I wondered if it would be a good idea to get a list going on here of what animals at Twycross are in breeding pairs or groups. For example are the Colobus etc? Thought this might be interesting for everyone to see, as im sure many of you know. For example are the Bactrian camels a breeding pair and are the Colobus a breeding group etc
Twycross Zoo Breeding Groups
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zoogiraffe
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The Bactrian Camels are not a breeding pair as at the moment they haven`t bred!
The Aardwolf is surely too old to breed - the question is if it'll be replaced after it dies (which I don't know the answer to, except that it probably depends on whether Hamerton or Sandwich have any breeding successes in the next couple of years).
What happens with the leopards will be up to the EEP - I'd imagine they will ultimately have a female leopard assigned but it could be a way off yet.
According to ISIS (http://app.isis.org/abstracts/abs.asp), the spider monkeys are:
Colombian: 1.1
Long-haired: 1.2
Red-faced: 3.1
And a single hybrid animal.
Not sure about the ages of these animals but I don't recall any recent breeding.
The Javan Langurs are 6.3 according to ISIS (you must know those are a mixed group just from looking
). Not sure when the last birth was.
ISIS says 2.3 Bat-eared Foxes but again these may be too old to breed.
Really it's very difficult to say for certain which animals are potential breeders without just asking the zoo - otherwise you can't tell what animals have been castrated, are on the pill, are too old, are too badly imprinted...
What happens with the leopards will be up to the EEP - I'd imagine they will ultimately have a female leopard assigned but it could be a way off yet.
According to ISIS (http://app.isis.org/abstracts/abs.asp), the spider monkeys are:
Colombian: 1.1
Long-haired: 1.2
Red-faced: 3.1
And a single hybrid animal.
Not sure about the ages of these animals but I don't recall any recent breeding.
The Javan Langurs are 6.3 according to ISIS (you must know those are a mixed group just from looking
). Not sure when the last birth was.ISIS says 2.3 Bat-eared Foxes but again these may be too old to breed.
Really it's very difficult to say for certain which animals are potential breeders without just asking the zoo - otherwise you can't tell what animals have been castrated, are on the pill, are too old, are too badly imprinted...
There are now quite a few bat-eared foxes around in the UK and I think they have bred at Twycross in the last couple of years .
I think the red-faced spider monkeys have bred in recent years but not the others .
If the Javan langurs are not breeding I would suspect that is policy .
Although the black howlers are very successful and they have breeding woolly monkeys there are far too many rare monkey species , particularly the Guenons , which are not breeding and , managed as they are , probably will not breed .
I think the red-faced spider monkeys have bred in recent years but not the others .
If the Javan langurs are not breeding I would suspect that is policy .
Although the black howlers are very successful and they have breeding woolly monkeys there are far too many rare monkey species , particularly the Guenons , which are not breeding and , managed as they are , probably will not breed .
Hence my comment about the Hamlyn's pair(see above) I believe this is one of the few Geunon species they now have which aren't old and therefore they could breed in a less stressful(noisy) situation. They have had them some years now but with no evident(?) breeding (originally they had 1.3 but the other two females were moved elsewhere as they dominated the male.)
I know that the Allen's Swamp monkeys won't breed anymore either- one female is hysterectomised, the other is too old.
Monas, Dianas, Roloways, Spotnosed etc- all mostly too old now?
Red Eared, Crowned- singletons only.
There is picture of a baby javan langur at twycross in the gallery. wether this was a one off or not is unknown (by me at least
)