Are there any animals NOT found in ANY zoo?

Thanks' Nick that definitely helps. No idea when I"ll be able to head to West Africa, but I'd hope for a good bit of rare animals not seen outside of the region. And that's a pretty nice collection of animals in the Entebbe enclosure. No Giant Forest Hogs or Bohor Reedbucks outside of Africa, and very few establishments with Bush Duker, Bushbuck, or Kob outside of Africa. All in all a very rare group!
 
You're welcome! I just thought of an easier option for a nice vacation from the US… :) As West Africa is obviously a bit more complicated to visit, an easier option is South Africa! Johannesburg zoo exhibits many different species not kept in other zoos around the globe (in a very 'enjoyable' setting too!). I guess you don't see these antelope species in major western zoos (e.g. in Europe and N. America) cause they're not threatened or even rare in nature. Some interesting species the Jo'burg zoo exhibits are:

Grey Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia)
Lord Derby Eland aka Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus)
Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)->there are two species, this one is more related to Nyalas
Red Lechwe (Kobus leche)
Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum)

Further they have the more common species such as Blue Duikers, Nyalas, Impalas, Waterbucks, Common Elands, 3 zebra species, 2 rhino species, Springboks, Bonteboks, Greater Kudus and many unique species of birds, to name just a few… ;)

Have you ever been to the Memphis Zoo? I remember I was impressed by a couple of unique species there! For example, when I visited about 3 years ago they had Yellow-backed Duikers (Cephalophus silvicultor) which I hadn't seen before…
 
Does anyone know of any zoo to have any common species of mole? gentle lemur says most burrowing animals, with the exception of naked mole rats and others, are hardly ever kept... but has anyone seen moles in a zoo before? And what about, more specifically/less likely, marsupial-moles?

Why aren't walia ibex often seen in captivity? Is it for the same reason as the Ethiopian wolves (they'd rather stabilize wild populations)? Geladas live in the same habitats, but many zoos still exhibit them.

Also, are Mongolian gazelle kept anywhere? If they failed, for what reasons?
Jurek7, do you know why muriquis can't be (or just simply aren't) captivated either?

Great thread idea, btw, nanoboy!
 
According to ISIS, these are the mole species held in captivity.

Small Japanese Mole (Mogera imaizumii)
Tama Zoological Park (Japan)

Japanese Mole (Mogera wogura)
Saitama Children's Zoo (Japan)
Tama Zoological Park (Japan)

True's Shrew Mole (Dymecodon pilirostris)
Tama Zoological Park (Japan)

Japanese Shrew Mole (Urotrichus talpoides)
Tama Zoological Park (Japan)
 
KCZooFan said:
According to ISIS, these are the mole species held in captivity.
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So..... only in Japan, hm? Interesting. What are some problems you could think of that would occur in trying to exhibit moles? You wouldn't have them outdoors for obvious reasons, do they require a lot of space? :confused:
 
I think the main reason for zoos not to exhibit moles is that they don't make an interesting exhibit. They're nocturnal and live underground, so showing them in an educational interesting way is quite difficult. I had a mole once (European Mole or Talpa europaea), which was brought in by a farmer. I housed it in a big terrarium full with earth and fed it a diet of (mainly) different kinds of roots and potatoes. Unfortunately it had died after 18 days. My impression was that this animal was extremely nervous and shy, but of course my experience is only with one individual which was brought in after a traumatic experience (a "clash" with the farmer's shovel…).
 
According to Zootierliste, some place in Austria and British Wildlife Centre keep European moles.
 
Nick@Amsterdam said:
I think the main reason for zoos not to exhibit moles is that they don't make an interesting exhibit. They're nocturnal and live underground, so showing them in an educational interesting way is quite difficult. I had a mole once (European Mole or Talpa europaea), which was brought in by a farmer. I housed it in a big terrarium full with earth and fed it a diet of (mainly) different kinds of roots and potatoes. Unfortunately it had died after 18 days. My impression was that this animal was extremely nervous and shy, but of course my experience is only with one individual which was brought in after a traumatic experience (a "clash" with the farmer's shovel…).
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Nick what was the reason you fed it roots and potatoes? You were not able to give it any live insects?
 
That is the reason why I asked (Although I would not give cat food as it would be way too salty). I m a bit afraid the mole just starved (and I makes me a bit worried about the questions Nick asked about sugergliders). Next to the fact that keeping (injured) moles by private persons is clearly illegal in the Netherlands. If it happened in an recognized institution then i m even more worried about the lack of knowledge. And live insects for feeding small mammals or birds are very easy to obtain in large quantities.
 
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I agree with everything you just said and I would not recommend cat food either, but it would indeed have been better than potatoes.
 
I agree with you Saro. I was a bit afraid of the lack of experience of Nick, therefore I asked him to send me a personal message, although combining tokays has it's risks it is not a weird ideas (I've been trying tricky combinations myself although always with species I had experience with). Giving potatoes to moles is a bad idea and I m afraid that this was the cause of death of the mole (although without autopsy it stays a guess) and in my eyes or a sign of inexperience, which is not bad. But Nick if this is your level of knowledge do not even start keeping sugargliders and for sure do not try to combine them with other species. I would recommend you to go for a couple of chinchillas first.
 
The reason I asked was because there's anywhere from 1 to 4 or 5 moles plaguing my yard, one mole dominates the land behind my blacktop, the others (or possibly just that first one) then have tunnels going up my backyard's hill as well. I don't really mind them that much, and my cousin actually wants to be able to see it up-close (really, so do I :)). By no means am I asking how to kill a mole, :D, I just thought I'd mention what sparked my curiosity.

And yes, Nick, they wouldn't be all that interesting, but if they were provided enough space (including areas for them to escape into solitude, away from the noisy public), and had a healthy diet (which is mainly made up of insects, I presume?), could they be kept in captivity successfully? Are the institutions keeping them today successful in doing so?
 
mcatee123 said:
I had heard DWA's Quetzals had died ?
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If that's true then it's terrible news. Do you have a source? There are quite a few collections (both private and public) in Mexico and elsewhere in Central America which hold resplendant quetzals.
 
No its chinese whispers than a real source, I had assumed it correct.
Wasn't aware of any others in captivity but I stand corrected.
Whats changed previously they were lucky to live a year in captivity ?
 
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