So also no rare wombat species. I remember the shock when they announced they would have all three species of wombat.
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drill
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Any birds?
When did they announce that? I highly doubt they would be able to get Northern Hairy-nosed, and they should have the other two bts afaik.
Believe it was on the page for the exhibit's development for a while. One of the wombats should be on-show near the Tasmanian Devils.
~Thylo
I do not know of any besides the burrowing owls, the entire complex seems to be more focused on insects and herps than birds and mammals. That's a good thing though since the majority of the zoo is heavy on mammals and birds and lacking especially in insects and amphibians.
Should be the Southern Hairy-noses, though I've heard varying reports of late that they aren't there.
It’s a Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat, and it’s in one of the Tasmanian Devil enclosures.
It was on the planned species during early development. There was specifically a page with the proposed and squires animals that I can’t find anymore that had it listed. I remember discussing it earlier and I have a faint memory of someone (could have been Argus) talking about how difficult it would be.
I remember the conversation on here about it, though I don't recall who was involved. Regardless, it was almost certainly always a mistake made by someone not involved in collection planning!
~Thylo
Certainly. Northern Hairy Nosed Wombats are rare in captivity, even in Australia.
It was about three posts, here: San Diego Zoo News 2021 [San Diego Zoo]
Saying that they are "rare in captivity, even in Australia", is a bit of an understatement. There were just four historical records - three were animals kept as pets by the family who then owned Epping Forest (where the wild population is) and one was a male taken to Western Plains Zoo in 1997 which died soon after from medical complications.
There's a sanctuary called Safe Haven at Mt Larcom which has recently set up a facility for establishing a captive-breeding programme for the species (they already have a large population of captive Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats on site). They have had several Northerns via rescued animals over the last decade, which were released when able, and I think they may have still have a few individuals currently, but I'm not sure.
Introductions between Sumatran orangutan Indah and her 2 month old son are going well. They are spending time together every day and she has been showing all the appropriate behaviors towards him besides nursing. He is still being bottle fed six times a day. Unfortunately, he won’t be on habitat for a while until keepers are confident he’ll be able to go on habitat safely with Indah.
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SusScrofa
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Its actually a naked-nosed wombat, Vombatus ursinus hirsutum. I was at the zoo a couple of weeks ago, and although I didn't see the wombat the signage says thats what the species is.
Interesting, that'll be their ambassador Common Wombat then.
Interesting, I was told otherwise. Maybe the signage could be incorrect; not sure, but a friend of mine did say they were Southern Hairy Nosed Wombats. Could be mistaken identity idk.
The zoo did have both for quite awhile, though I remember hearing they no longer have hairy-noses and it being a debate on the site.
I will say though the zoo's USDA from Nov 2021 does not list hairy-nosed wombat, only common.
I believe there are five holders of Southern Hairy-Nosed Wombat and three holders of Common Wombat.
I know of: Brookfield, Memphis, LA , Colombus and Toronto that have Southern Hairy Nosed Wombats.
Although I believe only ABQ and San Diego have Common Wombats.