ZooChat Challenge (Global) 2016

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Just a friendly reminder to everyone who's posted updates lately, make sure you check the link in the initial post to make sure all of your submissions follow the splits.

Additionally, remember that only Masai Giraffe counts for the US apart from the known pure Reticulated/Baringo at San Diego.

~Thylo:cool:
 
vogelcommando said:
And again a return visit and now I got them all !
45 ) Southern lesser kudu ( Tragelaphus australis )
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Just discovered that I had one species forgotten for Safaripark Beekse Bergen :
46 ) Western sitatunga ( Tragelaphus gratus )

For Zoo Best I also can add one new species :
47 ) Chinese muntjac ( Muntiacus reevesi )

For Zoo Veldhoven I also can add one new species :
48 ) Indian muntjac ( Muntiacus muntjak )
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Finally been able to get back out and pick up some new species:
4) American Elk Cervus canadensis
5) Pronghorn Antilocapra americana
6) American Bison Bison bison
7) Southern Pudú Pudu puda

All from Queens Zoo.

~Thylo:cool:
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Do to TLD pointing out the obvious with counting bison earlier, I'll be removing them from my list.

That said, a good few new species courtesy of Bronx:
7) Père David's Deer Elaphurus davidianus
8) Southern White Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum
9) Lowland Nyala Tragelaphus angasii
10) Thomson's Gazelle Eudorcas thomsonii
11) Grèvy's Zebra Equus grevyi
12) Greater Malay Chevrotain Tragulus napu
13) Malayan Tapir Tapirus indicus
14) Nubin Ibex Capra nubiana
15) Okapi Okapia johnstoni
16) Red River Hog Potamochoerus porcus
17) Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
18) Slender-Horned Gazelle Gazella leptoceros
19) Chital Deer Axis axis
20) North Indian Muntjac Muntiacus vaginalis
21) Burmese Brow-Antlered Deer Panolia thamin
22) Indian Sambar Cervus unicolor
23) Formosan Deer Cervus taiouanus
24) Przewalski's Wild Horse Equus ferus przewalskii
25) Tufted Deer Elaphodus cephalophus
26) Indian Hog Deer Axis porcinus
27) Gaur Bos gaurus
28) Himalayan Tahr Hemitragus jemlahicus
29) Markhor Capra falconeri

Somehow, for the third year in a row, I've landed on 29 species!:eek: However, thankfully I will almost definitely be seeing many more species before the year is out, especially considering I missed at least three species at Bronx to begin with.

~Thylo:cool:
 
vogelcommando said:
Just discovered that I had one species forgotten for Safaripark Beekse Bergen :
46 ) Western sitatunga ( Tragelaphus gratus )

For Zoo Best I also can add one new species :
47 ) Chinese muntjac ( Muntiacus reevesi )

For Zoo Veldhoven I also can add one new species :
48 ) Indian muntjac ( Muntiacus muntjak )
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After a visit to Natuurpark Lelystad I can add a further 3 species:
49 ) Eurasian elk ( Alces alces )
50 ) European wild boar ( Sus scrofa )
51 ) Wisent ( Bos bonasus )

Also discovered I had forgot just another species for Beekse Bergen - and also seen today at Natuurpark Lelystad :
52 ) Przewalski horse ( Equus przewalskii )
 
bongorob said:
I have noticed that several people have listed collared peccary as I did, and they have been allowed.

I think the same rules need to be applied to everyone.
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I would agree.

There are quite a few submissions throughout this thread that do not count under the rules this challenge is following. However, it's quite difficult to keep up with each one and call people out each time. That's why I made the post the other day to remind everyone of the rules, hoping they'd go back and make sure all of their submissions are applicable.

It would really be appreciated if everyone did so and made sure to follow the Groves splits in the future (I do understand that a few may be a bit gratuitous but to my understanding the majority are quite valid). Obviously this is just a fun activity to do as we visit collections throughout the year, but it's not exactly fair to those who do check if others do not.

Thanks in advance:)

EDIT: Here's the link for anyone who wants/needs it: A new perspective on Ungulate Taxonomy

~Thylo:cool:
 
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The best way to keep track would be have everyone submit their full list. Any questionable species can be addressed at that time.
 
savethelephant said:
January 29, 2016
Lifers in Black
Miami:
1) Malayan Tapir
2) Lowland anoa
3) Guanaco
4) Black rhino
5) Addra gazelle
6) Burchell's zebra
7) Okapi
8) Grevy's zebra
9) Gerenuk
10) Eastern Giant eland
11) Nyala
12) Sable antelope
13) Indian gaur
14) Addax
15) Nilgai
16) Somali Wild Ass
17) Banteng
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This is my list...:o
 
jayjds2 said:
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch 1/16/16:
1. Nile lechwe
2. Aoudad/Barbary sheep
3. Impala
4. Southern Sable Antelope
5. Barasingha
6. Fallow deer
7. Axis deer
8. Lesser kudu
9. American Bison
10. Springbok
11. Gemsbok
12. Ellipsen waterbuck
13. Blue Wildebeest
14. Dama gazelle
15. Bongo
16. Blesbok
17. Grant's gazelle
18. Arabian oryx
19. Common eland
20. Scimitar horned oryx
21. Plains zebra
22. Southern white rhinoceros
23. Blackbuck
24. Addax
25. Thomson's gazelle

Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo 1/16/16:
26. Common Warthog

Houston Zoo 1/23/16:
27. Red river hog
28. Masai giraffe
29. Babirusa
30. Eastern giant eland
31. Lowland Nyala
32. White tailed deer
33. Southern gerenuk
34. Yellow backed duiker
35. Baird's tapir
36. Okapi

Moody Gardens Rainforest 1/25/16:
37. Southern Blue duiker

SeaWorld San Antonio 2/6/16:
38. Pacific White Sided Dolphin
39. Beluga Whale
40. Orca/Killer Whale
41. Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

Gladys Porter Zoo 2/14/16:
42. West African Bushbuck
43. Bornean Bearded Pig
44. Bontebok
45. Nilgai
46. Southern Great Kudu
47. Red Flanked Duiker
48. Gaur
49. Western Pygmy Hippopotamus

Smithsonian's National Zoo 3/12/16:
50. Greater mouse-deer
51. Przewalski's wild horse
52. West African sitatunga

Capital of Texas Zoo 3/20/16:
53. Reeve's muntjac
54. European wild boar
55. Guanaco

Topsey Exotic Animal Drive-Thru Park 3/26/16:
56. Western European red deer
57. Red lechwe

Dallas Zoo 4/2/16:
58. Somali wild ass
59. Kirk's dik-dik

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center 4/23/16:
60. Roan antelope
61. Hartmann's mountain zebra

San Antonio Zoo 4/30/16:
62. Common hippopotamus
63. Malayan tapir

Fort Worth Zoo 5/7/16:
64. Lowland anoa
65. Indian rhinoceros
66. Nubian ibex
67. Black rhinoceros
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Can't hurt to check, does anyone see anything wrong with my list?
 
jayjds2 said:
Can't hurt to check, does anyone see anything wrong with my list?
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Barasingha, American Bison, springbok, wildebeest, Grant's gazelle, Thomson's gazelle, and red lechwe.

Considering most bison have cow blood in them (see my post when TLD brought it up to me) I don't think they can be reliably counted. Barasingha, springbok, wildebeest, and the two gazelles have all been split and, while you may very well have seen full split species, I don't know which ones they are and you'd have to look into it. As for the lechwe, to my knowledge, the US population is of an unknown (sub)species.

~Thylo:cool:
 
I'd go easy on the Bison one. Outside of Yellowstone, 100% pure bison don't exist.

All American wildebeest are Eastern White-Bearded.

Grant's and Thomson's are all pure lines (nominate).

No one knows what the US Red Lechwe actually are. It's entirely possible that they're Kafue. Whatever they are, they are a pure strain.

Barasingha ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
 
jbnbsn99 said:
I'd go easy on the Bison one. Outside of Yellowstone, 100% pure bison don't exist.

All American wildebeest are Eastern White-Bearded.

Grant's and Thomson's are all pure lines (nominate).

No one knows what the US Red Lechwe actually are. It's entirely possible that they're Kafue. Whatever they are, they are a pure strain.

Barasingha ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Good point on the bison, though Bronx has at least one pure bison off-exhibit born via cloning with genes from Yellowstone animals and I believe (Oregon?)'s new herd coming in is of pure animals as they got some that the WCS wild-caught for transfer to another preserve.

Suppose the lechwe are countable then.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch 1/16/16:
1. Nile lechwe
2. Aoudad/Barbary sheep
3. Impala
4. Southern Sable Antelope
5. Fallow deer
6. Axis deer
7. Lesser kudu
8. Southern Springbok
9. Gemsbok
10. Ellipsen waterbuck
11. Eastern white-bearded Wildebeest
12. Dama gazelle
13. Bongo
14. Blesbok
15. Grant's gazelle
16. Arabian oryx
17. Common eland
18. Scimitar horned oryx
19. Plains zebra
20. Southern white rhinoceros
21. Blackbuck
22. Addax
23. Eastern Thomson's gazelle

Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo 1/16/16:
24. Common Warthog

Houston Zoo 1/23/16:
25. Red river hog
26. Masai giraffe
27. Babirusa
28. Eastern giant eland
29. Lowland Nyala
30. White tailed deer
31. Southern gerenuk
32. Yellow backed duiker
33. Baird's tapir
34. Okapi

Moody Gardens Rainforest 1/25/16:
35. Southern Blue duiker

SeaWorld San Antonio 2/6/16:
36. Pacific White Sided Dolphin
37. Beluga Whale
38. Orca/Killer Whale
39. Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

Gladys Porter Zoo 2/14/16:
40. West African Bushbuck
41. Bornean Bearded Pig
42. Bontebok
43. Nilgai
44. Southern Great Kudu
45. Red Flanked Duiker
46. Gaur
47. Western Pygmy Hippopotamus

Smithsonian's National Zoo 3/12/16:
48. Greater mouse-deer
49. Przewalski's wild horse
50. West African sitatunga

Capital of Texas Zoo 3/20/16:
51. Reeve's muntjac
52. European wild boar
53. Guanaco

Topsey Exotic Animal Drive-Thru Park 3/26/16:
54. Western European red deer
55. Red lechwe

Dallas Zoo 4/2/16:
56. Somali wild ass
57. Kirk's dik-dik

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center 4/23/16:
58. Roan antelope
59. Hartmann's mountain zebra

San Antonio Zoo 4/30/16:
60. Common hippopotamus
61. Malayan tapir

Fort Worth Zoo 5/7/16:
62. Lowland anoa
63. Indian rhinoceros
64. Nubian ibex
65. Black rhinoceros

Should be all set then.
 
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ThylacineAlive said:
I think just that one's left. I know there are pure Southern Springbok around but believe there are also unknown ones.

~Thylo:cool:
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Whoops, missed yet another split (I should really check more thoroughly...) but I'm pretty sure they were southern. Regardless, I saw southern (100% sure) later on at Fort Worth.
 
I can resubmit my list at the weekend when my exams are over but really busy right now. I think there are a couple of things I will have to remove, though I don't really stand much of a chance this year compared to last year since the main trip of the year is Australia.
 
jbnbsn99 said:
I'd go easy on the Bison one. Outside of Yellowstone, 100% pure bison don't exist.

All American wildebeest are Eastern White-Bearded.

Grant's and Thomson's are all pure lines (nominate).

No one knows what the US Red Lechwe actually are. It's entirely possible that they're Kafue. Whatever they are, they are a pure strain.

Barasingha ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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What about Wind Cave in South Dakota? Weren't the bison imported from Yellowstone?
 
Fireplume said:
Fresno Chaffee Zoo

1. Chacoan Peccary
2. Common Warthog
3. Southern Impala
4. Eastern White-bearded Wildebeest
5. Addax
6. Southern Springbok
7. Speke's Gazelle
8. Greater Kudu
9. Southern Blue Duiker
10. Patterson's Eland
11. Plains Zebra (Burchell's)
12. Southern White Rhinoceros
13. Malayan Tapir (Asian Tapir)
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Barry R. Kirshner Wildlife Sanctuary

14. Mule Deer

List edited to un-include the "Generic Giraffe" ahahaha ;)
 
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