Are These in Captivity? #2

Jurek7 said:
I thought that all Galapagos iguanas (land and marine, if any) moved to Uganda years ago.

Another animal in Switzerland I wanted to ask is Spix macaw. I suppose it may be an urban legend, because it was never located by anyone including Swiss police. I suspect it died from old age decades ago, possibly before the rumors started.
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No, there are still some Galapagos iguanas in Switzerland. There are also Spix macaws in private hands, no rumours there. But don't expect to ever see them. The best chance of seeing this rare species is at Pairi Daiza.
 
elefante said:
Are bohor (or any other) reedbucks kept in captivity? I saw some of these this summer in the wild. They are pretty neat.
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Reedbuck are surprisingly rare in South Africa despite them being native.
Currently two species are kept captively:
Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum)
Southern Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula fulvorufula).

Collectively these only have 2 holders.
The Johannesburg Zoo (which I consider to be the best on the continent) keeps large herds of both species.
The mountain reedbuck are kept in an enclosure alongside White rhinos.
The Southern reedbuck are kept together with a variety of other antelope.

The other holder is Warmbad Zoo which keeps Southern Reedbuck in a large mixed species hoofstock enclosure.

Of course, both are also present in the game trade, but I would not consider them captive.


Dr. Wolverine said:
Are Brown Hyenas in Captivity?
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@RatioTile and @Jana are correct, Brown Hyenas are rather common in South Africa.
Currently, 9 public collections house them, and countless other private facilities.
The public facilities are as follows:

Ann van Dyk Cheetah Centre
Eventieria Wildlife Park
East London Zoo
Seaview Predator Park
Bothongo Lion and Rhino Nature Reserve
Predator World
Akwaaba Predator Park
Loebies Guestfarm Predator Park
Pumbaa Wildlife Park

It's surprising that none of the large classical zoos in South Africa keep this species but rather keep the Striped Hyena. I think the Brown Hyena would be a far better choice seeing as it's native and would serve as a better ambassador for its wild counterparts.
 
Are Central African slender-snouted crocodiles Mecistops leptorhynchus in captivity - or it is the only missing species?
 
Looking at the websites of zoos in the AZA's Pathways Towards Membership program, the website for the Magnetic Hill Zoo in New Brunswick claims they have tarpans. Am I right in believing those are extinct and that they're probably wrong on that? They have pictures, sort of like what happens when you combine the appearances of a domestic horse and Przewalski's.
 
AlmightyKingPrawn said:
Looking at the websites of zoos in the AZA's Pathways Towards Membership program, the website for the Magnetic Hill Zoo in New Brunswick claims they have tarpans. Am I right in believing those are extinct and that they're probably wrong on that? They have pictures, sort of like what happens when you combine the appearances of a domestic horse and Przewalski's.
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Some people have tried to recreate them.
 
Lota lota said:
Are there any old-world subspecies of Red fox keept in NA?
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I'm only aware of one, at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in NJ. The animal is a rescued Arabian red fox that the facility incorrectly IDs as a Ruppell's fox. I don't know if any visitor has seen the animal, it's very shy and doesn't come out while visitors (or even keepers) are present. US zoos are flooded with rescued red foxes, both wild-born ones that can't be released and pet ones that can't be kept by their naive owners. Many pet ones originated from Russia, of course, so some of those would likely be in zoos.

birdsandbats said:
Almost certainly, give that many of our wild foxes are Old World subspecies.
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Red fox will certainly be split at some point, given they came to North America hundreds of thousands of years ago.
 
TinoPup said:
Red fox will certainly be split at some point, given they came to North America hundreds of thousands of years ago
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I'm not vey informed about fox taxonomy. But what authorities suggest splitting the red fox into several species? Not doubting you,just curious.
 
Lota lota said:
I'm not vey informed about fox taxonomy. But what authorities suggest splitting the red fox into several species? Not doubting you,just curious.
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I don't pay attention that far since my memory isn't great with names, sorry! But it's been proposed for grey wolves and brown bears, as well, given how long ago their splits were.
 
TinoPup said:
I'm only aware of one, at Popcorn Park Animal Refuge in NJ. The animal is a rescued Arabian red fox that the facility incorrectly IDs as a Ruppell's fox. I don't know if any visitor has seen the animal, it's very shy and doesn't come out while visitors (or even keepers) are present. US zoos are flooded with rescued red foxes, both wild-born ones that can't be released and pet ones that can't be kept by their naive owners. Many pet ones originated from Russia, of course, so some of those would likely be in zoos.



Red fox will certainly be split at some point, given they came to North America hundreds of thousands of years ago.
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Except many wild Red Fox population in North America are of European subspecies, due to introductions. There's almost certainly rescues around, and the exact range of native subspecies, introduced subspecies, and intergrades isn't well understood.
 
birdsandbats said:
Except many wild Red Fox population in North America are of European subspecies, do to introductions. There's almost certainly rescues around, and the exact range of native subspecies, introduced subspecies, and intergrades isn't well understood.
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This is true, but it doesn't change that native subspecies are likely a species separate from the old world species (possibly plural).
 
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