Rarest animals seen in a zoo or aquarium

The Central Park Zoo has a pretty nice bird collection. I know Chinese Mergansers are pretty rare in North America but I don't know about other species. I don't know about Short-Tailed Fruit Bats in zoos but these are my first and I haven't heard of them being around. Are any of CPZ's penguin species rare in captivity? I know the King Penguins aren't but what about the Gentoos, Chinstraps, and Southern Rockhoppers?
 
Dublin Zoo recently acquired some Asian lions, I suppose those are pretty rare? I have to admit, I haven't actually been to very many zoos yet, so I haven't seen nearly as many animals, rare or otherwise, as a lot of other people on here.
 
Not_a_Nautilus said:
Dublin Zoo recently acquired some Asian lions, I suppose those are pretty rare? I have to admit, I haven't actually been to very many zoos yet, so I haven't seen nearly as many animals, rare or otherwise, as a lot of other people on here.
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Actually, they are the most common subspecific lion found in European zoos at the moment, as there is a breeding programme for them :p
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Actually, they are the most common subspecific lion found in European zoos at the moment, as there is a breeding programme for them :p
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Hahaha, oops. I guess I need to visit more zoos so I won't make mistakes like that. :o

I knew they were massively endangered in the wild, so for some reason I assumed there wouldn't be many of them in zoos either. On further thought, I can see how the reverse would be the case. :p
 
You might find this site interesting: ZootierlisteHomepage

It can sometimes be a little out-of-date depending on how recently someone has updated the listing for a zoo, and sometimes inaccurate due to misidentification or lack of factchecking, but essentially it is a catalogue of all species of higher animal found in European zoos, and where to see them.
 
Not_a_Nautilus said:
Hahaha, oops. I guess I need to visit more zoos so I won't make mistakes like that. :o

I knew they were massively endangered in the wild, so for some reason I assumed there wouldn't be many of them in zoos either. On further thought, I can see how the reverse would be the case. :p
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Asiatic Lions are very rare in U.S. zoos, though. Currently, only two brothers live in a Canadian Zoo and that's only because their genetics are very present at the moment in Europe so they're not really valuable breeding individuals. It was a big deal for me, though.
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Asiatic Lions are very rare in U.S. zoos, though. Currently, only two brothers live in a Canadian Zoo and that's only because their genetics are very present at the moment in Europe so they're not really valuable breeding individuals. It was a big deal for me, though.
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The whole of your comment,could be used to describe the whole of the European population apart from a couple in the Czech Republic,the whole population is starting to get very inbred and is in need a new blood being brought in!
 
zoogiraffe said:
The whole of your comment,could be used to describe the whole of the European population apart from a couple in the Czech Republic,the whole population is starting to get very inbred and is in need a new blood being brought in!
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Mabye as the new blood comes in, some of the old blood will live out the rest of their days in the U.S. If only, if only.:rolleyes: How's India doing with the keeping of this species in captivity?
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Mabye as the new blood comes in, some of the old blood will live out the rest of their days in the U.S. If only, if only.:rolleyes: How's India doing with the keeping of this species in captivity?
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No chance of any new blood coming in with the present studbook holder,unless he has a sudden change of mind,and I don't think that is likely to happen,the only way is if another collection decided that have had enough,of breeding animals that have wonky legs,or crossed animals and imports some without his help!
 
zoogiraffe said:
No chance of any new blood coming in with the present studbook holder,unless he has a sudden change of mind,and I don't think that is likely to happen,the only way is if another collection decided that have had enough,of breeding animals that have wonky legs,or crossed animals and imports some without his help!
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Might just be a matter of time. Don't Indian zoos hold the species?
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Might just be a matter of time. Don't Indian zoos hold the species?
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They do indeed have them in India,the point I was trying to make is that you need a studbook holder that has the will to keep slogging away at the paper work to import some more,which from what I have seen and heard the current studbook holder doesn't.So as a result as far as I'm concerned the European population is on the verge of becoming a dead end species!!
 
Tim May said:
Yes, I keep thinking of a few more species to add to the list too.

Duisburg is the only place where I’ve seen bush pig too. I’ve also seen the cetaceans you mentioned and I guess I should have included false killer whale at SeaWorld. And I’ve seen forest elephant at Whipsnade and in Paris.

I saw a False Killer Whale at Ocean Park in Hong Kong. They also had two Giant Pandas.
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Not very exciting but I believe that Freiburg mundenhof is the only proper zoo that have schwarzwald coldblood in the world
Am i right in saying this?
 
Edinburgh have a few-
Pygmy slow loris, hamlyn monkeys, douroucoulis, Kuhl's hog deer, Asian golden cat, aardwolf, single wattles cassawory, and the blue eyed black lemurs.
 
epickoala123 said:
are ornate and geoffrey's spider monkeys rare or is it just me?
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Geoffrey's, both when referring to the entire species and only the nominate race, are fairly common (the nominate race is rare in Europe, however). Ornate is present at quite few collections in Europe and North America; it could be called rare overall.
 
I remember the northern white rhinoceros at London Zoo. I didn't realise how rare it was at the time.
 
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