@Onychorhynchus coronatus Not sure, but once both Schimiding and Itatiba are sibling zoos, they are most likely to have used the institution in Brazil to obtain the marmosets, even if they are not kept here...
@David Matos Mendes , I don't remember seeing any in my visits. The marmosets could have been obtained from Rio (either the zoo or the primate center), as @Onychorhynchus coronatus said
@Enzo
Yes, I already imagined they didn't keep the species, as it's quite rare, and I had never seen them mentioning it. I imagine that Schimiding is very likely to have obtained these marmosets with help from it's sibling brazilian zoo (and crew) to intermediate the negotiations with other institutions in the country. It would probably be easier to do it this way than trying to obtain it from other european zoos (I don't think there are many zoos in Europe that keeps the species).
The real mystery to me is why this zoo in Austria / Germany would even go to all of the trouble of importing a Santarem marmoset from Brazil (a near threatened species) and then to be so shoddy, careless and frankly ignorant as to label it as a common marmoset.
What was the point of them even wanting to have the species ?
I could be wrong but there doesn't appear to have been any effort made to breed the species either so again I wonder why on earth go to the effort of obtaining it then ?
@Onychorhynchus coronatus@Enzo and @David Matos Mendes :
First things first:
Zoo Schmiding (not "Schimiding") is located in the municipality of Krenglbach, Upper Austria. Please, dear Brazilian gentlemen, get your names and locations right, or I'll have to locate Itatiba as "Itsatitsbar" in Uruguay next time. You don't want to rival the Americans in their legendary geographic ignorance, do you?
The Santarem marmosets at what-is-its-name-again?-right: Zoo Schmiding! are actually the only ones of their kind in an European zoo, as mentioned by yours, truly, before.
As for the "why": I can only speculate, but given the ongoing family conflict between the founder of the zoo and his son, maybe the Santarem marmosets were imported by one party and have been pushed aside for now because the other party is being difficult about them.
@Batto Sorry about that, the Austrian / German thing has never really been very clear to me so I tend to (admittedly wrongly) consider them as being both the same country or practically the same for all intensive purposes.
I think despite the family fued issue the importation of this species and then incorrect labelling of it and there being no efforts to breed them is quite absurd.
@Onychorhynchus coronatus
"(...)so I tend to (admittedly wrongly) consider them as being both the same country or practically the same for all intensive purposes." Bad idea, mate, bad idea.^^ Austria is even mentioned as location in the category above.
You're going to drop a lot of clangers if you continue that way. Brazil and Portugal are not the same country because they speak the same language (sort of) ; neither are the UK and Ireland (once again: sort of).
Austrians and Germans do differ (especially the more you go up North), and Austrians in particular do NOT like to be confused with Germans. Maybe this will help:
Or to quote a Bavarian comedian:
What's the difference between a German and an Austrian? When you stop in front of a traffic light and do not move quickly enough when it turns green, the German behind you will honk his horn. The Austrian will ask in a superficially friendly tone whether you have decided on which color to choose so that you can move on.
If you think that is absurd, you should see the minimum size regulations for reptiles and amphibians in Austria... ^^
@Batto Well I do need to brush up on my cultural knowledge of Central Europe, lol , I didn't think the differences were so vast as a "battleship and a waltz" to quote the video.
I have to admit I suppose I always thought it would be the reverse to what you describe and described in the video with Austria and Germany in terms of cultural outlook and mindset with the former being a far more parochial country with a culture rooted in traditions and identity whereas Germany being more modernist.
@Onychorhynchus coronatus: Oh, Austrians can be quite conservative. And just as in Brazil and elsewhere, there's a certain difference between the rural and the urban population. But if there's money to make, Austrians can be quite modern, too... ^^
