Rarities by Zoo

Crotalus said:
I wouldn't say any of those animals except maybe the Brush-Tailed Bettong are rare in USA zoos...
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Visayan Warty Pig and Komodo Dragon I will definitely admit are becoming more common in the past decade, although I know that they were very rare when Caoron got the Warty pigs. Peruvian pigeons are only on a handful of institutions, and there are about 15 of them in the country. Asiatic black bears are becoming more rare as the existing, aging population in US zoos die out, and giant otters are also kept at only a handful of facilities. Depending on where in the country you live, one or more of these three might seem fairly common, but on the whole picture they definitely are not.
 
Neil chace said:
Capron Park Zoo-
Brush-tailed Bettong
Visayan Warty Pig (if still considered rare)

Roger Williams Park Zoo-
Asiatic Black Bear
Komodo Dragon
Giant River Otter

Buttonwood Park Zoo-
Peruvian Pigeon
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Crotalus said:
I wouldn't say any of those animals except maybe the Brush-Tailed Bettong are rare in USA zoos...
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The Visayan Warty Pig is kept by approximately 19 institutions in the US, at least 4 of which are non-AZA. There are a little over 70 animals between them.
There are probably only between 15-30 Asiatic Black Bears left in the US, and it's probably closer to the low end of that range.
I do not have recent numbers of Komodo Dragon holders, but a post by @snowleopard from 2009 says there are about 40 US collections with the species. In the last 11 years, I can only imagine this number as grown exponentially seeing as they are so popular, breed relatively regularly in some collections nowadays, and have been popping up in more and more zoos both large and small.
There are about 9-10 zoos in the US with Giant Otter.
Peruvian Pigeons are only kept in a handful of zoos in the US, most of which do not have multiple individuals.
The bettong is dirt common, you can buy them as a pet :p

~Thylo
 
jayjds2 said:
Just to post some more accurate information, apologies for bump:

SeaWorld San Diego houses, in addition to their more common seals, one ringed seal. They don’t have a harp seal. The ringed seal is most commonly displayed with the beluga whales, where it’ll be the only seal on exhibit.

SeaWorld Orlando houses one harp seal, and no ringed that I know of. Within the past two or so years, the harp seal, Wiley, has gone on exhibit in Wild Arctic. He shares an exhibit with two harbor seals and two beluga whales. They all have access to off-exhibit space, so it’s not uncommon to not see either the seals or the belugas.
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I'm actually curious about the harp seal and its origins. Is it the same individual that was kept at Detroit at sometime in its life, or is it a different individual?
 
ThylacineAlive said:
There are probably only between 15-30 Asiatic Black Bears left in the US, and it's probably closer to the low end of that range.
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The number is closer to 45. Likely some more in private hands, most ones at sanctuaries came from private owners.

Aikman Wildlife Adventure - 1?
Big Cat Habitat/Rosaire's Bears - 6
Capital of Texas Zoo - 2
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo - 2?
Cohanzick Zoo - 1
Lincoln Park Zoo (WI) - 1
Lions, Tigers, & Bears (CA) - 2
Metro Richmond Zoo - 3
Natural Bridge Zoo - 2
Nemacolin Resort - 2
Roger Williams Park Zoo - 2
Shanks Exotics - 1? (can't find info on this place)
Space Farms Zoo - 5?
T&D's Cats of the World - 1
Three Bears Gift Shop - 4
Tri-State Zoo - 2? (not sure if they've been confiscated)
Virginia Zoo - 2
Wild Animal Sanctuary CO - 5
Wild Animal Sanctuary TX - 1
 
Azamat Shackleford said:
I'm actually curious about the harp seal and its origins. Is it the same individual that was kept at Detroit at sometime in its life, or is it a different individual?
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The ones at Detroit Zoo were a male named Mack who had been shot in the head and blinded (on a beach in Maryland in 1997), and another male named Pequot who was congenitally blind and came to the zoo as a rescue animal in 2009 (found on a beach in Massachusetts in August, taken to the Mystic Aquarium for care, and then came to the zoo in December). Mack died in January 2010, Pequot died in March 2015.

The Harp Seal at Orlando was found as a pup on a beach in New England in 2003 and came to the SeaWorld in 2004.
 
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Omaha Zoo:
African Wildcat
Togo Slippery Frog
Lake Titicaca Water Frog
Kimberly Rock Monitor
Short Beaked Echidna
Phillipine Crocodile

Palm Beach Zoo:

Koala

Zoo Miami:

Dhole
Florida Panther
New Guinea Singing Dog
Giant Otter

Pittsburgh Zoo:

Elephant Seal
 
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Brayden Delashmutt said:
Omaha Zoo:
African Wildcat
Togo Slippery Frog
Lake Titicaca Water Frog
Kimberly Rock Monitor
Short Beaked Echidna
Phillipine Crocodile
Pere David's Deer

Palm Beach Zoo:

Bush Dog
Koala

Zoo Miami:

Dhole
Florida Panther
New Guinea Singing Dog
Visayan Warty Pig
Giant Otter
Chacoan Peccary

Pittsburgh Zoo:

Elephant Seal
Visayan Warty Pig
Masai Giraffe

Topeka Zoo:

Patas Monkey (not sure if they're rare, but they're still very uncommon)
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Pere David's Deer, Visayan Warty Pig, Chacoan Peccary, Masai Giraffe, and Patas Monkey I really don't think qualify as rare, the giraffe certainly does not.

Palm Beach has not had Bush Dog in a long time.
 
Great Argus said:
Pere David's Deer, Visayan Warty Pig, Chacoan Peccary, Masai Giraffe, and Patas Monkey I really don't think qualify as rare, the giraffe certainly does not.

Palm Beach has not had Bush Dog in a long time.
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Sorry, I haven't been to Palm Beach Zoo for a while. Sad to hear the bush dogs are gone.
Thanks for the corrections, I should've looked into the populations in zoos a little more. Are there any websites that help determine which zoos hold which species?
 
I've heard the Birmingham Zoo has sand cats and giant otters. On the other hand, ZooAtlanta has drills, giant pandas, sun bears, and giant otters. ZooTampa has shoebills, lowland anoas, koalas, yellow-footed rock wallabies and they also have sun bears.
 
Saint Louis Zoo
Chinese goral
Transcaspian urial
Northern carmine bee-eater
Cackling goose
Gadwall? (saw a single male on my last visit, possibly naturally occurring)
Edward's pheasant (Vietnamese pheasant)
Buff-crested bustard
White-throated ground dove
Horned guan
Spotted hyena

I'm probably missing some
 
cloudedleopard611 said:
Saint Louis Zoo
Chinese goral
Transcaspian urial
Northern carmine bee-eater
Cackling goose
Gadwall? (saw a single male on my last visit, possibly naturally occurring)
Edward's pheasant (Vietnamese pheasant)
Buff-crested bustard
White-throated ground dove
Horned guan
Spotted hyena

I'm probably missing some
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Spotted Hyena definitely doesn't count as a rarity. Others at Saint Louis would include Soemmerring's Gazelle, Sun Bear, Spectacled Langur (I think that's the rare one they have?) and definitely some more birds and herps as well.
 
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he is a list of some rare species fund in my local zoos.

Minnesota Zoo
. Hawaiian Monk Seal
. Eurasian Wild Boar
. Higgin's Eye
. Fatmucket
. Mucket
. Madagascar Partridge
. Mountain Bamboo Partridge
. Gaudy Red-Throated Barbet(?)
. Eurasian Wolverine

Como Zoo
. Blue-Eyed Black lemur
. Golden-Headed Manakin
. Red-Legged Honeycreeper

Hemker Park & Zoo
. White-Crowned Hornbill
. Great Indian hornbill(?)
. Gray Junglefowl
. Buff-Cheeked Gibbon
. West Caucasian Tur
. Alpine Ibex
. White-Lipped Deer
. Transcaspian Urial

Safari North Wildlife Park
. African civet
. Common Palm Civet(?)
. Striped Hyena
. Crab-Eating Macaque
. Stuhlmann's Blue Monkey
. Booted Macaque

Lake Superior Zoo
. Central Chinese Goral
. Large-Spotted Genet
. Merten's Water Monitor (Is it that rare?)
 
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Neil chace said:
Spotted Hyena definitely doesn't count as a rarity. Others at Saint Louis would include Soemmerring's Gazelle, Sun Bear, Spectacled Langur (I think that's the rare one they have?) and definitely some more birds and herps as well.
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Alright, I've heard people say that they're uncommon, and they're not on any holders of species list for reference, so I threw them in.
 
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