Bovinae in Indonesian zoos

Salt Merchant

Salt Merchant

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Currently:
* Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) - Almost every Indonesian zoo
* Lowland nyala (Tragelephus angasii) - Taman Safari Bogor
* Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) - Almost every zoo in Java
* Common eland (Taurotragus oryx) - Bandung Zoological Garden, Taman Safari Bogor, Surabaya Zoo, Batu Secret Zoo, Taman Safari Prigen, and Bali Safari and Marine Park
* Lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) - Almost every zoo in Java
* Mountain anoa (Bubalus bubalis) - Ragunan Zoo and Bontomarannu Education Park
* Cattle (Bos taurus) - Almost every Indonesian mini zoo
* Javan banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus) Almost every Indonesian zoo
* Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - Almost every Indonesian mini zoo
* Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) - Baobab Safari Resort
* Plains bison (Bison bison bison) - Taman Safari Prigen
* European bison (Bison bonasus) - Taman Safari Bogor and Taman Safari Prigen

Formerly:
* Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) - Taman Safari Bogor

Privately owned:
* Bali cattle (Bos javanicus domesticus)
* Zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

Let me know if I miss any species or zoos.
 
Nandito said:
Currently:
* Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) - Almost every Indonesian zoo
* Lowland nyala (Tragelephus angasii) - Taman Safari Bogor
* Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) - Almost every zoo in Java
* Common eland (Taurotragus oryx) - Bandung Zoological Garden, Taman Safari Bogor, Surabaya Zoo, Batu Secret Zoo, Taman Safari Prigen, and Bali Safari and Marine Park
* Lowland anoa (Bubalus depressicornis) - Almost every zoo in Java
* Mountain anoa (Bubalus bubalis) - Ragunan Zoo and Bontomarannu Education Park
* Cattle (Bos taurus) - Almost every Indonesian mini zoo
* Javan banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus) Almost every Indonesian zoo
* Water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) - Almost every Indonesian mini zoo
* Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer caffer) - Baobab Safari Resort
* Plains bison (Bison bison bison) - Taman Safari Prigen
* European bison (Bison bonasus) - Taman Safari Bogor and Taman Safari Prigen

Formerly:
* Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) - Taman Safari Bogor

Privately owned:
* Bali cattle (Bos javanicus domesticus)
* Zebu (Bos taurus indicus)

Let me know if I miss any species or zoos.
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It would be nice if you could specify which zoos when signalling almost every Jawan zoo.

I think with regard to f.i. anoa the tally for Jawa is:
Lowland anoa
1. Ragunan - Jakarta
2. Surabaya
3. Taman Safari - Bogor
4. Taman Safari - Prigen/Pasaruan (???)

Bali
5. Bali Safari and Marine Park - Gianyar

Sulawesi
6. K.B. Sitra Satwa - Sokkolia, Gowa
(Bontomarannu Education Park)
7. Makassar
8. Manado, Forestry Station

Mountain anoa
1. K.B. Sitra Satwa - Sokkolia, Gowa
(Bontomarannu Education Park)
2. Manado, Forestry Station

I personally have not heard of any other zoos on Jawa exhibiting anoa apart from Ragunan, TSI and Surabaya. But things could have changed ...?

On Sulawesi the anoa are found in other facilities as well, I just do not have the list on me right now.

I will get to banteng in a minute as well!
 
Banteng
(the ones I know of ...)
Jawa
1. Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta
2. Taman Safari I, Bogor
3. Taman Safari II, Pasaruan
4. Baluran National Park, Forestry Station
5. Surabaya Zoo
(checked see video footage)

Bali
5. Bali Safari and Marine Park, Gianyar.

Link:

Perhaps more zoos in Jawa have banteng, but I have yet to find these.


BTW: Just noted that Batu Secret Zoo also should have anoa and babirusa on exhibit.

Link: Maps – Batu Secret Zoo
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Banteng
(the ones I know of ...)
Jawa
1. Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta
2. Taman Safari I, Bogor
3. Taman Safari II, Pasaruan
4. Baluran National Park, Forestry Station
5. Surabaya Zoo
(checked see video footage)

Bali
5. Bali Safari and Marine Park, Gianyar.

Link:

Perhaps more zoos in Jawa have banteng, but I have yet to find these.


BTW: Just noted that Batu Secret Zoo also should have anoa and babirusa on exhibit.

Link: Maps – Batu Secret Zoo
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Last time I went to BSZ back in 2014 they had babi rusas
 
Nandito said:
They are around 10-12 babirusas on display as far as I can remember.
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@Nandito, you are sure. That is an enormous number! Where did they acquire their babirusas from?

From the wild in Sulawesi (is there still frequent trade?) or one of the other zoos already holding babirusas.

The latter I cannot think is right as for sure Ragunan had only 4 individuals on display when I visited in 2017/18! Also, Surabaya Zoo really does not hold that many babirusas it self (BTW: most if not all are as yet founder animals waiting to reproduce). I remember that a recent item from ASP showed a first breeding in Surabaya of babirusas for a long time.

BTW: PKBSI is promoting Indonesian zoos to invest more in native fauna and ex situ conservation breeding with the focus on banteng, anoa, babirusa and Sumatran tiger. I assume more species will follow suit very soon.
 
Nandito said:
They acquired most of their Indonesian endemic animals from the wild, so I guess their babirusas came from a place somewhere in Sulawesi.
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I would like to know for sure!

It would be great news for the the international Asian Species Program and the PKSBI endeavour to get more zoos in Indonesia to up their trade and standard conditions, capacity building in maintaining species through improved husbandry, exhibits and ex situ conservation breeding. I must check how many founder animals f.i. exist for babirusa but that would be in the low 10's and 20 at the most!

So many wonderful and yet rare threatened species in R.M. Indonesia!
 
Fargusno said:
I haven't been in BSZ again for 6 years. I hope I can go back there again soon, maybe on 2022.
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If you go after CoVid (or in the meantime if you can write to them about the babirusa and anoa or anything else to do with the Batu Secret Zoo), I would very much appreciate if you check up and talk to keepers or curator about it!
 
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