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Here is a species list from my visit on 8/14/22. As always, species not seen will be listed in Italics. Zoo Center 1. Black-Crested Mangabey (2x) 2. Common Snapping Turtle 3. Gila Monster 4. Burmese Python 5. Veiled Chameleon 6. Common Clownfish, Banggai Cardinalfish, Pajama Cardinalfish...

Many of you know me for my population lists as I've created quite a few of those but this time around I decided to tackle a slightly different and more challenging project! I've spent the last few weeks trying to put together a list of all the holders of primate species in North America. In...

This is the sub-exhibit for which can be found inside of the “Tiger River Passage” exhibit and contains a variety of rare nocturnal species native to Southeast Asia as you will discover

I was doing a bit of reading on venom in mammals earlier (a topic that fascinates me) and thought it would be interesting to create a poll for zoochatters to vote for the venomous mammal which interests them the most : the solenodon or the loris. Please also feel free to write comments...

Which interest you more tarsiers or lorises and why ? Do you have a favourite species or memory of seeing one of these primates in the wild or captivity ? Look forward to reading your replies.

This thread is for detailing what species of nocturnal primate are held where in the United States and Canada. Taxonomic groups covered here are: Dwarf lemurs and mouse lemurs (family Cheirogaleidae) Aye-aye (family Daubentoniidae) Lorises (family Lorisidae) Bushbabies/galagos (family...

In Night Life

Studies have shown that the pygmy slow loris is the fist primate to hibernate outside Madagascar Pygmy slow loris is first known hibernating primate outside of Madagascar, study says

The Horton Plains slender loris, found only in Sri Lanka, was for more than 60 years believed to be extinct. More than 1,000 night surveys were carried out in 120 forested regions by Sri Lankan researchers working in partnership with the Zoological Society of London (ZSL). The night zone...