jentiks duiker
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Her's a picture of a jentink duiker in one of the private facillities. Its not my own, my wife made this pic, but she gave me the permission to upload it. Enjoy ! :
This is so funny.
Don't worry, he's just trying to be funny.
Dicerorhinus
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I think its rather funny (I'll happily admit I laughed at the picture Tarsius!)
Offcourse there are no Jentink's Duiker in Japan.
Offcourse there are no Jentink's Duiker in Japan.
Thank you for the clarification. I do appreciate it. In other threads where you were attacked, I thought the attacks were very personal and harsh, perhaps unjustifiably so. Having now witnessed first hand the sort of stuff you let out, I have to change my opinion. I was a sceptic even before your last posts, but thought it was only fair to give you the benefit of the doubt.
The only thing I regret is that it took me so long to realize that information from Tarsius is completely untrustworthy.
(but I do like gorillas and therefore complement your choice of species on the photo)
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Saro
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@ Dicerorhinus : Don't you think it is rather sad if someone looses the little what is left of his credibility in order to make a cheap joke ? It doesn't really matter, if anybody believed that there are Jentinks duikers in Japan, actually I think nobody really did. Just checking doesn't hurt, there are some other amazing (and mostly unknown to the general public) animals in private collections all over the world- especially in the gulf region! Anyway, if someone would like to be taken seriously on a professional basis, these jokes are certainly not helpful and - I am repeating myself - rather sad.
ungulate nerd
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Gladys Porter Zoo actually caught some in the wild i heard, and the wild caught specimens died (I dont know how), anyways what would you guys think of taking them from the wild for zoo breeding programs, I honestly like the idea, I say what ever it takes to propogate the species, they even had them at the Los Angeles Zoo, they are actually larger then Yellow backed duikers, like most zoochatters, it is on my bucket list to see them at gladys porter zoo
did you read through this thread before posting? Condor made some appropriate comments in it.
Gladys Porter Zoo Mourns the Loss of Rare Jentink's Duiker:
BROWNSVILLE, TX- DECEMBER 20, 2013-The Gladys Porter Zoo staff mourns the loss of one of its most unique and endangered creatures. Taz, a male Jentink’s duiker, passed away in his behind-the-scenes quarters during the night of Thursday, December 19. The duiker had reached an advanced age of over 17 years, and had been monitored for the past year by Zoo veterinary staff for chronic kidney disease. The necropsy, conducted earlier today, revealed that the cause of death was pneumonia brought on by failing kidneys.
He was the last known living specimen held in a Zoo anywhere in the world.
Taz was born at the Zoo on June 19, 1996 to the last wild-caught female from Africa and was sired by a Zoo-born male. After the demise of his sire in March of 2007, he became the sole animal on exhibit, and was visited by researchers and animal enthusiasts from near and far.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the Jentink’s duiker, Cephalophus jentinki, as one of the world’s rarest mammals. This little-known species of antelope is native to the African forests of southern Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire. Secretive in nature, the Jentink’s duiker was first discovered in the late 1800s. After that time, it was hardly seen until around 1950, when a single skull reaffirmed its existence.
Then, in September 1968, a male and two females of this species arrived in the U.S., landing at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. In November of 1970, the duikers reached their final destination – the soon-to-open Gladys Porter Zoo, a zoo in Brownsville, Texas, dedicated to preserving endangered species.
The Gladys Porter Zoo is the only such facility in the world to have a breeding program for this antelope; out of six founder animals, 31 offspring were produced.
“While the entire Zoo staff is saddened over the end of an era for Jentink’s duikers here, we have great hope for this species, said Dr. Pat Burchfield, Director of the Gladys Porter Zoo. As recently as last year, camera trap surveys have confirmed the presence of a small population of Jentink’s duiker living within Sierra Leone’s Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve. Hopefully, there is enough African tropical forest and individual animals remaining that this species will be able to persevere.”
Taz will be greatly missed. Visitors who would like to pay their respects may leave cards or flowers in the Zoo office for display in the breezeway.
(https://www.facebook.com/notes/glad...oss-of-rare-jentinks-duiker/10153606870260291)
BROWNSVILLE, TX- DECEMBER 20, 2013-The Gladys Porter Zoo staff mourns the loss of one of its most unique and endangered creatures. Taz, a male Jentink’s duiker, passed away in his behind-the-scenes quarters during the night of Thursday, December 19. The duiker had reached an advanced age of over 17 years, and had been monitored for the past year by Zoo veterinary staff for chronic kidney disease. The necropsy, conducted earlier today, revealed that the cause of death was pneumonia brought on by failing kidneys.
He was the last known living specimen held in a Zoo anywhere in the world.
Taz was born at the Zoo on June 19, 1996 to the last wild-caught female from Africa and was sired by a Zoo-born male. After the demise of his sire in March of 2007, he became the sole animal on exhibit, and was visited by researchers and animal enthusiasts from near and far.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the Jentink’s duiker, Cephalophus jentinki, as one of the world’s rarest mammals. This little-known species of antelope is native to the African forests of southern Liberia, Sierra Leone and Cote d’Ivoire. Secretive in nature, the Jentink’s duiker was first discovered in the late 1800s. After that time, it was hardly seen until around 1950, when a single skull reaffirmed its existence.
Then, in September 1968, a male and two females of this species arrived in the U.S., landing at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska. In November of 1970, the duikers reached their final destination – the soon-to-open Gladys Porter Zoo, a zoo in Brownsville, Texas, dedicated to preserving endangered species.
The Gladys Porter Zoo is the only such facility in the world to have a breeding program for this antelope; out of six founder animals, 31 offspring were produced.
“While the entire Zoo staff is saddened over the end of an era for Jentink’s duikers here, we have great hope for this species, said Dr. Pat Burchfield, Director of the Gladys Porter Zoo. As recently as last year, camera trap surveys have confirmed the presence of a small population of Jentink’s duiker living within Sierra Leone’s Western Area Peninsula Forest Reserve. Hopefully, there is enough African tropical forest and individual animals remaining that this species will be able to persevere.”
Taz will be greatly missed. Visitors who would like to pay their respects may leave cards or flowers in the Zoo office for display in the breezeway.
(https://www.facebook.com/notes/glad...oss-of-rare-jentinks-duiker/10153606870260291)
Does anyone know when the last wild-caught Jentiks duiker came to the USA because in the period 1987 - 1988 I rented a room near Walsrode from a well-known animal-dealer ( Roy Smith ) which worked at that time for the Ruhr Zoo at Gelsenkirchen ( Germany ). The Ruhr Zoo was at that time some kind of storage for animals catched, bought and sold by the Ruhr company. Roy showed me one day pictures of a Jentiks duiker which was wild-caught and in quarantaine at the Ruhr Zoo and which later should be send to a zoo abroad ( if I remember right in the USA ). I only saw one animal on the picture but don't know if it was only a single animal or if they had more of them in quarantaine.
Maybe some ZooChatter knows more about this animal.
Maybe some ZooChatter knows more about this animal.
Do you mean a single female, which in the years 1984-1989 was held at Tierpark Berlin (was sent from the Ruhr-Zoo Gelsenkirchen). Later, she was sent to the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville (Texas). Her photographs can be found in some editions of the Guide to Tierpark from 80s and in both photographic chronicles issued on the 50th and the 55th anniversary of the Tierpark Berlin.
Bib Fortuna
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Excactly. This female was imported in 1984 for San Diego, but its got no permission to get into the States, so it was send to Berlin Tierpark. San Diego had a single female at this time. In 1989, the Berlin Animal was send directly to Brownsville, because San Diego has send his female also to Brownsville, so all Jentink's Duiker in human care outside of africa were hold at one Place.
Five years which this animal couldn't use for Breeding...
Five years which this animal couldn't use for Breeding...
Very interesting and contrary to information available in this thread earlier. This suggests there actually were reasonable levels of captive breeding in the Jentink's duiker, i.e. starting a new breeding programme might not be as far-fetched as I thought. However, getting sufficient founders would still be hard and there's still the issue of the ongoing loss of the Upper Guinea forests, where Jentink's duiker only is the tip of the iceberg. This is contrary to other examples mentioned earlier, e.g. various North African and Arabian gazelles, where habitats remain (e.g. no real threat of complete loss of the Saharan ecosystem with all its inhabitants) and the threats are very much aimed at the specific gazelle species conservationists and zoos are trying to save.