Marsupials in the United States

When Busch Gardens reopens their kangaroo exhibit there could possibly be 7 macropod species on display. Would that be the most on display in the country?

Side note, has anyone visited Kentucky Down Under recently? They had an impressive macropod collection at one point
 
When Busch Gardens reopens their kangaroo exhibit there could possibly be 7 macropod species on display. Would that be the most on display in the country?

Side note, has anyone visited Kentucky Down Under recently? They had an impressive macropod collection at one point
to my knowledge Busch has red kangaroo, eastern and western grey kangaroos, bennett's and tammar wallabies, and common wallaroo, that makes 6, do you know what the 7th species is?
 
Side note, has anyone visited Kentucky Down Under recently? They had an impressive macropod collection at one point

They've fallen pretty far in that regard, then. Just red and eastern grey now, and a couple Bennett's.
 
Not at the moment, no. It’s been at least a decade or two since Eastern Quoll has been kept and the last Brush-Tailed Possums passed away a few years back.
I don’t recall Easten Quoll being anywhere in the US during my lifetime. What we had recently was Tiger Quoll.
 
the US only has Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, Europe has Goodfellow's, and Australia cares for Goodfellow's and Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroos. The US used to have more species such as Goodfellow's and Grizzled in the past, but they weren't sustainable like the Matshchie's tree kangaroos were.
the US only has Matschie's Tree Kangaroo, Europe has Goodfellow's, and Australia cares for Goodfellow's and Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroos. The US used to have more species such as Goodfellow's and Grizzled in the past, but they weren't sustainable like the Matshchie's tree kangaroos were.
There are also Goodfellow tree kangaroo in Japan and SEA but SEA has good population of grizzlied tree kangaroos

Any idea on captive Matschie's Tree Kangaroo outside of NA? I know Europe has single but they're elder and off-display
 
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Should we have another marsupial in USA tread since this tread seems to be mess up and kinda outdated?
 
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