Highlighted Species

Kudu21

Kudu21

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So what are some species that you have seen that you consider your "highlighted" species, or species that you have seen that are rare in collections or you feel lucky to have been able to see.

For me my top highlighted species would be the:

*Sumatran Rhinoceros
*Zebra Duiker
*Tarsier
*Arapaima
*Australian Lungfish
*Aardwolf
*West-Indian Manatee
*Giant Panda
*Giant Eland
*Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
*Jaguarundi
* Rusty Spotted Cat
*Asiatic Golden Cat
*Shoebill
*Bharal
*Drill
*Banded Palm Civet
*North Island Brown Kiwi
*Tiger Quoll
*Brush-tailed Bettong
*Queensland Koala
*Short-beaked Echidna
*Chinese Alligator
*Chinese Giant Salamander
*Congo Peafowl
*Przewalski's Wild Horse
*Hog Deer
*White-lipped Deer
*Pere David's Deer
*Bactrian Deer
*Bonobo
*Persian Onager
*Dhole

Among several other species of which I cannot recall at the moment.
 
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Here are mine:

Giant Panda
Tiger Quoll
Chinese Alligator
Congo Peafowl
Przewalski's Wild Horse
Bare-faced Go-away-bird
Japanese Giant Salamander
Somali Wild Ass
Sifaka
Aye-aye
Bush Dog
Gharial
False Gharial
Kiwi
Arapaima
Clouded Leopard
Okapi
Ratel
Caiman Lizard
Douc Langur
Mountain Tapir
Giant Otter
Wolf's Guenon
Rufous Elephant Shrew
Maned Wolf
Tayra
Golden-headed Quetzal
Koala
Addax
Pygmy Hippo
Red Panda
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Brown Lemur
Caracal
Amur Leopard
Visayan Warty Pig
Babirusa
Lesser hedgehog Tenrec
Sun Bear
Blue Duiker
Rock Hyrax
Humpback Whale

Plus others I cannot think of.
 
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Here are a few:

Platypus
Grizzled Tree Kangaroo
Numbat
Tuatara
Shoebill
Yapok
Giant Panda
Orinoco Crocodile
Caiman Lizard
Douc Langur
Mountain Tapir
Bushdog
Leopard Seal
Perentie
Kiwi
Cuscus
Ratel
Gharial
Bonobo
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Zebra Duiker
California Condor
Northern Elephant Seal
Saiga
Bushbuck
Sumatran Rhino
Northern White Rhino
Bolivian Cock of the Rock
Great White Shark
Giant Otter
Amazon River Dolphin
Red Howler Monkey
Wolf's Guenon
Owl-faced Guenon
Drill
Baikal Seal
Ringed Seal
Sea Otter
Brown Hyena
Aardwolf
Harpy Eagle
Philippine Monkey-eating Eagle
Rufous Elephant Shrew
Jaguarundi
Rusty-spotted Cat
Ring-tailed Mongoose
Striped Mongoose
Madagascan Jumping Rat
Golden Monkey
Le'Hoest's Guenon
Phillipine Tarsier
Maned Wolf
Dhole
Raccoon Dog
Quoll
Aye-aye
Walrus
Commerson's Dolphin
False Killer Whale
Pilot Whale
Manatee
Giant Forest Hog
Red Uakari
Silvery Gibbon
Proboscis Monkey
Japanese Giant Salamander
Chinese Giant Salamander
Goliath Frog
Lake Titicaca Frog
South American River Turtle
Cuban Iguana
Tayra
Fisher
Owlston's Palm Civet
Hairy-nosed Wombat
Jentink's Duiker
Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel
Pesquet's Parrot
Banded Sea Snake
Gundi
Quetzal
Anoa
Bharal
Gerenuk
Potto
Mola mola

And a bunch more.....
 
let's keep it short;)

-Kiwi
-Eastern lowland gorilla (and a possible mountain gorilla)
-Boto
-Beluga
-Tuatara
-AyeAye
-Baikal seal
-both giant salamander species
-Wombat
-Short beaked Echidna
-Sea otter

and in the wild:
-Hazel dormouse
-Soprano pipistrelle
-Bechsteins bat
-Common Midwife toad
-Common spadefoot (and more, as having seen 15/16 wild amphibians and 6/7 wild reptilians in the Netherlands)

just to name a few.
 
Eastern gorilla
Short-beaked echidna
Koala
Harbor porpoise (never seen one in the wild, sadly)
Walrus
Aye-aye
Giant panda
Tuatara

And I am tempted to say Caribbean manatee, as they are very rare in Europa, but when one of the zoos closest to you keeps them, you tend to forget how special they are.
 
I have to see an Elephant at least once a year, or I might stop believing in them.
 
i feel extememly privalleged that my local petshop has a chinese alligator, i forget how special they are when ones less than a 20 minuite walk away from my house
 
These are the most significant species I can think of that I have seen:

Giant panda
Golden takin
West Indian manatee
Platypus
Douc langur
Golden snub-nosed monkey
Probscis monkey
Baikal seal
Shoebill
Sifaka
Aye-aye
Kiwi
Grizzled leaf monkey
Beluga
Pacific whitesided dolphin
Sunfish
Whale shark
Brown hyena
Tasmanian devil
Tuatara
Koala
Sea otter
Chinese alligator
Gharial
Soccorro dove
Phillippine spotted deer
Somali wild ass
Livingstone's fruit bat
 
My list:
-Shoebill
-Giant Panda
-Cape Buffalo
-Giant Otter
-Pygmy Hippo
-Raggiana Bird of Paradise
-Florida Panther
-Whooping Crane
-Visayan Warty Pig
-Babirusa
-Gerenuk
-Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
-Amur Leopard
-Clouded Leopard
-Brown Lemur
-Caracal
-West Indian manatee
-Whale Shark
-Red Panda
-Bonobo
-Drills
-Wildebeest
-Scimitar-horned Oryx
-Addax
-Salt Water crocodile
-Goliath Heron
-African Elephant(Calf!)
 
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Ok, lets give it a go, Highlighted species I have seen in my life would have to be:

-Mishmi Takin
-Koala
-White-lipped Deer
-Moholi Bushbaby
-Rock Hyrax
-Western Woylie
-Lowland Paca
-Tuatara
-Socorro Dove
-Giant Otter
-Japanese White Bellied Squirrels
-Onager
-Negros Warty Pig
-Bonobo
-Sifaka
-Greater Egyptian Jerboa
-Shaws Jird
-Red Natal Duiker
-Smooth Coated Otter
-North Luzon Cloud Rat
-Sri Lankan Giant Squirrel
-Aardwolf
-Palawan Binturong
-Sun Bear
-Blue Duiker
-Short-beaked Echidna
-Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
-Lesser hedgehog Tenrec

As you can see, most are mammals! :o But to be honest with you all, arent we privileged to see any species? May that be a Dormouse, or a Hornbill, or a Jaguarundi?
 
Hirola
Golden Takin
Sichuan Takin
Bawean Deer
Gaur
Northern White Rhino
Baird's Tapir
Aye Aye
Giant Panda
Amazon River Dolphin
Douc
Saiga
Sifaka
Bearded Saki
Mountain Anoa
Pangolin
Brown Hyena
Giant Otter
Sea Otter
Checkered Elephant Shrew
Eastern Lowland Gorilla
Red Howler
Red Bellied Guenon
Ratel
Koala
Tree Kangaroo
Echidna
 
I enjoy looking at any species I don't get to see often - so anything not at Chester :D.
 
Off the top of my head :)

Musk Ox
Wisent
Przewalski's Wild Horse
Asiatic Dhole
African Dwarf Buffalo
Shoebill Stork
Drill
Walrus
Koala
Clouded Leopard
Amur Leopard
Greater Egyptian Jerboa
Striped Hyena
Gharial
False Gharial
Temminck's Tragopan
Indian Rhino
Wildebeest
Pygmy Hippo
Rock Hyrax
Tasmanian Devil
Mouflon
Dall's Sheep
 
lintworm said:
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-Eastern lowland gorilla (and a possible mountain gorilla)
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In my opinion she(Amohoro) may be a 'Bwindi Forest' gorilla. They are supposed to have characteristics of both the other Eastern races (Graueri and Beringei). Photos I've seen of them wild, and of Amohoro at Antwerp seem to agree with that. I am not sure if they have DNA tested her? That would establish her provenance once and for all.

'Bwindi' Gorillas are usually included when the total population for Mountain gorillas is given, though only about half of them are the classic 'Virunga Volcanoes' Gorillas.
 
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