I have always wanted to check out the Sonora desert museum it looks really cool
Rarest animal(s) at your local zoo
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cuckooduck
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@gentle lemur @bongorob Updated WWT slimbridge list- Globally threathened= hawaiian duck (koloa), hawaiian goose (nene), white headed duck, marbled teal, baer's pochard, new zealand brown teal, White winged wood ducks,laysan teal, andean flamingo, spoonbilled sandpiper.... aviculturally rare= american black duck, Black headed (cuckoo duck), Freckled duck, African pygmy goose, african white backed duck, argentine ruddy ducks, maccoa, south american southern pochard, jame's (puna) flamingo. Hopefully i haven't missed any off this time ha 
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo:
Mountain tapirs, Asiatic black bears, and Mexican gray wolves are probably the rarest species we have. We used to have the only Syke's guenon in captivity but he recently passed
Edit: Completely forgot about black-footed ferrets and Wyoming toads. I believe they're the only place to exhibit Wyoming toads.
Mountain tapirs, Asiatic black bears, and Mexican gray wolves are probably the rarest species we have. We used to have the only Syke's guenon in captivity but he recently passed
Edit: Completely forgot about black-footed ferrets and Wyoming toads. I believe they're the only place to exhibit Wyoming toads.
Yep that's the one. Maybe he was the only one in America and I was given sensationalized infoSyke's guenon as in Cercopithecus albogularis? If so some zoos in Europe have some
My whole life is a lieDetroit and Toledo both have Wyoming toads as well (Toledo has a room full of them)
I have visited Omaha Zoo last week, they also have a king brown snake
Giant anteaters are not exactly that rare in the US. Something rare Pittsburgh does have are tree pangolins, viyasian warty pigs and a elephant seal.
drill
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Giant anteaters are quite common.
Oh it said there are 90 individuals in zoos in the us so yeah
I those on the first one I posted on page 1
Milwaukee has bonobos
Yes... as do very few others. Making them rare within zoos.
The Alaska Zoo has exhibits for Great Grey Owls, Northern Flying Squirrels, and Black-billed Magpies. Each are pretty uncommon in Zoos. I've seen Owls also displayed in Germany and Magpies displayed in Korea. The squirrels I'm not sure I've seen anywhere else. Maybe once upon a time in a nocturnal house somewhere. The Alaska Zoo does take in rescued animals on occasion...I am sure there are nature centers in the US that probably also exhibit or house Magpies and Flying Squirrels.
The rarest animal (in the wild) at the zoo is most certainly the Amur Tiger. Pretty common in zoos though.
The rarest animal (in the wild) at the zoo is most certainly the Amur Tiger. Pretty common in zoos though.
Actually Great grey owls are quite common in captivity with (I guess) the american subspecies mainly showcased in America and the European subspecies quite well represented in Europe
I believe they could be some Black-billed magpies and Northern flying squirrels in other American/Canadian zoos but I'm not sure about their status there...
Very common in Europe, 240 holders at least (according to zootierliste)! Including at least 85 in Germany & 59 in the UK.Actually Great grey owls are quite common in captivity with (I guess) the american subspecies mainly showcased in America and the European subspecies quite well represented in Europe
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I knew I had seen them in Germany. I believe a Great Grey Owl graces the cover of the Zoo Koln guidebook I picked up in 2001. In the USA I've seen exactly two: the first at the zoo and the second on top of a light post at the ski area a few miles away. However, it's a very dramatic bird, so I imagine it probably is rather common in Zoos.