Here is the 2009 update to the Chester Zoo species list. I had hoped to do an update last year but I never seemd to find the time until the beginning of this year, when it seemed pointless to do a 2008 update when I planned to do a 2009 update a few months later.
I have found a few new species which are listed below, and also some of the more obscure ones from the last list have been identified.
Thanks to WrithedHornbill for starting the original thread and for his help with hornbill identification.
Mammals
I changed the name of Helarctos malayanus to Sun Bear, it seems that is the one most widely used although personally I detest it as a common name.
Cheetah information now ammended to list the known history of cheetahs at Chester.
The Greenland Musk Ox has been re-identified as Canadian Musk Ox, Whipsnade received their stock from Canada, and Chester had 2.0 from Whipsnade.
new mammal species
Kenyan Black Spiny Mouse 2007
New Zealand White Rabbit 2001
Birds
Bauer's Parakeet 1939 identified as the Port Lincoln Parakeet.
Pied Cuckoo Dove (Reinwardtoena browni) 1966 re-identified as Large Brown Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 1959 is now the earliest year I know of
African Masked and Vitelline Masked Weaver have been split
The current Orange-headed Ground Thrushes have been re-identified as the Indian subspecies (Zoothera citrina cyanotus).
new bird species
Single-wattled Cassowary 1963
Common Scoter 1963
Grey-headed Gallinule 1984
British Herring Gull 1963
Sclater's Crowned Pigeon 1962
Pacific Imperial Pigeon 1966
Pileated Parakeet 1962
Elegant Parakeet 1963
Yellow-naped Parakeet 1962 unknown species
Blue-winged Parrotlet 1932
Central American Barn Owl 1965
Eurasian Long-eared Owl 1932
Grey Turaco unspecified 1962
Guinean Green Wood Hoopoe 1962
Scimitar Babbler unspecified 1962
Green Honeycreeper 1964
Red-headed Finch 1964
Yellow-backed Whydah 1964
Yellow-shouldered Whydah 1967; 1969; 1971
birds corrections
Roulroul - still in the zoo, not until 2005
Lesser Palm Cockatoo - last specimen left in 2005
Lawes' Bird of Paradise - left in 1971
Reptiles
The Margoullat Lizard 1955 from Africa, is the Pineapple Gecko (Ankylogekko armatus)
Herald Snake unspecified 1964 identified as Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Colubrinae
new reptile species
Brown House Snake 1964
Still unidentified are
Rock Lizard 1946
Transjordan Lizard 1949
Amphibians correction
Sabana Surinam Toad are still in the zoo, not until 2005
Fish
Abudefduf exanthurus has been identified as the Scarface Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon nigroris)
Giant Pencil Fish 1963 was identifed as the Three-striped Pencil Fish
Tiger Grouper was identified as Mycteroperca tigris
Odessa Barb is a variety of Puntius ticto
Albion Sword Fish hjas been identified as the Albino Swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri)
Bumblebee Fish 1955 identified as the goby (Brachygobius xanthozonus)
The correct information is now given for Jumbie Teta Bristle-nosed Plec (Ancistrus cirrhosus) 1978
Invertebrates new species
Sea Mouse 1964
The previous thread can be found here
http://www.zoochat.com/38/old-species-chester-5720/
the original post (2007)
When I first became a member of the Zoochat community I thought about posting in the 'old species at Chester' thread. I soon realised that I could remember so many animals which I had either seen, (or knew about), being kept at Chester Zoo, it would be easier to make a list of all species known to have lived there. So here it is. I cannot claim it is accurate, early records are sometimes in error or missing and mistakes may have been made. I may have made mistakes in transferring the data. Nevertheless I enjoyed the task of compiling the lists, and had a few surprises along the way.
The information is from the North of England Zoological Society annual reports 1978-2008, NEZS veterinary lab reports 1975-1981, my photographic collection, Chester Zoo News (in all its forms), International Zoo Yearbook and occasionally my memory.
Species in quarantine are not included until they arrived at the zoo, so any species in quarantine from June to december is not listed until arriving at the zoo in the following year. Species quarantined for other collections are not included, unless they were kept in the zoo. e,g, capercaillie for Paignton in 1986.
Native species brought in from the wild for veterinary treatment are included.
The list includes species which were not on exhibit.
Unspecified means the species was not identified, or the record is not clear enough to identify at species level.
Where a year is given it does not necessarily mean that the species was exhibited throughout that year.
The absence of a year does not imply that the species was not exhibited at the zoo during that year, but only that I have no record of it. Mammals and birds listed after 1978 are generally correct. Reptiles and amphibians records are sometimes suspect, the herpetology section's records show several errors. Fishes and invertebrates are recorded at the end of the year only, so specimens which arrived and later died or departed during the year are not always shown.
Confirmed means that the dates are the only years in which the species has been exhibited at Chester.
An asterisk denotes that the species has bred at Chester Zoo, but the years in which it bred are not recorded for the purposes of this survey.
An asterisk after a hybrid denotes that the hybrid specimens themselves produced young at Chester Zoo.
Bred in the zoo denotes that hybrids were produced at Chester Zoo, but the young did not breed themselves. Some hybrid specimens were bred in other collections.
Classification is from the following sources, (ammended to include recent taxonomical changes)
Mammals - Walkers Mammals of the World
Birds - The Handbook of the Birds of the World (up to and including Oriolidae) & A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World Second Edition (1991) by Richard Howard and Alick Moore (all other birds)
Reptiles - The Reptile Database reptiliaweb.org or reptile-database.org
Amphibians - reserarch.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php
Fishes - www.fishbase.org, and various other web pages if the species was not included in fishbase
Invertebrates - several sources
I have found a few new species which are listed below, and also some of the more obscure ones from the last list have been identified.
Thanks to WrithedHornbill for starting the original thread and for his help with hornbill identification.
Mammals
I changed the name of Helarctos malayanus to Sun Bear, it seems that is the one most widely used although personally I detest it as a common name.
Cheetah information now ammended to list the known history of cheetahs at Chester.
The Greenland Musk Ox has been re-identified as Canadian Musk Ox, Whipsnade received their stock from Canada, and Chester had 2.0 from Whipsnade.
new mammal species
Kenyan Black Spiny Mouse 2007
New Zealand White Rabbit 2001
Birds
Bauer's Parakeet 1939 identified as the Port Lincoln Parakeet.
Pied Cuckoo Dove (Reinwardtoena browni) 1966 re-identified as Large Brown Cuckoo Dove (Macropygia phasianella)
Scaly-breasted Lorikeet 1959 is now the earliest year I know of
African Masked and Vitelline Masked Weaver have been split
The current Orange-headed Ground Thrushes have been re-identified as the Indian subspecies (Zoothera citrina cyanotus).
new bird species
Single-wattled Cassowary 1963
Common Scoter 1963
Grey-headed Gallinule 1984
British Herring Gull 1963
Sclater's Crowned Pigeon 1962
Pacific Imperial Pigeon 1966
Pileated Parakeet 1962
Elegant Parakeet 1963
Yellow-naped Parakeet 1962 unknown species
Blue-winged Parrotlet 1932
Central American Barn Owl 1965
Eurasian Long-eared Owl 1932
Grey Turaco unspecified 1962
Guinean Green Wood Hoopoe 1962
Scimitar Babbler unspecified 1962
Green Honeycreeper 1964
Red-headed Finch 1964
Yellow-backed Whydah 1964
Yellow-shouldered Whydah 1967; 1969; 1971
birds corrections
Roulroul - still in the zoo, not until 2005
Lesser Palm Cockatoo - last specimen left in 2005
Lawes' Bird of Paradise - left in 1971
Reptiles
The Margoullat Lizard 1955 from Africa, is the Pineapple Gecko (Ankylogekko armatus)
Herald Snake unspecified 1964 identified as Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia Colubrinae
new reptile species
Brown House Snake 1964
Still unidentified are
Rock Lizard 1946
Transjordan Lizard 1949
Amphibians correction
Sabana Surinam Toad are still in the zoo, not until 2005
Fish
Abudefduf exanthurus has been identified as the Scarface Damselfish (Neoglyphidodon nigroris)
Giant Pencil Fish 1963 was identifed as the Three-striped Pencil Fish
Tiger Grouper was identified as Mycteroperca tigris
Odessa Barb is a variety of Puntius ticto
Albion Sword Fish hjas been identified as the Albino Swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri)
Bumblebee Fish 1955 identified as the goby (Brachygobius xanthozonus)
The correct information is now given for Jumbie Teta Bristle-nosed Plec (Ancistrus cirrhosus) 1978
Invertebrates new species
Sea Mouse 1964
The previous thread can be found here
http://www.zoochat.com/38/old-species-chester-5720/
the original post (2007)
When I first became a member of the Zoochat community I thought about posting in the 'old species at Chester' thread. I soon realised that I could remember so many animals which I had either seen, (or knew about), being kept at Chester Zoo, it would be easier to make a list of all species known to have lived there. So here it is. I cannot claim it is accurate, early records are sometimes in error or missing and mistakes may have been made. I may have made mistakes in transferring the data. Nevertheless I enjoyed the task of compiling the lists, and had a few surprises along the way.
The information is from the North of England Zoological Society annual reports 1978-2008, NEZS veterinary lab reports 1975-1981, my photographic collection, Chester Zoo News (in all its forms), International Zoo Yearbook and occasionally my memory.
Species in quarantine are not included until they arrived at the zoo, so any species in quarantine from June to december is not listed until arriving at the zoo in the following year. Species quarantined for other collections are not included, unless they were kept in the zoo. e,g, capercaillie for Paignton in 1986.
Native species brought in from the wild for veterinary treatment are included.
The list includes species which were not on exhibit.
Unspecified means the species was not identified, or the record is not clear enough to identify at species level.
Where a year is given it does not necessarily mean that the species was exhibited throughout that year.
The absence of a year does not imply that the species was not exhibited at the zoo during that year, but only that I have no record of it. Mammals and birds listed after 1978 are generally correct. Reptiles and amphibians records are sometimes suspect, the herpetology section's records show several errors. Fishes and invertebrates are recorded at the end of the year only, so specimens which arrived and later died or departed during the year are not always shown.
Confirmed means that the dates are the only years in which the species has been exhibited at Chester.
An asterisk denotes that the species has bred at Chester Zoo, but the years in which it bred are not recorded for the purposes of this survey.
An asterisk after a hybrid denotes that the hybrid specimens themselves produced young at Chester Zoo.
Bred in the zoo denotes that hybrids were produced at Chester Zoo, but the young did not breed themselves. Some hybrid specimens were bred in other collections.
Classification is from the following sources, (ammended to include recent taxonomical changes)
Mammals - Walkers Mammals of the World
Birds - The Handbook of the Birds of the World (up to and including Oriolidae) & A Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World Second Edition (1991) by Richard Howard and Alick Moore (all other birds)
Reptiles - The Reptile Database reptiliaweb.org or reptile-database.org
Amphibians - reserarch.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php
Fishes - www.fishbase.org, and various other web pages if the species was not included in fishbase
Invertebrates - several sources
I am in absolute awe of your knowledge and dedication this is a fantastic source if information. You are amazing bongorob 