Toronto Zoo Animals in the Past.

Quartz92

Quartz92

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As Meaghan has been puting up pictures of some animals that I do not recall seeing to date and the zoo. I thaught we could put together a list of animals previously kept at the Toronto Zoo.

Heres what I can remember:
Koala
Giant Panda
Silk Worms
Bongo
Golden Monkey
White Lion
Bengal Tiger
Dall's Sheep
Capybara
Gila Monster
Black Footed Penguin
Wild Boar
Bennet's Wallaby
False Gaharial
...
 
Remembering off by heart the species that Ungulate listed:

Bobcat
Chinese Leopard
Raccoon Dog
Coyote
Pronghorn
Thomson's Gazelle
Chinese Water Deer
Barasingha Deer
Hog Nosed Badger
Grizzled Grey Tree Kangaroo
Quoll
Tasmanian Devil
Roadrunner (?)
Hyacinthe Macaw
Chinese Giant Salamander
 
Ill add some more aswell from the previous Toronto Zoo threads.
Columbus monkey
Debrazzas monkey
Patas monkey
Gelada baboon
Springbok
Damara zebra
Lemers
Gemsbok
White-tailed gnu
Mara
Japanese Maquaces
Cape buffalo
Black and white cormerants
Black tailed deer
Coyotes

Where were the Roadrunner, Hyacinthe Macaw, Proghorn, Chinese Water Deer, Hog Nosed Badger, Grizzled Grey Tree Kangaroo, Quoll and Chinese Giant Salamander exhibited?
 
capybara, dalls sheep, plains zebra, llama, water buffala, african dwarf buffalo
 
The llama's are off view for good though
 
But the still reside at the zoo, therefore they aren't in the past! lol
 
Quartz92 said:
Where were the Roadrunner, Hyacinthe Macaw, Proghorn, Chinese Water Deer, Hog Nosed Badger, Grizzled Grey Tree Kangaroo, Quoll and Chinese Giant Salamander exhibited?
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The Roadrunners (I think that's what they were), were kept in the existing Prairie Dog exhibit (the P-Dogs were off display, I believe). The Hyacinthe Macaws were kept where Mikisi the Bald Eagle is now; the Chinese Water Deer was in Eurasia (I think), the Tree Kangaroo, Quoll were in Australasia; and Chinese Giant Salamander were in the former Eurasia (now Australasia) pavillion.

I think the zoo had some Bennet's Wallabies last year; when did they move them?

Some more species, though they weren't displayed:

Jackal - not sure which species; the zoo vet mentioned them on an online chat some years ago when Zoo Diaries was new and said they were great, lively animals but there was no place to put them.
South American Tapir (was kept in the Mayan Temple)
Tamadua
Pangolin
 
Thanks for the clarification.

Im still very confused about that question Meaghan. The Bennets wallabies are no longer exhibited at the zoo but they are on the animal list for the Austrilasian Pavilion. The wallabies in there are Swamp wallabies. the western grey kangaroo and Bennets wallaby used to be housed in the Aussie walkabout. Now the wallabies have dissappered!
 
Thanks, That's what I had thought but I for some reason cant remember them to save my life.
 
Quartz92 said:
Thanks for the clarification.

Im still very confused about that question Meaghan. The Bennets wallabies are no longer exhibited at the zoo but they are on the animal list for the Austrilasian Pavilion. The wallabies in there are Swamp wallabies. the western grey kangaroo and Bennets wallaby used to be housed in the Aussie walkabout. Now the wallabies have dissappered!
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You're very welcome.

LOL knowing me I'll stay up half the night wondering where they went :P

Here's some more:

Dromedary Camel
Sacred Baboon
Libyan Mongoose
Zorilla
 
I'm pretty sure they left because I'm pretty sure they were on Ungulate's list. It seems that quite a few species are being phased out in Eurasia (Chamois, Tur, Barbary Ape, Wisent).

Here's some more:

Pot-bellied Pig (Littlefoot Land; I think they were the first ones I've ever seen, way back in the 80s)
Corella (they were in Littlefoot Land)
Budgerigar (Australasian Pavilion, they were free flying)
Grey Headed Flying Fox (Australasia Pavilion)
Indian Fruit Bat (Indonesian Pavilion, I think)
Tawny Frogmouth (Australasia Pavilion's Edge of Night)
African Porcupine (Africa's Pavilion)
 
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The list of "former" species is probably larger than the current species list for the zoo! It's tough trying to pin down all of the species ... is there some way to create one list that people can edit/add to?

To try and keep it simple, here is a list of species (mammals and birds) that were at the zoo in 2000 that are no longer present:
Tasmanian devil
Leadbeater's possum (one female left, off exhibit)
Brush-tailed bettong
Vampire bat (one individual left, off exhibit)
Ring-tailed lemur
Red-bellied tamarin
DeBrazza's guenon
Patas monkey
Japanese macaque
Tamandua
Mara
Capybara
(Polar bear)
Canadian lynx
Bengal tiger (hybrid)
Dromedary
(Llama - still at the zoo, no longer on exhibit)
Reeves's muntjac
Manchurian sika deer
Topi
Thomson's gazelle
Dall's sheep

Eastern white pelican
African spoonbill
Greater flamingo
Whooper swan
White-faced whistling duck
Merlin
American kestrel
Himalayan snowcock
Vulturine guineafowl
Helmeted guineafowl
Wattled crane
Jambu fruit dove
Senegal dove
Major Mitchell's cockatoo
Yellow-billed amazon
St Vincent amazon
Hyacinth macaw
Green-winged macaw
Western rosella
Green crested turaco
Rufous-banded owl
White-throated bee-eater
Lesser pied hornbill
Red-billed hornbill
Blue-throated barbet
Crested barbet
Lesser green broadbill
White-headed black bulbul
Golden-fronted leafbird
Greater hill mynah
Java hill mynah
Purple glossy starling
Ruppell's long-tailed starling
Azure-winged magpie
 
Woah, I thought we still had muntjac?
 
Meaghan Edwards said:
Some more species, though they weren't displayed:

Jackal - not sure which species; the zoo vet mentioned them on an online chat some years ago when Zoo Diaries was new and said they were great, lively animals but there was no place to put them.
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I believe these were actually fennec foxes (a trio that were being kept as pets and were confiscated by the Humane Society)
 
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