Rare in zoos, wallabies and kangaroos

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Nikola Chavkosk

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Looking at ZTL kangaroos section, I was stunned by beauty of white-striped dorcopsis (greater forest wallaby), currently kept in 2 European zoos (Pairi Daiza in Belgium, and Praha zoo in Czech Republic, and former holder - RSCC wich closed in 2015). This species is inhabitant of Northern New Guinea island. It is very attractive wallaby and sadly it is not self-sustainable in zoos, it's not in greater number. What are the chances of future imports of this species, how RSCC get them? They are not treathened species yet.

As rule Marsupial species are underrepresented in zoos outside Australia.

Other rare in zoos kangaroos and wallabies still present in Europe are: Agile wallaby (kept in 3 German zoos), Black-faced kangaroo (15 European zoos), dusky pademelon (8 European zoos), Matschie's tree kangaroo (only 2 European zoos, but more in US?), Goodfellow's tree kangaroo (9 zoos), Eastern gray kangaroo (16 zoos in Europe, plus 4 in Israel), Eastern walaroo (3 zoos), swamp wallaby (14 European zoos), Tasmanian Eastern gray kangaroo (Copenhagen), and yellow-footed wallaby (7 European zoos + one Israeli).

And several other species who extinct from European zoos, unfortunately. What can be done with remaining species, in respect to importation of new blood lines from Australia and New Guinea?

Red-necked wallaby is hold - in more than 400 zoos in Europe :)

Also, can someone elaborate the situation in the US zoos, about rarer to see in zoos, kangaroos and wallabies, please? Thanks.
Any info for other holding countries (except Australia), like, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico?
 
Matschie's Tree-Kangaroo is fairly well-established in US zoos to my knowledge, though Goodfellow's is only kept at San Diego I think.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Matschie's Tree-Kangaroo is fairly well-established in US zoos to my knowledge, though Goodfellow's is only kept at San Diego I think.

~Thylo:cool:
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Thank you ThylacineAlive. It seems that there were some trans-Atlantic exchanges, with US focusing on Matschie's, and Europe focussing on Goodfellow's tree kangaroo.

Do you know anything abouut other rarer in zoos, species, like for white-striped dorcopsis (great forest wallaby), - is there any US zoo holding this species?
 
Nikola Chavkosk said:
Do you know anything abouut other rarer in zoos, species, like for white-striped dorcopsis (great forest wallaby), - is there any US zoo holding this species?
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Afaik there are no White-Striped Dorcopsis in the US, at least not publicly.

As for the other species mentioned: I think there's a small population of Agile Wallaby in the US, though don't think they're AZA. Western Grey Kangaroo are around. Dusky Pademelon are absent. Eastern Grey Kangaroo are around. Eastern Wallaroo are around. Not sure on Swamp Wallaby. Don't know of any Tasmanian Grey Kangaroo. Yellow-Footed Rock-Wallaby are fairly established, I believe at least some of the European population if not all stemmed from US imports. Red-Necked Wallaby is very common.

~Thylo:cool:
 
The AZA has SSP populations for Eastern and Western gray kangaroos (roughly 55 and 100 respectively), red kangaroos (500 plus), Matschie's tree kangaroos, Bennett's Wallaby (roughly 310), parma wallaby (roughly 30), tammar wallaby (roughly 60), yellow footed rock wallaby (roughly 90 but that includes Europe and Israel), and common wallaroo (roughly 75). I'm not sure how brush tailed bettongs (roughly 65) fit in but they are managed as well. The Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo are on phase out so if any are left it's just a matter of time. I don't have any data on rarer species.
 
I remember when South Lakes Zoo aimed to have the largest collection of kangaroos and wallabies in the world.

Zootierliste gives the species as follows:
Red-necked wallaby
Parma wallaby
Red kangaroo
Western grey kangaroo
Brush-tailed bettong

It used to keep:
Brush-tailed rock wallaby
Agile wallaby
Long-nosed potoroo
Swamp wallaby
Tammar wallaby

I think it's a shame that South Lakes went mainstream, as it could have become a major centre for kangaroo and wallaby conservation.
 
TZFan said:
The AZA has SSP populations for Eastern and Western gray kangaroos (roughly 55 and 100 respectively), red kangaroos (500 plus), Matschie's tree kangaroos, Bennett's Wallaby (roughly 310), parma wallaby (roughly 30), tammar wallaby (roughly 60), yellow footed rock wallaby (roughly 90 but that includes Europe and Israel), and common wallaroo (roughly 75). I'm not sure how brush tailed bettongs (roughly 65) fit in but they are managed as well. The Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo are on phase out so if any are left it's just a matter of time. I don't have any data on rarer species.
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Thank you TZFan, very helpfull info!
 
Dassie rat said:
I remember when South Lakes Zoo aimed to have the largest collection of kangaroos and wallabies in the world.

Western grey kangaroo

I think it's a shame that South Lakes went mainstream, as it could have become a major centre for kangaroo and wallaby conservation.
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European population of Western gray kangaroo (black-faced kangaroo), is mostly in UK, with 8 holding UK zoos, out of total 15 European.
 
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TZFan said:
The AZA has SSP populations for Eastern and Western gray kangaroos (roughly 55 and 100 respectively), red kangaroos (500 plus), Matschie's tree kangaroos, Bennett's Wallaby (roughly 310), parma wallaby (roughly 30), tammar wallaby (roughly 60), yellow footed rock wallaby (roughly 90 but that includes Europe and Israel), and common wallaroo (roughly 75). I'm not sure how brush tailed bettongs (roughly 65) fit in but they are managed as well. The Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo are on phase out so if any are left it's just a matter of time. I don't have any data on rarer species.
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Sorry I forgot to ask about Canadian zoos, some of them should be included in SSP?
 
Dassie rat said:
I think it's a shame that South Lakes went mainstream, as it could have become a major centre for kangaroo and wallaby conservation.
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The loss of the species highlighted wasn't so much due to the collection going mainstream, so much as it was the collection killing off those species! :p and in the case of one or two of those species, acting as a drain on the population of the species at other collections.
 
Sorry TLD, I may have misled you. South Lakes Zoo was aiming for a specialist collection of kangaroos and wallabies, possibly similar to the way Twycross concentrates on primates. I don't know about the husbandry situation, but it doesn't surprise me if some species didn't survive as long as they should have done.
 
I think swamp wallabies are around, but I've never found any definite proof either way. According to various websites, they are/were kept at Toledo Zoo, Toronto Zoo, and Disney's Animal Kingdom, but I've never found anything on ZooChat to back up any of the site's claims. If they are present in North America, they're quite rare.
 
Nikola Chavkosk said:
Sorry I forgot to ask about Canadian zoos, some of them should be included in SSP?
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Those numbers would include Canadian zoos which participate in the SSP. However there are plenty of Canadian zoos which do not participate. I don't have stats on them.

Toronto still has one swamp wallaby.
 
jayjds2 said:
I think swamp wallabies are around, but I've never found any definite proof either way. According to various websites, they are/were kept at Toledo Zoo, Toronto Zoo, and Disney's Animal Kingdom, but I've never found anything on ZooChat to back up any of the site's claims. If they are present in North America, they're quite rare.
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Toronto still has them. There are some others but the population is small.
 
Red, Grey Kangaroos and Wallabys in Cleveland Zoo

The Cleveland Zoo has an Australian section which has several Red Kangaroos and Western Greys. Wallaby's and Wallaroo also. They have had past problems with the animals and the small train that they run through the area. They have put up a fence to keep them away from the tracks and it seems to have been successful.

Zoo Animals | Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
 
Last time I checked there was no captive dingiso , except maybe in Papua New Guinea but even that is unlikely . (But don't quote me on that)
 
@FelipeDBKO
@Zoo Tycooner FR

Indeed amazing species of tree kangaroo (dingiso), and I am surprised that there is not even former holder (particularly Dutch) in Europe (from Zootierliste), not even from time till 1945 I think when Indonesia was colony of Netherlands (Dutch Empire that time (among several European Empires)), because this species of tree kangaroo live in small area in Western part of New Guinea island (part of Indonesia).
 
Nikola Chavkosk said:
@FelipeDBKO
@Zoo Tycooner FR

Indeed amazing species of tree kangaroo (dingiso), and I am surprised that there is not even former holder (particularly Dutch) in Europe (from Zootierliste), not even from time till 1945 I think when Indonesia was colony of Netherlands (Dutch Empire that time (among several European Empires)), because this species of tree kangaroo live in small area in Western part of New Guinea island (part of Indonesia).
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One would tend to suggest this may have something to do with the fact the species was unknown to science until 1995.....
 
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