Also around privately:Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis (whatever the Mexican subspecies is; Smithsonian National Zoo)
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Also around privately:Common Opossum Didelphis marsupialis (whatever the Mexican subspecies is; Smithsonian National Zoo)
Well, it did say "serious inquires only".Thank you and @ThylacineAlive as well!
After Thylo's post I emailed the current cuscus posting as well as postings for 4-eyed opossums (in case they were a species different from Philander opossum) and 1 for Mouse Opossums. I also saw a pair of Yapok listed recently but didn't email about that since I've already seen that species.
It's been a couple days already and unfortunately I haven't heard anything back yet.
Well, it did say "serious inquires only".
What mouse opossum species?
~Thylo
I know it's not a captive population, but still interesting - there is an introduced population of Brush-Tailed Rock Wallabies on Oahu, which I suppose could potentially end up in zoos.
Thanks. Even had time to edit the post.Virginia Opossum- California Living Museum
Koala- Did LA go out of them?
Brush-Tailed Bettong- Pretty sure Prospect Park Zoo still keeps these, but could be wrong
Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo- These are gone, SDZ no longer keeps tree-kangaroos
Red Kangaroo- Bronx Zoo, San Antonio Zoo, Space Farms Zoo & Museum
Eastern Grey Kangaroo- Roger Williams Park Zoo
Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby- San Antonio Zoo
~Thylo
Cleveland, Tampa, and Miami also have koalaUsing ZooChat, I have attempted to list here all the species of marsupial kept in the US. As far as I could tell, there are 32 marsupial species kept in captivity in the US. Unfortunately, only 5 of those species have more than 10 holders. Unsurprisingly, the Red Kangaroo is the most common, blowing the other out of the water with 60 holders!
Bare-Tailed Woolly Opossum (0 holders)
Only kept privately in the US.
Yapok (1 holder)
Dallas World Aquarium
White-Eared Opossum (0 holders)
Only kept privately in the US.
Common Opossum (1 holder)
Smithsonian National Zoo
Virginia Opossum (25 holders)
Alexandria Zoo
Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
Animal Haven Zoo
Birmingham Zoo
Blandford Nature Center
Boonshoft Museum
Brevard Zoo
Buttonwood Park Zoo
California Living Museum
Fort Worth Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
Louisville Zoo
Orange County Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Potawatomi Zoo
Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Safari Lake Geneva
Santa Barbara Zoo
Shalom Wildlife Zoo
Southwick’s Zoo
Sunset Zoo
Tennessee Aquarium
Wild Wonders Wildlife Park
Gray Four-Eyed Opossum (0 holders)
Only kept privately in the US.
Gray Short-Tailed Opossum (3 holders)
Lupa Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Mouse Opossum (0 holders)
One of the mouse opossum species is around privately. I don't know which one. It's not currently kept in any zoos as far as I know.
Tasmanian Devil (5 holders)
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Rio Grande Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Koala (8 holders)
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Palm Beach Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden
San Diego Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
Santa Barbara Zoo
Toledo Zoo and Aquarium
Common Wombat (2 holders)
Albuquerque BioPark
San Diego Zoo
Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat (5 holders)
Brookfield Zoo
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Memphis Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Sulawesi Bear Cuscus (1 holder)
Memphis Zoo
New Guinea Ground Cuscus (2 holders)
Busch Gardens Tampa
San Diego Zoo
Northern Common Cuscus (0 holders)
Only kept privately in the US.
Ornate Cuscus (0 holders)
Only kept privately in the US.
Common Ringtail Possum (1 holder)
San Diego Zoo
Striped Possum (0 holders)
I don’t think there are any in the country anymore. If they are, they are only found in private collections.
Sugar Glider (12 holders)
BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
Charles Paddock Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Lupa Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Potawatomi Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Special Memories Zoo
Zoo Boise
Feathertail Glider (2 holders)
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Brush-Tailed Bettong (5 holders)
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Lincoln Park Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden
Prospect Park Zoo
San Diego Zoo
Smithsonian National Zoo
Long-Nosed Potoroo (1 holder)
Gladys Porter Zoo
Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (19 holders)
Bronx Zoo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Dallas World Aquarium
Detroit Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Lincoln Children’s Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Rio Grande Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo
Santa Fe Teaching Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Stone Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo
Zoo Miami
Agile Wallaby (2 holders)
Emberwood Farm
Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
Tammar Wallaby (9 holders)
Buffalo Zoo
Greensboro Science Center
Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens
Lehigh Valley Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Miller Park Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
Sedgwick County Zoo
Parma Wallaby (7 holders)
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Happy Hollow Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Peoria Zoo
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
San Diego Zoo
Sunset Zoo
Bennett’s Wallaby (36 holders)
Alexandria Zoo
Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
Binder Park Zoo
Blank Park Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Buffalo Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Cape May County Zoo
Charles Paddock Zoo
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Detroit Zoo
Erie Zoo
Grant’s Farm
Idaho Falls Zoo
John Ball Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Peoria Zoo
Potawatomi Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Rolling Hills Zoo
Salisbury Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Smithsonian National Zoo
Special Memories Zoo
Sunset Zoo
Trevor Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo
Utica Zoo
Virginia Zoo
Washington Park Zoo
Common Wallaroo (6 holders)
Binder Park Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Creation Kingdom Zoo
Oakland Zoo
Racine Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo
Red Kangaroo (60 holders)
Animal Haven Zoo
Barn Hill Preserve
Bear Den Zoo
Binder Park Zoo
Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
Bramble Park Zoo
BREC Baton Rouge Zoo
Brevard Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Capron Park Zoo
Chahinkapa Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Columbus Zoo & Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Detroit Zoo
Dickerson Park Zoo
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Doc’s Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Fresno Chaffee Zoo
Grant’s Farm
Indian Creek Zoo
Jo-Don Farms
Kansas City Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Lee Richardson Zoo
Lehigh Valley Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Monterey Zoo
Nashville Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Potter Park Zoo
Pueblo Zoo
Racine Zoo
Rio Grande Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo
Rolling Hills Zoo
Roosevelt Park Zoo
Roscommon Zoo
Sacramento Zoo
Saint Louis Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
San Diego Zoo
San Francisco Zoo
Southwick’s Zoo
Space Farms Zoo & Museum
Special Memories Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Summerfield Zoo
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Tulsa Zoo
Virginia Safari Park
Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
Zoo Atlanta
Zootastic Park
Western Gray Kangaroo (7 holders)
Brookfield Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Dallas Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Potter Park Zoo
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Eastern Gray Kangaroo (8 holders)
Busch Gardens Tampa
Erie Zoo
Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo
Potawatomi Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo
Saginaw Children’s Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo
Virginia Zoo
Yellow-Footed Rock Wallaby (6 holders)
Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Gardens
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium
Palm Beach Zoo
Sacramento Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Zoo Tampa at Lowry Park
Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby (0 holders)
No captive individuals left in the US. There is a small feral population on Oahu.
Swamp Wallaby (4 holders)
Brevard Zoo
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
North Georgia Zoo
Wildlife World Zoo & Aquarium
Corrections, missed holders/species, or info about population numbers welcome.![]()
Update:
Virginia Opossum (25 holders)
Alexandria Zoo
Animal Gardens Petting Zoo
Animal Haven Zoo
Birmingham Zoo
Blandford Nature Center
Boonshoft Museum
Brevard Zoo
Buttonwood Park Zoo
California Living Museum
Fort Worth Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Lindsay Wildlife Experience
Living Desert Zoo & Gardens
Louisville Zoo
Orange County Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Potawatomi Zoo
Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Safari Lake Geneva
Santa Barbara Zoo
Shalom Wildlife Zoo
Southwick’s Zoo
Sunset Zoo
Tennessee Aquarium
Wild Wonders Wildlife Park
So does Discovery Place Nature and Imagination Station Science Museum in Wilson, NC has gray short-tailed opossum.Zoo Atlanta also holds Virginia Opossum.