Man, Am I a happy bloke!!! Beautiful primate Colobinae species ... and TBH a good number of theses should have been represented also in Europe and North America as they all have a high percentage of threat category to them.A family of three dusky leaf monkeys (Trachypithecus obscurus) has just arrived from Artenschutzzentrum Grasleben. They're already on show in the Orangutan House.
Zoo-dresden on Instagram: "Apollo, Latura & Felipe heißen unsere neuen Bewohner im Orang-Utan-Haus. Bei den drei Neuankömmlingen handelt es sich um ein Pärchen Brillenlanguren und ihr Jungtier, die aus dem Artenschutzzentrum Grasleben kommen. Männchen Apollo (8 Jahre alt), Weibchen Latura (14 Jahre alt) sowie ihr 10-Monate alter Nachwuchs Felipe haben den Umzug am 9. April nach Dresden gut gemeistert und sich bereits prima eingewöhnt. Brillenlanguren sind eine Affenart aus der artenreichen Gruppe der Schlankaffen. Ihr ursprüngliches Verbreitungsgebiet sind die tropischen Wälder der Malaiischen Halbinsel, Myanmars und Thailands. Der Bestand dieser tagaktiven Baumbewohner ist stark bedrohtdurch Zerstörung und Fragmentierung ihres Lebensraumes sowie Bejagung. Ähnlich wie unsere Guerezas (Mantelaffen) ernähren sich Brillenlanguren überwiegend von Blättern . Außerdem stehen Früchte, Sämereien und Wirbellose auf ihrem Speiseplan. Mikroorganismen im Darm helfen beim Aufschluss der zellulosereichen Pflanzenkost und beim Abbau von Gift- und Bitterstoffen."
According to ZTL, a female came from Burgers, a male came from Erfurt, and a group of 1.3 came from Howletts. An infant (1.0) was born last year and was sent to Dresden along with his parents.Interested to know how the Artenschutzzentrum Grasleben came into this some family group!?
Thanks @PossumRoach, do You have any idea how large the current dusky langur population is in Europe? At some time Burgers' Zoo was the studbook keeper for the species.....According to ZTL, a female came from Burgers, a male came from Erfurt, and a group of 1.3 came from Howletts. An infant (1.0) was born last year and was sent to Dresden along with his parents.
Well I didn’t knew before checking ZTL, now I know… only a little bit.Thanks @PossumRoach, do You have any idea how large the current dusky langur population is in Europe? At some time Burgers' Zoo was the studbook keeper for the species.....
I was there yesterday but didn't get to see the langurs as I was accompanied and didn't want to make a fuss... we missed them somehow in the orangutan house. I only found out they had them upon arriving at the zoo.
Other than that it is a nice zoo, no exhibit struck me as wholly inadequate. The highlight for me was probably the cheetahs, which I hadn't seen since childhood, as well as the otter family.
On the 26th of February a male Golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) was born, he was given the name Hiro.
I guess, they got once rescued animals Form Dresden/the area around Dresden. So it should be Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollisHi guys! I was going through the Zootierliste entry of the little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. From what I gather it's a species that has recently expanded quite a bit in European collections, with the only holder (as far as I'm aware) that has a long track record of breeding being Dresden Zoo. As such, I'm under the impression a lot of individuals can be traced back to Dresden (but correct me if I'm wrong). Curiously, ZTL does not give the subspecies status of the European zoo population. That begs the question: does anyone know where Dresden got their first animals from? Because I suspect that that will answer the subspecies question at least for a large part, even if some other founder animals remain unaccounted for![]()
They’re being bred in private collections, so maybe from that source?Hi guys! I was going through the Zootierliste entry of the little grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis. From what I gather it's a species that has recently expanded quite a bit in European collections, with the only holder (as far as I'm aware) that has a long track record of breeding being Dresden Zoo. As such, I'm under the impression a lot of individuals can be traced back to Dresden (but correct me if I'm wrong). Curiously, ZTL does not give the subspecies status of the European zoo population. That begs the question: does anyone know where Dresden got their first animals from? Because I suspect that that will answer the subspecies question at least for a large part, even if some other founder animals remain unaccounted for![]()