They would all be new, yeah.
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They would all be new, yeah.
The bushbabies are new, but the lorises were in the Small Mammal House.
I'm not sure. The post only said that they have Aye-Ayes, a Malagasy Giant Rat, bushbabies, and a Pygmy Slow Loris in the nocturnal wing of PECO.
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I do remember seeing the lorises in the Small Mammal House when I went.
By my count they have 21 primate species.The Philadelphia Zoo’s collection may be in many ways disappointing, yet primates have always been a bright spot. Its nice to see this trend continueAnyone know how many species they hold now?
I asked the zoo some questions and I got some updates:
-one of the miniature horses (Flash) passed away in early June from a preexisting unknown medical condition. He was only 8 which was quite young for horses. Another one (Dusty) got sent back to the farm he came from. The remaining two (Big Red and Spirit) are still with us.
-The zoo still keeps two black tree monitors off exhibit. There are currently no plans to put them back on exhibit. However, this could change.
-One of the red river hogs (Hamilton) passed away recently. The remaining two hogs (Charlotte and Ruby) are still with us.
-one of the miniature horses (Flash) passed away in early June from a preexisting unknown medical condition. He was only 8 which was quite young for horses. Another one (Dusty) got sent back to the farm he came from. The remaining two (Big Red and Spirit) are still with us.
-The zoo still keeps two black tree monitors off exhibit. There are currently no plans to put them back on exhibit. However, this could change.
-One of the red river hogs (Hamilton) passed away recently. The remaining two hogs (Charlotte and Ruby) are still with us.
Quick correction:
The lorises live behind-the-scenes and are not on exhibit anymore. They and the jumping rat and vampire bats are the last remaining species of the old nocturnal wing of SMH. The bushbabies live with the aye-ayes, I saw one in the second exhibit. The zoo only has one elderly jumping rat (Edward) left. The other one, his sister (Rosalie) passed away last year. Edward is now 11 years old which is now very old for a rat.
How many Jaguars does the zoo still have? I haven’t seen the older male, Jutai, in a long time. I also heard from someone on Facebook that there is a new male Jaguar. All I know is they still keep their young female, Zia.
And does the zoo still keep Canada lynx? I haven’t seen it since covid but it’s still signed
And does the zoo still keep Canada lynx? I haven’t seen it since covid but it’s still signed
Primates of Philly Zoo
Black and white ruffed lemur
Pied tamarin
Golden lion tamarin
Geoffroys marmoset
Blue-eyed black lemur
Red-capped mangabey
Francois langur
Bolivian grey titi monkey
Mongoose lemur
Mohol bushbaby
Pygmy slow loris
Aye-aye
Ring-tailed lemur
Common squirrel monkey
Coqurels sifaka
Western lowland gorilla
Sumatran orangutan
White-handed gibbon
Black and white colobus monkey
White-faced Saki
20 Species total
I really wish they'd just move the hogs elsewhere in the African Plains area, maybe throw them in with the giraffes, or the zebras/rhinos. Hippos are a maybe because of their territoriality, but the bollard system works. At the very least, if they got wildebeest, more gazelles and some guineafowl into The Phase, I'd be satisfied.
I’m kind of surprised Hamilton passed away before Charlotte. I always expected both girls to die first. Hamilton was 13, he would have been 14 this month. He was older but the average lifespan for red river hogs is 15-20 years.
Ruby was actually 18, but she would have been 19 shortly after she passed. Her sister Charlotte, at 19, is the 3rd oldest red river hog in the U.S. the record is 22 years old so she’s getting on to that record. Only time will tell.0
You missed the spider monkeys, so they have 21.
Doesn't the zoo have two species of spider monkey mixed together? Or has this changed?
~Thylo
Yes, there were Brown Spider Monkeys mixed with them until around 1-2 years ago.
The brown spider monkeys have been absent for awhile now. The zoo had an elderly pair a few years back Kirby and Desi. Kirby passed away in 2017-ish? I think. She was about 31 which is very old for a spider monkey. Desi remained at the zoo for over a year after Kirby’s passing but I didn’t see him since Kirby died. He was sometimes out but not too much, he was kind of semi-retired in his old age. Both him and Kirby were like semi-retired since like 2016 and I only saw Kirby and Desi once since then shortly before Kirby died. Desi left for Europe in mid-to-late 2018, and by that time he was already about 25. By the time he left, Desi was the last remaining brown spider monkey in the U.S. since San Diego’s elderly pair passed away about a year before Desi left. Spider monkeys typically live to around 20 years like most monkeys and lemurs. The zoo has three black-headed spider monkeys, two older females Arana and Chanza, who are already 30 and 24 years old which is already very old for spider monkeys. The younger male Duke is only 6.
In my last visit I heard from a reptile keeper that they are working on updating the giant tortoise signs since Bubba left, and Abrazzo is planning on going on exhibit soon. There is a sign showing all the names of the tortoises which has been around a long time since the tortoises have been living at the zoo very long.