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ThylacineAlive said:
Chital is another species that fairly common outside of the AZA but rare within. I haven't seen the North Indian Muntjac or Brow-Antlered Deer on-exhibit in a while, but everything else seems to be out. There are a few locations where when the monorail is turning, you can turn and see the off-show yards. You may spot the Brow-Antlered Deer in there.

The Przewalski's Wild Horse and Bactrian Deer have young at the moment as well.

The Dhole have gone from complete no-shows to be exceptionally easy to see, thankfully. You should be good there.

A couple other tips:
-Pay attention to the zoo's Brown Bears. Two of their animals are of the Sitka ssp., endemic to the ABC Islands, which are rare.
-The zoo keeps White-Breasted Woodswallow unsigned in the second of the two-story Asian forest habitats in World of Birds, they're fairly easy to spot but hang out high up.
-There are some rare birds in the Butterfly Garden walkthrough greenhouse, including a European Quail and Bananaquit.
-The Black-Necked Crane can typically be spotted in an off-show yard behind the adjutant aviary.
-The zoo's Great Horned Owls are an odd subspecies from the Atlantic Northeast.
-If it's still there, the unsigned fruit-dove chick in the World of Birds nursery is a Many-Colored Fruit-Dove.
-Some odd turtles, including Chinese Big-Headed and Yellow-Headed Box Turtle, can be seen through the window of the World of Reptiles nursery.
-Mary River Turtle is unsigned in the Mertens' Water Monitor habitat as well as in the JungleWorld pools mixed with gharial. They're usually in the lower pools right when you enter the final room. Yellow-Headed Temple Turtle, Fly River Turtle, and Spotted Pond Turtle are all in there as well.

~Thylo
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Mary River Turtle are actually signed now in JungleWorld, but the Temple Turtle and Spotted Pond Turtle aren't (haven't seen those two at JungleWorld though the pond turtle is at Reptile House as are additional Mary River Turtles).

Also to add to some unsigned species, Malagasy Dove and Vasa Parrots are unsigned in the Ringtail/Collared Brown Lemur enclosure. Supposedly there is also an unsigned Pygmy Slow Loris that is sometimes on-exhibit at JungleWorld in the small nocturnal room, but I've never seen it and I think its very iffy as to whether they're actually put on show.
 
SusScrofa said:
Mary River Turtle are actually signed now in JungleWorld, but the Temple Turtle and Spotted Pond Turtle aren't (haven't seen those two at JungleWorld though the pond turtle is at Reptile House as are additional Mary River Turtles).

Also to add to some unsigned species, Malagasy Dove and Vasa Parrots are unsigned in the Ringtail/Collared Brown Lemur enclosure. Supposedly there is also an unsigned Pygmy Slow Loris that is sometimes on-exhibit at JungleWorld in the small nocturnal room, but I've never seen it and I think its very iffy as to whether they're actually put on show.
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I've never not seen the temple turtle and the pond turtle is a very non-spotted looking animal that usually hangs out in the corner of the underwater viewing window. There is indeed another individual in World of Reptiles mixed with the Giant Snake-Necked Turtle and company.

Where would the pygmy Lori's go? They used to be where the cloud rat is but not for a while now.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
I've never not seen the temple turtle and the pond turtle is a very non-spotted looking animal that usually hangs out in the corner of the underwater viewing window. There is indeed another individual in World of Reptiles mixed with the Giant Snake-Necked Turtle and company.

Where would the pygmy Lori's go? They used to be where the cloud rat is but not for a while now.

~Thylo
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I actually made a mistake; the temple turtles are signed and I've seen them. I mixed them up with a different species. Sorry about that.

Yeah, the loris doesn't really have any place there, so pretty much impossible to see at the current moment.
 
Does anyone here have any clue what’s going on with the Malayan tigers? When I went I didn’t see any of them and they recently got a new male to pair with Suhana who’s 14, and is Nadia’s half brother. It’d make sense to either achieve a litter with Suhana or bring in a new male who can actually cover both girls.
 
Polar bear fan said:
Does anyone here have any clue what’s going on with the Malayan tigers? When I went I didn’t see any of them and they recently got a new male to pair with Suhana who’s 14, and is Nadia’s half brother. It’d make sense to either achieve a litter with Suhana or bring in a new male who can actually cover both girls.
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Penari and Suhana have a breeding recommendation, yes.
 
What subspecies are the great horned owls? The children’s zoo manager doesn’t know.

ThylacineAlive said:
Chital is another species that fairly common outside of the AZA but rare within. I haven't seen the North Indian Muntjac or Brow-Antlered Deer on-exhibit in a while, but everything else seems to be out. There are a few locations where when the monorail is turning, you can turn and see the off-show yards. You may spot the Brow-Antlered Deer in there.

The Przewalski's Wild Horse and Bactrian Deer have young at the moment as well.

The Dhole have gone from complete no-shows to be exceptionally easy to see, thankfully. You should be good there.

A couple other tips:
-Pay attention to the zoo's Brown Bears. Two of their animals are of the Sitka ssp., endemic to the ABC Islands, which are rare.
-The zoo keeps White-Breasted Woodswallow unsigned in the second of the two-story Asian forest habitats in World of Birds, they're fairly easy to spot but hang out high up.
-There are some rare birds in the Butterfly Garden walkthrough greenhouse, including a European Quail and Bananaquit.
-The Black-Necked Crane can typically be spotted in an off-show yard behind the adjutant aviary.
-The zoo's Great Horned Owls are an odd subspecies from the Atlantic Northeast.
-If it's still there, the unsigned fruit-dove chick in the World of Birds nursery is a Many-Colored Fruit-Dove.
-Some odd turtles, including Chinese Big-Headed and Yellow-Headed Box Turtle, can be seen through the window of the World of Reptiles nursery.
-Mary River Turtle is unsigned in the Mertens' Water Monitor habitat as well as in the JungleWorld pools mixed with gharial. They're usually in the lower pools right when you enter the final room. Yellow-Headed Temple Turtle, Fly River Turtle, and Spotted Pond Turtle are all in there as well.

~Thylo
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Recently, the zoo posted pictures of 4 chicks that were hatched and located in the nursery area. As I am not a birdie I have no idea what species it is, but I'll link it here anyways.

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Smaggledagle said:
Recently, the zoo posted pictures of 4 chicks that were hatched and located in the nursery area. As I am not a birdie I have no idea what species it is, but I'll link it here anyways.

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The Bronx Zoo in a comment said “Clockwise from top left - 1. Many-colored fruit dove 2. Pied avocet 3. Crested wood partridge 4. Western capercaillie.”
 
Does anyone now if they still have tomistoma or aardvark? I went on 8/24, and they weren't there, nor even signed. The aardvark exhibit particularly had no signs for any other creatures and looked devoid of life.
 
iluvwhales said:
Does anyone now if they still have tomistoma or aardvark? I went on 8/24, and they weren't there, nor even signed. The aardvark exhibit particularly had no signs for any other creatures and looked devoid of life.
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Tomistoma is for sure gone. Aardvark was there when I went in July.
 
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