Are there any animals NOT found in ANY zoo?

there are very few mammals that cannot be kept in captivity. Off the top of my head you've only got the large ceataceans (due to size and feeding requirements - although even grey whale has been kept temporarily); indri (unknown reasons, perhaps dietary - even Madagascar's Tsimbizaza Zoo has failed); colugos (have never survived in captivity); most pangolins (limited success at a couple of facilities). Three-toed sloths are always cited as being impossible to keep in captivity, but there are some zoos keeping them.

There are mammals that have proved difficult or impossible in the past (the mountain gorilla being the most-quoted species) but it is quite likely that most of those "impossible" species could be kept quite successfully with modern knowledge. Even species like insectivorous bats or numbats aren't impossible at all, simply needing dedication to keep adequately fed.

In terms of what mammals aren't kept at zoos, there are literally thousands of species. I mean, there are over 1200 species of bats in the world, and only a tiny number are kept in zoos. Likewise for rodents, with well over 2200 species.
 
Dibatag.

And I don't think there are any Tibetan Antelope (Chiru) either.

:p

Hix
 
Saola arn't in zoos. i think partly because it is rare, but the one kept in a village for a couple days died. I don't know the reason. It is hard to save an animal or keep it captive when we no nothing about, tho.
 
andean cat
iriomote cat (formerly a full species, now considered subspecies of leopard cat)
bornean bay cat (officially, though unofficially there is apparently one pair owned by a private wealthy individual in Asia)
 
Arizona Docent said:
andean cat
iriomote cat (formerly a full species, now considered subspecies of leopard cat)
bornean bay cat (officially, though unofficially there is apparently one pair owned by a private wealthy individual in Asia)
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Who is this private individual and how can we get to them to see the Bornean Bay Cats!!!?

Similarly anyone have any pointers on gaining access to the Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation in Qatar, which is chock full of "barely ever kept in captivity" animals such as: Spix Macaw, Erlangers Gazelle, Arabian Mountain Gazelle, Pelzelnae Gazelle, Phillip's DikDik, and my personal favorite and reason that I"m dying to go here....the Beira Antelope (only place in the world with these in captivity to my knowledge)
 
As someone mentioned indris CANNOT be kept, because of diet.
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I find that hard to believe. Its diet isn't that specialized and much less specialized that for example Prolemur (kept in several zoos). Indri will consume leaves from a large number of plant families and species and will even take some fruit, seeds and bark: Diet and feeding behaviour of Indri indri. Many of those plant families are regularly kept in horticulture. Indri is more likely a matter of supply. They haven't been exported for many years and I doubt that is about to change. If indris were exported to an absolute top facility (think Duke Primate Center) I don't see any major reason why it should fail. (breeding would probably be very difficult but the question wasn't about species that can't/haven't been bred in captivity.)
 
swordfish, marlin
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the related sailfish has been kept http://www.zoochat.com/241/sailfish-aquamarine-fukushima-118063/

I have tried to find more recent information about this but couldn't. If anyone know how successful/unsuccessful it was I would love to hear about it. I know they are almost certainly gone now because the recent Japanese earthquake and tsunami destroyed much of the aquarium.

dolphinfish
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Has been kept several places, for example http://aquarium-mistral.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-10-22

But I don't know how successful/unsuccessful. It is a shortlived species that only reaches a few years even in the wild.

(the aquarium-mistral.blog is interesting for people that like aquariums. It often has strange and rarely kept animals in Japanese aquariums, like snake mackerel currently shown about half down the frontpage of the blog and finless porpoise interacting with a cobia near the bottom of the page.)
 
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There are more primates not kept in zoos:
Gentle lemurs,
Avahis,
Uakaris,
Muriquis,
Red, Olive and Black Colobus(es),
Pig-tailed Langurs.

All are leaf-eaters, only uakaris are specialized seed-eaters. But some species have broad food range, for example Zanzibar red colobus eats leafs of almost any tree on plantations together with charcoal. They might well be kept, like we learned to breed titis, black howlers, sifakas or black-and-white colobus in zoos.
 
Jurek7 said:
There are more primates not kept in zoos:
Gentle lemurs,
Avahis,
Uakaris,
Muriquis,
Red, Olive and Black Colobus(es),
Pig-tailed Langurs.
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There are at least 10 places just in the UK with Gentle Lemurs and im sure there is a Uakari in Los Angeles Zoo too...

Edit: Just found a picture Uakari
 
Jurek7 said:
There are more primates not kept in zoos:
Gentle lemurs,
Avahis,
Uakaris,
Muriquis,
Red, Olive and Black Colobus(es),
Pig-tailed Langurs.
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There are also several uakaris in captivity in South America, and several muriquis (of both species) in zoos and breeding centres across Brazil.
 
Uakari in Los Angeles Zoo
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Also at the zoo in Lima (its name eludes me).

Red, Olive and Black Colobus(es)
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Red colobus has been kept historically in at least one zoo
http://www.zoochat.com/2/red-colobus-zoos-22257/

But clearly difficult and I am fairly sure no place has red colobus today.

Muriquis
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Kept at Curitiba Zoo, Belo Horizonte Zoo and Sorocaba Zoo in Brazil. I don't remember if it is southern or northern they have and I'm not sure all three still have it.
 
Giant forest hog are pretty much absent. I think there's a facility in Entebbe, Uganda that has them and I remember a discussion about a genetically questionable individual at San Diego Zoo.
 
Shirokuma said:
Giant forest hog are pretty much absent. I think there's a facility in Entebbe, Uganda that has them and I remember a discussion about a genetically questionable individual at San Diego Zoo.
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Unfortunately this individual at San Diego has since passed away. I believe the final word on her was she was a dark phase of Bush Pig (Potamochoerus larvatus).
 
I've seen giant forest hogs in the Entebbe Educational Wildlife Centre. When I visited (last year) they had a couple, housed together with Ugandan Kobs, Waterbucks, a couple of duiker species and many Egyptian geese and Crowned cranes… I will post the pictures soon! I don't think they breed them, as this park merely keeps injured animals that were brought in from the wild and had to be taken care of (or at least so they say… :))
 
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I've seen giant forest hogs in the Entebbe Educational Wildlife Centre. When I visited (last year) they had a couple, housed together with Ugandan Kobs, Waterbucks, a couple of duiker species and many Egyptian geese and Crowned cranes… I will post the pictures soon! I don't think they breed them, as this park merely keeps injured animals that were brought in from the wild and had to be taken care of (or at least so they say… :))
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Do you remember specifically what species of Duiker they had?? Any that aren't found in captivity outside of Africa??
 
I always photograph the signs as well, so yes, I know exactly what species they have. :) Of course, they may have some other species, not listed on the signs. Here's what I got for this enclosure:

Giant Forest Hog
Bush Duiker
Bushbuck
Uganda Kob
Bohor Reedbuck
Waterbuck (Defassa)

If it's unique, rare species of Duikers you're after, you may want to visit/contact the zoo in Kumasi (Ghana), some zoo's in Nigeria (like Lagos and Abuja) and of course the Libreville zoo in Gabon. Most of West African zoo's will have regularly unique, though all wild-caught species of duikers. Hope this helps!
 
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