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Are These in Captivity? #2
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Beijing Zoo in China has Marco Polo Sheep but it might be crossbred with other Argali species.
Sicarius
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No, nowhere. Not even in Madagascar itself as far as I can tell. But certainly not outside the country.
Yes, in Moscow Zoo Breeding Center and Tierpark Berlin.
Peaked inside the AZA Viverrid care manual and the second most commonly mentioned specific species after the binturong is the Owston's palm civet. Never heard of them being kept, what facilities are they at?
Cassynatorium
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They have them at shaldon, thrigby hall, newquay and port lympne; all in the UK. As well as some asian zoos.
I can't find any AZA affiliated zoos that hold them.
There are no Owston's Palm Civets in the USA that I'm aware of. There are however a few Banded Palm Civets around, most notably at Nashville.
There’s photos of Kaluga in the media for Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe (Japan) and Crocus City Oceanarium (Russia) as recently as 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Going further back, Vladivostok Aquarium (Russia) were reported to hold three Kaluga in 2013.
Sicarius
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A few more locations with Kaluga sturgeons:
- Otaru Aquarium, Japan
- Moskvarium, Russia
- Khabarovsk Museum/aquarium, Russia
Regarding beluga sturgeon, here is the list for Europe:
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- Otaru Aquarium, Japan
- Moskvarium, Russia
- Khabarovsk Museum/aquarium, Russia
Regarding beluga sturgeon, here is the list for Europe:
ZootierlisteHomepage
I saw Beluga Sturgeon at Great Lakes Aquarium in Duluth, Minnesota.
Recently, I have been making progress on developing a speculative exhibit concept revolving around the African “Little Five”; but while there plenty of zoos that display elephant shrews, buffalo weavers, rhinoceros beetles, and leopard tortoises. I soon realized that the fifth member of this classification are not exactly as prevalent in captivity as the other four members were. Which now brings back to the original question, regarding if there are any ant-lions in captivity?
Not, but should not be difficult to catch.
None currently that I know of. They have generally been little kept by zoos, the meager European ZTL listings for both primarily come from London. There's probably a couple historical records for NA too, but no idea there honestly. Lemmings I think are difficult to sustain population wise, as with many rodents. And just not much interest in Arctic Ground Squirrels I guess.
I've seen captive (wild-caught) ant-lions at a few nature centers.
Randomname0183
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Northern Rockhoppers are kept in the Likes of Jurong, Odense and Berlin Garten as far as Eurasian Holdings go according to ZTL. I believe Whipsnade also holds a single specimen with its African penguins too.
They are also kept at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa.
Edmonton Valley Zoo housed a small colony of Arctic Ground Squirrel for around two years in the early 2010’s. Easy species to maintain and they did well, unfortunately the exhibit was poorly designed and they all ended up escaping eventually.