Is there any type of animal where you have seen every species?

Randomname0183 said:
From memory and not considering subspecies:
- All big cats
- All bears
- Both Hippos
- Both species of two-toed sloth
- All Penguins of the genus Pygoscelis
- Both Anodorhynchus genera
- Both Bisons
- Both Kites in the Milvus genus
- Both species of Alligator
- Both members of Gavialidae
- All three members of the genus Caiman

I'm also one away from seeing all species of Zebra and oryx
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Should you wish to look for Mountain Zebra, a trip to Lyon may be in order.
 
I have seen all 3 living subspecies of lion, both hippos, both orangutans, all 4 species of hyena, all species of zebra, every non-domestic bovine in captivity (musk ox aren't actually bovines), both camels, all flamingos, both coatis, all black bears (still waiting on a himalayan brown, will probs never see one ) and all species of tamarin
 
AmazonianHippo said:
I have seen all 3 living subspecies of lion, both hippos, both orangutans, all 4 species of hyena, all species of zebra, every non-domestic bovine in captivity (musk ox aren't actually bovines), both camels, all flamingos, both coatis, all black bears (still waiting on a himalayan brown, will probs never see one ) and all species of tamarin
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There are actually three species of orangutans, the classic two, Bornean and Sumatran, and the third species, Tapanuli, which was just made distinct in 2017 though I believe there are none are currently in captivity.
 
AmazonianHippo said:
all black bears (still waiting on a himalayan brown, will probs never see one )
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What is this supposed to say? If "black bears" what do Himalayan Brown Bears have to do with that, and if it was a typo for "brown bears" then I doubt you've seen all brown bears except Himalayan.
 
Chlidonias said:
What is this supposed to say? If "black bears" what do Himalayan Brown Bears have to do with that, and if it was a typo for "brown bears" then I doubt you've seen all brown bears except Himalayan.
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I said that because it would've seen every bear in captivity if not for that.
 
The only one I can think of is bears.
Grizzly, Sun, Sloth, Andean, Black, Polar - Cleveland
Kodiak - Columbus
Giant Panda - Smithsonian (2010)
Asiatic Black - Philadelphia
 
After one visit to Crocodiles of the World you can see all 8 Alligatorid crocodilians. That’s both Alligator species, Melanosuchus, both Paleosuchus and the 3 Caiman species
 
off the top of my head
Hippos
Zebras
Panthera
Great Apes
Gharials
"True" Alligators (American & Chinese)
Two-Toed Sloths
 
birdsandbats said:
Have you seen Eastern Gorilla and Tapanuli Orangutan?
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I’ll let that user confirm whether it was an oversight, though it’s worth nothing that any ZooChatter who visited San Diego Zoo between 1977-1995 may have seen their Tapanuli orangutan:

0.1 Bubbles
Born in the wild 00/00/1963
Arrived at San Diego Zoo 15/12/1977 (via Phoenix 1964)
Died at San Diego Zoo 10/04/1995

As someone who’s only seen Bornean and Sumatran orangutans, I’d envy anyone who’s seen all three species!
 
Here are my tallies as of this writing.

I have seen;
  • All 5 species of Beaded Lizard (Family Helodermatidae)
    • Managed to do this in one calendar year between North Carolina, Jacksonville, and Atlanta)
  • All 5 species of Big Cat (Genus Panthera)
    • Also done in one year, although this one was pretty easy as big cats are common in the Tri-state area.
  • All 4 species of Mamba (Genus Dendroaspis)
    • All thanks to Reptile Gardens, although I have also seen Western Green Mamba at Jacksonville and Riverbanks
  • All 8 species of Bear (Family Ursidae)
    • Sloth Bear became the last species I needed for this, which I only saw for the first time last year at Philadelphia)
  • All 3 species of Zebra (Genus Equus)
  • Both species of Hippopotamus (Family Hippopotamidae)
  • Both species of Alligator (Genus Alligator)
  • Both species of Bog/Wood Turtle (Genus Glyptemys)
 
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