Current Mammals In New Zealand Zoos

as noted by zooboy28 in the Wellington Zoo news thread, Wellington no longer has otters. Of their elderly pair, one has just died and the other was sent to Brooklands Zoo this week to join their elderly pair.

The zoos in NZ with otters will therefore be Auckland (with breeding animals), Brooklands (with elderly animals), Orana (with all males) and Willowbank (with breeding animals).
 
Orana Park's Tasmanian Devils have arrived. Also Orana obtained Yaks and American Bison this year.
 
I actually phrased it badly in my list. They are illegal to breed and sell in Southland. They can be kept if a permit is obtained from Environment Southland and the animals are incapable of breeding (i.e. neutered).
 
One of the UK livestock transport companies (they do a lot of zoo animal transports) has posted a photo on there Facebook, of 1.1 Crested Porcupines who passed through Heathrow on there way to New Zealand recently - no named collections (other than it appears they've come from somewhere in the UK) but possibly going to Orana?
 
Nisha said:
One of the UK livestock transport companies (they do a lot of zoo animal transports) has posted a photo on there Facebook, of 1.1 Crested Porcupines who passed through Heathrow on there way to New Zealand recently - no named collections (other than it appears they've come from somewhere in the UK) but possibly going to Orana?
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the photo is here for anyone who wants to see it: https://www.facebook.com/jcslivesto...08942760116/10155417914480117/?type=1&theater

I suspect they are going to Wellington.
 
Chlidonias said:
APPENDIX:

Since this list was first started in 2010 there have been a few species added to NZ collections and several species lost from the country. They are as follows.

MAMMALS NEW IN NZ SINCE 2010:

*Pigmy Marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea): imported to Wellington Zoo in July 2010 from the UK.
*Bolivian Squirrel Monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis): imported to Wellington Zoo in Feb 2012 from France.
*Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisonii): imported to Wellington Zoo in Dec 2013 from Australia.
*Caracal (Caracal caracal): imported to Wellington Zoo in Sept 2014 from Denmark.
*Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaerus): imported to Auckland Zoo in April 2015 from Australia.

MAMMALS LOST IN NZ SINCE 2010:

See here for further information: http://www.zoochat.com/17/former-mammals-new-zealand-zoos-1980-a-371116/

*Asian Golden Cat (Catopuma temminckii): Auckland and Hamilton Zoos, 2011
*Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus): Hamilton Zoo, 2011
*Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu): Wellington Zoo, 2011
*Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus): Auckland Zoo and Kamo (Zion), 2011
*Addra Gazelle (Nanger dama): Orana Park, 2012
*Vervet (Chlorocebus sp.): Pouakai Zoo, 2012
*Emperor Tamarin (Saguinus imperator): Wellington Zoo, 2013
*African Elephant (Loxodonta africana): Franklin Zoo, 2013
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I wonder if, in say 2020, the new species will equal or outnumber the losses? Highly unlikely, as there are a few odds and ends that will drop off soon (there are several species now represented by single elderly females), but I think we can expect a few new species too, with Orana's Gorillas another species expected this year.
 
kiang said:
Have the nyala been in NZ since before 2010?
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yes. To quote myself from this very thread :p

*Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) – Wellington

A trio (one male, two females) was imported by Wellington Zoo in October 2009 from Johannesburg Zoo's Rietkuil breeding farm (South Africa), followed by a male from Singapore Zoo in April 2011. Calves have been born from these imports.
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Chlidonias said:
as noted by zooboy28 in the Wellington Zoo news thread, Wellington no longer has otters. Of their elderly pair, one has just died and the other was sent to Brooklands Zoo this week to join their elderly pair.

The zoos in NZ with otters will therefore be Auckland (with breeding animals), Brooklands (with elderly animals), Orana (with all males) and Willowbank (with breeding animals).
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Wellington now has otters again (the above post was from November 2014), with a bachelor group of five males imported from Perth Zoo.
 
Chlidonias said:
*Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaerus) – two females at Auckland

Two females bred at Adelaide Zoo (Australia), and imported April 2015. Formerly kept at Auckland (until at least the 1960s), Wellington (until at least the late 1980s) and Hamilton (until the early 1990s).
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So I just randomly spotted this article about Auckland Zoo's capybara, which obviously didn't include any original research, but does quote one of the Auckland keepers as saying: "Hamilton had one 20 or so years ago, and to our knowledge it escaped and no one ever found it again", which is somewhat interesting. Whole article below.

Full article here: Capybaras Are The Best | TVShows | 3 News

The capybara is the largest rodent on the planet. It's also the coolest, and Auckland Zoo now has two.

I've always wanted to meet one of these ridiculous creatures, so today I did.

If you have the internet, you know that capybaras are the best animal on the planet.

They make good pets, they're very lazy, they're better than hamsters, and they also love cats and hot showers.

"Because they have such beautiful eyes and crazy mouths that don't seem like they're attached, they have some cool expressions," says Auckland Zoo capybara keeper Amy Robbins.

They may be a tasty snack in South America, but here in New Zealand they are a treasure.

In America they're a popular pet, but that's not allowed here - yet.

Oh, and a little known fact: there has been at least one capybara in New Zealand before, and it might still even be here.

"Hamilton had one 20 or so years ago, and to our knowledge it escaped and no one ever found it again," says Ms Robbins.

Anyway, despite my best efforts, this fat rodent called Roseta didn't want anything to do with me.

So I took a selfie.
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zooboy28 said:
So I just randomly spotted this article about Auckland Zoo's capybara, which obviously didn't include any original research, but does quote one of the Auckland keepers as saying: "Hamilton had one 20 or so years ago, and to our knowledge it escaped and no one ever found it again", which is somewhat interesting. Whole article below.

Full article here: Capybaras Are The Best | TVShows | 3 News
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I like David Farrier, he's a quirky guy. Plus he undertook an expedition in 2009 to try and find the Mongolian Death Worm.

Any evidence of capybara escape from Hamilton would be in MAF files from the early/mid-1990s and probably not on the internet in any form.
 
The gorillas have arrived at Orana Park and are out of quarantine. See this thread: http://www.zoochat.com/17/gorillas-arrive-new-zealand-419626/

These are the first Gorillas ever in NZ, and are the first "new" species brought into the country by Orana since Common Waterbuck in 2004. ("New" as in not currently in the country at the time). Prior "new" species imported by Orana were North and South African Porcupines in 1995, and before that Addra and Sable Antelope in 1990.
 
Nisha said:
One of the UK livestock transport companies (they do a lot of zoo animal transports) has posted a photo on there Facebook, of 1.1 Crested Porcupines who passed through Heathrow on there way to New Zealand recently - no named collections (other than it appears they've come from somewhere in the UK) but possibly going to Orana?
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Chlidonias said:
the photo is here for anyone who wants to see it: https://www.facebook.com/jcslivesto...08942760116/10155417914480117/?type=1&theater

I suspect they are going to Wellington.
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that porcupine pair were indeed destined for Wellington Zoo.

In other changes (which I forgot to mention previously) the last female Sable and Red Kangaroo at Orana apparently died last year, and they were the last of their respective species in the country.
 
Chlidonias said:
Hamilton has imported eight female Blackbuck earlier this month from Altina in Australia, bringing some sorely-needed new blood into the country. See in this thread: http://www.zoochat.com/17/hamilton-zoo-news-2015-a-398452/index3.html
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Our very first export! What an awesome experience in our new QT area! Hamilton were a pleasure to work with throughout the entire process and the 8 gorgeous 1yr old females consisted of 3 different bloodlines which will hopefully give them a fair bit of playing room for breeding in the years to come!
 
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