To the best of my knowledge, Stone still keeps the species. Last time I was at Stone was two years ago and they had at least one.
Animals You've Seen That Few Zoochatters Have Seen
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To the best of my knowledge, Stone still keeps the species. Last time I was at Stone was two years ago and they had at least one.
I saw it at Stone in November, and the Bronx still has at least one I saw offshow when walking around Aquatic Bird House. No idea why they were taken off-exhibit though.
Ben K
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I have seen a white Bengal tiger (Rancho Texas Park,Lanzarote)
That isn't remotely rare.
Don't mean to put you down or anything but White tigers are really common in zoos - 176 holders in Europe alone.
David Peden
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Some rare species and subspecies I've seen in the wild:
Cascade Caverns salamander
Attwater's prairie chicken (also seen at the San Antonio Zoo)
Oahu 'elepaio
Oahu 'amakihi
Spotted rail
Crested owl
Keeled earless lizard
Lesser sac-winged bat
Cascade Caverns salamander
Attwater's prairie chicken (also seen at the San Antonio Zoo)
Oahu 'elepaio
Oahu 'amakihi
Spotted rail
Crested owl
Keeled earless lizard
Lesser sac-winged bat
Ben K
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There is only 200 not the rarest but best I can contribute have you seen one ?
I imagine most ZooChatters will have seen one. The commonly-sighted 200 number is a drastic underestimate, and white Tigers are kept in many high-profile collections.
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felis silvestris
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Yes, although I hope that number goes down as they are not really a natural species in the wild
They did historically occur in the wild, they just no longer do.
Well which zoos have you visited? I could tell you which species you might have seen that are rare. Just upfront I can guarantee that you've seen rarer animals than White tigers. Given you live in Edinburgh, you might have seen the Japanese serows back in the early 2000s? Or currently the Guianan brown capuchins?
Ben K
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Where are most of them ? I would like to see more
Ben K
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Yes it isn’t great for the Bengal tiger Species that they are trying to breed them in some zoos but they can’t be released into the wild due to it being difficult for them to catch prey
More white tigers? I mean some of the better, larger zoos with them include Pairi Daiza, Beauval, Hamerton...
Bengal tigers aren't a species and White tigers aren't pure Bengal tigers anyway. But you are right that being horrendously inbred does affect a tiger's chances in the wild.
felis silvestris
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Well apparently they were all descended from one individual so technically they are natural, it’s just as @amur leopard stated, they are now getting horrendously inbred from one descendant.
Randomname0183
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There’s a pair of “pale” tiger brothers that were recently sighted in the Nilgiri hills so they can occur in the wild
Rare pale tiger seen in Nilgiris
Correct me if wrong, but I have heard that this tiger is only slightly pale, in fact the photograph made the animal look more pale than he already was..
This does not apply to any former wild populations. And there has been some doubt in recent years if all captive white Tigers really are inbred. Certainly many are, but if they truly are all descended from one individual and if they are all inbred is up in the air at the moment.
I haven’t seen that evidence. Do you have a link or article so that I can read up?
I will point out though that many genetic changes like what happens to white tigers are most likely to show up in inbred populations, which do occur in the wild occasionally. Especially because it is recessive and not known to be a genetic change that was ever widespread in the population.
I can't re-find the article I read several years ago. No idea how valid the study was or not.