Exotic mammals at each Australian zoo

[Hix]

Crocodylus Park in the Northern Territory holds New Guinea crocodile and Philippine crocodile if it has not been mentioned already.

It hasn't been mentioned, probably because this is a thread about mammals.



Hix

 

[Jabiru96]

It hasn't been mentioned, probably because this is a thread about mammals.



Hix

Woops! Sorry about that!

 

[tetrapod]

Lab Primates in Australia definitely include Common Marmoset, Long-tailed Macaque and Pig-tailed Macaque. Not sure about any other species.

Does anybody know whether the Douroucoulis kept by the Armed Forces (for malaria research, I think; Qld?) are still in existence? They were offered to the Aust zoo world, but alas no takers.

 

[tetrapod]

For birds there is a government inventory of species known to be in Australia (in 2007) however many of the birds listed are very rare or even extinct.
http://www.environment.gov.au/syste...196d2b8a991/files/inventory-exotic-common.pdf

With a list like that you would think that the exotic bird species population in Aust was pretty healthy!

 

[FBBird]

Sorry to bang on about birds on a mammal thread, but I seriously doubt the Wood Duck, Monal & Edwards' Pheasant.
Greylag & Swan Goose are of course the domestic forms of those species only.
The Flamingos are single birds if indeed they survive.
Glad I don't live in Australia. There are so many species I would miss.

 

[Steve Robinson]

Does anybody know whether the Douroucoulis kept by the Armed Forces (for malaria research, I think; Qld?) are still in existence? They were offered to the Aust zoo world, but alas no takers.

Owl Monkeys are still kept by the ADF in Queensland.

 

[Jabiru96]

Owl Monkeys are still kept by the ADF in Queensland.

It looks like 25 were imported from USA in 2008, with over 50 in total: No Cookies | The Courier-Mail

 

[Hix]

What do the hell do the ADF want with douroucoulis???



Hix

 

[Hix]

Sorry to bang on about birds on a mammal thread, but I seriously doubt the Wood Duck, Monal & Edwards' Pheasant.
Greylag & Swan Goose are of course the domestic forms of those species only.
The Flamingos are single birds if indeed they survive.
Glad I don't live in Australia. There are so many species I would miss.

The last Monal was in private hands, I saw it many years ago. And both the flamingos still survive.

Remember this list is six years old.



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[MRJ]

Glad I don't live in Australia. There are so many species I would miss.

But in compensation you would have so many species you will never see otherwise.

 

[Jabiru96]

What do the hell do the ADF want with douroucoulis???



Hix

Judging by the article, to use for testing on malaria, Japanese encephalitis and Ross River fever, supposedly as

they are the only other animal, besides humans, which supports the growth of the disease

 

[Steve Robinson]

Remember this list is six years old.



Hix

............. and was inaccurate even when it was compiled.

 

[Chlidonias]

What do the hell do the ADF want with douroucoulis???



Hix

think about it: grasping hands suitable for holding small firearms or blades; can see in the dark so no need for night-vision goggles; small enough to hide in crawl-spaces and liquor cabinets. Give them some intelligence-enhancing brain surgery and they are the perfect assassins.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

grasping hands suitable for holding small firearms or blades; can see in the dark so no need for night-vision goggles; small enough to hide in crawl-spaces and liquor cabinets. Give them some intelligence-enhancing brain surgery and they are the perfect assassins.

And the same applies to the Douroucoulis, too!

 

[Pertinax]

think about it: grasping hands suitable for holding small firearms or blades; can see in the dark so no need for night-vision goggles; small enough to hide in crawl-spaces and liquor cabinets. Give them some intelligence-enhancing brain surgery and they are the perfect assassins.

You have a wild imagination Chlidonias...

I quite fancy one as a 'helper Douracouli' though...

 

[Chlidonias]

You have a wild imagination Chlidonias...

I quite fancy one as a 'helper Douracouli' though...

"Hey, helper douroucouli, bring me a Scotch"
"Can't. Sleeping."

They would only work as helper monkeys if the helpee was an insomniac....

 

[Chlidonias]

so getting back on track, in research facilities there are common marmoset, douroucouli, hamadryas baboon, pig-tailed macaque and crab-eating macaques. Anything else?

And in terms of ungulates, in private hands on ranches etc (excluding deer, water buffalo and obvious things like that): American bison, banteng, blackbuck, scimitar-horned oryx, addax, barbary sheep.....eland?

Any yaks in Australia?

 

[Chlidonias]

so getting back on track, in research facilities there are common marmoset, douroucouli, hamadryas baboon, pig-tailed macaque and crab-eating macaques. Anything else?

And in terms of ungulates, in private hands on ranches etc (excluding deer, water buffalo and obvious things like that): American bison, banteng, blackbuck, scimitar-horned oryx, addax, barbary sheep.....eland?

Any yaks in Australia?

bump.

Anyone?

 

[Astrobird]

I don't think so, no Yaks.........

 

[Chlidonias]

I didn't think there were yaks but we have them in NZ so wasn't sure.

Are eland kept on private ranches?