Exotic Mammals in Australian Zoos

[WhistlingKite24]

I recently stumbled across a business called ‘Get Wild Animal Experiences’. Although they are not open to the public, they seem to have Rhesus Macaque Get Wild Animal Experiences, Common Marmoset Get Wild Animal Experiences and Crab-eating Macaque Get Wild Animal Experiences.
After scrolling through their Facebook page it seems like they recieved the macaques in 2018. The marmosets have been there for awhile (they have bred).
The marmosets have been used in their presentations/shows.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

The Australian Reptile Park now has a male Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo.
Australian Reptile Park
Featherdale also holds this species.
Featherdale Wildlife Park

 

[Jake]

Taralga has more then one guanaco because I saw 2 on their web page.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) – Adelaide; Altina; Currumbin; Darling Downs; Gorge; Hunter Valley; Shoalhaven; Tasmania Zoo; Wildlife HQ; Wings Wildlife Park

Formerly kept in many Australasian zoos, with the last of the old stock (originating at Taronga in the 1930s) dying in c.2005 at Adelaide. The current zoo stock comes from a trio (1.2) imported by Adelaide from Los Angeles Zoo (USA) in Nov 2013. The first young were born in April 2014. There have been no further imports.

D’Aguilar Wildlife (a facility in south-east Queensland which will soon be opened to the public mid-2019 - D'Aguilar Wildlife) has received Capybara.
D'Aguilar Wildlife
The three capybara were born at Altina.
Altina Wildlife Park

 

[Chlidonias]

D’Aguilar Wildlife (a facility in south-east Queensland which will soon be opened to the public mid-2019 - D'Aguilar Wildlife) has received Capybara.
D'Aguilar Wildlife

That's a weeny Capybara!

D'Aguilar Wildlife is Ben Bawden's operation, which is cool.

 

[Jake]

That's a weeny Capybara!

D'Aguilar Wildlife is Ben Bawden's operation, which is cool.

Is that @ZYBen from here, cause it looks like him from the Facebook page?

 

[WhistlingKite24]

generic African Lions (Panthera leo) – Adelaide; Altina; Billabong; Crocodylus; Darling Downs; Hunter Valley; Mansfield; Melbourne; Mogo; Monarto; National Zoo; Perth; Werribee; Western Plains Zoo; Zoodoo. Also at Zambi (not open to public).

Lions have been in Australia since the 1800s and the current population (about 70 or 80 animals) is a tangled mess of ex-circus animals, old zoo stock and new imported zoo stock. I wouldn't even know where to start with unravelling it all!

Shoalhaven Zoo now has two tawny lions.
Shoalhaven Zoo

 

[WhistlingKite24]

*De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) – one at National Zoo

Formerly well-established in the major zoos since the late 1970s, although derived from only a few founders (3 in 1978, 1 in 1989, and 1 in 2001). A halt to breeding by ZAA in the early 2000s reduced them to a remnant of post-reproductive "retired" animals. In 2015 there were five animals left, at Mogo, National and Tasmania Zoos. There is now just one, at National Zoo.

Received some inevitable yet very sad news...
The last DeBrazza’s Monkey died last month due to old age.
The zoo confirmed it via message and the species is no longer mentioned on their website.

 

[Ashanti]

Regrettably I have to add that another species is now gone - Gorge Wildlife Park's last White-fronted Lemur died of old age recently..

 

[Chlidonias]

Regrettably I have to add that another species is now gone - Gorge Wildlife Park's last White-fronted Lemur died of old age recently..

Actually dead now? It has been dead so many times already.

 

[Sunbear12]

Actually dead now? It has been dead so many times already.

I can confirm this is correct. Was at gorge myself yesterday and went to post this, this morning and saw @Ashanti already had.

 

[WhistlingKite24]

*Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) – Adelaide; Billabong; Halls Gap; Hunter Valley; Mogo; Monarto; Perth; Taronga; Wildlife HQ

Has been kept and bred in Australian zoos throughout the 1900s, but by the early 2000s reduced to just six animals. In 2011 there was an import of new stock to Adelaide (1.2 from Los Angeles Zoo, USA) and Taronga (1.0 from Augsburg Zoo, Germany, and 0.1 from Krakow Zoo, Poland).

D’Aguilar Wildlife has received a pair of Fennec Fox.
D'Aguilar Wildlife

 

[WhistlingKite24]

*Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) – Altina; Cooberrie; Crocodylus; Darling Downs; Gorge; Halls Gap; Hunter Valley; Mansfield; National Zoo; Shoalhaven; Symbio; Tasmania Zoo; Wildlife HQ; Wild Animal Encounters; Wings Wildlife Park; Zoodoo. Also in research facilities.

There are about 70 or 80 Common Marmosets in Australian zoos. The species has been in the country for a long time but their ancestries are largely unknown and most are probably related. There have been no imports since the 1970s but many also came into zoos from laboratory situations.

Billabong Zoo has welcomed Common Marmoset.
Security Check

 

[Tafin]

This thread is amazing! I never knew Perth Zoo used to have Striped Hyena! Does anyone know any details on them or if they bred?

 

[Goura]

This thread is amazing! I never knew Perth Zoo used to have Striped Hyena! Does anyone know any details on them or if they bred?

I remember seeing them in the old bear pits back in the 1980s I believe...or it could have been before then.

 

[tetrapod]

I remember seeing them in the old bear pits back in the 1980s I believe...or it could have been before then.

They were in the old bear pits and also moved into the old carnivore/cat row as well (now demolished and part of the cow elephant yard). I don't believe they were ever bred (conditions were pretty poor and basic). Not sure which gender the animals were, but I'm sure they were gone by the 90s. I believe they were shipped to Singapore, which funnily enough is where the offspring of the Savannah Spotted hyaenas were sent.

 

[MattyP]

Animals All Around - Zelie & Craig Bullen
Australia’s last circus elephant, Sabu, has died.

 

[Chlidonias]

The new Sydney Zoo at Blacktown isn't open yet [scheduled for December 7th] but they have started acquiring animals. I will hold off on editing these changes into the proper list until they are actually open, but will use this post to keep track of them.

1.2 Sumatran Orangutans moved to Sydney Zoo from Melbourne Zoo in July, leaving Melbourne with 1.0 Sumatran and 0.2 hybrid Orangutans (this post: Melbourne Zoo News 2019 [Melbourne Zoo])

4.0 African Hunting Dogs imported to Sydney Zoo from Dvur Kralove (Czech Republic) in July (this post: $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo])

0.0.13 Hamadryas Baboons and 3.0 Spotted Hyaenas imported from Singapore Zoo; 4.0 Lions from TWPZ; 2.0 Cheetahs from Monarto; 7.4 (?) Chimpanzees imported from Schwaben Park in Germany [one female later died]; and 3.0 Zebra (of unspecified origin) were all announced at the end of August (from this post and following few posts: $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo])

0.0.5 Geoffroy's Spider Monkeys were obtained in October (sexes and origin not mentioned - this post: $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo]) [Much later confirmed to be five animals from Orana Park in New Zealand]

1.1 Tigers (one Sumatran and one hybrid "Siberian") were obtained in November from Dreamworld (from this and following posts: $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo])

This article says that they have ten Black-capped Capuchins: Sydney's west gets its own world-class zoo

Additionally, Meerkats are shown in one of the videos in this post: $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo]

0.1 Giraffe arrived from Monarto in December (right before the official opening date): $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo]

Capybara and Dromedary are mentioned in this post: $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo]

0.1 Asian Elephant and three Water Buffalo on the day of opening, reported in this post: $36 million zoo with roaming African animals planned for Blacktown [Sydney Zoo]

 

[WhistlingKite24]

A few bits and pieces.

*Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) – Adelaide; Australia Zoo; Ballarat; Darling Downs; Dreamworld; Melbourne; Mogo; National Zoo; Perth; Symbio; Taronga; Western Plains Zoo

Symbio no longer holds Sumatran tigers. The two siblings moved to Tasmania Zoo in 2018.
Sumatran tigers make a new home at Tasmania Zoo

*generic Tigers (Panthera tigris) (hybrids and whites) – Australia Zoo; Crocodylus; Dreamworld; Mogo; National; Symbio. Also at Zambi (not open to public).

According to their Facebook page (can't get the link to work), Symbio's "Bengal" male tiger died in January 2018.

*Fennec Fox (Vulpes zerda) – Adelaide; Billabong; D'Aguilar Wildlife; Halls Gap; Hunter Valley; Mogo; Monarto; Perth; Taronga; Wildlife HQ

I confirmed with Perth Zoo that they no longer have Fennec Fox. The two sisters (Kesi and Zahra) moved to Wildlife HQ.

*Binturong (Arctictis binturong) – Adelaide; Australia Zoo; Currumbin; Melbourne; Mogo; Perth; Taronga; Wildlife HQ

I confirmed with Currumbin that their new binturong is female, 'Enam', who was born at Perth Zoo in 2017.
Out of curiosity, do Australian zoos hold a particular subspecies of binturong or are they mixed/unknown subspecies?

 

[Chlidonias]

Thanks for that; I'll make those changes

I confirmed with Currumbin that their new binturong is female, 'Enam', who was born at Perth Zoo in 2017.
Out of curiosity, do Australian zoos hold a particular subspecies of binturong or are they mixed/unknown subspecies?

The stock listed on here all originated from Singapore Zoo, so they will likely be the Malaysian subspecies.