Great Hoof-Stock/Antelope Enclosures/Collection

[elefante]

Detroit Zoo

Asia
•Bactrian Camel
•Sichuan Takin
•Fallow Deer

South America
•Guanaco

African Savannah
•Reticulated Giraffe
•Grevy's Zebra
•Common Eland
•Warthog
•White Rhino (if you count pachyderms)

Kudu Yard
•Lesser Kudu
•Fallow Deer

North America
•American Bison
•Elk
•White-lipped Deer
•Fallow Deer
•Asian Wild Horse
•Farm Hoofstock


John Ball Zoo

•Eastern Bongo
•South American Tapir
•Dromedary Camel
•Farm Hoofstock

Old John Ball Zoo Hoofstock

•Sitatunga
•Yellow-backed Duiker
•Wildebeest
•Grant's Zebra
•Dall Sheep
•American Bison
•Fallow Deer
(Lots more that I cannot think of)


Binder Park Zoo

•Bontebok
•Waterbuck
•Greater Kudu
•Addra Gazelle
•Impala
•Grant's Zebra
•Reticlated Giraffe
•Mongolian Wild Horse
•Farm Hoofstock

Old Binder Park Zoo Hoofstock

•Roan Antelope
•Eastern Bongo
•Thomson's Gazelle
•Black Duiker
•White-lipped Deer

Why do they have fallow deer in the kudu yard and the North American section? That seems like strange places to have fallow deer.

 

[MountainBongo]

Why do they have fallow deer in the kudu yard and the North American section? That seems like strange places to have fallow deer.

I think they just have lots of deer and the kudu yard and horse yard are big, so they put them into those yards. Most Detroiters don't care, nor notice, soo they don't care about the geographical location

 

[jbnbsn99]

•White Rhino (if you count pachyderms)

There's no such thing as a pachyderm.

 

[MountainBongo]

There's no such thing as a pachyderm.

True, Outside strict biological classification, the term "pachyderm" is commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses.

From Google

 

[jbnbsn99]

True, Outside strict biological classification, the term "pachyderm" is commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, and hippopotamuses.

From Google

The term Pachyderm, along with the sound of other people eating, is one of my big pet peeves. Those animals are not related to each other at all, so we can stop using that nearly two century old taxonomic faux pas now.

 

[laduec]

The term Pachyderm, along with the sound of other people eating, is one of my big pet peeves. Those animals are not related to each other at all, so we can stop using that nearly two century old taxonomic faux pas now.

I am usually all for keeping to taxonomy, but in captivity, isn't the term pachyderm useful? They require more similar care among each other than with other species (a lot of zoos organize keepers into a pachyderm section, if possible). I don't think that using the term in a non-scientific context is inappropriate.

But besides that, I think that the Dallas Zoo's monorail loop has a good selection of hoof stock, especially the way that they are presented.

 

[ungulate nerd]

Toronto has a nice collection of hoofstock, though like many zoos, not as large as it once was. They have:

Greater Kudu
Common Impala
White Rhino
Indian Rhino
Grevy's Zebra
Masai Giraffe
Warthog
Red River Hog
Wapati
Wood Bison
North American Moose
Bactrian Camel
Barbary Sheep (being phased out)
Chamois (being phased out)
Scimitar Horned Oryx (being phased out)
West Caucasian tur
Domestic yak
Reindeer
Malayan Tapir
Sable Antelope
Mouflon
Przewalski's horse

It is rumoured that they may get Blue Sheep, and planned are Okapi and duiker. In the past they had Bongo, Musk Ox, Barasingha Deer, Dall's Sheep, Wisent, Thomson's Gazelle, European Wild Boar, Pronghorn, Dwarf Water Buffalo, Chinese Water Deer, Dromedary camel, Cape buffalo (I know they were in the 70's plans, not sure if they were ever exhibited though), Baird's Tapir (never exhibited), Black tailed deer, Gemsbok, White-tailed deer, Reeves's muntjac (which the zoo is planning on getting again), Manchurian sika deer, Topi, Plains Zebra.

Sorry to bump this thread, but if anyone is interested, here is a list of other hoofstock species that were either at Toronto Zoo or that they planned to get in the past, those species include

Pere davids deer
Axis deer
Hog deer
Saiga
Springbok
Blackbuck
Cuviers gazelle
Mountain gazelle
Goitered gazelle
Blesbok
Addax
Waterbuck
Lechwe
Kob
Giant eland
Congo buffalo
Nilgai
Serow (Dont know exactly which species)
Kulan
Brazilian tapir

Going back to your lists

As for the Plains zebra, did they manage to get both Damara and Chapmans or just one of them ?

As for the Dwarf water buffalo, did they really have Anoas, or do you mean Congo buffalo, those are also known as Dwarf forest buffalo

As for the Manchurian sika deer, I saw Dybowski sika deer listed on one of their old plans, Dybowski and Manchurian are two separate subspecies, did they get both of them or just one of them ?

As for Duikers, which species did they want to get ?

 

[cloudedleopard]

Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

I decided I'd write about two other zoos that I've been to that have pretty good hoof-stock collections. Now these two zoos don't have as large of collections as the previous zoos I've wrote about, but they do have pretty rare species.

I'll start off with the Louisville Zoo. I'm sure many of you have heard of the rotating Islands exhibits. In this area there are two hoof-stock species the Babirusa and the Malayan Tapir. The zoo's new exhibit, Glacier Run will be home to a herd of Caribou. The African Savannah and Kopje section is home to the rest of the species. Located here are yards for Southern White Rhinoceroses, Addax, Mountain Bongos (They had the largest and darkest bull Bongo I've ever seen. He an amazing sight to behold) Klipspringers, Dromedaries, Mhorr Gazelles, Warthogs, Masai Giraffes, and Hartmann's Mountain Zebras. The African Village Petting Corral is also home to Nigerian Dwarf Goats and Domestic Donkeys along with some African Spurred Tortoises. The Gorilla Forest area is home to a great habitat for Pygmy Hippos. As well, the South American section of the zoo is home to a huge grassy yard for Guanacos and Greater Rheas.

Next is the Cleveland Metro Park Zoo. First is the Northern Trek section of the zoo. Here you have yards for Bactrian Camels and Eurasian Reindeer. As well, there are yards for Thorold's Deer and Tufted Deer mixed with several species of birds. When I went there were Reeve's Muntjac in the yard with the Tufted Deer but they aren't listed on the website. In the Australian Outback section there are Southdown Sheep and Dromedary Camels. In the famous Rainforest building, there is an exhibit for Malayan Chevrotains. Last is the African Savannah. In this section there are yards for Grant's Zebras, Kirk's Dik-diks, Red Flanked Duikers, Bontebok, Black Rhinoceroses, Masai Giraffes, and Slender-horn Gazelles. The zoo also has an elderly Nile Hippopotamus named Blackie that was moved to "retirement" in the Giraffe Barn when the zoo broke ground on Elephant Crossing.

Now I would write more about the exhibits themselves but I haven't been to most of the these zoos in several years. Now I could, how ever write about the exhibits at the Cincinnati Zoo as I visit there often.

Final Species Count:

Memphis Zoo: 23
The Wilds: 21
Cincinnati Zoo: 19
Louisville Zoo: 16
Cleveland Metro Park Zoo: 15

Species List:

Memphis Zoo:

Addra Gazelle
Bontebok
Caspian Horse
Dairy Goat
Gerenuk
Grant's Zebra
Hog Deer
Jersey Cattle
Kirk's Dik-Dik
Klipspringer
Minature Donkey
Mountain Bongo
Nile Hippopotamus
Nile Lechwe
Pere David's Deer
Red River Hog
Reeve's Muntjac
Reticulated Giraffe
Roosevelt Elk
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Southern White Rhinoceros
Warthog
Yellow-backed Duiker
Yucatan Minature Pig

The Wilds:

American Bison
Bactrian Deer
Baringo Giraffe
Burmese Brow-antlered Deer
Central Chinese Goral
Common Eland
Common Sable Antelope
Fringe-eared Oryx
Grevy's Zebra
Indian Rhinoceros
Indochinese Sika Deer
Javan Banteng
Masai Giraffe
Pere David's Deer
Persian Onager
Przewalski's Wild Horse
Reticulated Giraffe
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Sichuan Takin
Wild Bactrian Camel

Cincinnati Zoo:

Alpaca
Babydoll Sheep
Black Rhinoceros
Dexter Cattle
Domestic Bactrian Camel
Grevy’s Zebra
Indian Rhinoceros
Jacob Sheep
Llama
Masai Giraffe
Mountain Bongo
Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Okapi
Przewalski’s Wild Horse
Red River Hog
Slender-horned Gazelle
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Sichuan Takin
Yellow-backed Duiker

Louisville Zoo:

Addax
Babirusa
Caribou
Domestic Donkey
Dromedary Camel
Guanaco
Hartemann's Mountain Zebra
Klipspringer
Malayan Tapir
Masai Giraffe
Mhorr Gazelle
Mountain Bongo
Nigerian Dwarf Goat
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Southern White Rhinoceros
Warthog

Cleveland Metro Park Zoo:


Black Rhinoceros
Bontebok
Dromedary Camel
Domestic Bactrian Camel
Eurasian Reindeer
Grant's Zebra
Kirk's Dik-dik
Klipspringer
Malayan Chevrotain
Masai Giraffe
Nile Hippopotamus
Red-flanked Duiker
Slender-horned Gazelle
Southdown Sheep
Thorold's Deer
Tufted Deer

Being a Cleveland Zoo cardholder, I visit regularly and know what is where.
There are no-
Kirk's dik-dik. It was between the old elephant exhibit and Lorikeet Landing in Australian Adventure and left for Elephant Crossing.
Nile Hippopotamus. Blackie was taken off exhibit because of Elephant Crossing and died off-exhibit in the zoo's giraffe barn.
Red-flanked duiker. There were yellow-flanked duikers before EC, between the flamingos/lions and the koalas.
Slender-horned gazelle. I think the African Plains has Thomson's.
Thorold's deer. These have been replaced with the onagers.
Tufted deer. Not visiting Northern Trek or PCA much at all, I am not sure if the zoo still has these. They used to be hidden.