Numbers of animals in captivity in Europe

Addition/correction:

Number of these animals in European zoos:

Sri lankan leopards: 75
North Chinese leopards: 65
North Persian leopards (Iranian): 120
Amur leopards (they contain genes from North Chinese Leopard): 110
Javan leopards: 5-10 (In captivity in Indonesia, more than 30)
African leopards (no subspecific status, as for example Congo leopard): 20
Indian leopards: 2-5

Corrections are welcomed.
 
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Small explanation:

The number of 380 Siberian tigers in the original post, also includes all captive Siberian tigers in Russia (about 80 animals).

In USA, there are about 170 Siberian tigers who participitate in SSP.

*China may hold even greater number of captive Siberian tigers
 
Some info extrapolated from here: Zooaquaria Spring 2016 (http://www.eaza.net/assets/Uploads/Zooquaria/ZQIssues/Zooquaria-93-final-web-compressed.pdf )

Numbers in 2015:

Zebra shark: 38.44

Mountain chicken frog: 69.102.63

African penguin: 825.770.266
Marabou stork: 149.122.11
White-napped crane: 96.111.20
Bali starling: 158.143.17 (in zoos only)

Black and white ruffed lemur: 193.151.5
Western lowland gorilla: 224.254.0 (total 478) (it may include some gorillas that are outside European region, like in the Middle East, South Africa, but not sure).
Spotted hyena: 45.47.11
Giant otter: 32.28.6
Giant anteater: 69.80.2 (increase from total of 78 in 2008!!, and from 37 animals in 2000)
Pallas cat: 49.40.5
Asian elephant: 80.214.0 (in zoos only)
White rhino: 113.167
Giraffes:
Rotschilds: 180.254
Reticulated: 69.93
Kordofan: 39.54
Angolan: 8.13
Hybrids: 46.61
unknown: 18.23
 
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