Snowleopard's Mammals: A Lifetime List of Species Mammalian and Non-Mammalian

[Emanuel Theodorus]

Well, @NNM. I really like San Diego Zoo's exhibit for Common Hippos, primarily because the underwater viewing windows are enormous and there's lots of space for big crowds. If a hippo approaches a window, then it's a thrilling sight and hippo enclosures that lack underwater viewing cannot capture those moments. I also love the European mixed-species exhibits with hippos, such as the Nyala in with them at Berlin Zoo and the Nile Lechwe at Safari Park Beekse Bergen. I can't remember if the Sitatunga at ZOOM share the same space with the hippos, but that exhibit there is amazing either way. Common Hippos are very easy to maintain in captivity, they lead long lives and they famously breed like crazy.

Another fantastic Common Hippo exhibit which I didn't highlight before is the one at Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand), which had at least 3 hippos and was delightful. There's a river-like waterway from the holding building to the main pool, as well as a gorgeous jungle backdrop. Here it is:

As for the Pygmy Hippo exhibit at Franklin Park Zoo (USA), it actually seems fine to me and there's a lot of mock-rock in the background and it appears to not have changed much from when I visited the zoo in 2012. However, scanning my list of 44 zoos where I've seen Pygmy Hippos, there's perhaps only 5 of them (Lincoln Park, Brookfield, Toronto, Omaha, Franklin Park) where I saw the species entirely indoors. After seeing so many Southeast Asian zoos with Pygmy Hippos outdoors in the sunshine, with wild monitor lizards and tropical birds mingling in their exhibits, it seems antiquated to keep such a large mammal indoors with zero outside access. Franklin Park's exhibit seems fine and it's probably nice and cozy for the hippos, but these days it's very much an anomaly in keeping Pygmy Hippos indoors. I don't have a huge problem with the practice, but the fact remains that very few zoos do that these days. Around 90% of the zoos I've seen have given Pygmy Hippos an outdoor exhibit.

I'll end off my hippo analysis with a final list combining both species. Check out the bottom section, where a ton of Southeast Asian zoos have both Common and Pygmy Hippos, often in multiple exhibits. There's a lot of African fauna in Asian zoos.

I have visited 92 zoos with some type of hippo (17 zoos with both species)

Common Hippo – 65 zoos
Pygmy Hippo – 44 zoos

Some of these zoos are ones I’ve visited on many occasions, but I’ve listed them only once and that is based on the first time I ever saw hippos at each zoo.

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Pygmy Hippo – 1975
2- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Common Hippo – 1986
3- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Common Hippo – 1988
4- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 1994
5- Zurich Zoo (Switzerland) – Pygmy Hippo – 2003
6- Oregon Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2005
7- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2006
8- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2006
9- Denver Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2006
10- Taronga Zoo (Australia) – Pygmy Hippo – 2007
11- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2007
12- Melbourne Zoo (Australia) – Pygmy Hippo – 2007
13- Lincoln Park Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2008
14- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2008
15- Toledo Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2008
16- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2008
17- Toronto Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2008
18- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2008
19- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2008
20- Memphis Zoo (USA) - Common Hippo – 2008
21- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2008
22- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2008
23- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2008
24- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Common Hippo – 2008
25- Zoo Miami (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2008
26- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
27- Cheyenne Mountain Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
28- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
29- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
30- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
31- Mesker Park Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
32- Louisville Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2010
33- Milwaukee County Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
34- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
35- Birmingham Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
36- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2010
37- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2010
38- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
39- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2010
40- ABQ BioPark Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2010
41- Franklin Park Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2012
42- Adventure Aquarium (USA) – Common Hippo – 2012
43- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2012
44- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Common Hippo – 2012
45- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2012
46- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2012
47- Topeka Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2012
48- DeYoung Family Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2014
49- Tanganyika Wildlife Park (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2014
50- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Common Hippo – 2015
51- Ellen Trout Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2015
52- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Common Hippo – 2015
53- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Pygmy Hippo – 2019
54- Zoo Maubeuge (France) – Common Hippo – 2019
55- Zoo Antwerp (Belgium) – Common Hippo – 2019
56- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2019
57- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Common Hippo – 2019
58- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Pygmy Hippo – 2019
59- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Common Hippo – 2019
60- Cologne Zoo (Germany) – Common Hippo – 2019
61- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Common Hippo – 2019
62- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Pygmy Hippo – 2019
63- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Pygmy Hippo – 2019
64- Safari Beekse Bergen (Netherlands) – Common Hippo – 2019
65- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Pygmy Hippo – 2019
66- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2019
67- Hannover Zoo (Germany) – Common Hippo – 2019
68- Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen (Netherlands) – Common Hippo – 2019
69- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Pygmy Hippo – 2022
70- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Pygmy Hippo – 2022
71- Parken Zoo (Sweden) – Pygmy Hippo – 2022
72- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Common Hippo – 2022
73- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Pygmy Hippo – 2023
74- Sriayuthaya Lion Park (Thailand) – Common Hippo – 2024
75- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
76- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
77- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
78- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Common Hippo – 2024
79- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Common Hippo – 2024
80- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Common Hippo – 2024
81- Lost World of Tambun (Malaysia) – Common Hippo – 2024 (didn’t see)
82- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Common Hippo – 2024
83- Singapore Zoo (Singapore) – Pygmy Hippo – 2024
84- Night Safari (Singapore) – Common Hippo – 2024
85- Taman Safari III Bali (Indonesia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
86- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
87- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
88- Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia) – Pygmy Hippo – 2024
89- Solo Safari (Indonesia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
90- Gembira Loka Zoo (Indonesia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
91- Lembang Park & Zoo (Indonesia) – Common Hippo – 2024
92- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024
93- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Common Hippo & Pygmy Hippo – 2024

I just realized you missed out Common Hippos in Batu Secret Zoo. Seems you didn't ride the train attraction, because the train attraction takes you to several exclusive exhibits that can not be seen through walking. Several of those species include Saltwater crocodiles, Indian Rhino, North American Elks, White Rhino, and of course, Nile Hippos, where you can feed them Taman Safari style. Meaning you would've at least saw 18 zoos with both species of Hippos had you ride on them (that also basically means every single Indonesia zoo that has a hippo except Lembang has BOTH species in their exhibit)

 

[carlos55]

In Mexico only Guadalajara and Leon zoos have muntjac. The mexican zoos favor keeping the native brocket deer instead, which makes sense. Collared peccaries are very common in our Zoos and white lipped peccaries are present in various animal collections. Wild boar sometimes appears. Common hippos are everywhere.

 

[snowleopard]

I'm going to look at TWO species today.

Called Axis Deer at the majority of zoos I've been to, but also now more commonly referred to as Chital, is a species I've seen at 40 zoos. There might even be more on my list, depending how accurate my memory is of seeing hundreds of them at Southeast Asian zoos. (If there's anything I need to edit then send me a message) Some of the zoos that @twilighter and I visited last month must surely breed enormous numbers of Chital as food for carnivores, as we saw some herds that had 100+ deer at a single facility.

2015 = 8 zoos
2024 = 17 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Axis Deer – 1975
2- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Axis Deer – 1987
3- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Axis Deer – 2007
4- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Axis Deer – 2008
5- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Axis Deer – 2008
6- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Axis Deer – 2010
7- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Axis Deer – 2010
8- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Axis Deer – 2010
9- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Axis Deer – 2011
10- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
11- Gators & Friends: Alligator Park & Exotic Zoo (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
12- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
13- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
14- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
15- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
16- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
17- Sierra Safari Zoo (USA) – Axis Deer – 2015
18- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Axis Deer – 2019
19- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Axis Deer – 2019
20- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Axis Deer – 2019
21- Tierpark Petermoor (Germany) – Axis Deer – 2019
22- Tierpark Strohen (Germany) – Axis Deer – 2019
23- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Axis Deer – 2022
24- Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) – Axis Deer – 2024
25- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Axis Deer – 2024
26- Lanna Mini Zoo (Thailand) – Axis Deer – 2024
27- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Axis Deer – 2024
28- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Axis Deer – 2024
29- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Axis Deer – 2024
30- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Axis Deer – 2024
31- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Axis Deer – 2024
32- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Axis Deer – 2024
33- Night Safari (Singapore) – Axis Deer – 2024
34- Taman Safari III Bali (Indonesia) – Axis Deer – 2024
35- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Axis Deer – 2024
36- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Axis Deer – 2024
37- Solo Safari (Indonesia) – Axis Deer – 2024
38- Gembira Loka Zoo (Indonesia) – Axis Deer – 2024
39- Bandung Zoo (Indonesia) – Axis Deer – 2024
40- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Axis Deer – 2024

AND...

I've seen Bawean Deer at 8 zoos. A solitary, rather obscure German collection () and then a lot of Bawean Deer in Southeast Asia last month.

1- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Bawean Deer – 2019
2- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Bawean Deer – 2024
3- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Bawean Deer – 2024
4- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Bawean Deer – 2024
5- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Bawean Deer – 2024
6- Solo Safari (Indonesia) – Bawean Deer – 2024
7- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Bawean Deer – 2024
8- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Bawean Deer – 2024

When one considers the range of exotic species that used to be prevalent in Australian zoos, it's a little bit sad as these days that number has been decimated. When I toured Adelaide Zoo (Australia) in 2007, there was a paddock for Axis Deer. What does it hold now?

@Baldur

Wild Asia is the name of the monorail ride that whisks visitors past a range of Asian hoofstock species at the Bronx Zoo (USA), including Axis Deer and Barasingha that can be seen in this photo:

@Baldur

Buffalo Zoo (USA) had a small herd of Axis Deer when I visited in 2010 and in later years the deer were mixed with Indian Rhino.

Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) has a large herd of Axis Deer and the zoo has maintained the species for many years. The zoo looks rather parched in the stifling heat of an Arizona summer.

I saw 8 zoos with Axis Deer in the summer of 2015, with 6 out of those 8 places being junky American zoos and only Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch and Fossil Rim Wildlife Center being what I would call 'reputable' destinations. Then I was off on my huge 2019 trek through Western Europe and at Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands), now called Eindhoven Zoo, I saw Axis Deer, Red Deer, Asian Elephants and Crab-eating Macaques all together!

@KevinB

In Germany, I saw Axis Deer at the famous Krefeld Zoo, the hugely popular family destination known as Serengeti-Park, Tierpark Petermoor and Tierpark Strohen (Germany):

I then saw hundreds upon hundreds of Axis Deer in Southeast Asia. A nasty little place called Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) had Axis Deer in an exhibit next to some residential houses:

Lanna Mini Zoo (Thailand) had a small paddock for Axis Deer that was a bit muddy in sections:

Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) has an 'Asian Hoofstock Exhibit' and then a second spacious area that contains Banteng and multiple deer species, including Axis Deer. The zoo has very large herds of deer between these two zones.

At Zoo Melaka (Malaysia), the place was teeming with Axis Deer:

As for Bawean Deer, I remember getting excited to see the species at Berlin Tierpark (Germany) in 2019, as I knew that I'd never come across this particular animal before. The classic Tierpark green fencing is evident in this photo.

@Hvedekorn

Thinking that I might never see Bawean Deer again, I was surprised to then see the species at least 7 times just on one trip! When I was taken on a guided tour of Taiping Zoo (Malaysia), with @twilighter and @Toki and one of the curators, we paused and had a good look at the deer in their enclosure. If my memory serves me correctly, there's currently a herd of 23 at that zoo.

Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) probably has approximately that same total, so to see around 45 Bawean Deer at a couple of Southeast Asian zoos was a real treat and the exhibit there is gorgeous. We saw wild Dusky Langurs nearby, heard wild gibbons hooting in the jungle, and admired one of the better exhibits at a zoo that has seen better days.

I then saw Bawean Deer on another 5 occasions, all in Indonesia where the species is quite common. I've not yet uploaded my photos from my 10 days travelling to zoos all over Bali and Java, but here's a few images from others.

Bali Zoo (Indonesia):

@TheoV

Solo Safari (Indonesia):

@Mossman Joe

Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia):

@Giant Eland

Order Artiodactyla:

Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)

Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)

Cervidae: 5 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac)

Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)

Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)

Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)

Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)

Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)

Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)

Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)

Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)

Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)

 

[Zz123]

Now that I'm done with all the 8 'pig' species I've seen in zoos, it's time to plunge into the family of Cervidae. I'll begin by lamenting the lack of diversity with muntjacs, as the book All the Mammals of the World (2023) lists 13 species and yet how many are easily seen in zoos anywhere on the planet? An individual can visit hundreds and hundreds of zoos and yet not see most of the types of muntjac that exist. It's actually remarkable how few different species pop up in zoos all across the continents.

There's also a question of accuracy with zoo signage, as a huge chunk of the muntjacs I've seen have been Reeves's Muntjacs, even though at times the signage in the past has said something like 'Asian Muntjac', 'Indian Muntjac', 'Chinese Muntjac' or various other names for species that are clearly Reeves's. While @twilighter and I were in Southeast Asia, we saw Southern Red Muntjacs everywhere, often labeled as 'Indian Muntjacs', and some Northern Red Muntjacs. (On a return trip to Khao Kheow Zoo while I was flying back to Canada, @twilighter also saw a Fea's Muntjac) There were some Northern Red Muntjacs in Southeast Asia at the zoos we visited, based on information from curators working there, as well as the odd Southern Red Muntjac and Northern Red Muntjac in American zoos in the past. Some zoos in Asia don't know if they have Southern or Northern Red Muntjacs as sometimes the signage is inaccurate. It's all a bit vague and I've done the best I can to compile my master list. One thing for sure is that muntjacs are common in captivity, as I surpassed a century of zoos with muntjacs last month.

101 zoos and 3 species (78 Reeves’s, 21 Southern Red, 4 Northern Red - and likely many more) + 2 zoos had 2 species at once

I might have even seen some Roosevelts' Muntjacs, with that name appearing on a few signs here and there, but perhaps the zoos back in the day didn't even know what species they had in their enclosures and I have no definitive way of knowing that I saw Roosevelts'. Some of those zoos likely meant Reeves's and got the name wrong...haha! Perhaps some zoo nerds reading this can privately message me and I can edit if necessary. Let me know what I saw.

These 5 trips had a lot of muntjac sightings:

2012 = 13 zoos (USA)
2014 = 13 zoos (USA)
2015 = 11 zoos (USA)
2019 = 20 zoos (Western Europe)
2024 = 15 zoos (Southeast Asia)

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 1975
2- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 1996
3- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2006
4- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2006
5- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2006
6- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2008
7- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2008
8- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2008
9- Indianapolis Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2008
10- Fort Worth Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2008
11- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2008
12- Zoo Miami (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2008
13- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2010
14- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac, Southern Red Muntjac – 2010 (2 species)
15- Akron Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2010
16- Roger Williams Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2010
17- Chattanooga Zoo (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2010
18- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2010
19- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2010
20- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2010
21- Oakland Zoo (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac, Reeves’s Muntjac – 2011 (2 species)
22- Happy Hollow Park & Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2011
23- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2011
24- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
25- Erie Zoo (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2012
26- Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
27- Franklin Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
28- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
29- Palm Beach Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
30- Naples Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
31- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
32- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
33- Little Rock Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
34- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
35- Tautphaus Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
36- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2012
37- Bramble Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
38- Dakota Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
39- Red River Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
40- Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
41- Lake Superior Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
42- Wildwood Wildlife Park (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
43- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
44- Wisconsin Deer Park (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
45- Peoria Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
46- Henson Robinson Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
47- Lincoln Children’s Zoo - Nebraska (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
48- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
49- Pueblo Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2014
50- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
51- Frank Buck Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
52- Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
53- Alexandria Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
54- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
55- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
56- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
57- Spring River Park & Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
58- Alameda Park Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
59- Sierra Safari Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2015
60- Sequoia Park Zoo (USA) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2015
61- Monterey Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2017
62- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2017
63- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2018
64- Creature Conservancy Wildlife Park (USA) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2018
65- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
66- Lille Zoo (France) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
67- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
68- Pakawi Park (Belgium) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
69- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
70- GaiaZOO (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
71- Aachener Zoo (Germany) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
72- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
73- Tierpark Fauna (Germany) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
74- Duisburg Zoo (Germany) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
75- Krefeld Zoo (Germany) – Taiwanese Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
76- Zoo Veldhoven (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
77- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
78- ZooParc Overloon (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
79- De Paay (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
80- Ouwehands Dierenpark (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
81- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
82- Tierpark Hagenbeck (Germany) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
83- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
84- Allwetterzoo Munster (Germany) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2019
85- AQUA Aquarium & Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2022
86- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Reeves’s Muntjac – 2022
87- Sriayuthaya Lion Park (Thailand) – Northern Red Muntjac – 2024
88- Khao Khaow Zoo (Thailand) – Northern Red Muntjac – 2024
89- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Northern Red Muntjac – 2024
90- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Northern Red Muntjac – 2024
91- Taiping Zoo (Malaysia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
92- Lost World of Tambun (Malaysia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
93- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
94- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
95- Singapore Zoo (Singapore) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
96- Night Safari (Singapore) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
97- Bali Zoo (Indonesia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
98- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
99- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
100- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024
101- Ragunan Zoo (Indonesia) – Southern Red Muntjac – 2024

There's been a LOT of mixed-species exhibits involving muntjacs and I'll go with that theme for today's post.

Mesker Park Zoo (USA) had Reeves's Muntjacs, Axis Deer and Przewalski's Horses all together in this spacious paddock in 2010. You can see a small fenced off area that allowed the muntjacs access but not the larger mammals.

Sichuan Takin, Chinese Goral and Reeve's Muntjac exhibit at Saint Louis Zoo (USA) in 2010:

This admittedly spectacular exhibit at San Antonio Zoo (USA) held Reeves's Muntjacs, Small-clawed Otters and White-cheeked Gibbons and it was fantastic seeing the interactions between the three species.

Montgomery Zoo (USA) had Reeve's Muntjacs, Axis Deer, Fallow Deer, Sika Deer, Banteng and Sarus Cranes all together in 2010:

Two muntjac species (Reeves's + Southern Red) together with Sika Deer at Oakland Zoo (USA) in 2011:

What species are these two? Chattanooga Zoo (USA) in 2012 had these 'Indian' Muntjacs in with Bactrian Camels.

Franklin Park Zoo (USA) had Red Pandas with Reeves's Muntjacs in 2012:

Some establishments, such as Rosamond Gifford Zoo (USA), had signs saying 'Chinese Muntjacs' on their exhibits. I'm just assuming the animals were Reeves's Muntjacs, but who knows?

This exhibit at Calgary Zoo (Canada) held Reeves's Muntjacs, Red-necked Wallabies, Emus and Black Swans in 2012:

Oh boy. Here's two 'Muntjacs' at Hemker Park & Zoo (USA) in 2014. Apparently this exhibit no longer exists, but there were three animals in this tiny cage and I wasn't impressed. Another photo of mine in the gallery reveals a dad, mom and baby muntjac.

In American zoos, Reeves's Muntjacs are often 'stop-gap' animals to fill an exhibit when the regular species dies. There's no way that this cage was designed for muntjacs at Peoria Zoo (USA) and I'm sure the enclosure holds a different species a decade after my visit.

Tammar Wallabies, Red-necked Wallabies and Reeves's Muntjacs were all together, just as they would be on the grasslands of Australia, at Lincoln Children's Zoo (USA) .

Reeves's Muntjacs were together with White-handed Gibbons and Temminck's Tragopans at Pueblo Zoo (USA) in 2014:

Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch (USA), a naff little roadside zoo, had Reeves's Muntjacs with Red Kangaroos, Eastern Grey Kangaroos, Red-necked Wallabies and Swamp Wallabies. What's with all the macropod/muntjac combos?

Alameda Park Zoo (USA) had Reeves's Muntjacs, African Spurred Tortoises and Ring-tailed Lemurs as one big family in 2015.

Elsewhere in the zoo, Alameda had Reeves's Muntjacs, Guanacos and Rheas together as well!

Red Pandas and 'Indian' Muntjacs were together at Sequoia Park Zoo (USA) in 2015:

At many zoos, there's a combination of Red Pandas and Reeves's Muntjacs. Here's an example at Lille Zoo (France):

I like this image of a Reeves's Muntjac at AQUA Aquarium & Wildlife Park (Denmark), even though it's puzzling why the animal would be at a facility that is almost exclusively native Scandinavian species.

Sriayuthaya Lion Park (Thailand) had these guys, labeled as Northern Red Muntjac, and this species is very common in Thai zoos.

Order Artiodactyla:

Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)

Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)

Cervidae: 3 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 4 Northern Red Muntjac)

Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)

Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)

Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)

Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)

Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)

Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)

Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)

Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)

Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)

Didn't you see Fea's Muntjac at Khao Kheow zoo?

 

[snowleopard]

@Emanuel Theodorus Yes, when visiting Batu Secret Zoo @twilighter and I spent so long on a guided tour with the head curator, which included the huge taxidermy museum and a traditional Indonesian lunch in the restaurant, that we simply ran out of time for the 20-minute safari ride area. So we didn't see any hippos at Batu, but of course we saw so many hippos elsewhere that it was okay. The Batu day was tight for time, as the bird park known as Eco Green Park was also larger than expected and then we had a very long bus ride to catch afterwards.

@carlos55 It's interesting that muntjacs are very rare on some continents. Thanks again for the Mexican information!

@Zz123 We visited Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) early in the trip and there are no Fea's Muntjacs on-show there. At the very end of the 23 days, I flew back to Canada and @twilighter had a day by himself and he decided to go back to Khao Kheow Zoo for a second visit as it's a very impressive facility. (If KK Zoo was in America then it would be one of the top 10-15 zoos in the nation) While there, he arranged a behind-the-scenes tour where he saw 1 male and 2 female Fea's Muntjacs and we are unaware of any other zoo in the world with the species. Does anyone know of another facility with Fea's?

I have seen Tufted Deer, labeled in most cases as Western Tufted Deer, at 17 zoos. My sightings have been almost exclusively at zoos in the USA, and adding up all the zoos I've seen in Europe (120), Australia (20) and Asia (60), which totals 200 zoos, I've seen Western Tufted Deer only THREE times on those three continents. A true rarity for me outside of North America!

1- Woodland Park Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 1996
2- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2008
3- Columbus Zoo and Aquarium (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2008
4- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2008
5- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2008
6- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2008
7- Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2010
8- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2011
9- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2012
10- ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2012
11- Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2012
12- Sunset Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2012
13- Racine Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2014
14- Scovill Zoo (USA) – Western Tufted Deer – 2014
15- Diergaarde Blijdorp (Netherlands) – Michie's Tufted Deer – 2019
16- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Michie's Tufted Deer – 2019
17- Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) – Michie's Tufted Deer – 2019

Is there any way to see Tufted Deer at the Bronx Zoo (USA) besides taking the seasonal Wild Asia monorail ride? Here's a great photo of one:

@red river hog

Here's a very nice close-up image of a Tufted Deer at Columbus Zoo (USA):

@Moebelle

It's possible to make out the hindquarters of a Tufted Deer (on the right-hand side) in my 2018 photo in the Asian Highlands exhibit at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (USA) in 2018. However, the zoo also had the species when I first visited in 2008.

The hoofstock collection at Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) was apparently spectacular in the 1980s and 1990s, and it was still fantastic when I was there in 2008. Here's a Tufted Deer from my visit:

Los Angeles Zoo (USA) might have a lot of issues with older exhibits and infrastructure, but the zoo has long been terrific for holding a number of rarities. Tufted Deer have done well there for decades and here's a young fawn.

@Blackduiker

Here's a terrific image of a Tufted Deer at Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (USA):

@Andrew_NZP

And, of course, I have my traditional 'exhibit shot' with no animals present. Tufted Deer were with Red-crowned Cranes when I toured Cleveland in 2010.

Are there some long-time San Diego Zoo (USA) visitors who remember this exhibit? Here's my shot of the Tufted Deer enclosure in 2011:

I saw Tufted Deer at Potter Park Zoo (USA), but I think they might be gone now ever since the zoo brought in Okapi...which is an okay trade in my book! ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) combined Tufted Deer with Reeves's Muntjacs and here's my image of the exhibit in 2012:

And a close-up shot from a fellow zoo nerd:

@Maguari

A flock of Canada Geese in with the Tufted Deer at Dickerson Park Zoo (USA) in 2012:

Another facility with Tufted Deer and Red-crowned Cranes together is Sunset Zoo (USA):

It's not quite what it once was, but when I visited Racine Zoo (USA) in 2014 the Tufted Deer/Lesser Adjutant Stork aviary was a spectacular sight. I think that it's not a walk-through, necessarily, but more of a walk-in, with an area for visitors to hang around at one end.

You can see a Tufted Deer in its rather small exhibit at Scovill Zoo (USA). I remember being surprised at seeing the species at a relatively obscure facility,

Then I headed off to Europe and it really is remarkable that out of circa 200 zoos in Europe, Australia and Asia, I've only seen Tufted Deer on 3 occasions that I can remember. Did I miss any? It's Blijdorp, Berlin Tierpark and Osnabruck and that's it out of 200 non-North American zoos.

Apparently the European populations of Tufted Deer are all Michie's Tufted Deer (E. c. michianus) and not the 'Western' variety. Here's an image I like at Blijdorp Zoo (Netherlands). There's a Red Panda/Tufted Deer exhibit that is on both sides of the walkway, with the pandas obviously able to cross back and forth at will. My good friend John Tuson is the man in shorts and he's the author of two incredible zoo books on British/Irish zoos and German zoos.

Since I took that photo, Blijdorp has reinvented its Red Panda/Tufted Deer exhibit to look like this:

@Mr Gharial

A 2022 photo from Berlin Tierpark (Germany) reveals the Tufted Deer/Red Panda exhibit there, which is an astonishing size for two relatively small mammal species.

@twilighter

When I toured Osnabruck Zoo (Germany) in 2019, it was yet another time when Tufted Deer and Red Pandas were combined. Maybe those two species hang out all the time in the wild? Haha! And in ruins as well...

All 3 of those zoos, Blijdorp, Berlin Tierpark and Osnabruck, renovated their Tufted Deer exhibits after my 2019 European zoo trip. That's actually an intriguing fact. Here's the new Osnabruck habitat:

@RonBurrgundy

Order Artiodactyla:

Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)

Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)

Cervidae: 6 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 17 Tufted Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac)

Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)

Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)

Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)

Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)

Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)

Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)

Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)

Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)

Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)

 

[Austin the Sengi]

Personally, Tufted Deer are always a pleasure to see, and I still reminisce about them at ZooTampa every time I pass by the current gharial habitat; and if you asked me if I prefer them over something like a Reeve’s Muntjac. I would certainly choose the former.

Also, on an unrelated note, did you ever see any Pygmy Hippos during your visit to Khao Kheow Zoo? Because, if so, then I wonder if you ever saw the now famous (0.1) Moo Deng when you were there.

 

[pachyderm pro]

ZooTampa at Lowry Park (USA) combined Tufted Deer with Reeves's Muntjacs and here's my image of the exhibit in 2012:

When I first visited Tampa 10 years ago as a young kid, the tufted deer were mixed with gharial in the exhibit pictured above. Unaware gharial almost exclusively eat fish, young me was worried the deer somehow got into the wrong enclosure and would be eaten by the crocodilians. Thankfully, a keeper reassured me that all was well.

It's not quite what it once was, but when I visited Racine Zoo (USA) in 2014 the Tufted Deer/Lesser Adjutant Stork aviary was a spectacular sight. I think that it's not a walk-through, necessarily, but more of a walk-in, with an area for visitors to hang around at one end.

I love this exhibit, although in hindsight I probably wouldn't have included it on the 100 must-see exhibits thread I did last year, especially now that the stork is gone. You're able to get extremely close to the tufted deer and the landscaping is beautiful. Mammal aviaries in general are a concept I wish was more prevalent in the US. The new Sacramento Zoo will include the countries first okapi aviary, but otherwise I struggle to think of very many.

 

[NNM.]

Also, on an unrelated note, did you ever see any Pygmy Hippos during your visit to Khao Kheow Zoo? Because, if so, then I wonder if you ever saw the now famous (0.1) Moo Deng when you were there.

Maybe I'm out of the loop, what exactly is up with that?

 

[Austin the Sengi]

Basically, the zoo’s youngest pygmy hippo went viral on social media, and thus, gained the zoo a boost in attendance. Furthermore, the question you quoted was if @snowleopard somehow managed to see the calf in person during his visit.

 

[snowleopard]

Also, on an unrelated note, did you ever see any Pygmy Hippos during your visit to Khao Kheow Zoo? Because, if so, then I wonder if you ever saw the now famous (0.1) Moo Deng when you were there.

We saw a Pygmy Hippo (probably a male) on-show when we visited Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand), but we did not see the now viral Moo Deng. Even when @twilighter returned to KK Zoo for a second visit, he did not see the baby Pygmy Hippo. He was probably too busy taking photos of Mainland Serow and Fea's Muntjac.

 

[birdsandbats]

Maybe I'm out of the loop, what exactly is up with that?

 

[twilighter]

We saw a Pygmy Hippo (probably a male) on-show when we visited Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand), but we did not see the now viral Moo Deng. Even when @twilighter returned to KK Zoo for a second visit, he did not see the baby Pygmy Hippo. He was probably too busy taking photos of Mainland Serow and Fea's Muntjac.

Indeed I also visited the World's leading Mainland Clouded Leopard breeding center at Khao Kheow. This facility has very impressive breeding record with 55 births, only between 2002 and 2015. They united efforts with Nashvile and Smitsonian in Clouded Leopard Consortium.

 

[biggest_dreamer]

I'm a couple days behind, but I never would've expected one of my few photos (the Bornean bearded pig at Capital of Texas Zoo) to be referenced! Guess that's the nature of hunting down super elusive species.

 

[snowleopard]

Moving on from Tufted Deer, today it's time for TWO deer species. Neither of them have ever been very common for me to come across, with in fact very few sightings until my Southeast Asian trip last month when I saw both species at least 5 times each in a variety of zoos. (If I missed a couple of zoos, please send me a message as there's so many vast, unsigned deer herds in the Asian safari parks that it's easy to omit a species. I am convinced they are bred for carnivores! )

I've seen Barasingha at 14 zoos:

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Barasingha – 1975
2- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Barasingha – 2006
3- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Barasingha – 2008
4- Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden (USA) – Barasingha – 2010
5- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Barasingha – 2015
6- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Barasingha – 2015
7- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Barasingha – 2015
8- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Barasingha – 2019
9- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Barasingha – 2019
10- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) - Barasingha – 2024
11- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) - Barasingha – 2024
12- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) - Barasingha – 2024
13- Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) - Barasingha – 2024
14- Night Safari (Singapore) – Barasingha – 2024

AND...

I've seen Eld's Deer, also commonly known as Brow-antlered Deer, at 12 zoos:

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Eld’s Deer – 1975
2- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Eld’s Deer – 2006
3- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Eld’s Deer – 2008
4- Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) – Eld’s Deer – 2010
5- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Eld’s Deer – 2019
6- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Eld’s Deer – 2019
7- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Eld’s Deer – 2019
8- Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) – Eld’s Deer – 2024
9- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Eld’s Deer – 2024
10- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Eld’s Deer – 2024
11- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Eld’s Deer – 2024
12- Night Safari (Singapore) – Eld’s Deer – 2024

San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) has had Barasingha, perhaps continuously, for decades. Here's a 2024 photo with one of the animals:

@Lucas Lang

Blackbuck, Chital and Barasingha all hanging out with some peafowl at Bronx Zoo (USA):

@baboon

Barasingha have been at Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) for many years.

@jbnbsn99

Mesker Park Zoo (USA) had Barasingha with Sarus Cranes when I was there in 2010:

Berlin Zoo (Germany) used to have Barasingha in a nicely landscaped habitat. What's in this exhibit these days?

@twilighter

A huge paddock for Barasingha and Sambar Deer is at Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand):

Zoo Melaka (Malaysia) had a small herd of Barasingha Deer and wild gibbons hooting and hollering in the treetops. Several keepers were doing work in the exhibit when I was there.

As for Eld's Deer, San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) frequently has a nice-sized herd of the animals there in one of the field enclosures.

@twilighter

A lush paddock at Disney's Animal Kingdom (USA) held Eld's Deer, Blackbuck and Banteng all together when I was there in 2008.

Tiger Trek is an Asian-themed zone at Sedgwick County Zoo (USA) that held Eld's Deer when I toured that zoo in 2010.

Asian Elephants, Blackbuck and Eld's Deer were found together at Pairi Daiza (Belgium), and maybe that's still the case, back in 2019.

@MagpieGoose

Of course Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has Eld's Deer as that place is jammed with hoofstock.

@twilighter

Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) has a few deer exhibits right at the entrance, including one for Eld's Deer:

There's a large, steep Eld's Deer exhibit at Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand):

Order Artiodactyla:

Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)

Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)

Cervidae: 8 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac)

Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)

Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)

Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)

Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)

Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)

Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)

Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)

Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)

Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)

 

[ralph]

I saw Fea's muntjac in the now closed Dusit Zoo (Bangkok) back in 2012. If my memory serves me well, I saw just one.

The new red panda/tufted deer enclosure in Blijdorp is not a reinvention of the other red panda enclosure, but a seperate enclosure (formerly the takin rock). Blijdorp now has 2 red panda/tufted deer enclosure right next to each other (and yet another tufted deer enclosure elsewhere in the zoo)

 

[snowleopard]

Moving on from Barasingha and Eld's Deer, today it's time for TWO more deer species.

I'd seen Hog Deer at very few zoos, literally only 3 times in my life prior to my 2019 European trip when I saw the species 4 times. Then, just last month, I saw Hog Deer at 13 zoos in 3 weeks in Southeast Asia!

I've seen Hog Deer at 20 zoos and most of them were in Asia:

1- Bronx Zoo (USA) – Indian Hog Deer – 2008
2- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Hog Deer – 2008
3- Austin Zoo (USA) – Hog Deer – 2015
4- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Hog Deer – 2019
5- Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands) – Hog Deer – 2019
6- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Hog Deer – 2019
7- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Hog Deer – 2019
8- Lopburi Zoo (Thailand) – Hog Deer – 2024
9- Khao Kheow Zoo (Thailand) – Hog Deer – 2024
10- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Hog Deer – 2024
11- Lanna Mini Zoo (Thailand) – Hog Deer – 2024
12- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Hog Deer – 2024
13- Songkhla Zoo (Thailand) – Hog Deer – 2024
14- Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) – Hog Deer – 2024
15- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Hog Deer – 2024
16- Singapore Zoo (Singapore) – Hog Deer – 2024
17- Night Safari (Singapore) – Hog Deer – 2024
18- Surabaya Zoo (Indonesia) – Hog Deer – 2024
19- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Hog Deer – 2024
20- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Hog Deer – 2024

AND...

I've seen Calamian Deer at 3 zoos. All 3 are facilities I've visited more than once, with 8 trips to San Diego, 3 to Phoenix and 2 to Los Angeles, but the first time I recorded seeing Calamian Deer was all in 2008. Does anyone know the status of this species in North American zoos? Are we down to just a few individuals at this point? My guess is that the situation is a little bleak.

1- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Calamian Deer – 2008
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Calamian Deer – 2008
3- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Calamian Deer – 2008

Dierenrijk (Animal Kingdom) (Netherlands), now called Eindhoven Zoo, had Hog Deer with Visayan Warty Pigs, Nilgai and Indian Rhinos in 2019 in a superb exhibit.

@KevinB

Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) is one of the few zoos in Europe where I've seen Hog Deer.

@KevinB

Berlin Tierpark (Germany) has a dizzying array of hoofstock and it shouldn't surprise anyone that Hog Deer have been kept there. I saw the species in 2019 in an enclosure with the classic Tierpark green-painted fencing.

@Jakub

The female Hog Deer are kind of small and cute as far as deer species go. Here's a couple at Lopburi Zoo (Thailand):

The 50-minute drive-through safari park portion of Safari World Bangkok (Thailand) has deer and antelope in huge herds. This photo has Hog Deer, Javan Rusa Deer, Blackbuck and Watusi all hanging out in an area that has its swampy sections.

@twilighter

Zoo Negara (Malaysia) has Hog Deer in with Axis Deer and Sambar Deer in a big paddock:

As for Calamian Deer, Phoenix Zoo (USA) has maintained the species in their Children's Zoo for a long time. Never skip the kiddie zone there!

I took this photo last year and the exhibit is not especially noteworthy.

@Ituri

@red river hog

I took this photo in 2008, but I suspect that I also saw Calamian Deer at San Diego Zoo (USA) when I first visited in 2006.

It's a hillside exhibit at the back of the zoo, with a simple chain-link fence surrounding it, but the enclosure at Los Angeles Zoo (USA) holds the treasure that would be the rare mammal species known as the Calamian Deer.

@Ding Lingwei

@Ding Lingwei

@TheoV

Order Artiodactyla:

Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)

Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)

Cervidae: 10 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer)

Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)

Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)

Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)

Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)

Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)

Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)

Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)

Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)

Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)

 

[ralph]

It's interesting to learn there are no Calamian deer in zoos anywhere in their native country. Seems like it's indeed down to just a few males in the USA.

 

[twilighter]

Indeed, only very few Calamian Deer males left in USA from a herd of about 60 at San Diego in the early 2000's. LA and Phoenix zoo joined the program too late and this endangered species will be lost soon... The WAZA news 4/2013 are talking about "Not Sexy Enough to Survive" Calamian Deer and it's unfortunate destiny in captivity: Waza news 4 2013

I saw two in LA in 2020, and I remember that Phoenix had at least one, but I am not sure how many left.

 

[snowleopard]

After two species yesterday (Hog Deer and Calamian Deer), here's THREE more deer species in this post.

I've seen Common Fallow Deer at 63 zoos and Persian Fallow Deer at 1 zoo (at least) and Red Brocket Deer at 3 zoos.

Fallow Deer are of course one of the most common deer species in zoos, found seemingly everywhere. Of note, is that I saw a big herd of 20+ Persian Fallow Deer at Opel Zoo (Germany) and that is an entirely different species in comparison to the Common Fallow Deer. I also saw 'Fallow Deer' at both Berlin Zoo (Germany) and Berlin Tierpark (Germany) in August 2019, but I did not note if those two collections held Persian Fallow Deer and/or Common Fallow Deer. Maybe someone would know if the Persian species was there at that time as I would have definitely seen the animals.

2015 = 15 zoos
2019 = 17 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 1975
2- Marapana Wildlife World (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 1986
3- Glen Karaleea Deer Park (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 1986
4- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 1987
5- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 1998
6- Langenberg Wildlife Park (Switzerland) – Fallow Deer – 2003
7- Monarto Zoo (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 2007
8- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2008
9- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2010
10- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2010
11- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 2012
12- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
13- Wisconsin Deer Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
14- Grant’s Farm (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
15- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
16- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
17- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
18- Gone Wild Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
19- Natchitoches Alligator Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
20- Gators & Friends: Alligator Park & Exotic Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
21- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
22- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
23- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
24- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
25- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
26- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
27- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
28- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
29- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
30- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
31- Sierra Safari Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
32- Olympic Game Farm (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2016
33- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 2018
34- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 2018
35- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
36- Belle Isle Nature Center (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
37- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
38- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
39- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
40- Familiepark Plaswijckpark (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
41- Faunapark Flakkee (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
42- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Fallow Deer – 2019
43- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
44- Alsdorf Tierpark (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
45- Mondo Verde (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
46- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Persian Fallow Deer– 2019
47- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
48- Wildpark Dunnwald (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
49- Wildpark Reuschenberg (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
50- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
51- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
52- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
53- Tierpark Strohen (Germany) - Fallow Deer – 2019
54- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
55- Gronau Zoo (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
56- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Fallow Deer – 2022
57- AQUA Aquarium & Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Fallow Deer – 2022
58- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Fallow Deer – 2022
59- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Fallow Deer – 2022
60- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2023
61- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2023
62- Lanna Mini Zoo (Thailand) – Fallow Deer – 2024
63- Lembang Park & Zoo (Indonesia) – Fallow Deer – 2024
64- Faunaland Ancol (Indonesia) - Fallow Deer – 2024

AND...

I've seen Red Brocket Deer at 3 zoos and these guys are extremely rare for me.

1- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Red Brocket Deer – 2008
2- Emperor Valley Zoo (Trinidad & Tobago) – Red Brocket Deer – 2008
3- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Red Brocket Deer – 2010

I saw a big herd of Fallow Deer at Monarto Zoo (Australia) in 2007 and it's nice to see that the species is still there now.

@Swanson02

Fallow Deer don't often require much in the way of shelter, as they are surprisingly hardy mammals. Here's an example of a covered area at Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA):

I saw a LOT of Fallow Deer on my 2015 road trip through the hot, dry, dusty zoos of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Keepers of the Wild (USA) had an 11-acre enclosure with Fallow Deer, Mule Deer and...Ostriches!

Olympic Game Farm (USA) has a spacious Fallow Deer/Elk paddock:

Fallow Deer, including some white ones, at Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands):

At Tierpark Strohen (Germany), Fallow Deer are combined with Tarpan and Highland Cattle.

@RonBurrgundy

Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) has an enormous exhibit for Fallow Deer and I counted circa 75 deer there in 2022. It was possible to buy bags of food for the deer and to even pet them as they are incredibly tame.

A rescue facility, called Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA), held Fallow Deer when I toured the zoo last year.

Persian Fallow Deer paddock at Opel Zoo (Germany):

This is what the Persian Fallow Deer exhibit at Berlin Zoo (Germany) looked like in 2018:

@MagpieGoose

The first time I ever saw Red Brocket Deer was at Phoenix Zoo (USA) in 2008. There was a Wetlands Habitat with Red Brocket Deer, Chilean Flamingos, Coscoroba Swans, American White Pelicans and Sandhill Cranes and it was arguably one of the highlights of the zoo. When I was at Phoenix Zoo last year, the whole area had been transformed into an exhibit for American Alligators, but I think that the zoo had only the ONE gator at that time. A waste. At least Phoenix Zoo still has Red Brocket Deer, next to the Calamian Deer in the Children's Zoo area.

What the 'wetlands' zone used to look like:

I also saw Red Brocket Deer at the Emperor Valley Zoo in Trinidad & Tobago, as well as at Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) in 2010.

Order Artiodactyla:

Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)

Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)

Cervidae: 13 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 3 Red Brocket Deer, 1 Persian Fallow Deer)

Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)

Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)

Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)

Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)

Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)

Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)

Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)

Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)

Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)

 

[Giant Eland]

After two species yesterday (Hog Deer and Calamian Deer), here's THREE more deer species in this post.

I've seen Common Fallow Deer at 63 zoos and Persian Fallow Deer at 1 zoo (at least) and Red Brocket Deer at 3 zoos.

Fallow Deer are of course one of the most common deer species in zoos, found seemingly everywhere. Of note, is that I saw a big herd of 20+ Persian Fallow Deer at Opel Zoo (Germany) and that is an entirely different species in comparison to the Common Fallow Deer. I also saw 'Fallow Deer' at both Berlin Zoo (Germany) and Berlin Tierpark (Germany) in August 2019, but I did not note if those two collections held Persian Fallow Deer and/or Common Fallow Deer. Maybe someone would know if the Persian species was there at that time as I would have definitely seen the animals.

2015 = 15 zoos
2019 = 17 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 1975
2- Marapana Wildlife World (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 1986
3- Glen Karaleea Deer Park (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 1986
4- Perth Zoo (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 1987
5- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 1998
6- Langenberg Wildlife Park (Switzerland) – Fallow Deer – 2003
7- Monarto Zoo (Australia) – Fallow Deer – 2007
8- Detroit Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2008
9- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2010
10- Montgomery Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2010
11- Calgary Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 2012
12- Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
13- Wisconsin Deer Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
14- Grant’s Farm (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
15- Clay Center Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
16- Willow Park Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2014
17- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
18- Gone Wild Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
19- Natchitoches Alligator Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
20- Gators & Friends: Alligator Park & Exotic Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
21- Cherokee Trace Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
22- Franklin Drive-Thru Safari (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
23- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
24- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
25- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
26- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
27- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
28- Hillcrest Park Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
29- Grand Canyon Deer Farm (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
30- Keepers of the Wild Nature Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
31- Sierra Safari Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2015
32- Olympic Game Farm (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2016
33- Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park & Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 2018
34- Assiniboine Park Zoo (Canada) – Fallow Deer – 2018
35- Roscommon Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
36- Belle Isle Nature Center (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
37- Washington Park Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
38- Shalom Wildlife Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2018
39- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
40- Familiepark Plaswijckpark (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
41- Faunapark Flakkee (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
42- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Fallow Deer – 2019
43- Wildpark Gangelt (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
44- Alsdorf Tierpark (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
45- Mondo Verde (Netherlands) – Fallow Deer – 2019
46- Opel Zoo (Germany) – Persian Fallow Deer– 2019
47- Zoo Neuwied (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
48- Wildpark Dunnwald (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
49- Wildpark Reuschenberg (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
50- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
51- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
52- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
53- Tierpark Strohen (Germany) - Fallow Deer – 2019
54- Olderdissen Zoo (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
55- Gronau Zoo (Germany) – Fallow Deer – 2019
56- Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Fallow Deer – 2022
57- AQUA Aquarium & Wildlife Park (Denmark) – Fallow Deer – 2022
58- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Fallow Deer – 2022
59- Kristiansand Zoo (Norway) – Fallow Deer – 2022
60- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2023
61- Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA) – Fallow Deer – 2023
62- Lanna Mini Zoo (Thailand) – Fallow Deer – 2024
63- Lembang Park & Zoo (Indonesia) – Fallow Deer – 2024
64- Faunaland Ancol (Indonesia) - Fallow Deer – 2024

AND...

I've seen Red Brocket Deer at 3 zoos and these guys are extremely rare for me.

1- Phoenix Zoo (USA) – Red Brocket Deer – 2008
2- Emperor Valley Zoo (Trinidad & Tobago) – Red Brocket Deer – 2008
3- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Red Brocket Deer – 2010

I saw a big herd of Fallow Deer at Monarto Zoo (Australia) in 2007 and it's nice to see that the species is still there now.

@Swanson02

Fallow Deer don't often require much in the way of shelter, as they are surprisingly hardy mammals. Here's an example of a covered area at Northeastern Wisconsin (NEW) Zoo (USA):

I saw a LOT of Fallow Deer on my 2015 road trip through the hot, dry, dusty zoos of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Keepers of the Wild (USA) had an 11-acre enclosure with Fallow Deer, Mule Deer and...Ostriches!

Olympic Game Farm (USA) has a spacious Fallow Deer/Elk paddock:

Fallow Deer, including some white ones, at Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands):

At Tierpark Strohen (Germany), Fallow Deer are combined with Tarpan and Highland Cattle.

@RonBurrgundy

Scandinavian Wildlife Park (Denmark) has an enormous exhibit for Fallow Deer and I counted circa 75 deer there in 2022. It was possible to buy bags of food for the deer and to even pet them as they are incredibly tame.

A rescue facility, called Big Bear Alpine Zoo (USA), held Fallow Deer when I toured the zoo last year.

Persian Fallow Deer paddock at Opel Zoo (Germany):

This is what the Persian Fallow Deer exhibit at Berlin Zoo (Germany) looked like in 2018:

@MagpieGoose

The first time I ever saw Red Brocket Deer was at Phoenix Zoo (USA) in 2008. There was a Wetlands Habitat with Red Brocket Deer, Chilean Flamingos, Coscoroba Swans, American White Pelicans and Sandhill Cranes and it was arguably one of the highlights of the zoo. When I was at Phoenix Zoo last year, the whole area had been transformed into an exhibit for American Alligators, but I think that the zoo had only the ONE gator at that time. A waste. At least Phoenix Zoo still has Red Brocket Deer, next to the Calamian Deer in the Children's Zoo area.

What the 'wetlands' zone used to look like:

I also saw Red Brocket Deer at the Emperor Valley Zoo in Trinidad & Tobago, as well as at Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) in 2010.

Order Artiodactyla:

Antilocapridae: 1 species (30 zoos with Pronghorn)

Camelidae: 2 species (27 zoos with Guanaco, 18 Vicuna)

Cervidae: 13 species so far - (78 zoos with Reeves's Muntjac, 63 Common Fallow Deer, 40 Axis Deer, 21 Southern Red Muntjac, 20 Hog Deer, 17 Tufted Deer, 14 Barasingha, 12 Eld's Deer, 8 Bawean Deer, 4 Northern Red Muntjac, 3 Calamian Deer, 3 Red Brocket Deer, 1 Persian Fallow Deer)

Delphinidae: 7 species (15 zoos with Common Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphin, 3 Killer Whale, 3 Pacific White-sided Dolphin, 1 Commerson's Dolphin, 1 False Killer Whale, 1 Short-finned Pilot Whale)

Giraffidae: 5 species (175 zoos with Giraffe (4 species), 31 Okapi)

Hippopotamidae: 2 species (65 zoos with Common Hippo, 44 Pygmy Hippo)

Iniidae: 1 species (1 zoo with Amazon River Dolphin)

Monodontidae: 1 species (7 zoos with Beluga Whale)

Phocoenidae: 1 species (3 zoos with Harbour Porpoise)

Suidae: 8 species (65 zoos with Red River Hog, 51 Warthog, 24 Babirusa, 17 Visayan Warty Pig, 17 Wild Boar, 6 Bearded Pig, 3 Javan Warty Pig, 1 Bushpig)

Tayassuidae: 3 species (33 zoos with Collared Peccary, 17 Chacoan, 4 White-lipped)

Tragulidae: 4 species (13 zoos with Lesser Indo-Malayan Chevrotain, 9 Javan, 7 Greater Indo-Malayan, 2 Balabac)

Get ready to add another deer species!!

I double checked zootierliste and as I suspected the brockets at Emperor Valley Zoo (Trinidad & Tobago) are Trinidad red brocket (Mazama americana trinitatis), while the ones in American Zoos lately have been Central American red brocket (Mazama temama)