Zoo animals you want to see but haven't yet

Tenrecs (any)
Hutias (any)
Solenodon (any)
Dwarf cassowary
Cuban crocodile
Zebra duiker
Amaradillo (any)
Night parrot (sadly none in captivity)
Giant otter shrew
Fossa
Civet (any)
Arctic fox
Arctic hare
Bird of paradise (any)
Alligator gar (don't know if there in captivity)
Southern elephant seals (only a couple in captivity)
Gray Wolves
Paca (any)
Red acouchi
Jackal (any)
Vulterine gueniafowl
Pacarana
Shoebill
Bustards (any)
Hartebeast (any)
Chinese alligator
Blesbok
Topi
Caiman lizard
 
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Komodo dragon
Ocelot
Cassowary (Any kind)
Peccary (Any kind)
Babirusa
Saltwater crocodile
Maned wolf
Malayan sun bear
Aardwolf
Gaur
Kiwi
Kakapo
Wildebeest (Any kind)

Just a couple off the top of my head. Countless others. Lol.
 
TheMightyOrca said:
I love pangolins, but they're so rare in zoos. As luck would have it, I may be going to San Diego in the summer, and if that happens I won't let anything stop me from seeing the pangolin! While I'm there, I also want to see the harpy eagle, Tasmanian devil, and the giant pandas. I love harpy eagles and Tasmanian devils. I'm not a huge panda person, but I've never seen one in person.

As for other animals... Hawaiian monk seal, Sumatran rhino, and maybe whale sharks.
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San Diego Zoo has a Tree Pangolin exhibited in the Children's Zoo :)
 
-Tasmanian devil (Toledo recently got a loan from Monarto :) )
-Lammergeier (I don't think there's any in captivity in North America :( )
-Northern white rhinoceros (The last one in the U.S. is geriatric and lives in the SD Safari Park)
-Sumatran rhinoceros (Harrappan left Cincinnati :( )
-Nyala (Some zoos have them, just gotta go to one that has em :P )
-Giant otters (Toledo's master plan hopes to obtain them, LA and Philidelphia carry them. If I'm not mistaken a few institutions in Europe do too)
-Moose (Columbus has a few)
-Steppe lemming ( Rare in the U.S. with some private collectors, probably some institutions in Europe?)
-Emerald toucanet (Some zoos and aquaria carry them)
-Jentink's duiker (Too late, last captive in the world died at the Gladys Porter Zoo in 2013 :( )
-Ocean sunfish (Monterey Bay has one)
-Okapi (Some zoos have them)
-Laysan albatross (Gotta go at the right time, though, the individual is only out for half an hour at the Monterey Bay aquarium as an outreach animal)
-Gaur (Some places have them, though I've heard they're on decline in replacement for more "showy" animals)
-Marco Polo argali (Anyone know where I can find these fellows in the U.S. or are they reserved for the European collections, such as Tierpark Berlin and Moscow?)
 
Around 40-odd years ago I started writing in a book a list of animals I wanted to see. Just recently I found the book at the bottom of a box of stuff I was going through. I'd looked for it when I joined this site but couldn't find it and thought it had been destroyed. I've since crossed off a few things I've seen, here's the list as it now stands:

Armadillo, Giant
Antelope, Royal
Antelope, Four-horned
Aye-aye *
Chameleon, Giant
Colugo
Coati, Mountain
Cusimanse
Dolphin, Ganges
Dolphin, Spotted
Draco volans
Degu
Eel, Gulper
Frog, Paradoxical
Gundi
Hoatzin *
Indri *
Iguana, Galapagos Land
Iguana, Galapagos Marine
Jacamar
Kagu
Krait
Kestrel, Mauritius *
Linsang
Mole, Star-nosed
Mussurana
Monkey, Yellow-tailed Woolly
Narwhal
Otter-shrew
Pangolin
Possum, Honey
Rat, Maned
Rail, Red-billed *
Rail, Wake *
Raccoon, Crab-eating
Rhinoceros, Javan *
Scalytail
Skimmer
Skunk, Striped
Skunk, Spotted
Solenodon, Cuban *
Solenodon, Haitian *
Sifaka
Seal, Mediterranean Monk *
Tamarau *
Thylacine *
Tody
Tiger, Javan *
Tarsier
Viscacha, Mountain
Xenodon, Merrem's
Yapok

Those with an asterisk indicate species represent species that were extremely rare or endangered and that I was not likely to see in captivity. The interesting thing is, there are 8 species in my book with asterisks that I have seen, mainly due to them becoming more common in captivity in the last 40 years.

:p

Hix
 
My animals are all hoofed animals off the top of my head but there are several others:

Gemsbok
Bontebok
Gerenuk
Saiga
White-Tailed Gnu
Roan Antelope
Kob
Springbok
African Forest Buffalo
Japanese Serow
Sumatran Serow
Nubian Ibex
Collared Peccary
Giant Forest Hog
Banteng
Lowland Anoa
Somali Wild Ass
Kiang
Giant Muntjac
Musk Deer
Baird's Tapir
 
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Sumatran and Javan Rhinoceros
African Forest Elephant
Tuatara
Andes and James's Flamingos
Marsh Deer
Philippine Eagle
Dugong
False Killer Whale
Asian Golden Cat
Brown Hyena
Ethiopian Mountain Adder
River Dolphins of any species
Bharal
Tasmanian Devil
Borneo Earless Monitor
Indochinese Tiger
Harbor Porpoise
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Numbat
Kodiak Bear
Japanese Giant Salamander
Proboscis Monkey
Red Colobus Monkey of any species
Leopard Seal
Northern and Dwarf Cassowary's
Greater Adjutant Stork
Indian, Slender-billed, and White-rumped Vulture
Iberian Lynx
 
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From your list I saw Andes and James's flamingos at Berlin zoo-aquarium and Brown Hyena and Bharal at Berlin tierpark. So you know where to go for see some of your wished ;-)

P. S: I saw Brown Hyena too at Prague zoo. And Bharal at Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
P. P. S. What is "white-crowned vulture"? Never heard it. If you mean white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis), it's also in Berlin ;)
 
Brown Hyaena is no longer at Tierpark Berlin, unfortunately.
 
Kakapo said:
From your list I saw Andes and James's flamingos at Berlin zoo-aquarium and Brown Hyena and Bharal at Berlin tierpark. So you know where to go for see some of your wished ;-)

P. S: I saw Brown Hyena too at Prague zoo. And Bharal at Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
P. P. S. What is "white-crowned vulture"? Never heard it. If you mean white-headed vulture (Trigonoceps occipitalis), it's also in Berlin ;)
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My bad with the last one. I meant White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis)
 
Only seen Sumatran Rhinoceros (Cincinnati Zoo) and Japanese Giant Salamander (Smithsonian National Zoo) on your list. Hope to add a few more soon enough.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Zoo animals you want to see but haven't seen yet

Loxodonta Cobra said:
Sumatran and Javan Rhinoceros;
African Forest Elephant; Tuatara; Andes and James's Flamingos;
Marsh Deer; Philippine Eagle; Dugong; False Killer Whale; Asian Golden Cat; Brown Hyena; Ethiopian Mountain Adder; River Dolphins of any species; Bharal; Tasmanian Devil; Borneo Earless Monitor; Indochinese Tiger; Harbor Porpoise; Eastern Lowland Gorilla; Numbat; Kodiak Bear;
Japanese Giant Salamander; Proboscis Monkey; Red Colobus Monkey of any species; Leopard Seal; Northern and Dwarf Cassowary's; Greater Adjutant Stork; Indian, Slender-billed, and White-rumped Vulture;
Iberian Lynx
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I have seen Sumatran rhinoceros (Port Lympne, Bronx); Tuatara(Chester, Auckland, Berlin Zoo); Andes and Jame's Flamingos (Slimbridge, Berlin Zoo); Philippine Eagle (Planckendael); Asian Golden Cat (unsure of zoo/s); Brown Hyaena (SanDiego); Amazon River Dolphin (Duisburg); Bharal (Paris Menagerie); Tasmanian Devil (several, including London); Indochinese Tiger (Berlin Tierpark); Eastern Lowland Gorilla (Antwerp); Kodiak Bear (Whipsnade); Japanese Giant Salamander (Berlin Zoo?); Proboscis Monkey (Cologne, Bronx); Leopard Seal (Taronga); Northern Cassowary (London?)
 
That may be right, Thylo. It is still labelled as P.t.corbetti in Zootierliste, as it was when I saw it.
 
Dassie rat said:
That may be right, Thylo. It is still labelled as P.t.corbetti in Zootierliste, as it was when I saw it.
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Not anymore it isn't, I checked ztl before responding and all incorrectly listed tigers were moved a while back. I believe the zoo still lists them as corbetti as the director does not accept the split, but all the animals currently in captivity in North America and Europe are jacksoni.

~Thylo:cool:
 
I have seen a lot of rare species and some of them luckily last year with first visits in Antwerp, Rotterdam, Planckendael, Singapore Zoo and Night Safari...

But there are some animals, which I would like to see, but haven´t seen yet :

- Northern White Rhino
- Sumatran Rhino
- Javan Rhino
- Giant forest hog
- Chaccoan peccari
- Hirola
- Mountain Nyala
- Walia ibex
- Philippine eagle
- Giant sable antelope
- Iberian lynx
- Mountain Tapir
- Siemen Wolf
- Kakapo
- Massai Giraffe
- Cape mountain Zebra
- Tamaraw
- Kouprey
- Californian Condor
- Pygmy ant-eater
- Giant armadillo
- three-toed sloth
- Dugong
 
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