You could always self-identify as gender-fluid for the occasion and visit all animal-containing restrooms at wish.
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I believe it has been said on zoochat somewhere that if you find an employee they are happy to let you see the animals in the restrooms regardless.
My personal choice would be to use these as repeat spaces for animals visible elsewhere in the zoo -- that way you keep the novelty but there is no problem of exclusivity.
I will certainly say Cotton-top Tamarin, an extremely common zoo species, is preferable as a bathroom animal than its counterpart in the mens restroom - a much rarer Boelen's Python.
Maybe in the eyes of a zoo nerd looking for rarities- but perhaps not for locals who don't visit anywhere near the zoos we nerds do. Regardless of which species it is, placing a particular species in a restroom, where half of visitors cannot see it, is problematic. There will inevitably be some number of visitors unable to see a species they otherwise wanted to as a result of their gender. I think a good solution, similar to what @JVM recommended is to built two of the same exhibits, and place one in each restroom, or perhaps instead designing the exhibits in a way they can be viewed from outside the restroom.
Glancing down my list of 88 zoos with Cotton-top Tamarins, I would hazard a guess that only a half dozen of them had the species in a free-ranging environment. I love seeing those monkeys roam around a large space, but up close the primates are smelly and could probably give someone a nasty bite if provoked.
You and @JVM have a good point with your comments about animal exhibits in restrooms. A fair balance between genders is to have the same large animal exhibit viewed from any nearby restroom, as is the case with OdySea Aquarium (USA). There's a huge tank called Shark Waters, with 400,000 gallons/1.5 million liters of water and species such as Sandbar Shark, Sand Tiger Shark, Nurse Shark and Lemon Shark. There was approximately 20+ individual sharks of those 4 species when I was there last year and the same exhibit is viewed from both of the main bathrooms right inside the entrance. I didn't actually go inside the women's restroom, but I was told that it was a very similar view as these two images I took inside the men's restroom.
Golden Lion Tamarins have become the 'poster species' for conservation at many zoos, having been saved from extinction and now thriving in captivity. I've seen them at 63 zoos. Glancing down my list, I would estimate that I've come across this species on 10 occasions in a free-roaming environment with visitors passing through the area. GLT's are notable for being quite tame and easy-going, even when surrounded by people. I've never once seen the species at a roadside zoo, and almost every facility on the list is accredited or has been in the past.
1- Bloedel Conservatory (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 1986
2- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 1996
3- Denver Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2006
4- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2007
5- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
6- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
7- Montreal Biodome (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
8- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
9- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
10- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
11- Zoo Atlanta (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
12- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
13- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
14- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
15- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
16- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
17- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
18- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
19- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
20- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
21- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
22- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
23- National Aquarium in Baltimore (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
24- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
25- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
26- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
27- Audubon Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
28- Houston Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
29- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
30- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
31- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
32- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
33- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
34- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
35- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
36- Santa Barbara Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
37- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
38- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
39- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
40- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
41- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
42- Erie Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
43- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
44- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
45- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
46- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
47- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
48- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2014
49- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2014
50- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2015
51- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2017
52- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2017
53- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
54- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
55- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
56- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
57- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
58- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
59- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
60- Randers Regnskov (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
61- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
62- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
63- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
The stunning orange hair on GLT's makes them easy to spot even in lush zoo exhibits.
@Lafone
It's a tad blurry, and from 2008, but here's me with a GLT inside the Lied Jungle at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA). Maybe the orange monkey saw my Canadian flag badge on my backpack and recognized me as a safe species.
While Omaha has had GLT's roaming a vast jungle to their heart's content, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) has had this exhibit for the past 31 years:
@Moebelle
San Antonio Zoo (USA) had this small wire cage for GLT's in 2010:
Smallish, basic enclosures are par for the course for these primates. Another example can be found at Alexandria Zoo (USA):
Randers Regnskov (Denmark) had GLT's free-roaming inside their South American dome when I was there in 2022:
Lastly, Philadelphia Zoo (USA) had the ultra-rare, LEGO GLT species when I was there in 2010:
One could argue that Philly's exhibit was actually too overstocked with Golden Lion Tamarins!
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins - 63 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
1- Bloedel Conservatory (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 1986
2- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 1996
3- Denver Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2006
4- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2007
5- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
6- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
7- Montreal Biodome (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
8- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
9- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
10- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
11- Zoo Atlanta (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
12- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
13- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
14- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
15- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
16- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
17- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
18- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
19- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
20- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
21- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
22- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
23- National Aquarium in Baltimore (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
24- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
25- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
26- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
27- Audubon Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
28- Houston Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
29- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
30- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
31- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
32- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
33- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
34- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
35- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
36- Santa Barbara Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
37- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
38- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
39- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
40- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
41- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
42- Erie Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
43- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
44- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
45- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
46- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
47- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
48- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2014
49- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2014
50- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2015
51- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2017
52- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2017
53- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
54- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
55- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
56- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
57- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
58- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
59- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
60- Randers Regnskov (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
61- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
62- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
63- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
The stunning orange hair on GLT's makes them easy to spot even in lush zoo exhibits.
@Lafone
It's a tad blurry, and from 2008, but here's me with a GLT inside the Lied Jungle at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA). Maybe the orange monkey saw my Canadian flag badge on my backpack and recognized me as a safe species.
While Omaha has had GLT's roaming a vast jungle to their heart's content, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) has had this exhibit for the past 31 years:
@Moebelle
San Antonio Zoo (USA) had this small wire cage for GLT's in 2010:
Smallish, basic enclosures are par for the course for these primates. Another example can be found at Alexandria Zoo (USA):
Randers Regnskov (Denmark) had GLT's free-roaming inside their South American dome when I was there in 2022:
Lastly, Philadelphia Zoo (USA) had the ultra-rare, LEGO GLT species when I was there in 2010:
One could argue that Philly's exhibit was actually too overstocked with Golden Lion Tamarins!
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins - 63 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
Does Omaha still have them free-roaming in the Lied Jungle? I don't think they do.
Up until a few years ago, Brookfield actually had Golden Lion Tamarins free-roaming the entire zoo (as in, outdoors!) in the summer. I never actually saw them, as they usually hid i the largely exhibit-less forest on the west end of the zoo, but apparently they were there.
Up until a few years ago, Brookfield actually had Golden Lion Tamarins free-roaming the entire zoo (as in, outdoors!) in the summer. I never actually saw them, as they usually hid i the largely exhibit-less forest on the west end of the zoo, but apparently they were there.
For years, I thought this practice had been discontinued in the nineties and was very surprised when I found out a few years ago it had continued into the 2010s.
This is a species that I see all the time (it's housed at a few of the zoos I visit most frequently), but which never gets old! Really great small monkeys, and a personal favorite of mine. Natural lighting is super important for these guys, as their bright golden color is dependent on having access to the full spectrum of natural lighting, whether that be through an outdoor exhibit or one with large windows. In exhibits without natural lighting, they oftentimes look more of a pale-white color. Just compare this photo by @Zoofan15 at Auckland Zoo, which I am guessing is either an outdoor exhibit or one with a lot of lighting access:Golden Lion Tamarins have become the 'poster species' for conservation at many zoos, having been saved from extinction and now thriving in captivity. I've seen them at 63 zoos. Glancing down my list, I would estimate that I've come across this species on 10 occasions in a free-roaming environment with visitors passing through the area. GLT's are notable for being quite tame and easy-going, even when surrounded by people. I've never once seen the species at a roadside zoo, and almost every facility on the list is accredited or has been in the past.
1- Bloedel Conservatory (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 1986
2- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 1996
3- Denver Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2006
4- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2007
5- Minnesota Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
6- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
7- Montreal Biodome (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
8- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
9- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
10- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
11- Zoo Atlanta (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
12- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
13- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
14- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2008
15- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
16- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
17- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
18- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
19- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
20- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
21- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
22- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
23- National Aquarium in Baltimore (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
24- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
25- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
26- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
27- Audubon Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
28- Houston Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
29- Caldwell Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
30- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
31- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
32- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
33- El Paso Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
34- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
35- Utah’s Hogle Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2010
36- Santa Barbara Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
37- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
38- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
39- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2011
40- Potawatomi Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
41- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
42- Erie Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
43- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
44- Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
45- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
46- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
47- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2012
48- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2014
49- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2014
50- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2015
51- Micke Grove Zoo (USA) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2017
52- Edmonton Valley Zoo (Canada) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2017
53- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
54- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
55- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
56- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
57- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
58- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2019
59- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
60- Randers Regnskov (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
61- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
62- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
63- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Golden Lion Tamarin – 2022
The stunning orange hair on GLT's makes them easy to spot even in lush zoo exhibits.
@Lafone
It's a tad blurry, and from 2008, but here's me with a GLT inside the Lied Jungle at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA). Maybe the orange monkey saw my Canadian flag badge on my backpack and recognized me as a safe species.
While Omaha has had GLT's roaming a vast jungle to their heart's content, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) has had this exhibit for the past 31 years:
@Moebelle
San Antonio Zoo (USA) had this small wire cage for GLT's in 2010:
Smallish, basic enclosures are par for the course for these primates. Another example can be found at Alexandria Zoo (USA):
Randers Regnskov (Denmark) had GLT's free-roaming inside their South American dome when I was there in 2022:
Lastly, Philadelphia Zoo (USA) had the ultra-rare, LEGO GLT species when I was there in 2010:
One could argue that Philly's exhibit was actually too overstocked with Golden Lion Tamarins!
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins - 63 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
and this photo by @StellarChaser at Toronto Zoo (see how gold they are!):
to this photo by @TheGerenuk at Buffalo Zoo, in an indoor exhibit without a lot of natural lighting:
and this photo by @TNT at Shaldon Wildlife Trust (see how white it is):
This is a species that I see all the time (it's housed at a few of the zoos I visit most frequently), but which never gets old! Really great small monkeys, and a personal favorite of mine. Natural lighting is super important for these guys, as their bright golden color is dependent on having access to the full spectrum of natural lighting, whether that be through an outdoor exhibit or one with large windows. In exhibits without natural lighting, they oftentimes look more of a pale-white color. Just compare this photo by @Zoofan15 at Auckland Zoo, which I am guessing is either an outdoor exhibit or one with a lot of lighting access:
and this photo by @StellarChaser at Toronto Zoo (see how gold they are!):
to this photo by @TheGerenuk at Buffalo Zoo, in an indoor exhibit without a lot of natural lighting:
and this photo by @TNT at Shaldon Wildlife Trust (see how white it is):
Auckland Zoo does indeed house its three tamarin species (Golden lion, Emperor and Cotton-top) outside in exhibits that are part of their rainforest boardwalk. They’re fortunate that the climate allows them to remain outside year round.
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After Cotton-top Tamarins (88 zoos) and Golden Lion Tamarins (63 zoos), the next most common tamarin species I've seen has been the Emperor Tamarin, at 23 zoos. I've never come across this tiny monkey at any Canadian zoos and even in the USA it's quite rare...or at least in my experience. Approximately 50% of my sightings have been at exactly 410 North American zoos, and 50% of my sightings at 120 European zoos. Just as with Pygmy Marmosets and Common Marmosets, these monkeys are super common in European zoos.
Also, it's remarkable that whenever I visit San Diego Zoo I end up seeing around 20 primate species during the day. However, that legendary zoo actually has a scarce collection of smaller primates such as marmosets and tamarins. That's been an interesting discovery during this thread. Maybe I'll recommend to the zoo that they build an immersive Callitrichidae Corner, or is that not a catchy name? How about Callitrix Cuties? Or even Cali Cuties, with a California vibe?
1- Denver Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2006
2- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2008
3- Zoo Miami (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2008
4- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) –Emperor Tamarin – 2010
5- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2010
6- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2010
7- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2011
8- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2012
9- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2014
10- Racine Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2014
11- Vogelpark Avifauna (Netherlands) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
12- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
13- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
14- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
15- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
16- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
17- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
18- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
19- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
20- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
21- Parken Zoo (Sweden) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
22- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
23- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2023
These little guys have an iconic 'whiskered look':
@WhistlingKite24
Sometimes Emperor Tamarins have been kept in quite tiny cages, such as this one at Montgomery Zoo (USA):
Santa Ana Zoo (USA) has a thatched roof above its Emperor Tamarins:
Como Park Zoo (USA) had them in this indoor exhibit in 2014:
Another smallish indoor exhibit can be found at Antwerp Zoo (Belgium):
@KevinB
Dortmund Zoo (Germany) has an all-indoor exhibit for Emperor Tamarins that is well-furnished with climbing structures and also has a lot of natural light from above. This one works well.
@gulogulogulo
Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) has Emperor Tamarins inside their industrial looking Tropical House:
And, on a side note, there's a very impressive Black Caiman exhibit in that building:
One really neat thing about Emperor Tamarins is not necessarily their white moustaches, but instead their bright orange tails. It's as if they've borrowed the wrong tails from one of their taxonomic peers.
@Hix
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins - 63 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Emperor Tamarins - 23 zoos
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
Also, it's remarkable that whenever I visit San Diego Zoo I end up seeing around 20 primate species during the day. However, that legendary zoo actually has a scarce collection of smaller primates such as marmosets and tamarins. That's been an interesting discovery during this thread. Maybe I'll recommend to the zoo that they build an immersive Callitrichidae Corner, or is that not a catchy name?
How about Callitrix Cuties? Or even Cali Cuties, with a California vibe? 1- Denver Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2006
2- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2008
3- Zoo Miami (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2008
4- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) –Emperor Tamarin – 2010
5- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2010
6- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2010
7- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2011
8- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2012
9- Como Park Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2014
10- Racine Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2014
11- Vogelpark Avifauna (Netherlands) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
12- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
13- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
14- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
15- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
16- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
17- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
18- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Emperor Tamarin – 2019
19- Munkholm Zoo (Denmark) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
20- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
21- Parken Zoo (Sweden) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
22- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Emperor Tamarin – 2022
23- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Emperor Tamarin – 2023
These little guys have an iconic 'whiskered look':
@WhistlingKite24
Sometimes Emperor Tamarins have been kept in quite tiny cages, such as this one at Montgomery Zoo (USA):
Santa Ana Zoo (USA) has a thatched roof above its Emperor Tamarins:
Como Park Zoo (USA) had them in this indoor exhibit in 2014:
Another smallish indoor exhibit can be found at Antwerp Zoo (Belgium):
@KevinB
Dortmund Zoo (Germany) has an all-indoor exhibit for Emperor Tamarins that is well-furnished with climbing structures and also has a lot of natural light from above. This one works well.
@gulogulogulo
Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) has Emperor Tamarins inside their industrial looking Tropical House:
And, on a side note, there's a very impressive Black Caiman exhibit in that building:
One really neat thing about Emperor Tamarins is not necessarily their white moustaches, but instead their bright orange tails. It's as if they've borrowed the wrong tails from one of their taxonomic peers.
@Hix
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins - 63 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Emperor Tamarins - 23 zoos
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
This species is no longer held at Como and was recently replaced by Golden-Headed Lion Tamarins.Como Park Zoo (USA) had them in this indoor exhibit in 2014:
Also, You may have also seen Syke's Guenon at Brookfield in 2008, as you listed them as one of the species you saw in Tropic World underneath this photo
Brookfield Zoo - Tropic World - ZooChat
They do not. Not sure when they stopped, but it has been quite some time.
Wouldn't your gender fluid have an excess of testosterone or oestrogen?You could always self-identify as gender-fluid for the occasion and visit all animal-containing restrooms at wish.
That depends on the daily mood. And any modern toilet should be prepared to handle all fluids indiscriminately.
My line of thought...That depends on the daily mood. And any modern toilet should be prepared to handle all fluids indiscriminately.
If you are going to have an exhibit in a bathroom... have a gender-neutral bathroom so that no matter who indentifies what way they will all see it!
Far too easy a solution for management to think of.
The other option of course is the way that Twycross' leaf-cutter ants work - just have the same species in all the toilets (I think Twycross' are literally the same colony, with twisty tunnels through).
I've seen Golden-headed Lion Tamarins in 21 zoos, making this tamarin species #4 in my 'Tamarin Tracker'. Zero in roadside zoos, only 7 in European collections, zero on my Scandinavian trek in 2022, and therefore this isn't exactly a common primate to come across in captivity. I feel as if I might have missed a couple of zoos on my 2008 road trip, when I wasn't as meticulous as tracking every species, but here's what I came up with:
1- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2008
2- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
3- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
4- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
5- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
6- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
7- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2011
8- Blank Park Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2012
9- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2012
10- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2012
11- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2015
12- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2015
13- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2017
14- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
15- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
16- Wuppertal Zoo (Germany) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
17- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
18- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
19- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
20- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
21- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2023
I am beginning to really appreciate @Lafone and all of their stunning primate portraits. Here's a regal looking Golden-headed Lion Tamarin:
@Lafone
Tulsa Zoo (USA) has kept Golden-headed Lion Tamarins inside their Tropical House for many years, on an island that at first seems very small. However, the little monkeys do have access to a higher canopy area. Here's my photo from 2010:
Riverbanks Zoo (USA) kept Golden-headed Lion Tamarins in an all-indoor exhibit, with skylights, when I was there in 2010:
A typically small yet adequate exhibit for the species at Santa Ana Zoo (USA) in 2011:
There's a small zoo in Nebraska called Riverside Discovery Center (USA) and when I visited in 2015 it was an AZA-accredited facility. However, in late 2023 the zoo lost its AZA accreditation for the first time ever, mainly due to financial problems and a high turnover rate of Zoo Directors. None of the issues were apparently animal related, although the small cage (see below) for Golden-headed Lion Tamarins really is quite poor.
On a side note, I met the Zoo Director (Ann) for 10 minutes during my visit and she was a truly nice, passionate lady when it came to animals. However, like so many zoo personnel I've come across over the years, she had visited perhaps 20 zoos in her lifetime, or even less. She vaguely knew that San Diego was a wonderful zoo but had never been there, and she was an older lady who had traveled extensively. I've met people running zoos, in powerful positions where they are in charge of hundreds of employees, who have toured a dozen or less zoos. More and more often these days, a Zoo Director is someone who is fantastic at running a large staff and raising money, but being a zoo nerd is not a prerequisite whatsoever. You don't even need to know what a darn tamarin looks like to run a zoo!
A bit better is the exhibit for the same species at Fort Worth Zoo (USA), with its rock wall backdrop:
At times, Antwerp Zoo (Belgium) has had two exhibits for Golden-headed Lion Tamarins inside their historic Monkey House, but neither enclosure is that exciting.
@KevinB
I saw a lively group of Golden-headed Lion Tamarins at BestZOO (Netherlands) in 2019, in an exhibit with soft flooring and lots of climbing opportunities:
It's easy to see how some Muggles might mistake a Golden-headed Lion Tamarin for a Golden Lion Tamarin, but for zoo nerds the black hair is unmistakably a clear indicator of which species one is looking at.
@Julio C Castro
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins - 63 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Emperor Tamarins - 23 zoos
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Golden-headed Lion Tamarins - 21 zoos
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
1- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2008
2- Tulsa Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
3- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
4- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
5- Riverbanks Zoo & Garden (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
6- Dallas World Aquarium (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2010
7- Santa Ana Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2011
8- Blank Park Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2012
9- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2012
10- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2012
11- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2015
12- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2015
13- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2017
14- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
15- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
16- Wuppertal Zoo (Germany) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
17- BestZOO (Netherlands) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
18- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
19- Apenheul Primate Park (Netherlands) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
20- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2019
21- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Golden-headed Lion Tamarin – 2023
I am beginning to really appreciate @Lafone and all of their stunning primate portraits. Here's a regal looking Golden-headed Lion Tamarin:
@Lafone
Tulsa Zoo (USA) has kept Golden-headed Lion Tamarins inside their Tropical House for many years, on an island that at first seems very small. However, the little monkeys do have access to a higher canopy area. Here's my photo from 2010:
Riverbanks Zoo (USA) kept Golden-headed Lion Tamarins in an all-indoor exhibit, with skylights, when I was there in 2010:
A typically small yet adequate exhibit for the species at Santa Ana Zoo (USA) in 2011:
There's a small zoo in Nebraska called Riverside Discovery Center (USA) and when I visited in 2015 it was an AZA-accredited facility. However, in late 2023 the zoo lost its AZA accreditation for the first time ever, mainly due to financial problems and a high turnover rate of Zoo Directors. None of the issues were apparently animal related, although the small cage (see below) for Golden-headed Lion Tamarins really is quite poor.
On a side note, I met the Zoo Director (Ann) for 10 minutes during my visit and she was a truly nice, passionate lady when it came to animals. However, like so many zoo personnel I've come across over the years, she had visited perhaps 20 zoos in her lifetime, or even less. She vaguely knew that San Diego was a wonderful zoo but had never been there, and she was an older lady who had traveled extensively. I've met people running zoos, in powerful positions where they are in charge of hundreds of employees, who have toured a dozen or less zoos. More and more often these days, a Zoo Director is someone who is fantastic at running a large staff and raising money, but being a zoo nerd is not a prerequisite whatsoever. You don't even need to know what a darn tamarin looks like to run a zoo!
A bit better is the exhibit for the same species at Fort Worth Zoo (USA), with its rock wall backdrop:
At times, Antwerp Zoo (Belgium) has had two exhibits for Golden-headed Lion Tamarins inside their historic Monkey House, but neither enclosure is that exciting.
@KevinB
I saw a lively group of Golden-headed Lion Tamarins at BestZOO (Netherlands) in 2019, in an exhibit with soft flooring and lots of climbing opportunities:
It's easy to see how some Muggles might mistake a Golden-headed Lion Tamarin for a Golden Lion Tamarin, but for zoo nerds the black hair is unmistakably a clear indicator of which species one is looking at.
@Julio C Castro
My Mammal List:
Gibbons - 143 zoos and 192 exhibits (9 species: 64 White-handed, 62 Siamang, 36 Northern White-cheeked, 12 Yellow-cheeked, 7 Southern Grey, 5 Pileated, 3 Silvery, 2 Agile, 1 Eastern Hoolock, with some zoos having multiple species)
Elephants - 104 zoos (61 Asian, 53 African, including some zoos with both)
Spider Monkeys - 91 zoos and 95 exhibits (5 species: Black-headed, Colombian Brown, Geoffroy's, Red-faced Black, White-bellied)
Marmosets - 89 zoos and 101 exhibits (6 species: 39 Pygmy, 34 Common, 19 White-headed, 4 Silvery, 3 Black-tufted, 2 Wied's, with some zoos having multiple species)
Cotton-top Tamarins - 88 zoos
Macaques - 80 zoos and 113 exhibits (12 species: 25 Lion-tailed, 23 Japanese, 16 Barbary, 13 Sulawesi Crested, 10 Pig-tailed, 9 Rhesus, 7 Crab-eating, 4 Bonnet, 2 Stump-tailed, 2 Toque, 1 Booted, 1 Tonkean, including some zoos with multiple species)
Squirrel Monkeys - 78 zoos (2 species: Bolivian, Common)
Gorillas - 74 zoos (2 species: Western Lowland, plus 1 Eastern Lowland at Antwerp Zoo)
Orangutans - 74 zoos (2 species: Bornean, Sumatran)
Colobus Monkeys - 72 zoos (3 species: Angolan, King, Mantled Guereza)
Capuchins - 71 zoos and 81 exhibits (7 species: 44 Tufted, 19 White-faced, 9 Golden-bellied, 5 White-fronted, 2 Crested, 1 Hooded, 1 Wedge-capped, with 10 zoos having two species)
Chimpanzees - 64 zoos
Golden Lion Tamarins - 63 zoos
Guenons - 63 zoos and 95 exhibits (13 species: 28 De Brazza's, 15 Diana, 12 Wolf's Mona, 10 Red-tailed, 9 Lesser Spot-nosed, 7 Mona, 5 Blue, 2 L'Hoest's, 2 Owl-faced, 2 Roloway, 1 Greater Spot-nosed, 1 Moustached, 1 Sykes', with some zoos having multiple species)
Saki Monkeys - 58 zoos (2 species: 56 White-faced, 2 Bearded)
Langurs - 48 zoos (6 species: 17 Francois', 9 Dusky Leaf, 8 East Javan, 6 Hanuman, 6 Silvery Lutung, 2 Red-shanked Douc)
Baboons - 41 zoos and 49 exhibits (4 species: 31 Hamadryas, 11 Olive, 6 Guinea, 1 Yellow, with some zoos having multiple species)
Mandrills - 41 zoos
Howler Monkeys - 40 zoos (2 species: 34 Black, 6 Red)
Goeldi's Monkeys - 38 zoos
Mangabeys - 30 zoos (5 species: 11 Red-capped, 9 Black Crested, 6 Golden-bellied, 3 White-naped, 1 Sooty)
Emperor Tamarins - 23 zoos
Douroucoulis - 22 zoos (5 species: Grey-legged, Humboldt's, Nancy Ma's, Southern Bolivian, Three-striped)
Golden-headed Lion Tamarins - 21 zoos
Patas Monkeys - 20 zoos
Titi Monkeys - 19 zoos (3 species: 11 White-eared, 7 Coppery, 1 Red-bellied)
Chlorocebus Monkeys - 17 zoos (3 species: Vervet, Green, Grivet)
Bonobos - 14 zoos
Allen's Swamp Monkeys - 10 zoos
Drills - 8 zoos
Geladas - 6 zoos
Northern Talapoin Monkeys - 4 zoos
Woolly Monkeys - 2 zoos
Aardwolf
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I've seen GHLT a few times in non-AZA American facilities (including some of lesser quality). There aren't *supposed* to be any due to Brazil's historic ownership of Leontopithecus outside of the range country, but a few seemed to have slipped through the cracks when Gulf Breeze lost its accreditation and the Mogensens bought that facility.
Lafone
Well-Known Member
Thanks for including a couple of my pics- I absolutely love primates and the small new world group in particular and have had so many hours of fun watching them and taking pictures. They are amazing.
Continues to be a fascinating thread. It’s particularly interesting to see the variety in holders and indeed draw collection parallels in terms of what’s kept and what has been popular in your visit locations to Lintworms excellent European trend thread.
Continues to be a fascinating thread. It’s particularly interesting to see the variety in holders and indeed draw collection parallels in terms of what’s kept and what has been popular in your visit locations to Lintworms excellent European trend thread.