Japan Zoo Exclusives: Ueno

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zoogeekmaelstrom

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Hello ZooChatters, this is part one of where I list down animals only seen at a certain Japanese zoo. I will be starting off with Ueno. Ueno is probably Japans most well known zoo and also has it’s good share of rarities. I will regularly update the list in case something happens to the animals. Here is a list of animals only seen at Ueno in Japan:

Mammals:
Aye Aye
Highland Streaked Tenrec
Chinese Pangolin
Asian House Shrew
Cairo Spiny Mouse
Common Treeshrew
Prevost’s Squirrel
Spectral Tarsier
Prince Demidoff’s Bushbaby
Seba’s Short Tailed Bat
Greater Egyptian Jerboa

Birds:
Australian Brush Turkey
White Backed Vulture
White Bellied Go Away Bird
Crowned Hornbill
Egyptian Plover
Double Barred Finch
Red Throated Parrot Finch
Long Tailed Paradise Whydah
Great Slaty Woodpecker
Elegant Crested Tinamou
White Faced Buffalo Weaver
Northern Boobook
Brambling

Former Exclusives:
Fossa
Maned Wolf
Greater Balkhan Mouse Like Hamster
Gray Short Tailed Opossum
Barbary Striped Grass Mouse
Violet Backed Starling
Crestless Fireback
Bearded Barbet
Blue Throated Piping Guan
Northern Red Shouldered Macaw
Andean Cock of the Rock
 
Veno said:
This species is also housed at Saitama Children's Zoo, where it was first exhibited in Japan 25 years ago. In 2003, Saitama sent some bats to Ueno Zoo.
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You’re right, my bad. I also forgot to include Gray Gentle Lemur and Javan Mouse Deer.
 
Which Japanese zoo do you think might keep fossa next? Sorry for talking about the Fossa too much, I just really miss him and it’s sad that another common European zoo species is gone from Japan.
 
zoogeekmaelstrom said:
Which Japanese zoo do you think might keep fossa next? Sorry for talking about the Fossa too much, I just really miss him and it’s sad that another common European zoo species is gone from Japan.
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Even Ueno Zoo has given up on keeping fossas, so I can't think of anywhere else. However, new Misaki Park in Osaka, set to open after 2032, is planning to build a tropical dome supervised by Mandai Wildlife Group. We may be able to expect a collection there.
 
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Veno said:
Even Ueno Zoo has given up on keeping fossas, so I can't think of anywhere else. However, new Misaki Park in Osaka, set to open after 2032, is planning to build a tropical dome supervised by Mandai Wildlife Group. We may be able to expect a collection there.
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Very exciting news, hopefully new species from Singapore collections!
 
Veno said:
Even Ueno Zoo has given up on keeping fossas, so I can't think of anywhere else. However, new Misaki Park in Osaka, set to open after 2032, is planning to build a tropical dome supervised by Mandai Wildlife Group. We may be able to expect a collection there.
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Wow, that's amazing! The collection could introduce new and old faces to Japan! Could you send articles and websites that state that this is happening? Also I'm hoping Kobe Animal Kingdom or Saitama Children's Zoo will keep them as they are known for keeping small to medium sized animals in their collection, and the fossa might peak interest. Alas, the question is what's going to happen to the fossa enclosure. Any idea what Ueno will do with the former enclosure?
 
Hopefully, Ueno will know about the people who will miss Beza the fossa and consider bringing them back. There were a lot of Japanese people on Twitter that missed him dearly. Even NHK, a Japanese broadcasting channel did a series on the "last of their kind" animals in Japanese zoos and interviewed Beza's keepers shortly before he passed away. (8) chica0726-cats&animals on X: "#あさイチ の動物園特集で、フォッサのベザくんが！ 亡くなる少し前に前田公輝さんスタッフさんが取材に行かれていたそうです。 #フォッサ #ベザ https://t.co/MlJOYzsVKc" / X (twitter.com)
 
zoogeekmaelstrom said:
Wow, that's amazing! The collection could introduce new and old faces to Japan! Could you send articles and websites that state that this is happening? Also I'm hoping Kobe Animal Kingdom or Saitama Children's Zoo will keep them as they are known for keeping small to medium sized animals in their collection, and the fossa might peak interest. Alas, the question is what's going to happen to the fossa enclosure. Any idea what Ueno will do with the former enclosure?
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I can’t speak for SCZ but Kobe Animal Kingdom barely has space for what it currently keeps.

I don’t know Japan’s interpretation of CITES appendix II animals but it if were that easy, then Ueno would have replaced the female fossa sooner.
 
zoogeekmaelstrom said:
Hopefully, Ueno will know about the people who will miss Beza the fossa and consider bringing them back. There were a lot of Japanese people on Twitter that missed him dearly. Even NHK, a Japanese broadcasting channel did a series on the "last of their kind" animals in Japanese zoos and interviewed Beza's keepers shortly before he passed away. (8) chica0726-cats&animals on X: "#あさイチ の動物園特集で、フォッサのベザくんが！ 亡くなる少し前に前田公輝さんスタッフさんが取材に行かれていたそうです。 #フォッサ #ベザ https://t.co/MlJOYzsVKc" / X (twitter.com)
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Currently, the news that Beza died is spreading even to Japanese local news.
 
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