Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park Formerly kept Species Zoo Tampa/Lowry Park Zoo

PSO said:
Hornbills are still on property just BTS for breeding purposes
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Out of interest, do you know if they have any BTS breeding area for more sensitive birds? When I volunteered they had "the peasantry" BTS where more sensitive birds were kept, but it was demolished when they built the tunnel to Africa.
 
@SwampDonkey the only species I can confirm that are BTS for breeding are the hornbills and red browed Amazon's. The latter has two different BTS areas. The other birds that are BTS are geriatric/ medical reasons. Hope this is helpful
 
PSO said:
@SwampDonkey the only species I can confirm that are BTS for breeding are the hornbills and red browed Amazon's. The latter has two different BTS areas. The other birds that are BTS are geriatric/ medical reasons. Hope this is helpful
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It is, thank you! So I can remove the red browed from the former list too, that's good to hear.
 
While we’re still in this discussion @SwampDonkey, seeing how it’s been quite sometime since you last updated the main list. I would be very interested as to see how the roster has been changed since that previous update.
 
Austin the Sengi said:
While we’re still in this discussion @SwampDonkey, seeing how it’s been quite sometime since you last updated the main list. I would be very interested as to see how the roster has been changed since that previous update.
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Great idea, I will compile it below. This is largely correct, to the best of my knowledge. :)

Asian Domain/Gardens:
Asian Elephant
Sloth Bear
Sumatran Tiger
White Tiger
Arabian Oryx
Przewalski's Horse
Bearded pig
Bactrian camel
Persian leopard
Tufted Deer
Warty pig
Gaur
“Persian Gazelle” - (Goitered)

Primate World:
Chimpanzee
Wooly Monkey
Black howler monkey
Silvered Langur
Red Ruffed Lemur
Lion-Tailed Macaque
Spider Monkey - (unknown species)

Wallaroo Station:
New Guinea Singing dogs
Emu

Australian Outback: (closed section, was only accessible via horse drawn cart)
Red kangaroo
Grey kangaroo
Various Australian birds in an aviary

Safari Africa:
Warthog
Grevy's zebra
Hartman's Mountain zebra
Generic giraffe
Cheetah
Great white pelican
Various African wading birds (demolished aviary)
Dromedary camel
Meerkat
Royal antelope
Gerenuk
Bontebok
Common eland
Scimitar Oryx
Common duiker
Thomson's gazelle
Striped Hyena

Florida/Wild Florida:
White American alligator
Philippine crocodile
White-tailed deer
Key deer
American plains bison
American Turkey
American crocodile
Goliath grouper
Tarpon
Various fish and small reptiles
Common cormorant
Cownose Stingray (all gone, but will be back)
Southern Stingray (all gone, but will be back)
Yellow stingray

Discovery Center: (kids touch building now used for storage)
Various small reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates

Canopy/Main Aviary:
Cuban Amazon
Toco Toucan
Mauritius Pink Pigeon

Other:
Naked mole rats (BTS for decades now)
Red Panda (temp loan)
Tasmanian Devil (temp loan)
Sarus crane
Orinoco Crocodile
Patagonia Sea Lion (temp loan 2014)
Chilean Flamingo - By the front entrance/exit
Great Indian hornbill (BTS only but still present)
Red-browed Amazon (BTS only but still present)

Old Lowry Park Zoo (before the major remodel):
Lion (unknown)
Sea Lion
Penguin (unknown)
Jaguar (one reference I found)
Monkey (unknown species)


* USDA inspection from February 2022 shows Warty Pig still, but I think they were off display by then.
 
I should also mention the addition of the already reported animals, now that they’re confirmed to be gone; along with the removal of the stingrays from the list, now that they’re back on display:

SwampDonkey said:
Wallaroo Station/Australia:
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  • Malayan Flying Fox
  • Fijian Banded Iguana
  • Palm Cockatoo

SwampDonkey said:
Other:
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  • Bearded Barbet
 
Austin the Sengi said:
I should also mention the addition of the already reported animals, now that they’re confirmed to be gone; along with the removal of the stingrays from the list, now that they’re back on display:


  • Malayan Flying Fox
  • Fijian Banded Iguana
  • Palm Cockatoo


  • Bearded Barbet
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Cool, I will do a full update list tomorrow. I will probably leave the iguana and cockatoo off for now, it would not be surprising if it is BTS. I will also leave the guenon there for now, since they are still on display currently.
 
Updated list, recent losses in green. Stingrays removed from the list now that the new stingray area is open.

Asian Domain/Gardens:
Asian Elephant
Sloth Bear
Sumatran Tiger
White Tiger (generic "Siberian")
Arabian Oryx
Przewalski's Horse
Bearded pig
Bactrian camel
Persian leopard
Tufted Deer
Warty pig
Gaur
“Persian Gazelle” - (Goitered)

Primate World:
Chimpanzee
Wooly Monkey
Black howler monkey
Silvered Langur
Red Ruffed Lemur
Lion-Tailed Macaque
Spider Monkey - (unknown species)
Mandrill

Wallaroo Station:
New Guinea Singing dogs
Emu
Malayan Flying Fox
Fijian Banded Iguana (possibly BTS)
Palm Cockatoo (possibly BTS)


Australian Outback: (closed section, was only accessible via horse drawn cart)
Red kangaroo
Grey kangaroo
Various Australian birds in an aviary

Safari Africa:
Warthog
Grevy's zebra
Hartman's Mountain zebra
Generic giraffe
Cheetah
Great white pelican
Various African wading birds (demolished aviary)
Dromedary camel
Meerkat
Royal antelope
Gerenuk
Bontebok
Common eland
Scimitar Oryx
Common duiker
Thomson's gazelle
Hyena

Florida/Wild Florida:
White American alligator
Philippine crocodile
White-tailed deer
Key deer
American plains bison
American Turkey
American crocodile
Goliath grouper
Tarpon
Various fish and small reptiles
Common cormorant

Discovery Center: (kids touch building now used for storage)
Various small reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates

Canopy/Main Aviary:
Cuban Amazon
Toco Toucan
Mauritius Pink Pigeon
Bearded Barbet


Other:
Naked mole rats (BTS for decades now)
Red Panda (temp loan)
Tasmanian Devil (temp loan)
Sarus crane
Orinoco Crocodile
Patagonia Sea Lion (temp loan 2014)
Chilean Flamingo - By the front entrance/exit
Great Indian hornbill (BTS only but still present)
Red-browed Amazon (BTS only but still present)

Old Lowry Park Zoo (before the major remodel):
Lion (unknown)
California Sea Lion
Penguin (unknown)
Jaguar (one reference I found)
Monkey (unknown species)
 
I was looking through some archive websites of the zoo’s history; and I noticed some photographs from the late 2000s / early 2010s that captured the following species. Granted, I am unaware of when these animals left the collection, but I thought it would be of interest for both you and this thread:

SwampDonkey said:
Grey kangaroo
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From this one site I found, there was this photo (see below) that had captioned an Eastern Grey Kangaroo / Macropus giganteus. Now, truth be told, I am not certain if the ‘Australian Outback’ attraction was still open around the same time the image was taken. But if not, then it might have been displayed in the now-former emu yard (probably).

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Additionally, from the same website, I also found some photographs of the following species of lory; which, of course, were displayed in the ‘Lorikeet Landing’ aviary around the same time:
  • Red Lory / Eos bornea
  • Brown or Duyvenbode’s Lory / Chalcopsitta duivenbodei
  • Dusky Lory / Pseudeos fuscata

SwampDonkey said:
Hyena
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Finally, I know you didn’t mean to when you last updated your list. But it appears that you forgot to mention that these were Striped Hyenas.
 

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Austin the Sengi said:
Finally, I know you didn’t mean to when you last updated your list. But it appears that you forgot to mention that these were Striped Hyenas.
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Cool, thanks for finding that out! I thought they were spotted for some reason, but I also found a couple of old pictures that confirmed the striped species.
 
This was a long time ago, but I swear they had (or claimed to have) African Forest Buffalo back in 2007-2008, around the time the Ituri Forest section opened.

I remember seeing them back then
 
Elephants and Alligators said:
This was a long time ago, but I swear they had (or claimed to have) African Forest Buffalo back in 2007-2008, around the time the Ituri Forest section opened.

I remember seeing them back then
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It is entirely possible, if so they were likely the same forest buffalo currently at Safari Wilderness. There were animal loans between Safari Wilderness and Lowry Park Zoo at that time orchestrated by Lex. They are real forest buffalo, IIRC some of the only ones in the states on display.
 
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The Congo buffalo were supposedly kept in the safari area. The first time I visited they already had left and gone to Lex's other place
 
While the following is very brief, I did want to mention my personal discovery of these former species; and where in the zoo they were once found:

Asian Domain/Gardens:
Nilgai
“Muntjac” - (Muntiacus sp.)

Safari Africa:
Lesser Kudu
 
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