Coati return to Australia:
Thank you to @Zorro for reporting in the Darling Downs Zoo news thread the exciting arrival of 2.4 coati to Darling Downs Zoo (with a further 1.2 to follow).
Exotic Mammals in Australian Zoos
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Coati return to Australia:
Thank you to @Zorro for reporting in the Darling Downs Zoo news thread the exciting arrival of 2.4 coati to Darling Downs Zoo (with a further 1.2 to follow).
Dingos, technically being an exotic mammal to Australia albeit introduced to the mainland continent some 5,000+ years ago (the estimate of how long ago they actually goes further and further back as time and research goes on which is cool). It's not easy working out how many zoos and wildlife parks actually have dingos currently. But this is what have tried to find:
*Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) – are at: Adelaide Zoo; Alexandra Park Zoo; Alice Springs Desert Park; Altina; Armadale Reptile Centre; Australia Zoo; Australian Reptile Park; Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park; Ballarat; Bargo (Dingo Sanctuary); Billabong Zoo; Bunbury; Caversham; Cleland; Cohunu; Cooberrie; Crocodylus; Currumbin; Darling Downs Zoo; Dreamworld; Featherdale; Fleay's; Gorge; Greenough; Gumbuya; Halls Gap Zoo; Healesville Sanctuary; Hunter Valley; Jirrahlinga; Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park; Koala Park; Kuranda Wildlife Park; Kyabram; Lone Pine; Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park; Mansfield Zoo; Maru; Melbourne Zoo; Mogo; Moonlit Sanctuary; National Zoo; Oakvale; Paradise Country; Phillip Island Wildlife Park; Ranger Red's Zoo; Rockhampton Zoo; Shoalhaven (may be gone now); Sydney Zoo; Symbio; Taralga; Taronga Zoo; Tasmania Zoo; Territory Wildlife Park; Urimbirra; Wagga Zoo; Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary; Waminda; Warrnambool; West Australian Reptile Park; Wildlife HQ Zoo; Yarra Valley Nocturnal Zoo; Zambi Wildlife Retreat.. & other some smaller animal parks; also considerable number in private ownership as pet (though many in these latter ownership circumstances are hybridised with domestic dogs. Though purebred dingos are maintained in private ownership in Australia too. & of course in the wild of mainland Australia and some offshore islands like Fraser Island. Some Indigenous communities would still have dingos present too, most communities now have domestic dogs as pets, a significant number of their pet dogs descend from dingos mating with different domestic dog breeds over the period of western intrusion across the continent).
*Dingo (Canis lupus dingo) – are at: Adelaide Zoo; Alexandra Park Zoo; Alice Springs Desert Park; Altina; Armadale Reptile Centre; Australia Zoo; Australian Reptile Park; Australian Walkabout Wildlife Park; Ballarat; Bargo (Dingo Sanctuary); Billabong Zoo; Bunbury; Caversham; Cleland; Cohunu; Cooberrie; Crocodylus; Currumbin; Darling Downs Zoo; Dreamworld; Featherdale; Fleay's; Gorge; Greenough; Gumbuya; Halls Gap Zoo; Healesville Sanctuary; Hunter Valley; Jirrahlinga; Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park; Koala Park; Kuranda Wildlife Park; Kyabram; Lone Pine; Malcolm Douglas Wilderness Park; Mansfield Zoo; Maru; Melbourne Zoo; Mogo; Moonlit Sanctuary; National Zoo; Oakvale; Paradise Country; Phillip Island Wildlife Park; Ranger Red's Zoo; Rockhampton Zoo; Shoalhaven (may be gone now); Sydney Zoo; Symbio; Taralga; Taronga Zoo; Tasmania Zoo; Territory Wildlife Park; Urimbirra; Wagga Zoo; Walkabout Wildlife Sanctuary; Waminda; Warrnambool; West Australian Reptile Park; Wildlife HQ Zoo; Yarra Valley Nocturnal Zoo; Zambi Wildlife Retreat.. & other some smaller animal parks; also considerable number in private ownership as pet (though many in these latter ownership circumstances are hybridised with domestic dogs. Though purebred dingos are maintained in private ownership in Australia too. & of course in the wild of mainland Australia and some offshore islands like Fraser Island. Some Indigenous communities would still have dingos present too, most communities now have domestic dogs as pets, a significant number of their pet dogs descend from dingos mating with different domestic dog breeds over the period of western intrusion across the continent).
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No more 'technically' exotic than Homo sapiens. I think most people accept that dingoes are native even if the event is geologically recent.
Yeah thats very true. They have been on this continent for a colossally long time (excluding Tassie', Bass Strait Islands, Kangaroo Island few other offshore islands; impressed about the Fraser Island population, not sure if maybe the Butchulla people (especially members of the Boorangoora, Dulingbara and Ngulungbara groups back in ancient times) brought them there to K'gari eons ago).
Did you hear about how some ecologists found some of the New Guinean wild dogs/singing dogs right up in the highlands of Papua New Guinea/Western Papua not too long ago; think had been a long time since anyone, except the local people, had seen those wild dogs living completely seperate from humans, most of their conspecifics being village dogs. From memory think they're slightly smaller build than dingos, but generally the same for the most part.
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Hunter Valley WP no longer has 1.0 Jabari the cheetah (and hence does not have cheetahs currently).
*side note, found it interesting that from the 19th century to 2008 over 2,100 (at least 2,114) cheetahs have been wild caught for zoos or other captive settings (global '08 studbook).
*side note, found it interesting that from the 19th century to 2008 over 2,100 (at least 2,114) cheetahs have been wild caught for zoos or other captive settings (global '08 studbook).
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Yes interesting regarding the volume and history of cheetah imports.Random Sunday information to follow . Part of this reason is that the difficulty breeding cheetah in captive setting and of course attitudes. My understanding that AUstralia did not really successfully breed cheetah until about 2003 and that there had been a university study that assist the understanding of cheetah breeding. Last year an Australian breeding centre actually sent back an Australian breed cheetah female to the wilds of Africa (supported protected area) and she is doing well.
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A correction that Australia’s first surviving Cheetah cubs were born in 1987.
Taronga Western Plains Zoo was the first zoo in Australasia to successfully breed and raise Cheetah cubs to adulthood, with the birth of a litter of three males in 1987 (Tsavo, Kibu and Mikumi). Litters had previously been born at Taronga Western Plains Zoo and Wellington Zoo, but the cubs had died as neonates.
There’s an article about them here:
https://ia802905.us.archive.org/16/items/australian-zoologist-24-081-083/australian-zoologist-24-081-083.pdf
That female being 'Eddy' who was captive born at the Wild Cat Conservation Centre in NSW. Apparently WCC have since sent a further pair of cubs to be released but it's unconfirmed whether this has occurred yet or not.
Thank you for the extra information and the share. Thank for clarifying I did not mean that there were no cheetah born just not really successful living out comes. I had a 3 rd year uni reproduction assignment on cheetah reproduction in early 2000’s. And Thank you for the history this is great.
Thank you will be very interesting . Dakari Eddie’s brother is a MSP and hopefully contribute to the breeding population (they both have valuable genetics info from a direct source)
Asian Small-clawed Otters have arrived at Billabong Zoo in Port Macquarie - reported on their FB page.
I can vouch for Tassie Zoo as I was there just over a month ago. The Altina difference might be that I’m not including domesticated camelids (basically because I couldn’t be bothered tracking down which tiny little wildlife parks have dromedaries).
Darling Downs Zoo (34) - plains zebra, pygmy hippopotamus, guanaco, red deer, giraffe, blackbuck, addax, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, golden lion tamarin, emperor tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, red-handed tamarin, common marmoset, pygmy marmoset, Bolivian squirrel monkey, black-capped capuchin, De Brazza’s monkey*, hamadryas baboon, siamang, lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, serval, caracal, maned wolf, spotted hyena, meerkat, binturong, brown-nosed coati, cape porcupine, capybara, agouti
Altina Wildlife Park (33) - plains zebra, takhi, white rhinoceros, rusa deer, red deer, wapiti, fallow deer, hog deer, giraffe, bison, Himalayan tahr, Barbary sheep, blackbuck, eland, nyala, waterbuck, addax, scimitar-horned oryx, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, golden lion tamarin, emperor tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, common marmoset, black-capped capuchin, serval, lion, African hunting dog, maned wolf, spotted hyena, meerkat, red panda, capybara
Tasmania Zoo (33) - plains zebra, giraffe, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, golden lion tamarin, red-handed tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, emperor tamarin, pygmy marmoset, common marmoset, squirrel monkey, black-capped capuchin, De Brazza’s monkey, crab-eating macaque, hamadryas baboon, silvery gibbon, white-cheeked gibbon, siamang, lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, serval, caracal, spotted hyena, meerkat, small-clawed otter, binturong, red panda, maned wolf, African hunting dog, capybara
National Zoo and Aquarium (30) - plains zebra, white rhinoceros, giraffe, eland, blackbuck, Barbary sheep, wapiti, fallow deer, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, cotton-top tamarin, common marmoset, pygmy marmoset, squirrel monkey, black-capped capuchin, Francois’ langur, colobus monkey, siamang, lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, serval, sun bear, spotted hyena, African wild dog, red panda, meerkat, small-clawed otter, Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo
Adelaide Zoo (27) - Brazilian tapir, pygmy hippopotamus, giraffe, ring-tailed lemur, pygmy marmoset, cotton-top tamarin, golden lion tamarin, squirrel monkey, colobus monkey, dusky langur, mandrill, hamadryas baboon, white-cheeked gibbon, siamang, Sumatran orang-utan, tiger, serval, giant panda, maned wolf, fennec fox, binturong, red panda, meerkat, small-clawed otter, mara, capybara, cape porcupine
Hunter Valley Wildlife Park (27) - plains zebra, fallow deer, giraffe, bison, barbary sheep, blackbuck, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, golden lion tamarin, emperor tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, red-handed tamarin, common marmoset, pygmy marmoset, squirrel monkey, black-capped capuchin, spider monkey, lion, cheetah, caracal, serval, meerkat, maned wolf, binturong, capybara, mara, agouti
Perth Zoo (27) - plains zebra, white rhinoceros, giraffe, black and white ruffed lemur, ring-tailed lemur, Sunda slow loris, common marmoset, pygmy marmoset, cotton-top tamarin, emperor tamarin, golden lion tamarin, squirrel monkey, silvery gibbon, white-cheeked gibbon, Sumatran orang-utan, lion, tiger, African wild dog, spotted hyena, sun bear, meerkat, small-clawed otter, binturong, red panda, cape porcupine, agouti, Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo
Taronga Western Plains Zoo (26) - Asian elephant, plains zebra, takhi, onager, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, Indian rhinoceros, hippopotamus, giraffe, eland, bongo, scimitar-horned oryx, addax, blackbuck, Barbary sheep, fallow deer, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, spider monkey, lar gibbon, lion, tiger, cheetah, African wild dog, meerkat, small-clawed otter
Mogo Wildlife Park (26) - plains zebra, white rhinoceros, giraffe, fallow deer, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, golden lion tamarin, emperor tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, pygmy marmoset, squirrel monkey, black-capped capuchin, silvery gibbon, siamang, lowland gorilla, lion, tiger, leopard, cheetah, caracal, serval, spotted hyena, meerkat, red panda, binturong, small-clawed otter
Wildlife HQ (24) - fallow deer, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, golden lion tamarin, emperor tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, common marmoset, pygmy marmoset, Bolivian squirrel monkey, douroucouli, black-handed spider monkey, hamadryas baboon, siamang, white-cheeked gibbon, serval, meerkat, sun bear, maned wolf, African hunting dog, red panda, binturong, capybara, cape porcupine, Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo
Halls Gap Zoo (23) - white rhinoceros, rusa deer, wapiti, fallow deer, hog deer, giraffe, bison, Barbary sheep, Himalayan tahr, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, golden lion tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, common marmoset, pygmy marmoset, black-capped capuchin, black-handed spider monkey, cheetah, serval, small-clawed otter, meerkat, red panda, agouti
Taronga Zoo (23) - plains zebra, pygmy hippopotamus, giraffe, bongo, ring-tailed lemur, cotton-top tamarin, squirrel monkey, Francois’ langur, chimpanzee, gorilla, lion, tiger, fishing cat, sun bear, fennec fox, meerkat, small-clawed otter, red panda, binturong, California sea lion, capybara, Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo, long-beaked echidna
Melbourne Zoo (22) - pygmy hippopotamus, giraffe, nyala, collared peccary, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, cotton-top tamarin, squirrel monkey, spider monkey, colobus monkey, hamadryas baboon, white-cheeked gibbon, siamang, Sumatran orang-utan, gorilla, lion, tiger, snow leopard, binturong, red panda, meerkat, small-clawed otter
Monarto Safari Park (22) - Asian elephant, plains zebra, takhi, white rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, hippopotamus, giraffe, bison, eland, bongo, nyala, addax, scimitar-horned oryx, Barbary sheep, red deer, ring-tailed lemur, chimpanzee, lion, cheetah, spotted hyena, meerkat, cape porcupine
Sydney Zoo (20) - Asian elephant, plains zebra, white rhinoceros, giraffe, nyala, ring-tailed lemur, black-capped capuchin, hamadryas baboon, chimpanzee, Sumatran orang-utan, lion, tiger, cheetah, spotted hyena, African wild dog, meerkat, small-clawed otter, red panda, capybara, cape porcupine
Werribee Open Range Zoo (20) - Asian elephant, plains zebra, takhi, white rhinoceros, hippopotamus, giraffe, bison, eland, nyala, scimitar-horned oryx, addax, waterbuck, blackbuck, gorilla, vervet monkey, lion, cheetah, serval, African wild dog, meerkat
I believe it was mentioned a week or so ago that the DDZ has a fallow deer with the red deer so that might be an extra species!
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@CGSwans re: Melbourne Zoo (22) - pygmy hippopotamus, giraffe, nyala, collared peccary, ring-tailed lemur, black and white ruffed lemur, cotton-top tamarin, squirrel monkey, spider monkey, colobus monkey, hamadryas baboon, white-cheeked gibbon, siamang, Sumatran orang-utan, gorilla, lion, tiger, snow leopard, binturong, red panda, meerkat, small-clawed otter
Melbourne still has emperor tamarins too
Melbourne still has emperor tamarins too
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Siamang have returned to Dubbo with a female bred at Canberra arriving. A young male will soon arrive to be paired with her - reported on their FB page.
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Zambi Wildlife Retreat have just reported that they now have Przewalski’s horses after helping to rescue a herd that were abandoned in a park near Sydney many years ago. Two more herds remain which they will be going back for.
Zambi Wildlife Retreat have just reported that they now have Przewalski’s horses after helping to rescue a herd that were abandoned in a park near Sydney many years ago. Two more herds remain which they will be going back for.
Wow, what an incredible story. It’s disturbing to hear of the suffering and deaths amongst this population, which has apparently formed three herds from the initial group of founders; but good to hear a monumental effort has gone into capturing and relocating them to a better life.
Oh that's wonderful, go Zambi, what an awesome thing to do, such brilliant news. Thanks for sharing Matty and Jambo. The video of them is great (they're really beautiful hey), quite inspiring that they've done that for the horses hey, such a happy occurence.
Can somebody disclose the history of these horses and how they were able to be obtained privately? What was their backstory and why were they neglected ?
I remember reading at the beginning of the thread how about 20 were kept in private hands in the estate ; so was pleasantly surprised when I just read the most recent post saying that there are three herds and the first one consisted of about 8 individuals.
I remember reading at the beginning of the thread how about 20 were kept in private hands in the estate ; so was pleasantly surprised when I just read the most recent post saying that there are three herds and the first one consisted of about 8 individuals.
I would recommend the following thread by @akasha:
Przewalski’s Horse Population Research Thread
Post #44 in particular goes into the foundations/beginnings of the Mulgoa herd.
The initial animals were at the Tipperary - Fernhill Estate was property of the owner, so the horses were eventually all moved across to live on the grounds of the estate.