numbats in the UK (past)

[foz]

have numbats ever beeen kept in a uk zoo? i seem to remember them at newquay zoo, but i was only about 6 so it might just be a figment of my imagination,

 

[bongorob]

I don't remember any numbats in the UK within the last 30 years. I would think if anyone has had them it would be London in the 19th centuary. Nevertheless I'd love to see some.

 

[Pertinax]

Numbat haven't been kept in the UK certainly in my memory so at least not since 1950's. They are probably rather difficult to keep being exclusively ant/termite eaters though diet could prove less of a problem to overcome than importation or stress-related death. I doubt they will ever be seen in a UK zoo.

I have seen them in Perth Zoo in Australia, one of the few zoos that has(or had) them.

 

[foz]

thanks in that case it was probably my imagination. just that it's been on my mind for ages and now i am finally sure that they weren't numbats. thank you.

 

[bongorob]

Perhaps they were banded mongooses.

 

[foz]

Perhaps they were banded mongooses.

maybe? they were in the diana monkey house (you can see through glass). perhaps they were just meerkats

 

[kiang]

or maybe the Owstons palm civet?

 

[foz]

or maybe the Owstons palm civet?

nah too small to b the civets, and besides as far as i'm aware they've always been at the back at the zoo no where near the monkey cages