Animal Bucket List

Crossed three off my list today.

Neil chace said:
Probably top of the list for me would be seeing a tarsier. Unfortunately I'd likely need to go to Asia to ever achieve this one. More practical species I'd really like to see include any duiker species (I've yet to see any), musk ox, Speke's and Soemmerring's gazelles, white-bellied tree pangolin, Sulawesi crested macaque, bonobo, Javan gibbon, and drill. I would've had a lot of birds on the list, however this year I've been to multiple of the big bird zoos and so got a lot of lifers in that category, and also got a substantial number of reptile lifers as well. For amphibians, I missed the Japanese giant salamander at Detroit and so that's a species I'd love to see at some point. If I ever get across the ocean, I would like to see some of the species kept in European zoos but not US zoos, such as silvery marmosets, white-fronted lemurs, crowned sifaka, talapoins, barbary macaques, pig-tailed macaques, king colobus, and chamois.
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A St. Louis/Chicago/Milwauker trip would let you cross off two duikers, bonobo, pangolin and both gazelles. :)

Good reminder about European primate populations for me. I would add any of those to my own bucket list!
 
Neil chace said:
Probably top of the list for me would be seeing a tarsier. Unfortunately I'd likely need to go to Asia to ever achieve this one. More practical species I'd really like to see include any duiker species (I've yet to see any), musk ox, Speke's and Soemmerring's gazelles, white-bellied tree pangolin, Sulawesi crested macaque, bonobo, Javan gibbon, and drill. I would've had a lot of birds on the list, however this year I've been to multiple of the big bird zoos and so got a lot of lifers in that category, and also got a substantial number of reptile lifers as well. For amphibians, I missed the Japanese giant salamander at Detroit and so that's a species I'd love to see at some point. If I ever get across the ocean, I would like to see some of the species kept in European zoos but not US zoos, such as silvery marmosets, white-fronted lemurs, crowned sifaka, talapoins, barbary macaques, pig-tailed macaques, king colobus, and chamois.
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Two birds I completely forgot about: Shoebill and Jabiru stork. The former is kept in only a handful of zoos, and the latter in zero US zoos, but if all goes well I might have the chance to see Jabiru next year.
 
Honduran white bat and goblin shark are the only two that immediately spring to mind, seeing as I saw (and touched :D) a pangolin this last summer. (And yes, I recognize that the probability of seeing a goblin shark is near 0%, but a guy's got to have a dream.)
 
Hello.
- African forest elephant;
- African manatee;
- Black tree-kangaroo;
- Blue shark;
- Blue whale;
- Bull shark;
- Cape mountain zebra;
- Eastern gorilla;
- Hairy rhinoceros;
- Giant armadillo;
- Giant oceanic manta ray
- Goblin shark;
- Great white shark;
- Hunter's hartebeest
- Indri;
- Lesser two-horned rhinoceros;
- Mako shark;
- Orca;
- Saiga antelope;
- Spix's macaw;
- Vaquita;
- Whale shark;
- Wild Bactrian camel.

If I were a bit older, I would have seen a black tree-kangaroo in Rio and Spix's macaws in São Paulo...
 
Najade said:
Mammals (excl.: Pinnipeds, Cetaceans, Marsupials, Rodents):
-Long-Beaked Echidna
-Golden Moles
-Oryzorictinae
-Web-Footed Tenrec
-Geogalinae
-Otter Shrews
-Giant Sengis
-Dugong
-Amazonian Manatee
-Giant Armadillo
-Fairy Armadillos
-Three-Toed Sloth
-Silky Anteater
-Colugos
-Sportive Lemurs
-Indri
-Sifakas
-Potto
-Tarsiers
-Bearded Sakis
-Uakaris
-Proboscis Monkey
-Pikas
-Solenodons
-Eurasian Water Shrew
-Star-Nosed Mole
-Desmans
-Shrew Moles
-Gymnures
-African Palm Civet
-Asiatic Linsangs
-Otter Civet
-Water Mongoose
-Andean Mountain Cat
-Falanouc
-Fanaloka
-Olingos
-Sea Otter
-Grisons
-Ferret Badgers
-Hog Badgers
-Stink Badgers
(-Musk Deer)
-Pronghorn
-Giant Forest Hog
-Marsh Deer
-Saola
-Saiga
-Procapra
-Chiru
-Wild Bactrian Camel
-Javan Rhino
-Sumatran Rhino
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One of my favorite lists to tackle! This year I've added 3 more: Golden Mole, Sportive Lemurs (14 species), Indri, bringing my total to 38/53.

I was dangerously close to 3 more having seen dung of Web-Footed Tenrec, missed a trapped Geogalinae by one day and missed the broad daylight Falanouc my guide saw by a couple minutes (long painful story).
 
You know, it may sound silly (especially so coming from a Canadian) since they're far from rare, but for a long time moose were one of my top animals to see in the wild! Happy to say I accomplished that goal 8 months ago ;) Anyways, the animals I'd most love to see in the wild are (and in no particular order, it's hard enough to limit myself to just five!)...
  1. Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis). Both one of my favourite ungulates and endangered species, so while it would still be incredibly special to see one in captivity, seeing one in the wild would be even better.
  2. Any sort of elephant, though especially the African subspecies. Elephants are my favourite (extant) animal, and while I've been lucky enough to see a handful in captivity, nothing would compare to seeing them in the wild.
  3. Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). I've been privileged to work closely with this subspecies in a captive setting, but given they're functionally extinct where I live, it's a major goal of mine to see them re-established here in the wild.
  4. Frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), an animal that I've been captivated with since I was 8 years old. Would be super neat to observe one in the wild.
  5. Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), one of my favourite deer. Seeing as they're extinct in the wild, my motivation to see one in the wild is similar to that of seeing a northern spotted owl.
 
Here's mine:D


Dhole
Dingo
Tayra
Spectacled bear
New Guinea Ground Cuscus
Short beaked Echidna
Common Wombat
Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Orca(wild)
Bottlenose dolphin (wild)
Humpback whale(wild)
Amur Leopard
Brown Hyena
Coquerel's Sifaka
Wolverine
European Brown Bear
Asiatic Black Bear
Sun Bear
Tasmanian Devil
Secretary Bird
Marabou Stork
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Giant Panda
Koala
Lowland Paca
Desmarest's Hutia
Dusky Pademelon
I know it's a lot but there's just a lot lol:)
 
kermodei said:
You know, it may sound silly (especially so coming from a Canadian) since they're far from rare, but for a long time moose were one of my top animals to see in the wild! Happy to say I accomplished that goal 8 months ago ;) Anyways, the animals I'd most love to see in the wild are (and in no particular order, it's hard enough to limit myself to just five!)...
  1. Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis). Both one of my favourite ungulates and endangered species, so while it would still be incredibly special to see one in captivity, seeing one in the wild would be even better.
  2. Any sort of elephant, though especially the African subspecies. Elephants are my favourite (extant) animal, and while I've been lucky enough to see a handful in captivity, nothing would compare to seeing them in the wild.
  3. Northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina). I've been privileged to work closely with this subspecies in a captive setting, but given they're functionally extinct where I live, it's a major goal of mine to see them re-established here in the wild.
  4. Frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), an animal that I've been captivated with since I was 8 years old. Would be super neat to observe one in the wild.
  5. Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus), one of my favourite deer. Seeing as they're extinct in the wild, my motivation to see one in the wild is similar to that of seeing a northern spotted owl.
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Moose are always amazing to see in the wild. I've been lucky to see them numerous times. The summer before last I got to see African bush elephants in the wild. That was on my bucket list long before I knew what a bucket list was.
 
Just the mammals, mostly spurred by rewatching The Life of Mammals, a truly underrated David Attenborough Documentary.

Water shrew (Any, North American or otherwise)
Otter Civet
Yapok
Platypus
Long-billed Echidna (Any)
Proboscis Monkey
Colugo
Snub-nosed Monkey (Any)
Tarsier (Any)
Desman (Any)
Solenodon
Saiga
Silky anteater (Any)
Bald Uakari
Giant Armadillo
Indri
Star-nosed mole
Javan or Sumatran Rhino

I'll die happy seeing even a fraction of these. I have a possibility for three of them in the coming months, I hope I see them!
 
Jacob Blackwood said:
Here's mine:D

Dhole . . . Dusky Pademelon

I know it's a lot but there's just a lot lol:)
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It's a long list and it will take you some time, some travel and some expenditure to work your way through it. But I have actually seen all these species, some in zoos and some in the wild, and I have even photographed them all - except for the paca - although it's taken me 50+ years to do it and some of the photos are rubbish!
 
Mine’s gonna be mostly sharks and marine life for sure:
  • Basking shark
  • Megamouth shark
  • Longfin mako shark
  • Porbeagle shark
  • Salmon shark
  • Oceanic whitetip shark
  • Any/all species of sleeper shark
  • Smalltooth sand tiger shark
  • Bigeye sand tiger shark
  • All species of thresher shark
  • All species of hammerheads remaining (saw great, scalloped, bonnethead)
  • Goblin shark
  • Crocodile shark
  • Frilled shark (any species)
  • Bluntnose sixgill shark
  • Cookiecutter shark
  • All species of devil ray remaining (saw lesser)
  • Sei whale
  • Gray whale (yes I know it’s insane that I’m from Cali and haven’t seen one, but nevertheless)
  • Sperm whale
  • Right whale (any species)
  • Bowhead whale
  • Narwhal
  • Any/all species of beaked whale
  • False killer whale
  • Any/all species of river dolphin
  • Yangtze finless porpoise
  • Vaquita (doubt I would ever be so lucky)
Really I’m just happy to see any species of marine animal I haven’t seen, but these would be my highest priority - I definitely want to take care of most of this list before I die. Hopefully someday I’ll knock a lot of em off! :)
 
CMP said:
Just the mammals, mostly spurred by rewatching The Life of Mammals, a truly underrated David Attenborough Documentary.

Water shrew (Any, North American or otherwise)
Otter Civet
Yapok
Platypus
Long-billed Echidna (Any)
Proboscis Monkey
Colugo
Snub-nosed Monkey (Any)
Tarsier (Any)
Desman (Any)
Solenodon
Saiga
Silky anteater (Any)
Bald Uakari
Giant Armadillo
Indri
Star-nosed mole
Javan or Sumatran Rhino

I'll die happy seeing even a fraction of these. I have a possibility for three of them in the coming months, I hope I see them!
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Are Proboscis Monkey, Colugo and Tarsier the 3 you have a chance for?? How's it going with them- any luck?

Personally the only ones on this list I don't have are Desman and Javan Rhino- both of which I've unsuccessfully tried for wild.

Jacob Blackwood said:
Here's mine:D


Dhole
Dingo
Tayra
Spectacled bear
New Guinea Ground Cuscus
Short beaked Echidna
Common Wombat
Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Orca(wild)
Bottlenose dolphin (wild)
Humpback whale(wild)
Amur Leopard
Brown Hyena
Coquerel's Sifaka
Wolverine
European Brown Bear
Asiatic Black Bear
Sun Bear
Tasmanian Devil
Secretary Bird
Marabou Stork
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Giant Panda
Koala
Lowland Paca
Desmarest's Hutia
Dusky Pademelon
I know it's a lot but there's just a lot lol:)
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Nice, I'm 27-27 from this list- but only 7 of them wild.
 
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Giant Eland said:
Are Proboscis Monkey, Colugo and Tarsier the 3 you have a chance for?? How's it going with them- any luck?

Personally the only ones on this list I don't have are Desman and Javan Rhino- both of which I've unsuccessfully tried for wild.



Nice, I'm 27-27 from this list- but only 7 of them wild.
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You got two of the three right, and I've thankfully managed all three (from my original list ;))
 
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