The only collection in the UK that you can see a.....

volvox said:
Going back to zoogiraffe's original entry, Colchester isn't the only zoo with a Southern tamandua – London Zoo has one, and she has often been mentioned on this site.

I'm going to Colchester zoo soon – never been before – I shall take your list and see if I can spot everything mentioned! Anything else there I really shouldn't miss? (I don't like primates much, though...)
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If you're not keen on primates & avoid those areas, there are a few things you could miss. The latest map is not great so wont help you much!

Slender snouted crocodiles in the entrance to Chimp world
Binturong mixed with the Langurs & short clawed otters by the lemur bridge
Tamandua aren't on map but are opposite sloths in the Worlds apart walkthrough
Black backed Jackal can usually only be viewed from road train, but can be seen from the Hunting dog viewing area (left side) if you're lucky.

Most of the other rarities are on the map, but even for a non primate person i would suggest looking at the bearded sakis on opposite side of path to sealions marked as squirrel monkeys (4) on the map

Although Colchester doesn't have many unique to the UK primate species, several are pretty rare.

forgot the feathertail gliders in farm building by the wild about animals theatre, tenrecs were in that building too a while back but not sure they're still there
 
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Thanks, Pipaluk, that's very helpful and I will look for the bearded sakis too, as you recommend them!
 
zoogiraffe said:
Orangutan(no subspecies-status) (Pongo pygmaeus)
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Does a hybrid count?

According to Zoolister, Edinburgh is the only place in the Uk you can find:

Central common chimpanzee (Black-faced chimpanzee) (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
 
Davef68 said:
Does a hybrid count?

According to Zoolister, Edinburgh is the only place in the Uk you can find:

Central common chimpanzee (Black-faced chimpanzee) (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
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Well it is the only place in the UK that you can now see a hybrid Orang so it counts for me!
 
mazfc said:
I'll do the obvious:

Pandas at edinburgh ;)

Polar bears at HWP. Am I right in thinking that their new musk oxen are unique too.
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I do wish Whipsnade would give serious consideration to going in for Musk Ox again. They've kept them in the past, though I can't say how successfully. But very recently Whipsnade completed a new development called "Wild Wild Whipsnade, consisting of several disparate exhibits in broadly the same area, displaying animals that used to roam wild in Britain but are extinct here now (in the case of the wild boar, of course, they're back with us as a wild species after too long an absence, which is really good news). Musk Ox would fit in well there, as the species was to be found in Britain in prehistoric times.
 
I was looking at Zootierliste the other day for muntjac, and it says Beale is the only collection with Indian (common) muntjac. Is that correct? (I know most collections there have Reeves' because they are easy to get).
 
Chlidonias said:
I was looking at Zootierliste the other day for muntjac, and it says Beale is the only collection with Indian (common) muntjac. Is that correct? (I know most collections there have Reeves' because they are easy to get).
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I'd be interested to know if anyone can confirm these are actually Indian and not Reeves'. I'm still not certain I trust Barcelona's ID of theirs.
 
Davef68 said:
According to Zoolister, Edinburgh is the only place in the Uk you can find:

Central common chimpanzee (Black-faced chimpanzee) (Pan troglodytes troglodytes)
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Its the only place that has a recognised/proven group of this subspecies. But there could still be a few other older wildcaught individuals around elsewhere which have never been DNA tested- so you might be looking at one somewhere without knowing it.;)
 
Thought this thread could do with a little update :) just mammals, with private or largely closed collections such as Heythrop and WHF disregarded. Any taxa which are the only ones in Europe are in italics.

AMAZONA ZOO

Geoffroy's Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)

AMAZONWORLD

Indian Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus)
Malayan Slow Loris (Nycticebus coucang)
Paraguayan Tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla straminea)
Lowland Paca (Cuniculus paca)

AXE VALLEY WILDLIFE PARK

Hokkaido Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris orientis)

BANHAM ZOO

Northern Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur occidentalis)

BELFAST ZOO

Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi buergersi)
Black Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysopygus)
South-east Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii temminckii)
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
Spotted-necked Otter (Hydrictis maculicollis)

BLACKPOOL ZOO

Arabian Mountain Gazelle (Gazella cora)

BRISTOL ZOO

Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)
Eastern Quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus)
Yellow-footed rock wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus xanthopus)

CHESTER ZOO

Short-eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus)
Philippine Mouse Deer (Tragulus nigricans)

COLCHESTER ZOO

Mt Kilimanjaro Guereza (Colobus guereza caudatus)
Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
Syrian Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis syriacus)
Selous' Zebra (Equus quagga borensis)

COTSWOLD WILDLIFE PARK

Turkmen Mouse-like Hamster (Calomyscus mystax)
Arabian Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis jayakari)

CURRAGHS WILDLIFE PARK

Cuban Hutia (Capromys pilorides)
Marsh Mongoose (Atilax paludinosus)

DARTMOOR ZOO

Syrian Brown Bear (Ursus arctos syriacus)

DUDLEY ZOO

Asiatic Black Bear (Ursus thibetanus)
Southern White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari albirostris)

EDINBURGH ZOO

Queensland Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus adustus)
Guianan Brown Capuchin (Sapajus apella apella)
Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
Bawean Deer (Axis kuhlii)
Chinese Goral (Naemorhedus griseus arnouxianus)

EXMOOR ZOO

Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
Palawan Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis heaneyi)

GALLOWAY WILDLIFE PARK

Amur Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura)

GENTLESHAW WILDLIFE CENTRE

Japanese Tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus)

HAMERTON ZOO

Southern Aardwolf (Proteles cristata cristata)
Eastern Aardwolf (Proteles cristata septentrionalis)
Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
Canadian Lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni)

HEMSLEY CONSERVATION CENTRE

Brazilian Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)

HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK

Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
Eurasian Forest Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus fennicus)
Barren-ground Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus moschatus)
Greenland Musk Ox (Ovibos moschatus wardi)
Turkomen Markhor (Capra falconeri heptneri)
West Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus)

HOO FARM

Red and White Giant Flying Squirrel (Petaurista alborufus)
Cape Genet (Genetta tigrina)

HOWLETTS WILD ANIMAL PARK

Heck's Macaque (Macaca hecki)
Javan Surili (Presbytis comata)
Yellow-handed Mitered Surili (Presbytis melalophos)
African Wildcat (Felis silvestris libyca)
South African Ratel (Mellivora capensis capensis)
Central African Ratel (Mellivora capensis cottoni)

ISLE OF WIGHT ZOO

Black-faced Spider Monkey (Ateles chamek)

KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK

Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)

MARWELL ZOO

Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)

NEWQUAY ZOO

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)

NOAH'S ARK ZOO FARM

Oldfield Deer Mouse (Peromyscus polionotus)

NORTH ANSTON TROPICAL HOUSE

Western Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea)

OWL AND MONKEY HAVEN

Whiteside’s Guenon (Cercopithecus ascanius whitesidei)

PAIGNTON ZOO

Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Tailless Tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)
Allen's Swamp Monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis)
Abbott’s Gray Gibbon (Hylobates muelleri abbotti)
West Caucasian Tur (Capra caucasica)

PAULTON'S PARK

Steppe Lemming (Lagurus lagurus)

PONDEROSA

Pegu Red Squirrel (Callosciurus ferrugineus)

PORFELL WILDLIFE PARK

Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata)

PORT LYMPNE

Eastern Bamboo Lemur (Hapalemur griseus griseus)
Golden-bellied Mangabey (Cercocebus chrysogaster)
Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa)

REASEHEATH ZOO

White-bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)

SHEPRETH WILDLIFE PARK

Arabian Spiny Mouse (Acomys dimidiatus)

SHORELANDS

Chacoan Mara (Dolichotis salinicola)
Common Slender Mongoose (Galerella sanguinea)

SOUTH LAKES WILD ANIMAL PARK

Red-mantled Saddleback Tamarin (Saguinus fuscicollis lagonotus)
Kordofan Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum)

STOCKTON WILD ANIMAL ADVENTURES

Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)
Emin's Giant Pouched Rat (Cricetomys emini)

SUFFOLK WILDLIFE PARK

Senegal Bushbaby (Galago senegalensis)
Acacia Rat (Thallomys paedulcus)

THRIGBY HALL

Chinese Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii dominicanorum)

TROPICAL WORLD LEEDS

Bolivian Night Monkey (Aotus azarae boliviensis)
Lesser Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus jaculus)

TWYCROSS ZOO

Lowe's Mona Monkey (Cercopithecus lowei)
Black-footed Crowned Monkey (Cercopithecus pogonias nigripes)
Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
Eastern Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii)
Arabian Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena sultana)

WEST MIDLAND SAFARI PARK

Mesopotamian Fallow Deer (Dama mesopotamica)

WINGHAM WILDLIFE PARK

Little Red Flying Fox (Pteropus scapulatus)
Spix's Night Monkey (Aotus vociferans)

WOBURN SAFARI PARK

American Black Bear (Ursus americanus)
Vietnamese Sika Deer (Cervus hortulorum pseudaxis)

ZSL LONDON ZOO

Moholi Bushbaby (Galago moholi)
Australian Water Rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
Panay Bushy-tailed Cloud Rat (Crateromys heaneyi)
Bornean Bearded Pig (Sus barbatus barbatus)

ZSL WHIPSNADE ZOO

Sri Lankan Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus inornatus)
Indian Gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus)
Common Impala (Aepyceros melampus melampus)
Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii)
 
We no longer have black lion tamarins at Belfast sadly. Drusilla's also have Arabian rock hyrax.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
HIGHLAND WILDLIFE PARK

Arctic Fox (Alopex lagopus)
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All being well they will lose this distinction soon - a new Arctic Fox enclosure is currently under construction at Wildwood (Herne Bay).
 
Maguari said:
All being well they will lose this distinction soon - a new Arctic Fox enclosure is currently under construction at Wildwood (Herne Bay).
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Now that is good news, I was stunned to see HWP as the lone holder.
 
Exmoor also hold Southern bald ibis and Buff-necked ibis i think these are the only ones on display in the UK. Oh and of course a 2015 hatched palm nut vulture if that counts?
 
TeaLovingDave said:
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NORTH ANSTON TROPICAL HOUSE

Western Pygmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea pygmaea)

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Thank you for this very interesting update.

They also have the only Asian Garden Dormouse (Eliomys melanurus), which aren't listed on zootierliste for anywhere in the UK (including North Anston; coincidentally I've actually seen this species in two collections this year, one bring private).
 
craneman said:
Exmoor also hold Southern bald ibis and Buff-necked ibis i think these are the only ones on display in the UK. Oh and of course a 2015 hatched palm nut vulture if that counts?
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Yeah, my list was only for mammals, as a comprehensive bird list would have been a bit more time-consuming to write! :p
 
I sure I have seen somewhere that Axe Valley have Amur Leopard Cat,I could be wrong!

Also worth noting that at present the Genet at Hoo Farm is off-show!
 
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