australasian population list

Australasian Waterbuck Population Introduction: Welcome to the Australasian Waterbuck population thread. There are currently 24 Waterbuck in region held across five holders. Ancestors of the current population include: 1.0 Kampala (23/11/1993) Honolulu 0.1 Nimba (09/06/1990) Denver (via...

New Zealand - Greater Flamingo Population ———————————————— Introduction Due to Auckland Zoo’s continuing success with breeding Greater flamingo, I thought it would be interesting to begin a population thread for this species. Auckland Zoo are the only holder of Greater flamingo in New Zealand...

Australasian Asian Elephant Population 2024 Introduction 2024 is set to be an exciting year for the region’s Asian elephant population, with Werribee Open Range Zoo and Monarto Safari Park planning to build elephant complexes 21ha (Werribee) and 14ha (Monarto) in size. With the opening of...

Australasian African Wild Dog Population Australasia currently has 11 holders of African wild dogs, which includes two in New Zealand and nine in Australia. Most holders maintain non breeding packs, with the exception to this being Monarto Safari Park, Perth Zoo and Altina Wildlife Park. This...

Australasian Galapagos Giant Tortoise Population Welcome to our first reptile population list! Galapagos giant tortoise are currently held at four facilities: Auckland Zoo, Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Perth Zoo and the Australian Reptile Park. The first successful hatching of this species...

Fennec Fox Five facilities in Australia currently hold Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda). A small remnant population of six individuals was added to in 2011 with an import of 1.2 animals to Adelaide. In 2010/2011 Taronga imported a male (Zinder) from Germany to pair with a female (Sha) who came from...

Australasian Asian Small-clawed Otter Population Introduction Australasia has a population of 70 otters held at 17 facilities. Most facilities hold non breeding groups of related otters. Though no inbreeding has occurred in recent years, there’s a high relatedness across the population...

Australasian Hamadryas Baboon Population Welcome everyone to my tenth Australasian population list thread. Compiling this thread has been significantly more challenging than previous threads as information on this species is not widely available - either through online studbooks or the websites...

Australasian Asian Elephant Population 2023 Introduction Asian elephants are currently held at seven Australasian facilities. Auckland Zoo has plans to phase out elephants in the near future; as do Perth Zoo. Neither zoo has stated yet where their elephants will be going - though Werribee...

ZAA Species List Index Introduction: Given how many species lists we’ve created between us for our region’s zoos, wildlife parks and aquariums, I thought it would be helpful to have these listed in an index for easy access. In some cases, we have multiple species listed for a facility - which...

Australasian Leopard Population Leopards are held across three facilities in Australasia - one holds a generic leopard and the other two hold Sri Lankan leopards. The Sri Lankan leopards are part of the European Breeding Programme. They include four founders and two young males, who were the...

There are currently two species of porcupine held in Australasia. Seven facilities in the region hold South African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustraralis), as well as Orana Park in New Zealand holding two female North African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata). In 2017 Monarto Zoo...

All the Binturong (Arctictis binturong) currently in Australia came from Singapore Zoo, or are descended from Singapore imports, except for the Hamerton imports. (In 2019 Hamerton Zoo exported 2 of their generic binturong to make room for pure Javan binturong.) The only breeding pair in the...

Australasian African Lion Population African lions are currently held at 24 Australasian facilities; while a further two facilities (Wellington and Auckland Zoo) will be reimporting lions in the near future, after their last lions were euthanised in April 2021. Both zoos had held lions...

Brown-nosed Coati In May 2011, Melbourne Zoo imported 1.4 Brown-nosed Coati (Nasua nasua) from Leipzig Zoo in Germany. They were male Floppy, and females Mohawk and Helga (sisters), and Margrethe II and Isabella (sisters). Margrethe II and Isabella came to Leipzig from Denmark. By the end of...

Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) is the only species of hyena currently in the Australasian region. Most of the current population, including all five females, is descended from wild born female founder Kigali, who was born in Kruger National Park in 1997 and came to Monarto Zoo in 2007 via...

Australasian Mandrill Population Mandrills are currently held at two facilities and descend from a small number of founders. Melbourne Zoo’s last Mandrills were Louise (born 25/02/1986 at Adelaide Zoo) and her daughter, Timbiri (born 23/12/1994 at Melbourne Zoo). They bred with a male named...

Australasian Asian Elephant Population Asian elephants are currently held at seven Australasian facilities. Auckland Zoo has plans to phase out elephants in the immediate future (2021); while Perth Zoo plan to phase out their remaining elephants upon the death of their elderly female, Tricia...

Australasian Common Chimpanzee Population There are currently six holders of Common chimpanzee in the Australasian region. Only one is known to be purebred (Galatea at Monarto Zoo is a purebred Western chimpanzee) and none are managed at subspecies level. Many of the chimpanzee descend from...

Australasian Hippo Population As shown below, the regional population of both species has dwindled with only two facilities now holding Common hippopotamus; and four holding Pygmy hippopotamus. Imports are desperately needed as both populations are already quite inbred. Monarto Safari Park has...