Phnom Tamao Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Centre.
Meet Pursat: The World's Only Rescued Hairy-Nosed Otter - Wildlife Alliance
Meet Pursat: The World's Only Rescued Hairy-Nosed Otter - Wildlife Alliance
'Very Wonderful, Very Rare' (see [ame=http://www.amazon.com/Very-Wonderful-Rare-Endangered-Wildlife/dp/1445122979]Very Wonderful, Very Rare - Saving the Most Endangered Wildlife on Earth (One Shot): Jonathan Bailey, Marilyn Bailey, Ellen Butcher: 9781445122977: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]) is a new book for children, but has features on some little known endangered mammals, including the greater bamboo lemur, pygmy three-toed sloth, saola and northern muriqui.
It also has a list of the world's most threatened species of plants and animals.
The mammals are as follows: Attenborough's echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), Boni giant sengi (Rhynchocyon spp.), pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus), greater bamboo lemur (Prolemus simus), silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus), northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), Roloway guenon (Cercopithecus roloway), Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus), Santa Catarina's guinea pig (Cavia intermedia), Okinawa spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki), Nelson's small-eared shrew (Cryptotis nelsoni), Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae), Seychells sheath-tailed bat (Coleura seychellensis), Cuban greater funnel-eared bat (Natalus primus), Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durrelli), Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), vaquita (Phocoena sinus), saola (Pseudoryx nghetinensis), hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Of these, I have seen captive greater bamboo lemurs (Cologne and Paris), Sumatran rhinos (New York Bronx, Los Angeles, Port Lympne) and possibly a Roloway monkey (when it may have been classified as a Diana monkey). Are any of the other species currently in captivity? I read about a captive saola a few years ago.
It also has a list of the world's most threatened species of plants and animals.
The mammals are as follows: Attenborough's echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), Boni giant sengi (Rhynchocyon spp.), pygmy three-toed sloth (Bradypus pygmaeus), greater bamboo lemur (Prolemus simus), silky sifaka (Propithecus candidus), northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus), Roloway guenon (Cercopithecus roloway), Tonkin snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus avunculus), Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus), Santa Catarina's guinea pig (Cavia intermedia), Okinawa spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki), Nelson's small-eared shrew (Cryptotis nelsoni), Bulmer's fruit bat (Aproteles bulmerae), Seychells sheath-tailed bat (Coleura seychellensis), Cuban greater funnel-eared bat (Natalus primus), Durrell's vontsira (Salanoia durrelli), Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus), vaquita (Phocoena sinus), saola (Pseudoryx nghetinensis), hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
Of these, I have seen captive greater bamboo lemurs (Cologne and Paris), Sumatran rhinos (New York Bronx, Los Angeles, Port Lympne) and possibly a Roloway monkey (when it may have been classified as a Diana monkey). Are any of the other species currently in captivity? I read about a captive saola a few years ago.
After the aforementioned Northern White Rhino, I think the next overall rarest mammal I've seen captive is this: http://www.zoochat.com/1777/cat-ba-langur-eprc-cuc-phuong-268848/
According to the latest IUCN update there are 64 in the wild (Trachypithecus poliocephalus (Cat Ba Langur, Golden-headed Langur, White-headed Langur)) (although this also mentions there are no T. (p.) leucocephalus in captivity - which the ZooChat gallery would disagree with - the IUCN was presumably the source for my own incorrect statement to that effect on the photo!).
According to the latest IUCN update there are 64 in the wild (Trachypithecus poliocephalus (Cat Ba Langur, Golden-headed Langur, White-headed Langur)) (although this also mentions there are no T. (p.) leucocephalus in captivity - which the ZooChat gallery would disagree with - the IUCN was presumably the source for my own incorrect statement to that effect on the photo!).