Zoo animals you want to see but haven't yet

More continuation from my wish list.... continue tomorrow... these days I'm too busy for made long lists.

Ultramarine Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii)
Ultramarine Lorikeet (Vini ultramarina)
Umbilical Egg Shell (Calpurnus verrucosus)
Umbrella Crab (Cryptolithodes sitchensis)
Unicoloured Clearwing (Dulcedo polita)
Unicorn Prawn (Plesionika narval)
Upside-down Snail (Anostoma depressum)
Urchin Clingfish (Diademichthys lineatus)
Urchin Mantis Shrimp (Echinosquilla guerinii)
Usumbara Peacock Tree Frog (Leptopelis vermiculatus)

Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipuncta)
Vancouver Island Marmot (Marmota vancouverensis)
Vancouver Lamp Shell (Laqueus vancouveriensis)
Vaquita (Phocoena sinus)
Variable Ground Snake (Sonora semiannulata)
Variable Headshield Slug (Chelidonura varians)
Variable Sea Spider (Pseudopallene variabilis)
Variable Tiger Beetle (Cicindela coerulea)
Varicose Sea Slug (Phyllidia varicosa)
Varied Bunting (Passerina versicolor)
Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
Varied Tit (Parus varius)
Variegated Butterfly Bat (Glauconycteris variegata)
Vegetarian Dung Beetle (Lethrus apterus)
Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea)
Velvet-fronted Nuthacht (Sitta frontalis)
Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissoneaua jardini)
Venezuelan Troupial (Icterus icterus)
Venus’s Comb (Murex pecten)
Venus’s Girdle (Cestus veneris)
Verco’s Sea Slug (Tambja verconis)
Vermilion Cardinal (Cardinalis phoeniceus)
Vermilion Flycatcher (Pyrocephalus rubinus)
Verreaux’s Sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)
Versicolor Lubber Grasshopper (Zoniopoda omnicolor)
Versicolor Skipper (Mimoniades versicolor)
Viceroy (Limenitis archippus)
Victoria’s Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae)
Vietnamese Mossy Frog (Theloderma corticale)
Vinaceous Rosefinch (Carpodacus vinaceus)
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)
Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
Violet Trogon (Trogon violaceus)
Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis)
Violin Beetle (Mormolyce phylloides)
Virgin Tiger Moth (Grammia virgo)
Virginia Millipede (Apheloria virginiensis)
Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)
Visayan Warty Pig (Sus cebifrons)
Volcano Rabbit (Romerolagus diazi)


Wahlberg’s Predatory Katydid (Clonia wahlbergi)
Wahoo (Acanthocybium solandri)
Waigeo Brush Turkey (Aepypodius bruijnii)
Walking Stick Grasshopper (Proscopia scabra)
Wallace’s Golden Birdwing (Ornithoptera croesus)
Wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria)
Waller’s Orbweaver (Paraplectana walleri)
Warty Ground Beetle (Carabus pustulifer)
Warty Sea Slug (Phyllidia pustulosa)
Wasp Leaf Beetle (Platyphora boucardi)
Wasp Sea Spider (Stylopallene cheilorhynchus)
Wasp Shrimp (Gnathophyllum americanum)
Water Chevrotain (Hyemoschus aquaticus)
Water Deer (Hydropotes inermis)
Water Shrew (Neomys fodiens)
Water Stick Insect (Ranatra linearis)
Watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)
Wattled Brush Turkey (Aepypodius arfakianus)
Wattled Ploughbill (Eulacestoma nigropectus)
Waved Moon Snail (Tanea undulata)
Waved Volute (Amoria undulata)
Wavy Owl Moth (Calliodes pretiosissima)
Wax-tailed Lanternfly (Cerogenes auricoma)
Weasel Cone (Conus mustelinus)
Weber’s Side-gilled Slug (Pleurobranchus weberi)
Wedge-snouted Sand Lizard (Meroles cuneirostris)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax)
Weka (Gallirallus australis)
Welwitschia Bug (Odontopus sexpunctatus)
Western Barbastelle (Barbastella barbastellus)
Western Basilisk (Basiliscus galeritus)
Western Leopard Toad (Bufo pantherinus)
Western Sandveld Lizard (Nucras tessellata)
Western Spinebill (Acanthorhynchus superciliosus)
Western Talma (Chelmonops curiosus)
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
Westringe’s Spiny Orbweaver (Gasteracantha westringi)
Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus)
Wheel Bug (Arilus gallus)
Whip Spider (Ariamnes flagellum)
Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea)
Whistling Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus layardi)
Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)
White and Black Weevil (Cholus fasciatus)
White Bellbird (Procnias alba)
White Cave Velvet Worm (Peripatopsis alba)
White Dragontail (Lamproptera curius)
White Goshawk (Accipiter novaehollandiae)
White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis)
White Horseshoe Worm (Phoronis hippocrepia)
White Leaf Mantis (Hyalomantis madagascariensis)
White Sand Tiger Beetle (Chaetodera albina)
White Scarab Beetle (Cyphochilus insulanus)
White Sea Pen (Stylatula elongata)
White Tern (Gygis alba)
White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus)
White-backed Night Heron (Gorsachius leuconotus)
White-banded Bubble Shell (Hydatina zonata)
White-bellied Imperial Pigeon (Ducula forsteni)
White-bellied Reed Frog (Heterixalus alboguttatus)
White-breasted Ground Pigeon (Gallicolumba jobiensis)
White-breasted Guineafowl (Agelastes meleagrides)
White-breasted Nuthacht (Sitta carolinensis)
White-browed Tit-Warbler (Leptopoecile sophiae)
White-capped Tanager (Sericossypha albocristata)
White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei)
White-crested Coquette (Paphosia adorabilis)
White-crested Tiger Heron (Tigriornis leucolophus)
White-crested Turaco (Tauraco leucolophus)
White-crossed Seed Bug (Neacoryphus bicrucis)
White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis)
White-eyed Gull (Larus leucophthalmus)
White-eyed River Martin (Pseudochelidon sirintarae)
White-faced Dove (Turacoena manadensis)
White-faced Saki (Pithecia pithecia)
White-headed Duck (Oxyura leucocephala)
White-headed Mousebird (Colius leucocephalus)
White-headed Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei)
White-headed Woodpecker (Picoides albolarvatus)
White-lined Crinoid Crab (Harrovia albolineata)
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
White-necked Myna (Streptocitta albicollis)
White-necked Rockfowl (Picathartes gymnocephalus)
White-shouldered Ibis (Pseudibis davisoni)
White-spotted Boxfish (Ostracion meleagris)
White-spotted Eagle Ray (Aetobatus narinari)
White-striped Urchin Shrimp (Stegopontonia commensalis)
White-tailed Imperial Hairstreak (Eooxylides tharis)
White-tailed Laurel Pigeon (Columba junoniae)
White-tailed Paradise Kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia)
White-tailed Robin (Cinclidium leucurum)
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis)
White-throated Bee Eater (Merops albicollis)
White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
White-throated Rail (Dryolimnas cuvieri)
White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)
White-tufted Grebe (Rollandia rolland)
White-winged Chough (Corcorax melanorhamphos)
White-winged Cotinga (Xipholena atropurpurea)
White-winged Desert Beetle (Onymacris candidipennis)
White-winged Fairy Wren (Malurus leucopterus)
Whooping Crane (Grus americana)
Whorl-spined Urchin (Plococidaris verticillata)
Wide-clawed Fiddler Crab (Uca maracoani)
Wiegmann’s Striped Gecko (Gonatodes vittatus)
Willan’s Sea Slug (Chromodoris willani)
Willey’s Sea Slug (Halgerda willeyi)
Wilson’s Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica)
Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)
Winghead Shark (Eusphyra blochii)
Wire Coral (Stichopathes lutkeni)
Wire-crested Thorntail (Popelairia popelairii)
Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
Wire-tailed Swallow (Hirundo smithii)
Wiretail (Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii)
Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus)
Wonderpus Octopus (Wunderpus photogenicus)
Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis)
Wynaad Keelback (Amphiesma monticola)
 
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Ones I think are in the UK:

Aye-aye
Verraux's sifaka
Sun bear
Giant panda
Pileated gibbon

Of course, seeing them in the wild would be preferable.
 
Lemurs said:
Ones I think are in the UK:

Aye-aye
Verraux's sifaka
Sun bear
Giant panda
Pileated gibbon

Of course, seeing them in the wild would be preferable.
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The species of Sifaka held in European collections is, in point of fact, Propithecus coronatus - the Crowned Sifaka.
 
I believe that this will be the last message of my list. A long one I know, but every one of the creatures listed in it will give me some happiness if I'm able to see them in a zoo and photograph them.

Yamasu’s Sea Slug (Cuthona yamasui)
Yapen Blue Weevil (Eupholus magnificus)
Yapok (Chironectes minimus)
Yellow Admiral (Vanessa itea)
Yellow and Blue Mantis Shrimp (Hemisquilla californiensis)
Yellow and Pink Blue Slug (Chromodoris luteorosea)
Yellow Bush Cockroach (Ellipsidion humerale)
Yellow Cardinal (Gubernatrix cristata)
Yellow Emperor (Euapatura mirza)
Yellow Goatfish (Parupeneus cyclostomus)
Yellow Gorgon (Meandrusa payeni)
Yellow Pansy (Junonia hierta)
Yellow Sea Slug (Crimora lutea)
Yellow Sea Spider (Pseudopallene ambigua)
Yellow Tiger Moth (Arctia flavia)
Yellow-backed Duiker (Cephalophus silvicultor)
Yellow-bellied Asity (Neodrepanis hypoxantha)
Yellow-bellied Green Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
Yellow-bellied Sea Snake (Pelamis platurus)
Yellow-bibbed Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus solomonensis)
Yellow-billed Blue Finch (Porphyrospiza caerulescens)
Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae)
Yellow-billed Kingfisher (Syma torotoro)
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli)
Yellow-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus)
Yellow-bordered Diving Beetle (Cybister lateralimarginalis)
Yellow-crowned Gonolek (Laniarius barbarus)
Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax violaceus)
Yellow-eared Parrot (Ognorhynchus icterotis)
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
Yellow-faced Black Weaver (Ploceus melanogaster)
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons)
Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)
Yellow-green Grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis)
Yellow-headed Blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
Yellow-headed Earwig (Paratimomenus flavocapitatus)
Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
Yellow-hooded Blackbird (Agelaius icterocephalus)
Yellow-lined Cockroach (Zonioploca flavocincta)
Yellow-necked Carrion Beetle (Necrophila americana)
Yellow-scarfed Tanager (Iridosornis reinhardti)
Yellow-spotted Climbing Toad (Pedostibes hosii)
Yellow-spotted Cockroach (Paratropes bilunata)
Yellow-spotted Millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana)
Yellow-striped Caecilian (Ichthyophis kohtaoensis)
Yellow-tufted Woodpecker (Melanerpes cruentatus)
Yellow-winged Bat (Lavia frons)
Yellow-winged Flying Fish (Cypselurus poecilopterus)
Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
Yonowa’s Sea Slug (Nembrotha yonowae)
Yucatan Casquehead Tree Frog (Triprion petasatus)
Yucatan Jay (Cissilopha yucatanica)



Zebra Brittle Star (Ophiolepis superba)
Zebra Bullhead Shark (Heterodontrus zebra)
Zebra Cockroach (Eurycotis decipiens)
Zebra Crab (Zebrida adamsii)
Zebra Duiker (Cephalophus zebra)
Zebra Mantis (Omomantis zebrata)
Zebra Metalmark (Hyphilaria parthenis)
Zebra Nerite (Puperita pupa)
Zebra Pleco (Hypancistrus zebra)
Zebra Shark (Stegostoma fasciatum)
Zebra Sole (Zebrias zebra)
Zebra Spider (Viridasius fasciatus)
Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus)
Zorilla (Ictonyx striatus)
 
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Kakapo said:
I believe that this will be the last message of my list. A long one I know, but every one of the creatures listed in it will give me some happiness if I'm able to see them in a zoo and photograph them.
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What no zeds, what you got against Zorillas? :)

(Note: Kakapo edited his list, to include "zeds", after my post, I didn't mis-read it:))
 
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I only saw Striped Skunk in zoos, so any other skunk-type mammal is welcome, and zorilla is indeed the last one of my wish list, casually. Although not so wished for me as a zebra shark or a zebra duiker, but anyway is one that I want to see.
 
Dorling Kindersley produced a book called 'Earth Matters' in 2008 On page 158, it has a photograph of a wild ox, which seems to be a gaur. The caption states, "None have been seen in the wild since 1988. A few kouprey, like this one, live in zoos." Does anyone know which zoos have kouprey or is this just another example of poor proof-reading?
 
Dassie rat said:
Dorling Kindersley produced a book called 'Earth Matters' in 2008 On page 158, it has a photograph of a wild ox, which seems to be a gaur. The caption states, "None have been seen in the wild since 1988. A few kouprey, like this one, live in zoos." Does anyone know which zoos have kouprey or is this just another example of poor proof-reading?
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Apart from the type specimen at Vincennes Zoo (Paris) in the 1930s I don't think that any kouprey have ever been kept in zoos.
 
Hello Tim. That's the only captive kouprey I've heard about, so I think the article is just wishful thinking.
 
Dassie rat said:
Dorling Kindersley produced a book called 'Earth Matters' in 2008 On page 158, it has a photograph of a wild ox, which seems to be a gaur. The caption states, "None have been seen in the wild since 1988. A few kouprey, like this one, live in zoos." Does anyone know which zoos have kouprey or is this just another example of poor proof-reading?
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Hello Tim. That's the only captive kouprey I've heard about, so I think the article is just wishful thinking.
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It could also be conflation of two points:

1) that the last sighting of a kouprey in the wild was c.1988
2) that from the 1990's until recent years, a school of thought claimed that kouprey were merely hybrids between zebu and banteng.

Although the latter point has since been disproved, as I believe there *are* zebu-banteng hybrids in captivity, the book may well be implying that these are de-facto kouprey. However this would not explain why the photograph in the book appears to show a gaur.
 
Tim May said:
Apart from the type specimen at Vincennes Zoo (Paris) in the 1930s I don't think that any kouprey have ever been kept in zoos.
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Dassie rat said:
Hello Tim. That's the only captive kouprey I've heard about, so I think the article is just wishful thinking.
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On the subject of erroneous information about koupreys in zoos:-

Those of us old enough to remember the picture cards that Brooke Bond issued with packets of tea will recall a set from the early 1960s called ”Wildlife in Danger” featuring attractive paintings by Peter Scott.

One of the cards in this series depicted kouprey; the “information” on the reverse incorrectly stated that there was a group kouprey in the Paris Zoo; this was more than twenty years after the Paris kouprey died.
 
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I, being a massive primate enthusiast, have the following list in my mind:
- Snub-nosed monkey
- Douc langur
- Eastern gorilla
- Uakari
- Woolly spider monkey
- Indri (if only!)
- Tarsier
- Cross river gorilla (very unlikely, unless I plan on going to the Limbe centre in Cameroon which I highly doubt considering the current ebola crisis)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey
 
ShonenJake13 said:
I, being a massive primate enthusiast, have the following list in my mind:
- Snub-nosed monkey
- Douc langur
- Eastern gorilla
- Uakari
- Woolly spider monkey
- Indri (if only!)
- Tarsier
- Cross river gorilla (very unlikely, unless I plan on going to the Limbe centre in Cameroon which I highly doubt considering the current ebola crisis)
- Yellow-tailed woolly monkey
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Hello ShonenJake

You should be able to see eastern gorillas in Antwerp, tarsiers in Sandwich and douc langur in Cologne, which is where is also I saw red, white and black-headed uakaris.

I have seen indri in the wild, but I've never seen Cross River gorillas, snub-nosed monkeys or woolly spider monkeys.
 
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......You should be able to see eastern gorillas in Antwerp, tarsiers in Sandwich and douc langur in Cologne......
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Before making the journey to the RSCC (Sandwich) especially to see tarsiers “ShonenJake13” should check that they are on display; they were not on exhibit on any of my four visits there last year although I very much hope that they will be on show in due course.

(Incidentally I was fortunate enough to see Philippine tarsiers in Bristol and Frankfurt many years ago.)
 
I rather think they are getting Douc and Uakari confused :p
 
They are, but that's the only theory I can come up with as to what savetheelephant might have been thinking about :p
 
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