Returning Rarities - News About Rarely Kept Species in NA

[birdsandbats]

Was there hazel dormice present in the mid 2010s as there was apparently an individual at Palo Alto junior zoo (according to USDA inspection reports)? I thought the species was only present in Europe

I wouldn't trust that identification.

 

[Great Argus]

Was there hazel dormice present in the mid 2010s as there was apparently an individual at Palo Alto junior zoo (according to USDA inspection reports)? I thought the species was only present in Europe

Correct - there were some about.

I wouldn't trust that identification.

There are more than 1,000 USDA reports listing Hazel Dormouse, including multiple AZA zoos. The species is also on older rodent RCPs. I do find it interesting the species all but vanishes when changing over from 2016 to 2017, I haven't managed to figure out what's going on there yet. But the species was definitely present during the mid-2010's and the identification could indeed be correct.

 

[birdsandbats]

Correct - there were some about.



There are more than 1,000 USDA reports listing Hazel Dormouse, including multiple AZA zoos. The species is also on older rodent RCPs. I do find it interesting the species all but vanishes when changing over from 2016 to 2017, I haven't managed to figure out what's going on there yet. But the species was definitely present during the mid-2010's and the identification could indeed be correct.

All I know is that several of the USDA reports I've seen the species listed on are zoos that I know for a fact did not keep the species at that time.

 

[Great Argus]

All I know is that several of the USDA reports I've seen the species listed on are zoos that I know for a fact did not keep the species at that time.

What species do you believe it pertains to then? Because if there's a listing on the report there was something there, even if misidentified.