I would love to see a zoo keep Star-nosed Mole.
Are These in Captivity?
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Aw man, that would be so cool.
They are listed as EN in 1996, DD in 2008, and LC in 2014. But we're dealing with a fossorial rarely seen creature here so who knows how many there actually are.
It was assessed in 2014, published in 2016
That is the Case for many Fossorial Mammals @ChunkyMunky pengopus.
My bad, I thought the Change was a bit more Recent than 2014.
But again, which species did this place keep? Kakarratul? Or Itjaritjari?
Thank you.
We don't have confirmation the park even kept them, it's speculation still.
True.
supposedly this is a photo from the park
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Marsupial-mole-Source-Alice-Springs-Desert-Park_fig4_274710253
The National Zoo in Washington used to keep star-nosed mole; I saw one there in the autumn of 1990.
According to the book Longevity of Mammals in Captivity (Richard Weigl; 2005) the longevity record for a star-nosed mole is 2 years 6 months; this was an amimal that lived at the National Zoo, Washington, from 8th July 1988 until 13th January 1991. Perhaps this is the animal that I saw although, maybe, Washington Zoo had several different specimens about this time.
Interesting, thanks for that helpful comment.
I have moles in my own yard, would like to see one poke out eventually.
Interesting, thanks for that helpful comment.
I have moles in my own yard, would like to see one poke out eventually.
I've only seen a mole once, he came bounding out of a bush, sensed me, about-faced and disappeared under the bush again. Tried to spot him but he had vanished.
A fleeting moment,I've only seen a mole once, he came bounding out of a bush, sensed me, about-faced and disappeared under the bush again. Tried to spot him but he had vanished.
But a delightful one.
This would be Very unlikely due to This species Limited range, but are there any records of The Critically endangered, Patagonia Frog, Atelognathus patagonicus?
The Tama Zoo in Japan has a "Mole House"; might be possible that other Japanese zoos hold them. I have no idea how popular they might be with guests.
Yeah, I know about that place, One of the Few places that Keeps Moles successfully.
They definitely have some interesting species in there though.
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Yes, absolutely, I suppose it would be the same for the likelihood of seeing a pink fairy armadillo in a zoo if it wasn't so hard to keep alive in captivity.
I don't think they would be commonly kept in zoos (but perhaps they are in research facilities / labs?) for the reason you describe in that they would never or only very rarely be seen by the public.
I don't believe marsupial moles or pink fairy armadillos are kept in research labs.
Depends on public or private. Ruffed Grouse at a couple places is the only one that comes to mind, after the aforementioned capercaillies at a couple zoos.
Privately there's a couple different native grouse species kept, never seen ptarmigans offered for sale though or exhibited.
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