San Diego Zoo got their Pampas deer from Berlin Zoo, around that time they also got Marsh deer from Berlin Zoo but the Marsh deer didnt live very long, besides San Diego Zoo, other US zoos that had Pampas deer were San Antonio Zoo and Bronx Zoo. By the way nice photo Giant Eland !!! I always enjoy your zoo photos !!!
@Giant Eland yeah that makes sense. That area to the left of the Giant panda complex used to be called Stork & Crane Canyon then later even Bongo Canyon.
So the exact subspecies of San Diego Zoo's animals were the Chacoan pampas deer (Ozotoceros bezoarticus leucogaster). The San Diego Wild Animal Park had them too. Imagine if they were still around in the United States and a zoo did a mixed exhibit with Chacoan pampas deer, Chacoan peccary, and maybe even Chacoan mara.
