Chapultepec Zoo Does anyone have a species list for Chapultepec Zoo?

[carlos55]

Also, a male snow leopard replaced the Sumatran tiger.

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Also, a male snow leopard replaced the Sumatran tiger.

Yes , I remember that came to the zoo just after I'd left but I thought it had been put within the temperate zone in the former puma / Japanese macaque exhibit?

 

[carlos55]

Yes you are correct on that OC

 

[Onychorhynchus coronatus]

Mammal list for Chapultepec Zoo

Current hoofstock

Baird's tapir
Common hippo
Grant's zebra
Bactrian camel
Dromedary camel
Llama
Giraffe (not sure what subspecies)
American bison
Nilgai
Nyala
Lechwe
Eland
Waterbuck
Blackbuck
Gemsbuck
Scimitar horned oryx
Sable antelope
Impala
Fallow deer
Hog deer
Wapiti
Red deer
Sika deer
White tailed deer
Red brocket deer
Collared peccary
White lipped peccary
Mouflon
Big horned sheep

Historic hoofstock

African elephant
White rhino
Muntjac
Yak

Current marsupials

Red kangaroo
Grey kangaroo
Bennett's wallaby

Current carnivores

"Bengal" tiger
African lion
Leopard
Snowleopard
Jaguar
Puma
Bobcat
Margay
Ocelot
Caracal
Brown hyena
Spotted hyena
Mexican wolf
Canadian timber wolf
African painted dog
Maned wolf
Arctic fox
Grey fox
Racoon dog
Racoon
Ring tailed coati
Kinkajou
Cacomixtle
Spectacled bear
Brown bear
American black bear
Giant panda
European polecat
Striped skunk
Californian sealion

Historic carnivores

Sumatran tiger
Red panda
Neotropical river otter
Jaguarundi
Fennec fox
Binturong
Domestic dog / Xoloitzcuintle
Syrian brown bear
Polar bear

Current small mammals

Teporingo
Prarie dog
Capybara
Patagonian mara
Agouti
African crested porcupine
Egyptian fruit bat

Current primates

Orangutang (hybrid)
Siamang
Japanese macaque
Patas monkey
Hamadryas baboon
Mandrill
Mexican spider monkey
Mexican howler monkey
Tufted capuchin monkey
Weeper capuchin monkey
White faced capuchin monkey
Bolivian squirrel monkey
Cotton top tamarin
Golden headed lion tamarin
White lipped tamarin

Historic primates

Western lowland gorilla
Common chimpanzee
Spot nosed guenon
Crab eating macaque
Rhesus macaque
Hanuman langur
Common marmoset
Pygmy marmoset
Emperor tamarin

 

[carlos55]

Add ring tailed lemur to primates

 

[Cat-Man]

Hi all. I will be visiting the zoo next week for the first time. What are the unmissable areas, and what are the species I should look out for which are unique?

 

[Nix]

Hi all. I will be visiting the zoo next week for the first time. What are the unmissable areas, and what are the species I should look out for which are unique?

The brown hyenas are certainly a must-see!

 

[carlos55]

HERE ARE SOME SPECIES TO LOOK FOR AT CHAPULTEPEC ZOO- MEXICAN DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP, BROWN HYENA. VOLCANO RABBIT, MEXICAN MARGAY, MEXICAN OCELOT, MEXICAN BROCKET DEER, MEXICAN BLACK HOWLER MONKEY, JAPANESE RACCOON DOG, WHITE LIPPED PECCARY, AND CALIFORNIA CONDOR ARE AMONG THE HIGHLIGHTS. THE NEW REPTILE AND AMPHIBIAN CENTER MAY ALREADY BE OPEN, WITH INTERESTING MEXICAN SPECIES THERE.

 

[Cat-Man]

Thank you both. Tomorrow is the big day; looking forward to the Pandas, the brown hyena (which I had no idea they had, they’ve avoided me at other collections!) and plenty of Mexican rarities.

 

[PossumRoach]

So what species of prairie dog are kept in Chapultepec? Black-tailed or Mexican?

 

[Cat-Man]

Could anybody please answer these questions:

- what happened to the last great apes at the zoo? When I visited I noticed there was none there but lots of signage and enclosures clearly set up for them.

- the Spanish Wikipedia page mentions an incident which caused the elephants to leave? Where were they kept?

- where were the polar bears kept and are there any plans to replace them?

- no sign of any leopards when I visited - are they still there?

 

[carlos55]

Reply to the questions above,
I have not seen prairie dogs lately at Chapultepec.
Chapultepec no longer holds any great apes. Last year an older male orangutan named Jambi died. Great apes are very difficult to obtain for Mexican zoos because of a stupid federal law that prohibits the import of all primate species except for scientific purposes. For the moment there seems to be no intention of bringing back apes to Chapultepec. Guadalajara zoo has a breeding group of Bornean orangutans and Africam Safari Puebla has a breeding group of chimpanzees, which may be a source in the future.
The elephants went to San Juan de Aragon zoo. The old elephants house is in the center of the zoo, next to the giraffe savana, and will soon become the axolotl and amphibians center.
The polar bears were kept next where the sea lions are. There are no plans to bring back polar bears now that the species is so scarce in zoos in the. Americas. The last remaining polar bear in Mexico is Ágata at Guadalajara zoo.
On my recent visits I have seen both the African leopards and our male snow leopard. The leopards came from Havana zoo just like the brown hyenas.

 

[oflory]

I'm planning on visiting Mexico this year, with several days in Mexico City. Chapultepec Zoo is a must, and looking through the galleries, Los Coyotes seems like it is worthwhile too.

Is San Juan de Aragon also worth visiting for species rare in European zoos?

Thanks!