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Are These in Captivity? #2
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Cassynatorium
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Wich wolf subspecies are in captivity?
ABQ Bugarium had them in May IIRC.
A lot. Honestly if you are interested in a particular subspecies it would probably be easier to narrow it down that way.
I'd like to narrow it down and ask if Arctic wolves are in captivity. I'm really confused as to whether that's what Toledo has or they just have grey wolves that are coincidentally all white.
There are no pure Arctic Wolves in captivity (at least in North America) but there are some animals which have significant Arctic Wolf ancestry. That being said, just because a wolf is white doesn't mean it has Arctic Wolf ancestry.
Cassynatorium
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Alright, i'm curious about the
Northwestern wolf (C. l. occidentalis)
Vancouver island wolf (C. l. crassodon)
British columbian wolf (C. l. columbianus)
The International Wolf Center has occidentalis, probably other places as well.
DeYoung has animals signed as C. l. columbianus, no idea if they are pure or not.
Doubtful. Most wolf sign designations are like "bengal" tigers and "reticulated" giraffes in zoos, especially outside AZA. They're generic mixes but places think it looks better if they have a full name. It's mostly done with Arctic wolves, obviously, but sometimes other species too, especially depending on where you are.
Oddly in Quebec, they seem to designate by color a lot? And then the ones in those exhibits don't usually match the color on the sign
Several places I went had 2-4 separate wolf yards, all with different IDs for the same thing.endogenylove
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The Monterey Bay Aquarium keeps the Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) in their relatively new deep sea exhibit. I don't know about others
Shedd keeps them as well.
Sicarius
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Spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) is also held at a few other institutions across Europe:
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Australian Ghostshark (Callorhinchus milli) is currently on show in Sunshine aquarium Japan and Sentosa S.E.A. aquarium Singapore. I would imagine there are also some Australian places with these.
Cape elephantfish (Callorhinchus capensis) is also visible in Sentosa S.E.A. aquarium Singapore and the Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa.
Silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma) sometimes finds its way into aquariums as well. Japanese parks tent to capture these and display them for a short amount of time. The last time I recall was in 2020.
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Australian Ghostshark (Callorhinchus milli) is currently on show in Sunshine aquarium Japan and Sentosa S.E.A. aquarium Singapore. I would imagine there are also some Australian places with these.
Cape elephantfish (Callorhinchus capensis) is also visible in Sentosa S.E.A. aquarium Singapore and the Two Oceans Aquarium in South Africa.
Silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma) sometimes finds its way into aquariums as well. Japanese parks tent to capture these and display them for a short amount of time. The last time I recall was in 2020.
I believe this is the species MBA currently holds as well.
AndyJ08
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That’s unfortunate. I’ve seen some rare species of civets and genets at roadside zoos, but falanoucs might be too rare/ or difficult to keep.
Northwest_FIsh_Keeping
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Actually the species they have is Callorhinchus milli which is the Australian Ghost Shark. They have 2 on display in the Whale Falls tank in "Into the Deep"
Northwest_FIsh_Keeping
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There are a good amount of aquariums in the US that have Chimaeras, most common is the Spotted Ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei) and the other one I've seen only at the Monterey Bay Aquarium is the Australian Ghost Shark (Callorhinchus milii).
Off the top of my head:
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium has (last time I saw) 3 Spotted Ratfish in their "Waters of Puget Sound Tank"
Seattle Aquarium has at least 1 (Although I'm pretty sure I've seen 2 or 3 before) in their Underwater Dome
Shedd was also mentioned in the thread
I believe the Oregon Coast Aquarium also has 1 in their Shark Tunnel
It's not really difficult to keep, it's import laws, combined with being species that the general public doesn't know about and aren't interested in. They tend to prefer nocturnal habitats, too.
CMTM
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OCA does not have any Hydrolagus but their neighbor Hatfield Marine Science Center used to keep a pair.
How many species of North American bats are kept in captivity?