Small cat collections

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qthemusic

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Does anyone know which Uk zoos have the largest collections of small cats? I'm including Serval, Bobcat (size) to Rusty Spotted (size). List who's got what, if you can. Thanks.
 
I am pretty sure it used to be Port Lympne, but whether or not that is still the case I am not sure. The Big Cat Sanctuary (formerly Wildlife Heritage Foundation) has an outstanding big cat collection, but only a few small cats. Of course your best bet for cats (both large and small) is to catch the Eurostar across the Channel and visit Le Parc Des Felins which has the best cat collection on earth (and some of the best enclosures also).
 
Exmoor, Axe Valley and Hamerton all have a great cat/small carnivore collections.
 
Eurasian wild cat (Felis silvestris)
European wild cat (F.s. silvestris): Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Scottish wild cat (F.s. grampia): Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre, Battersea Park Children Zoo, Belfast Zoo, Berkshire College Animal Management Centre, British Wildlife Centre, Calderglen Country Park, Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Chester Zoo, Colebrook Shire Horse Centre, Edinburgh Zoo, Five Sisters Zoo Park, Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre, Green Dragon Eco Farm, Highland Wildlife Park, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Lake District Wildlife Park, New Forest Wildlife Park, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Scottish Deer Centre, Shepreth Wildlife Park, Tamar Otter Sanctuary, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, Tropiquaria Zoo, Wildwood Trust, Wingham Wildlife Park
Sand cat (Felis margarita )
Arabian sand cat (F.m. harrisoni): Exmoor Zoological Park
Jungle cat (Felis chaus): ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Axe Valley Wildlife Park
Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
Siberian Pallas's cat (O.m. manul): Banham Zoo, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Cotswold Wildlife Park, Highland Wildlife Park, Howletts Wild Animal Park,Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
Northern lynx (L.l. lynx): ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, Camperdown Wildlife Centre,Curragh's Wildlife Park, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Five Sisters Zoo Park, Highland Wildlife Park, Lake District Wildlife Park, New Forest Wildlife Park, Scottish Deer Centre, Seal Sanctuary & Wildlife Centre, Wild Place, Wildlife Conservation Park, Wildwood Trust, Wingham Wildlife Park, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Carpathian lynx (L.l. carpathicus): Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Dartmoor Zoological Park, Dudley Zoo, Exmoor Zoological Park, Green Dragon Eco Farm, Newquay Zoo, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Central Asian lynx (L.l. isabellinus): Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park.
Siberian lynx (L.l. wrangelli): Dartmoor Zoological Park, Drayton Manor Theme Park
Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis): Hamerton Zoo, Northumberland County Zoo, South Lakes Safari Park
Bobcat (Lynx rufus): Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Caracal (Caracal caracal): The Big Cat Sanctuary, Chessington World of Adventures, Exmoor Zoological Park, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Wingham Wildlife Park, Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park.
Common caracal (C.c. caracal): Hamerton Zoo
Serval (Leptailurus serval): Africa Alive!, ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Axe Valley Wildlife Park, Banham Zoo, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, Chessington World of Adventures, Drusillas Zoo Park, Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation, Exmoor Zoological Park, Hamerton Zoo, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Howletts Wild Animal Park, Lake District Wildlife Park, Marwell Zoo, Porfell Wildlife Park and Sanctuary, Reaseheath College Zoo, Tamar Otter Sanctuary,Tilgate Nature Centre, Tropiquaria Zoo,ZSL London Zoo
Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi): Amazona Zoo, ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Axe Valley Wildlife Park, Bobbington Wild Zoological Park, Hamerton Zoo, Shorelands Wildlife Gardens
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis): Amazon World Wildlife Park, Amazona Zoo,Banham Zoo, Camperdown Wildlife Centre, The Exotic Pet Refuge, Folly Farm Zoo, Howletts Wild Animal Park, Paradise Wildlife Park (Broxbourne), Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Wildlife Conservation Park
Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
Yucatan margay (L.w. yucatanicus): Edinburgh Zoo, Exmoor Zoological Park,Howletts Wild Animal Park, ParadisePort Lympne Wild Animal Park, Shaldon Wildlife Trust, Welsh Mountain Zoo
Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus): Hamerton Zoo
Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi): Hemsley Conservation Centre, Shorelands Wildlife Gardens, Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park.
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalenisis)
Indochinese leopard cat (P.b. bengalensis): Axe Valley Wildlife Park, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Folly Farm Zoo, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens
Amur leopard cat (P.b. euptilura): Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Crocodiles of the World, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Exmoor Zoological Park, The Exotic Pet Refuge,
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus): Axe Valley Wildlife Park, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Crocodiles of the World, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Exmoor Zoological Park, Five Sisters Zoo Park, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Howletts Wild Animal Park, Lake District Wildlife Park, Newquay Zoo, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosa)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (P.r. phillipsi): ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary,Axe Valley Wildlife Park, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Exmoor Zoological Park, Hamerton Zoo,Hemsley Conservation Centre, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)
South-east Asian golden cat (C.t. temminckii): Belfast Zoo
Tibetan golden cat (C.t. tristis): Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens

Here are the UK zoos with most cat species:

8: Exmoor Zoological Park: Sand cat, Eurasian lynx, caracal, serval, margay, leopard cat, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat

7: ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary: Jungle cat, northern lynx, serval, jaguarondi, leopard cat, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat
7: The Big Cat Sanctuary: Pallas’s cat, Eurasian lynx, caracal, serval, leopard cat, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat
7: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park: Eurasian wild cat, Pallas’s cat, Eurasian lynx, ocelot, margay, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat

6: Hamerton Zoo: Canadian lynx, caracal, serval, jaguarondi, omcilla, rusty-spotted cat

5: Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom: Eurasian wild cat (2 subspecies), bobcat, caracal, serval, fishing cat
5: Howlett’s Wildlife Park: Pallas’s cat, serval, ocelot, margay, fishing cat

4: Camperdown Wildlife Centre: Eurasian wild cat, Eurasian lynx (2 subspecies), ocelot, leopard cat
4: Axe Valley Wildlife Park: Jungle cat, serval, jaguarundi, leopard cat
 
Comparatively:

EXMOOR - 9 species

Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni)
Caracal (Caracal caraca))
Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus)
Cougar (Puma concolor)
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
Yucatan margay (Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus)

PORT LYMPNE - 8 species

Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus)
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia)
Siberian pallas' cat (Otocolobus manul manul)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
Yucatan margay (Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus)

HAMERTON - 7 species

Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Southern caracal (Caracal caracal caracal)
Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi )
Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
 
Some of the holdings listed above are a little outdated, I assume you used ZTL? *Edit, Dave posted his reply as I was typing this, my response was aimed at the earlier list*
 
Dassie rat said:
7: ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary: Jungle cat, northern lynx, serval, jaguarondi, leopard cat, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat
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They do not keep leopard cat or fishing cat :P as your own list notes!
 
amur leopard said:
I believe the Bobcat was the largest 'allowed' species that @qthemusic asked for, so that means that all lynx species other than Bobcats, big cats and cougars are not applicable.
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If they are asking for small cats, they get small cats :P you can't pick and choose precise species within a single genus to count!
 
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TeaLovingDave said:
If they are asking for small cats, they get small cats :p you can't pick and choose precise species within a single genus to count!
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I know, I was just saying because on @Dassie rat's list he didn't include cougars but included lynx species, whereas on yours you added cougars hence one of the inconsistencies. However, essentially, I do agree with you - it does seem a bit odd. @qthemusic could the definition for the purposes of this thread be modified to include all traditionally-accepted 'small' cats (even though cougars are much larger than clouded leopards and normally larger than leopards and longer than jaguars)?
 
amur leopard said:
I know, I was just saying because on @Dassie rat's list he didn't include cougars but included lynx species, whereas on yours you added cougars hence one of the inconsistencies. However, essentially, I do agree with you - it does seem a bit odd. @qthemusic could the definition for the purposes of this thread be modified to include all traditionally-accepted 'small' cats (even though cougars are much larger than clouded leopards and normally larger than leopards and longer than jaguars)?
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More to the point, Puma are congeneric with Jaguarundi :P and Asian Golden Cat are larger than most lynx.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Comparatively:

EXMOOR - 9 species

Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni)
Caracal (Caracal caraca))
Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus)
Cougar (Puma concolor)
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
Yucatan margay (Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus)

PORT LYMPNE - 8 species

Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus)
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia)
Siberian pallas' cat (Otocolobus manul manul)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
Yucatan margay (Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus)

HAMERTON - 7 species

Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Southern caracal (Caracal caracal caracal)
Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi )
Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
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qthemusic said:
Does anyone know which Uk zoos have the largest collections of small cats? I'm including Serval, Bobcat (size) to Rusty Spotted (size). List who's got what, if you can. Thanks.
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Thanks TLD. I got my information from ZTL, so I accept that some information may be out of date. I didn't include cheetahs and pumas, as these are larger than the serval or bobcat, although I accept that some of the lynxes also fall outside the remit.
 
Dassie rat said:
4: Axe Valley Wildlife Park: Jungle cat, serval, jaguarundi, leopard cat
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Axe have Eurasian Lynx, Serval, Indochinese Leopard Cat, Fishing Cat and Jaguarundi... They lost their rusty spotted cat in the last year or so.
 
ThomasNotTom said:
Axe have Eurasian Lynx, Serval, Indochinese Leopard Cat, Fishing Cat and Leopard Cat... They lost their rusty spotted cat in the last year or so.
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A species so nice, you just have to say it twice ;)
 
Arizona Docent said:
I am pretty sure it used to be Port Lympne, but whether or not that is still the case I am not sure. The Big Cat Sanctuary (formerly Wildlife Heritage Foundation) has an outstanding big cat collection, but only a few small cats. Of course your best bet for cats (both large and small) is to catch the Eurostar across the Channel and visit Le Parc Des Felins which has the best cat collection on earth (and some of the best enclosures also).
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Thanks, I'll put it on my bucket list to visit.
 
Dassie rat said:
Eurasian wild cat (Felis silvestris)
European wild cat (F.s. silvestris): Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Scottish wild cat (F.s. grampia): Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre, Battersea Park Children Zoo, Belfast Zoo, Berkshire College Animal Management Centre, British Wildlife Centre, Calderglen Country Park, Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Chester Zoo, Colebrook Shire Horse Centre, Edinburgh Zoo, Five Sisters Zoo Park, Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre, Green Dragon Eco Farm, Highland Wildlife Park, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Lake District Wildlife Park, New Forest Wildlife Park, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Scottish Deer Centre, Shepreth Wildlife Park, Tamar Otter Sanctuary, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, Tropiquaria Zoo, Wildwood Trust, Wingham Wildlife Park
Sand cat (Felis margarita )
Arabian sand cat (F.m. harrisoni): Exmoor Zoological Park
Jungle cat (Felis chaus): ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Axe Valley Wildlife Park
Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul)
Siberian Pallas's cat (O.m. manul): Banham Zoo, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Cotswold Wildlife Park, Highland Wildlife Park, Howletts Wild Animal Park,Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx)
Northern lynx (L.l. lynx): ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, Camperdown Wildlife Centre,Curragh's Wildlife Park, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Five Sisters Zoo Park, Highland Wildlife Park, Lake District Wildlife Park, New Forest Wildlife Park, Scottish Deer Centre, Seal Sanctuary & Wildlife Centre, Wild Place, Wildlife Conservation Park, Wildwood Trust, Wingham Wildlife Park, ZSL Whipsnade Zoo
Carpathian lynx (L.l. carpathicus): Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Dartmoor Zoological Park, Dudley Zoo, Exmoor Zoological Park, Green Dragon Eco Farm, Newquay Zoo, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Central Asian lynx (L.l. isabellinus): Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park.
Siberian lynx (L.l. wrangelli): Dartmoor Zoological Park, Drayton Manor Theme Park
Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis): Hamerton Zoo, Northumberland County Zoo, South Lakes Safari Park
Bobcat (Lynx rufus): Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Caracal (Caracal caracal): The Big Cat Sanctuary, Chessington World of Adventures, Exmoor Zoological Park, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Wingham Wildlife Park, Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park.
Common caracal (C.c. caracal): Hamerton Zoo
Serval (Leptailurus serval): Africa Alive!, ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Axe Valley Wildlife Park, Banham Zoo, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Borth Wild Animal Kingdom, Chessington World of Adventures, Drusillas Zoo Park, Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation, Exmoor Zoological Park, Hamerton Zoo, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Howletts Wild Animal Park, Lake District Wildlife Park, Marwell Zoo, Porfell Wildlife Park and Sanctuary, Reaseheath College Zoo, Tamar Otter Sanctuary,Tilgate Nature Centre, Tropiquaria Zoo,ZSL London Zoo
Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi): Amazona Zoo, ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary, Axe Valley Wildlife Park, Bobbington Wild Zoological Park, Hamerton Zoo, Shorelands Wildlife Gardens
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis): Amazon World Wildlife Park, Amazona Zoo,Banham Zoo, Camperdown Wildlife Centre, The Exotic Pet Refuge, Folly Farm Zoo, Howletts Wild Animal Park, Paradise Wildlife Park (Broxbourne), Port Lympne Wild Animal Park, Wildlife Conservation Park
Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
Yucatan margay (L.w. yucatanicus): Edinburgh Zoo, Exmoor Zoological Park,Howletts Wild Animal Park, ParadisePort Lympne Wild Animal Park, Shaldon Wildlife Trust, Welsh Mountain Zoo
Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus): Hamerton Zoo
Geoffroy's cat (Leopardus geoffroyi): Hemsley Conservation Centre, Shorelands Wildlife Gardens, Woodside Wildlife & Falconry Park.
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalenisis)
Indochinese leopard cat (P.b. bengalensis): Axe Valley Wildlife Park, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Folly Farm Zoo, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens
Amur leopard cat (P.b. euptilura): Camperdown Wildlife Centre, Crocodiles of the World, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Exmoor Zoological Park, The Exotic Pet Refuge,
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus): Axe Valley Wildlife Park, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Crocodiles of the World, Drayton Manor Theme Park, Exmoor Zoological Park, Five Sisters Zoo Park, Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Howletts Wild Animal Park, Lake District Wildlife Park, Newquay Zoo, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosa)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (P.r. phillipsi): ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary,Axe Valley Wildlife Park, The Big Cat Sanctuary, Exmoor Zoological Park, Hamerton Zoo,Hemsley Conservation Centre, Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
Asian golden cat (Catopuma temminckii)
South-east Asian golden cat (C.t. temminckii): Belfast Zoo
Tibetan golden cat (C.t. tristis): Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens

Here are the UK zoos with most cat species:

8: Exmoor Zoological Park: Sand cat, Eurasian lynx, caracal, serval, margay, leopard cat, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat

7: ARK Wildlife Park & Exotic Animal Sanctuary: Jungle cat, northern lynx, serval, jaguarondi, leopard cat, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat
7: The Big Cat Sanctuary: Pallas’s cat, Eurasian lynx, caracal, serval, leopard cat, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat
7: Port Lympne Wild Animal Park: Eurasian wild cat, Pallas’s cat, Eurasian lynx, ocelot, margay, fishing cat, rusty-spotted cat

6: Hamerton Zoo: Canadian lynx, caracal, serval, jaguarondi, omcilla, rusty-spotted cat

5: Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom: Eurasian wild cat (2 subspecies), bobcat, caracal, serval, fishing cat
5: Howlett’s Wildlife Park: Pallas’s cat, serval, ocelot, margay, fishing cat

4: Camperdown Wildlife Centre: Eurasian wild cat, Eurasian lynx (2 subspecies), ocelot, leopard cat
4: Axe Valley Wildlife Park: Jungle cat, serval, jaguarundi, leopard cat
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Wow! Thank you for that. Tons of interesting info. :)
 
Hoo Farm should have serval, caracal, bobcat, fishing cat, European/Scottish wildcat (both signed so not sure...), and rusty-spotted. They're also due to get jungle cats in the near future, unless they've already arrived whilst it has been closed.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Comparatively:

EXMOOR - 9 species

Arabian sand cat (Felis margarita harrisoni)
Caracal (Caracal caraca))
Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus)
Cougar (Puma concolor)
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
Yucatan margay (Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus)

PORT LYMPNE - 8 species

Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus)
Fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris grampia)
Siberian pallas' cat (Otocolobus manul manul)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
Yucatan margay (Leopardus wiedii yucatanicus)

HAMERTON - 7 species

Canadian lynx (Lynx canadensis)
Southern caracal (Caracal caracal caracal)
Jaguarundi (Puma yagouaroundi )
Oncilla (Leopardus tigrinus)
Serval (Leptailurus serval)
South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
Sri Lankan rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus phillipsi)
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Thanks, I feel a sudden urge to visit Port Lympne. (Only coz its the nearest)
 
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