Primates in Sweden

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sebbe67

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I have tried to make a complete list of primate species currently kept in zoos and tropical gardens.

No others really keeps primate in Sweden these days as it is illegal to keep primates as pets in Sweden and therefore likely to be a very, very small number kept outside zoos and tropical gardens.

Frösö Zoo (Östersund)
I know that this zoo keeps several species of primate but as I have not been there more than very briefly on two occasions I don’t know which species they keep. They have a lousy website too.
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea: Has several family groups, one of their females recently gave birth to a albino infant this year.

Furuvik Zoo (Gävle)
Sumatran Orangutang Pongo abelii:Only keeps a single female and a single male (from Switzerland) at the moment, the female gave birth to a dead born male in August 2007. This was the second time the female got pregnant, but sadly both have been dead born.
Western chimpanzee Pan troglodytes verus: It has for a long time been questioned which chimapnzee subspecies is kept there; at the moment they keep 4 individuals, 2 females, 1 male and 1 young individual (recent addition, female I think) which I don’t know the sex of.
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar: They keep 4 individuals at the moment but had 5 until very recently; sadly they put their adult male to sleep sometime in June-July 2007.
Black and White Ruffed Lemur Varecia variegata variegata:They keep two individuals at the moment, a female from the UK (Chester?) as well as a hand-feed male coming from Skansen. I don’t know from were Skansen got their male from as to my knowledge this species isn’t kept there.
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta:I know they have two groups at the moment, of 14 respectively 3 individuals; only a single litter raised this year. The animals kept here mostly originate from other zoos in Sweden (Skansen and Öland for ex) and I think a few from Holland as well, few have been born there.
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea:Keeps at least two family groups, don’t know exactly how many but something like 10-15.
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus:At least two family groups in June 07, of 4 respectively 2 individuals.
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey Saimiri boliviensis:They keep a 1 male and 1 female
Guereza Colobus guereza:They kept this species until very recently, had 5-6 individuals that were sent to Paris Zoo, France. They kept the matschiei subspecies.
I know that there currently is discussion about bringing Lowland Gorilla (both have been discussed) as well as Bonobo to the park. They will soon start and build on a new orang-utan house.

Skansen (Stockholm)
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur cattaThey keep a very large group (biggest in Sweden I think) and have some 20-25 individuals.
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryasThey keep a large group of this species as well, at least 30-35 individuals, they had at least 9 young ones in August 07.
Colobus guereza matschiei:I think they have around 7 individuals currently, but they now keeps considerbly fewer individuals than they used to, several individuals was released into the wild in Kenya a few years ago.
Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosaliaAt least two family groups shown to be public at the moment, both is small and only 3 recpectively 2 individuals I think, probably keeps a large number as they have raised over 65 over the years.
Goeldi's marmoset Callimico goeldii: Keept in the same incloaser as the mata-mata and snapper turtles, keep a family group of 3-5.
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus:I dont know how many individuals the keep, I have not seen anyhere for over 2 years now.
White-faced saki Pithecia pithecia: Has never kept more than 2-3 individuals.
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaeaI know of at least four family groups displayed in public.
Red Titi Callicebus cupreus:Their most recent addition, a family group on 7 individuals.
Gray Gentle Lemur Hapalemur griseus:A single family group on 5 individuals.
Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang: Earlier 2 were kept in their nocturnal room, but as they no longer has a nocturnal room they are no longer showed to the public, possibly still keeps them.

Kolmården djurpark (Norrköping)
Western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes (don’t know which subspecies)
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea

Kolmården tropicarium (Norrköping)
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus

Parken Zoo (Eskilstuna)
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar:This park keeps a family group, I have not been there for quite some time now but last time I went (in 2005) they had at least 3 individuals.
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Emperor Tamarin Saguinus imperator

Ölands djurpark (Öland)
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes (don’t know which subspecies)
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar
Guereza Colobus guereza matschiei
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas
Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Tufted capuchin Cebus apella
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey Saimiri boliviensis
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea
Goeldi's marmoset Callimico goeldii

Nolhaga djurpark (Alingsås)
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus:They are keeping this species, I don’t know the number however.

Halmstad tropicarium (Halmstad9
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey Saimiris boliviensis
Common Marmoset Callithrix jacchus
Pygmy Marmoset Callithrix pygmaea
Cotton-top tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Red-bellied tamarin Saguinus labiatus
Red-handed Tamarin Saguinus midas
Goeldi's Marmoset Callimico goeldii
Golden-headed lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas

Borås djurpark (Borås)
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes (dont know which subspecies)
Bornean Orangutang Pongo pygmaeus
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar
Crested Black Macaque Macaca nigra nigra
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus

Helsingborg tropicariet (Helsingborg)
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Red-handed Tamarin Saguinus midas
Golden-headed lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysomelas

Ystad djurpark (Ystad)
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta:
Long-tailed Macaque Macaca fascicularis
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Red-bellied Tamarin Sanguinus labiatus
They probably still keeps Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus as well but I have not seen any since 2004.

I would say that this list is 90% complete, species such as white and black ruffed lemur at Furuvik is kept away from the public while other zoos is slow on updating which species they keep. Others zoo has taken species of display and it may therefore be difficult to know if they still keeps some species.
 
Its interesting that Swedish Zoos mostly display Gibbons, and are also limited to Lemurs, Tamarins and Marmosets, but virtually no Guenons(my favourite monkeys) or Langurs.

Is that a deliberate policy- because climatically it is difficult to exhibit the larger monkeys as they need open-air enclosures, do you think? or is it just historically they have not been able to obtain any of these species to start breeding groups..
 
grantsmb said:
Its interesting that Swedish Zoos mostly display Gibbons, and are also limited to Lemurs, Tamarins and Marmosets, but virtually no Guenons(my favourite monkeys) or Langurs.

Is that a deliberate policy- because climatically it is difficult to exhibit the larger monkeys as they need open-air enclosures, do you think? or is it just historically they have not been able to obtain any of these species to start breeding groups..
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Not many zoos are able to house large primates such as chimpanzees or gorillas and these arer therefore not common, many choose to keep gibbons as they want to keep some sort of larger primate, the reson why they all keept white-handed is becuase this is the most common one I guess. I really dont know why so many choose to keep their Dwarf Marmosets, there is no breeding project in Europe anymore, a good idea would be to start and phasing these out and replace with more uncommon ones:rolleyes:

It seems like Slow Lori as well as several species of Tamarins is being phased out, cotton-top and Golden Lion Tamarin being the most notable. Species such as Saki, Long-tailed Macaque, Gentle Lemur and titi is all being recent additions in Swedish zoos.
 
Sweden is not exactly a "Zoo-country". They have very few zoos with exotic animals, even though they have plenty of space. It's mostly Djurparks (Wild Animal Parks) with native swedish animals that you find there. The best zoos they have either has small tamarins or large apes.
 
Toddy said:
Sweden is not exactly a "Zoo-country". They have very few zoos with exotic animals, even though they have plenty of space. It's mostly Djurparks (Wild Animal Parks) with native swedish animals that you find there. The best zoos they have either has small tamarins or large apes.
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Well, there is a few large zoos in Sweden, Kolmården is the largest zoo in whole Scandinavia for example and they keeps a really impressive collection of mammals, but they keep supringisly few primates and birds however. Kolmården keep mostly exotic animals but also has alot of Scaninavian ones.

Parken zoo, Frösö, Borås and Nordens ark is other large zoos in Sweden, but I agree with you Toddy, Sweden has really few zoos compered to many other European countries; Norway is even worse, I lived there for several years in the mid 1990s and they hardly has ANY zoos worth visiting and it also seems like they are banning about everything right now. ;)
 
i would have thought collection wise copenhagen would be bigger than kolmarden
 
I am asuming that you are making the classical mistake of thinking that Copenhagen and Kolmarden is in the same country? Cause if you do, you must know that Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark, while Kolmarden is a small town in Sweden.

But yes, Copenhagen Zoo has more species than Kolmarden, mainly because Copenhagen in addition to their mammals, also has great number of birds, reptiles and amphibians.
 
toddy, i knew copenhagen was in denmark, iwas comparing them as scandanavian countries
 
sebbe67 said:
Frösö Zoo (Östersund)
I know that this zoo keeps several species of primate but as I have not been there more than very briefly on two occasions I don’t know which species they keep. They have a lousy website too.
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea: Has several family groups, one of their females recently gave birth to a albino infant this year.
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Actually it wasn't an albino. It was just a white pygmy marmoset. It's a cream/normal colour now, with some white areas in the fur.

Skansen (Stockholm)
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur cattaThey keep a very large group (biggest in Sweden I think) and have some 20-25 individuals.
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryasThey keep a large group of this species as well, at least 30-35 individuals, they had at least 9 young ones in August 07.
Colobus guereza matschiei:I think they have around 7 individuals currently, but they now keeps considerbly fewer individuals than they used to, several individuals was released into the wild in Kenya a few years ago.
Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosaliaAt least two family groups shown to be public at the moment, both is small and only 3 recpectively 2 individuals I think, probably keeps a large number as they have raised over 65 over the years.
Goeldi's marmoset Callimico goeldii: Keept in the same incloaser as the mata-mata and snapper turtles, keep a family group of 3-5.
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus:I dont know how many individuals the keep, I have not seen anyhere for over 2 years now.
White-faced saki Pithecia pithecia: Has never kept more than 2-3 individuals.
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaeaI know of at least four family groups displayed in public.
Red Titi Callicebus cupreus:Their most recent addition, a family group on 7 individuals.
Gray Gentle Lemur Hapalemur griseus:A single family group on 5 individuals.
Slow Loris Nycticebus coucang: Earlier 2 were kept in their nocturnal room, but as they no longer has a nocturnal room they are no longer showed to the public, possibly still keeps them.
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Skansen only keeps the guerazas, the rest are kept by Skansen-Akvariet, a separate entrerprice on the grounds of Skansen. There are 3 goeldis monkeys. 5 sakis, and 5 bamboo lemurs in 2 groups. They have no lories, and only 2 GLT's which have not breed yet, but interestingly, both tamarins care for a pygmy marmoset baby.

There are seven Cotton-Top Tamarns and close to 40 pygmy marmosets.

Ölands djurpark (Öland)
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes (don’t know which subspecies)
White-handed Gibbon Hylobates lar
Guereza Colobus guereza matschiei
Ring-tailed Lemur Lemur catta
Japanese Macaque Macaca fuscata
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas
Vervet Monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Tufted capuchin Cebus apella
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey Saimiri boliviensis
Cotton-top Tamarin Saguinus oedipus
Pygmy Marmoset Cebuella pygmaea
Goeldi's marmoset Callimico goeldii
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They also have a group of redhanded tamarins, owl monkeys and Celebes Macaque. At least 6 Variegated lemurs are also kept. A large number of common marmosets are off course also kept.
 
nicholas said:
Actually it wasn't an albino. It was just a white pygmy marmoset. It's a cream/normal colour now, with some white areas in the fur.



Skansen only keeps the guerazas, the rest are kept by Skansen-Akvariet, a separate entrerprice on the grounds of Skansen. There are 3 goeldis monkeys. 5 sakis, and 5 bamboo lemurs in 2 groups. They have no lories, and only 2 GLT's which have not breed yet, but interestingly, both tamarins care for a pygmy marmoset baby.

There are seven Cotton-Top Tamarns and close to 40 pygmy marmosets.



They also have a group of redhanded tamarins, owl monkeys and Celebes Macaque. At least 6 Variegated lemurs are also kept. A large number of common marmosets are off course also kept.
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Thanks for a update nicholas,

Skansen akvariet keep two groups of gentle lemur? suprised about that as I only knew of one, the small group keep in the same room as the reptiles. Where is the other? keept off display? also do you know if they still have the sloth (s?) in there? I did not see any in June 07 but I saw some together with the titi monkies, the same?

Also didnt knew they had as many as 5 sakis, they at least dont have more than 2-3 at most in public display and you are lucky if you even managed to see two at most in the rainforest walk. I guesed they no longer kept their Slow Lori pair, never breed them either to my knowledge. Aim very disapointed that they choosed to get rid of their nocturnal part, the koalas was nice but they didnt have them for very long.

Cant say aim to intrested in the ground squirrels, zebra finches or mousebirds which now are in the old nocturnal room.

Only have 2 Golden Lion Tamarins left now? or just 2 on display? they have had huge sucess with this species so aim suprised if they no longer had a large number of them. Remember seeing just one during my last visit, there was at least 4-5 in the same incloaser a few years ago, the one opposite to where the titi monkies are now. Didnt know they still had cotton-tops, good to know though.

I see that they still breed large numbers of Pygmy Marmoset, I really wonder why, as I said earlier there is no longer a breeding programe and the species is clearly not as rare as many other tamarins or marmosets so why just not start to phase them out, replacing them with some more rare and much more intresting:)

Hmmm, its a pity that they seems to keep many of their primates off display.
 
Yes, one pair of gentle lemurs are off display. The sloths (3 of them) are with the Titis (and pygmy marmosets). The only GLT's they have are in the opposite cage. That's the only pair thay have right now, and the female has never breed, but there is hope she will soon.

All the sakis are in the rainforest walk though enclosure, but it's so densly vegetated that the monkeys can choose to be out of view. The Cotton-Tops are also here (one of the few occations when cotton-tops work in a mixed species exhibit with other primates I guess).

The nocturnal room really needed renovation, but I think they should have kept it. The koalas drew lots of people, but I don't think most people watched them very long. The desert exhibit as actually very popular with visitors (the squirrels are active all the time).
 
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