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

[oflory]

From Lechwe to Waterbuck to TWO species in today's post.

When I was a kid, my favourite antelope was the Sable Antelope as I had some marvellous examples in my toy animal collection. As an adult, I've essentially gone with the flow and switched over to Bongo, but Sable Antelope are almost as large and have really impressive horns and the darker coat of the males is eye-catching. This mammal species has been in the mid-range of popularity for me, having seen the species all over the USA, Europe, a few zoos specifically in Scandinavia and even Southeast Asia, but never in big numbers anywhere. These days, there's only around 10 AZA zoos with Sable Antelope and those numbers are down big time as I saw the species at approximately that total just on two trips in 2008 and 2010.

Mountain Reedbuck, as listed in the publication All the Mammals of the World (2023), also called Southern Mountain Reedbuck, are apparently only found at Berlin Tierpark (Germany), Dvur Kralove (Czech. Rep.) and Johannesburg Zoo (South Africa) if Zootierliste is to be believed. They aren't difficult to spot in Berlin as the zoo has several of them in one of those famous paddocks with the green fencing and Dvur Kralove seems like an incredible zoo to visit for its rarities and astonishing African collection. I definitely need to get to the Czech. Rep. one day!

I've seen Sable Antelope at 32 zoos:

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Sable Antelope – 1975
2- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2006
3- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2006
4- Lincoln Park Zoo - Illinois (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2008
5- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Sable Antelope – 2008
6- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2008
7- Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2008
8- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2008
9- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2008
10- Zoo Miami (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2008
11- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2010
12- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2010
13- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2011
14- Jackson Zoo (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2012
15- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2015
16- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2015
17- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2015
18- Out of Africa (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2015
19- B. Bryan Preserve (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2017
20- Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA) – Sable Antelope – 2017
21- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Sable Antelope – 2019
22- ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) – Sable Antelope – 2019
23- Beekse Bergen (Netherlands) – Sable Antelope – 2019
24- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Sable Antelope – 2019
25- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Sable Antelope – 2019
26- Givskud Zoo (Denmark) – Sable Antelope – 2022
27- Odense Zoo (Denmark) – Sable Antelope – 2022
28- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Sable Antelope – 2022
29- Copenhagen Zoo (Denmark) – Sable Antelope – 2022
30- Zoo Negara (Malaysia) – Sable Antelope – 2024
31- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Sable Antelope – 2024
32- Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia) – Sable Antelope – 2024

AND...

I've seen Mountain Reedbuck at 1 zoo:

1- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Mountain Reedbuck – 2019

A fully-grown male Sable Antelope is a stunning sight. Here's an example at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA):

@TheoV

Toronto Zoo (Canada) had Sable Antelope during my only visit in 2008, but that species is gone now just as it's disappeared from many AZA zoos.

@arcticwolf

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (USA) has had Sable Antelope for as long as I can remember and when the zoo opened its $73 million African Grasslands complex a brand-new exhibit was created for the species. This paddock is more than an acre in size and you can see the zoo's train going past in the background.

Back in the day, Oklahoma City Zoo (USA) had one of the best hoofstock collections in America, with many chain-link yards for species such as Sable Antelope. It's amazing how lush and grassy some of the enclosures were.

@Baldur

I like this image of the sunlight coming through the trees and a Sable Antelope standing in what appears to be a meadow setting. It's apparent from the distinctive moat edge at the front that this can only be Zoo Miami (USA). Perhaps the greatest soccer player of all time regularly sneaks in visits to this zoo with his wife and 3 sons!

@Pleistohorse

It doesn't get much more flat and boring than this Sable Antelope exhibit at Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA):

Jackson Zoo (USA), which is barely staying open and viable these days, had a really interesting African Savanna when I toured this zoo in 2012. Four of the hoofstock species in this paddock were all gems back then: Sable Antelope, Klipspringer, Dama Gazelle and Springbok.

A dry, arid environment at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) is home to a significant herd of Sable Antelope.

@Kudu21

My photo from Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) shows a Sable Antelope with Giraffes, which seems like a bit of a rare situation judging from my list of zoos with the species. You can see an Ostrich in the background, as well as the African Elephant exhibit (which is awful!)

Sable Antelope are also found at ZOOM Erlebniswelt (Germany) and the colour variation in this photo is neat to see.

@Joker1706

Serengeti-Park (Germany) in Hodenhagen has a vast hoofstock collection in their drive-through area, including a herd of Sable Antelope.

I saw 3 Danish zoos with Sable Antelope, including Givskud Zoo (Denmark) with its sprawling African Savanna. This paddock also had 6 White Rhinos, a dozen Black Wildebeest, 10 Gemsbok, and even signs up for Cape Buffalo. There's a second African Savanna elsewhere at this excellent zoo.

When @twilighter and I visited Zoo Negara (Malaysia), we were toured around for 5 hours by one of the curators. He told us that the Sable Antelope often just jump out of their African Savanna exhibit at night and can be found wandering near their exhibit by staff who arrive early in the morning. The antelope then simply leap back into their paddock, as the barrier is extremely low. Apparently this has been going on for a long time and the zoo never has any problems with the animals going far into the zoo's grounds and they don't leave their enclosure during the day with visitors around.

At Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia), their African Savanna was unique to me. There's no chance of the Sable Antelope leaping out of their exhibit here, as everything is glass-fronted and there's walls at the back.

As for Southern Mountain Reedbuck, I have seen this species only once and it was in 2019 at Berlin Tierpark (Germany).

@twilighter

@Fat-tailed dwarf lemur

@Green_mamba

Family Bovidae: 44 species so far

American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)

Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)

Gayal - 2 zoos

Hadn't realised you hadn't got to Czechia yet, you are going to love it when you do.

Can I also just say how much I have been enjoying this thread? The perfect amount of FOMO and "Perfect, I've seen that too".

 

[cerperal]

As for Southern Mountain Reedbuck, I have seen this species only once and it was in 2019 at Berlin Tierpark (Germany).

One of my favourite exhibits at the Tierpark, because it's so utterly inconspicuous - though it's clearly fenced, it's easy to miss the Reedbuck themselves as they blend in superbly and if I'm getting my geography correct some very popular animals just nearby making it easy for the average zoo-goer to walk past without realising. Of course there's the biggest reason, which is that they're a true rarity, although if I were to rank Berlin on that it would be a difficult list to make given the number of them held.

Can I also just say how much I have been enjoying this thread? The perfect amount of FOMO and "Perfect, I've seen that too".

In complete agreement, and in some isolated cases the slight smugness of having certain animals easily visible locally...followed by the crushing jealously of having never seen certain others. And it's not just the posts themselves but the discussion after, it's a proper zoo-nerd discussion and it's thoroughly enjoyable to read and occasionally participate

 

[Wessel799]

At Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia), their African Savanna was unique to me. There's no chance of the Sable Antelope leaping out of their exhibit here, as everything is glass-fronted and there's walls at the back.

Was there any barrier (like schock wire) to prevent the animals from damaging the windows, or, more importantly, themselves? Because sable antelopes have been prone to crash into fences when startled and are best kept in spacious paddocks.

 

[snowleopard]

Thank you @Enzo for your continued contribution from a South American perspective and thank you to both @oflory and @cerperal for your kinds words about this thread. This is indeed a proper zoo nerd thread and I'm enjoying it as much as everyone else!

@Wessel799 There doesn't seem to be any hotwire along the windows, but by looking at my other photos from Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia) I can see that there's extra plantings in front of some of the windows in the African Savanna and also a long black cable that runs across the area about a foot off the ground. It's quite well hidden, but probably effective.

Looking at Genus Hippotragus yesterday, I revealed that I had seen Sable Antelope at 32 zoos. One might assume that it would be a similar number for Roan Antelope but that is far from the case. This species feels as if it's edging towards extinction in North American collections, seemingly abandoned by most AZA establishments and even roadside 'Americana' facilities. I'd only seen Roan Antelope 9 times before I trekked across Western Europe in 2019 to boost my numbers a little, but this species is a rarity and I saw zero in Scandinavia or Asia on my last two Snowleopard Road Trips.

I've seen Roan Antelope at 14 zoos:

2019 = 5 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Roan Antelope – 1975
2- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2006
3- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2008
4- White Oak Conservation Center (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2008
5- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2010
6- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2010
7- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2015
8- B. Bryan Preserve (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2017
9- Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2017
10- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Roan Antelope – 2019
11- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Roan Antelope – 2019
12- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Roan Antelope – 2019
13- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Roan Antelope – 2019
14- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Roan Antelope – 2019

Here's a brilliant portrait of a Roan Antelope:

@ro6ca66

Of course, San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) has maintained Roan Antelope for many years and the zoo still has the species today.

Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge (USA), just down the road from the actual park, has often kept a few odds n' sods species like Roan Antelope for guests to marvel at from their hotel balconies.

@geomorph

When I toured Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010, I saw at least one Roan Antelope (photo is in the gallery) in with the Addax herd.

Roan Antelope were combined with Nile Lechwe at BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) that same summer. The zoos in both Buffalo and Baton Rouge have big, ugly cement edges to their hoofstock yards and that concrete isn't aesthetically pleasing. Why not just let the hoofstock roam around the zoo at night like Zoo Negara (Malaysia) does with their Sable Antelope? Haha!

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) is a big Texas drive-through zoo and the hoofstock collection there is very impressive. That includes Roan Antelope:

@jbnbsn99

On a foggy morning on the California coast in 2017, I booked a tour at B. Bryan Preserve (USA) and, somewhat incredibly for an American zoo, went inside the Roan Antelope paddock with zero barriers between my group and the mammals. According to their website, there's currently 6 species at this facility: Nubian Giraffe, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Grevy's Zebra, Greater Kudu, Sable Antelope and Roan Antelope.

Another zoo that has a tour, Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA), had Roan Antelope that same summer.

Yet another drive-through area with Roan Antelope is at Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium):

Dortmund Zoo (Germany) has had Roan Antelope in a basic paddock for years.

@Eagle

At Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands), there's a large African Savanna/Safari area that has had Roan Antelope for a long time.

@vogelcommando

This Roan Antelope seems to be in an odd location, as there are deciduous trees changing their leaves to their Autumn colours, plus a powerline tower in the background. It's not exactly an African landscape, but the exhibit at Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) is still excellent and quite large.

@twilighter

At Hannover Zoo (USA), you can see Roan Antelope from the boat ride if you wish!

@RonBurrgundy

Another drive-through place to see Roan Antelope is at Serengeti-Park (Germany), with a whole series of African Savannas with a long list of ungulates around each bend in the road.

@Daniel Sörensen

Family Bovidae: 45 species so far

American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)

Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)

Gayal - 2 zoos

 

[Enzo]

Thank you @Enzo for your continued contribution from a South American perspective and thank you to both @oflory and @cerperal for your kinds words about this thread. This is indeed a proper zoo nerd thread and I'm enjoying it as much as everyone else!

@Wessel799 There doesn't seem to be any hotwire along the windows, but by looking at my other photos from Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia) I can see that there's extra plantings in front of some of the windows in the African Savanna and also a long black cable that runs across the area about a foot off the ground. It's quite well hidden, but probably effective.

Looking at Genus Hippotragus yesterday, I revealed that I had seen Sable Antelope at 32 zoos. One might assume that it would be a similar number for Roan Antelope but that is far from the case. This species feels as if it's edging towards extinction in North American collections, seemingly abandoned by most AZA establishments and even roadside 'Americana' facilities. I'd only seen Roan Antelope 9 times before I trekked across Western Europe in 2019 to boost my numbers a little, but this species is a rarity and I saw zero in Scandinavia or Asia on my last two Snowleopard Road Trips.

I've seen Roan Antelope at 14 zoos:

2019 = 5 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Roan Antelope – 1975
2- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2006
3- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2008
4- White Oak Conservation Center (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2008
5- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2010
6- Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2010
7- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2015
8- B. Bryan Preserve (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2017
9- Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA) – Roan Antelope – 2017
10- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Roan Antelope – 2019
11- Dortmund Zoo (Germany) – Roan Antelope – 2019
12- Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) – Roan Antelope – 2019
13- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Roan Antelope – 2019
14- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Roan Antelope – 2019

Here's a brilliant portrait of a Roan Antelope:

@ro6ca66

Of course, San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) has maintained Roan Antelope for many years and the zoo still has the species today.

Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge (USA), just down the road from the actual park, has often kept a few odds n' sods species like Roan Antelope for guests to marvel at from their hotel balconies.

@geomorph

When I toured Buffalo Zoo (USA) in 2010, I saw at least one Roan Antelope (photo is in the gallery) in with the Addax herd.

Roan Antelope were combined with Nile Lechwe at BREC's Baton Rouge Zoo (USA) that same summer. The zoos in both Buffalo and Baton Rouge have big, ugly cement edges to their hoofstock yards and that concrete isn't aesthetically pleasing. Why not just let the hoofstock roam around the zoo at night like Zoo Negara (Malaysia) does with their Sable Antelope? Haha!

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) is a big Texas drive-through zoo and the hoofstock collection there is very impressive. That includes Roan Antelope:

@jbnbsn99

On a foggy morning on the California coast in 2017, I booked a tour at B. Bryan Preserve (USA) and, somewhat incredibly for an American zoo, went inside the Roan Antelope paddock with zero barriers between my group and the mammals. According to their website, there's currently 6 species at this facility: Nubian Giraffe, Hartmann's Mountain Zebra, Grevy's Zebra, Greater Kudu, Sable Antelope and Roan Antelope.

Another zoo that has a tour, Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA), had Roan Antelope that same summer.

Yet another drive-through area with Roan Antelope is at Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium):

Dortmund Zoo (Germany) has had Roan Antelope in a basic paddock for years.

@Eagle

At Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands), there's a large African Savanna/Safari area that has had Roan Antelope for a long time.

@vogelcommando

This Roan Antelope seems to be in an odd location, as there are deciduous trees changing their leaves to their Autumn colours, plus a powerline tower in the background. It's not exactly an African landscape, but the exhibit at Burgers' Zoo (Netherlands) is still excellent and quite large.

@twilighter

At Hannover Zoo (USA), you can see Roan Antelope from the boat ride if you wish!

@RonBurrgundy

Another drive-through place to see Roan Antelope is at Serengeti-Park (Germany), with a whole series of African Savannas with a long list of ungulates around each bend in the road.

@Daniel Sörensen

Family Bovidae: 45 species so far

American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)

Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)

Gayal - 2 zoos

I saw roan antelope for the first time in 2018, at the Lisbon zoo. I reassure you, they have a huge collection of hoofstock, likely inherited from their colonial past.



I have not seen any elsewhere.

No records of Hippotragus equinus in Brazil or in the wider South American region either. Havana, however, mixes the species with many other African herbivores in its African savanna.

 

[snowleopard]

Time for TWO species today.

Addax are relatively common in many zoos all over the world, even though I didn't see any in 60 Southeast Asian zoos this past summer. In the past, I've seen loads of Addax at AZA zoos, quite a few in Europe, and they seem to be easy to maintain and breed in captivity. At times, I've even seen large herds of 15+ Addax in zoos.

Rhebok become the 9th Bovidae species (so far!) that I've seen in only one or two zoos, which illustrates the point that there's some incredibly rare hoofstock species out there in the world. Rhebok are so rare in captivity that Zootierliste currently has zero left in any facility and under the former holdings category there are only 5 zoos in 5 different countries listed: San Diego, London, Hannover, Warsaw and Dvur Kralove.

I've seen Addax at 36 zoos:

2010 = 7 zoos
2019 = 7 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Addax – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Addax – 1998
3- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2006
4- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Addax – 2006
5- Monarto Zoo (Australia) – Addax – 2007
6- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2008
7- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Addax – 2008
8- Mountain View Conservation Centre (Canada) – Addax – 2008
9- Zoo Miami (USA) – Addax – 2008
10- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
11- Louisville Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
12- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
13- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
14- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
15- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
16- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
17- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Addax – 2011
18- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Addax – 2011
19- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2011
20- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Addax – 2012
21- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Addax – 2012
22- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2014
23- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Addax – 2015
24- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Addax – 2015
25- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Addax – 2015
26- Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA) – Addax – 2017
27- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2017
28- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) – Addax – 2018
29- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Addax – 2019
30- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Addax – 2019
31- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Addax – 2019
32- Beekse Bergen (Netherlands) – Addax – 2019
33- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Addax – 2019
34- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Addax – 2019
35- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Addax – 2019
36- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Addax – 2022

AND...

I've seen Rhebok at 1 zoo:

1- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Rhebok – 2006

Addax can often be almost pure white, but with a varying amount of pale brown on their upper regions. Their spiral horns are hugely impressive on the big males.

@KevinB

I saw Addax at Brookfield Zoo (USA) 16 years ago and it appears that the species is still there, although they might have changed locations from the row of hoofstock yards to the Habitat Africa area, or vice versa.

@pachyderm pro

Does anyone recall seeing Addax at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (USA)? On my first visit to that zoo I saw Addax in a well-treed paddock, although the zoo went out of the species and the area later became part of African Grasslands.

@Baldur

Zoo Miami (USA) has maintained Addax for a long time, keeping the animals in a desert-like, moated enclosure.

@red river hog

A similarly barren and sparse yard for Addax can be found at Saint Louis Zoo (USA) in the Red Rocks zone.

With the McNeil Avian Center (a walk-through aviary building) in the background, this paddock at Philadelphia Zoo (USA) held Addax, Addra Gazelle, Crowned Cranes and Saddle-billed Storks when I visited the zoo in 2010. How many of those 4 species are still there?

I present to you...the Addax Stairmaster! Order yours now and for only $19.99 extra you can receive a couple of antelope. San Antonio Zoo (USA) in 2010:

Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) has Addax in a large, barren yard:

Here's the old Addax yard at Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA), with one of those rolling giant spools for the antelope to knock around with their horns.

If you want a big, flat expanse of land then it makes sense to head to Kansas in middle America. Rolling Hills Zoo (USA) has a spacious Addax yard:

@MGolka

Addax hanging out on the road, likely waiting to be fed, at Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA):

@Pleistohorse

A fairly small Addax yard can be found at Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands):

Here's an Addax squatting like a dog at Planckendael Zoo (Belgium):

@KevinB

A rather unusual mix, possibly found nowhere else, sees Addax and Somali Wild Asses share an exhibit at Hannover Zoo (Germany):

Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) has some typically enormous enclosures that are common in Scandinavia, such as an African Savanna AND an Asian Savanna both many acres in size, which makes this photo of 10 Addax in a side yard seem odd.

@JamesB

As for Rhebok, they were signed as Grey Rhebok (also called Vaal Rhebok) in the Horn & Hoof Mesa area at San Diego Zoo (USA) when I first visited that famous zoological facility in 2006. On my next visit, in 2008, I wonder if the Rhebok were still there but for sure the species has been long gone for ages. There's only TWO photos of Rhebok at San Diego Zoo in the gallery and here they are:

@Baldur

@thor

Family Bovidae: 47 species so far

American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)

Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)

Gayal - 2 zoos

 

[Nix]

San Diego, London, Hannover, Warsaw and Dvur Kralove.

I've been meaning to add Joburg to that list They kept a small herd in the 80s.

Ribbok are a very interesting case which i've had the privilege to have seen wild just this last weekend, they can in fact be seen with relative ease in the South African Highlands and being a near endemic, they would make a lovely poster boy antelope for South Africa. Too bad they don't fare well in captivity.

I've spent a solid couple of months following this thread from time to time. It's seems like a terribly laborious thread but it really is interesting seeing how species switch about in zoos and kudos to you for taking the time. Any African trips on the calendar?

 

[Enzo]

Time for TWO species today.

Addax are relatively common in many zoos all over the world, even though I didn't see any in 60 Southeast Asian zoos this past summer. In the past, I've seen loads of Addax at AZA zoos, quite a few in Europe, and they seem to be easy to maintain and breed in captivity. At times, I've even seen large herds of 15+ Addax in zoos.

Rhebok become the 9th Bovidae species (so far!) that I've seen in only one or two zoos, which illustrates the point that there's some incredibly rare hoofstock species out there in the world. Rhebok are so rare in captivity that Zootierliste currently has zero left in any facility and under the former holdings category there are only 5 zoos in 5 different countries listed: San Diego, London, Hannover, Warsaw and Dvur Kralove.

I've seen Addax at 36 zoos:

2010 = 7 zoos
2019 = 7 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Addax – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Addax – 1998
3- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2006
4- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Addax – 2006
5- Monarto Zoo (Australia) – Addax – 2007
6- Brookfield Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2008
7- Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium (USA) – Addax – 2008
8- Mountain View Conservation Centre (Canada) – Addax – 2008
9- Zoo Miami (USA) – Addax – 2008
10- Saint Louis Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
11- Louisville Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
12- Buffalo Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
13- Philadelphia Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
14- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
15- San Antonio Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
16- Gladys Porter Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2010
17- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Addax – 2011
18- The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens (USA) – Addax – 2011
19- Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2011
20- Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (USA) – Addax – 2012
21- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Addax – 2012
22- Lee Richardson Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2014
23- Riverside Discovery Center (USA) – Addax – 2015
24- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Addax – 2015
25- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Addax – 2015
26- Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA) – Addax – 2017
27- Los Angeles Zoo (USA) – Addax – 2017
28- Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park (USA) – Addax – 2018
29- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Addax – 2019
30- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Addax – 2019
31- Frankfurt Zoo (Germany) – Addax – 2019
32- Beekse Bergen (Netherlands) – Addax – 2019
33- Berlin Tierpark (Germany) – Addax – 2019
34- Erlebnis Zoo Hannover (Germany) – Addax – 2019
35- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Addax – 2019
36- Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) – Addax – 2022

AND...

I've seen Rhebok at 1 zoo:

1- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Rhebok – 2006

Addax can often be almost pure white, but with a varying amount of pale brown on their upper regions. Their spiral horns are hugely impressive on the big males.

@KevinB

I saw Addax at Brookfield Zoo (USA) 16 years ago and it appears that the species is still there, although they might have changed locations from the row of hoofstock yards to the Habitat Africa area, or vice versa.

@pachyderm pro

Does anyone recall seeing Addax at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo (USA)? On my first visit to that zoo I saw Addax in a well-treed paddock, although the zoo went out of the species and the area later became part of African Grasslands.

@Baldur

Zoo Miami (USA) has maintained Addax for a long time, keeping the animals in a desert-like, moated enclosure.

@red river hog

A similarly barren and sparse yard for Addax can be found at Saint Louis Zoo (USA) in the Red Rocks zone.

With the McNeil Avian Center (a walk-through aviary building) in the background, this paddock at Philadelphia Zoo (USA) held Addax, Addra Gazelle, Crowned Cranes and Saddle-billed Storks when I visited the zoo in 2010. How many of those 4 species are still there?

I present to you...the Addax Stairmaster! Order yours now and for only $19.99 extra you can receive a couple of antelope. San Antonio Zoo (USA) in 2010:

Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) has Addax in a large, barren yard:

Here's the old Addax yard at Fresno Chaffee Zoo (USA), with one of those rolling giant spools for the antelope to knock around with their horns.

If you want a big, flat expanse of land then it makes sense to head to Kansas in middle America. Rolling Hills Zoo (USA) has a spacious Addax yard:

@MGolka

Addax hanging out on the road, likely waiting to be fed, at Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA):

@Pleistohorse

A fairly small Addax yard can be found at Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands):

Here's an Addax squatting like a dog at Planckendael Zoo (Belgium):

@KevinB

A rather unusual mix, possibly found nowhere else, sees Addax and Somali Wild Asses share an exhibit at Hannover Zoo (Germany):

Kolmarden Wildlife Park (Sweden) has some typically enormous enclosures that are common in Scandinavia, such as an African Savanna AND an Asian Savanna both many acres in size, which makes this photo of 10 Addax in a side yard seem odd.

@JamesB

As for Rhebok, they were signed as Grey Rhebok (also called Vaal Rhebok) in the Horn & Hoof Mesa area at San Diego Zoo (USA) when I first visited that famous zoological facility in 2006. On my next visit, in 2008, I wonder if the Rhebok were still there but for sure the species has been long gone for ages. There's only TWO photos of Rhebok at San Diego Zoo in the gallery and here they are:

@Baldur

@thor

Family Bovidae: 47 species so far

American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)

Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)

Gayal - 2 zoos

I saw addax in many of my visits to São Paulo. My first memory of seeing one, however, was in 2013.

(Forgive me for the bad quality of the picture. It was my mom who took it, because back in the day, I used to hate photography as a whole.)

I also saw the species at the Lisbon zoo in 2018 (sorry for no pictures, mom grabbed her hard drive again where the pictures she took in Portugal are). I have not seen the species in a few years now, though I am aware of the existence of the species in Brazil, it is not very clear where, though. @Kenzo Reis Tatizawa showed us a picture of what seemed to be an addax at Animália Park. I am quite sure this individual came from Brasília, where they still had 2.0 at the time of @David Matos Mendes's visit

 

[snowleopard]

Scimitar-horned Oryx are one of the most common members of Bovidae that I've seen in zoos. They can be found in drive-through safari parks, mixed with other species, and are quite hardy when it comes to a range of temperatures as some northern-based zoos have done well with breeding the species. They do look better in a dry, arid environment and so it makes sense that I've seen this species in 6 zoos just in Texas and in plenty of other warm-weather locations. Looking at my list, there's definitely more warm-weather sites and that's a positive thing for this desert mammal.

I've seen Scimitar-horned Oryx at 43 zoos:

2015 = 8 zoos
2019 = 8 zoos

1- Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park (Canada) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 1975
2- Greater Vancouver Zoo (Canada) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 1998
3- San Francisco Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2006
4- San Diego Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2006
5- San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2006
6- Adelaide Zoo (Australia) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2007
7- Monarto Zoo (Australia) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2007
8- Toronto Zoo (Canada) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2008
9- Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2008
10- Memphis Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2008
11- Mountain View Conservation Centre (Canada) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2008
12- Disney’s Animal Kingdom (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2008
13- Wildlife Safari (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2010
14- Kansas City Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2010
15- Dallas Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2010
16- Wildlife World Zoo, Aquarium & Safari Park (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2011
17- Potter Park Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2012
18- Brevard Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2012
19- Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2012
20- Timbavati Wildlife Park (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2014
21- Arbuckle Wilderness Park (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
22- Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
23- Bayou Wildlife Park (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
24- Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
25- Exotic Resort Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
26- Capital of Texas Zoo (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
27- Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
28- Out of Africa (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2015
29- Safari West Wildlife Preserve (USA) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2017
30- Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
31- Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
32- Planckendael Zoo (Belgium) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
33- Pairi Daiza (Belgium) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
34- Safari Parc Monde Sauvage (Belgium) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
35- Berlin Zoo (Germany) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
36- Serengeti-Park (Germany) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
37- Dierenpark Amersfoort (Netherlands) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2019
38- Aalborg Zoo (Denmark) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2022
39- Chiang Mai Zoo (Thailand) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2024
40- Chiang Mai Night Safari (Thailand) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2024
41- Taman Safari II Prigen (Indonesia) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2024
42- Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2024
43- Taman Safari I Bogor (Indonesia) – Scimitar-horned Oryx – 2024

Scimitar-horned Oryx are remarkable mammals, able to survive for extraordinary lengths of time without even drinking water.

@TheGerenuk

A very large herd of Scimitar-horned Oryx can still be seen at San Diego Zoo Safari Park (USA) and this photo shows them surveying their dry, somewhat desiccated landscape.

@Kudu21

It would be interesting to note what part of Adelaide Zoo (Australia) this is, because when I visited ages ago it was a Scimitar-horned Oryx yard but now would be used for a different species.

@Baldur

Kansas City Zoo (USA) has a 95-acre/38-hectare African zone, which includes a spacious paddock for Scimitar-horned Oryx.

@KCZooFan

A well-shaded enclosure for Scimitar-horned Oryx was at Potter Park Zoo (USA) when I was there in 2012.

The now closed Wild Wilderness Drive-Through Safari (USA) is an example of a non-accredited, naff little place that still managed to obtain a sizable herd of Scimitar-horned Oryx.

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center (USA) is one of many Texas zoos with Scimitar-horned Oryx.

@jbnbsn99

At Artis Royal Zoo (Netherlands) in 2019, I saw Scimitar-horned Oryx in a hilly enclosure that had a big, crashing waterfall (!!) and it seemed an odd design for a desert species.

Since my visit, the Scimitar-horned Oryx have been shifted to a different exhibit at the front of the zoo, where they are mixed with...Meerkats!

@twilighter

Hanging out with Meerkats in a sandy yard is certainly better than this simple, crude little cement paddock at Van Blanckendaell Park (Netherlands). The enclosure wasn't much larger than what can be seen here in my 2019 photo.

Pairi Daiza (Belgium) has a rather nice African Savanna exhibit built on a hillside and it's the type of exhibit that would be much lauded by zoo nerds if it was at a different facility. I feel that this particular area gets lost in the conversation about Pairi Daiza's exhibits due to the outlandish temples and volcanoes elsewhere. At various times, this enclosure has recently held species such as Scimitar-horned Oryx, African Elephant (now departed), Plains Zebra, Impala, Cape Buffalo and Blue Wildebeest.

@KevinB

@Jogy

Although they've moved locations over the years, Berlin Zoo (Germany) has maintained Scimitar-horned Oryx for a long time.

The Scimitar-horned Oryx at Dierenpark Amersfoort (Netherlands) have rustic little wooden shelters that are an interesting touch with the surrounding woodland of this zoo. One might expect to find a deer species here rather than a desert-dwelling antelope, but it works!

@vogelcommando

Batu Secret Zoo (Indonesia) has a long, covered African Savanna zone with glass on either side of the visitor hallway. The decor is looking outdated these days, with crude 'African' paintings on the hut, pole and rear holding area. This part of Batu Secret Zoo is due for an upgrade in the next few years, according to the head curator.

Family Bovidae: 48 species so far

American Bison - 104 zoos
Bongo - 58 zoos
Common Eland - 58 zoos
Greater Kudu - 51 zoos
Blackbuck - 45 zoos
Scimitar-horned Oryx - 43 zoos
Waterbuck - 43 zoos
Nilgai - 40 zoos
Impala - 38 zoos
Addax - 36 zoos
Dama Gazelle - 36 zoos
Sable Antelope - 32 zoos
Sitatunga - 29 zoos
Banteng - 27 zoos
Yak - 26 zoos
Nyala - 25 zoos
Southern Lechwe - 22 zoos
Cape Buffalo - 21 zoos (including 7 with African Forest Buffalo)
Kirk's Dik-dik - 21 zoos
Gerenuk - 19 zoos
Lowland Anoa - 18 zoos
Thomson's Gazelle - 18 zoos
Asian Water Buffalo - 17 zoos
Gaur - 16 zoos
Lesser Kudu - 16 zoos
Muskox - 16 zoos
Springbok - 16 zoos
Wisent - 15 zoos
Roan Antelope - 14 zoos
Nile Lechwe - 12 zoos
Grant's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Speke's Gazelle - 11 zoos
Slender-horned Gazelle - 9 zoos
Guenther's Dik-dik - 7 zoos
Cuvier's Gazelle - 6 zoos
Giant Eland - 5 zoos
Goitered Gazelle - 5 zoos
Soemmerring's Gazelle - 5 zoos
Steenbok - 3 zoos
Cavendish's Dik-dik - 2 zoos
Dorcas Gazelle - 2 zoos
Mountain Anoa - 2 zoos
Royal Antelope - 2 zoos
Mountain Reedbuck - 1 zoo (Berlin Tierpark - Germany)
Northern Bushbuck - 1 zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo - USA)
Red-fronted Gazelle - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo Safari Park - USA)
Rhebok - 1 zoo (San Diego Zoo)
Saiga - 1 zoo (Alberta Game Farm/Polar Park - Canada)

Bonus species: (similar to my New Guinea Singing Dog example)

Gayal - 2 zoos

 

[birdsandbats]

I can't believe places mix them with Meerkats! Wouldn't the burrows be potentially dangerous to hoofstock like an oryx?

 

[Wessel799]

I can't believe places mix them with Meerkats! Wouldn't the burrows be potentially dangerous to hoofstock like an oryx?

In the current oryx paddock at Artis (formerly for camels and other exotic domestics), a protective layer (a kind of mat I believe) is placed between surface and burrows/tunnels, which will prevent antelopes from stumbling.

Artis' new lion habitat is on the site of the former oryx exhibit.

The oryx paddock at Amersfoort has since then been replaced by an area for prairie dogs.

 

[Enzo]

I saw scimitar-horned oryx at the Lisbon zoo in 2018.

The species has been held in a small number of Brazilian zoos.

The International Studbook for the species mentions two (1.1) were brought from Hannover to Londrina in 1976 (though they are "lost, to follow up"). I believe this was around the time São Paulo also got theirs.

As I previously mentioned, twelve Oryx dammah were imported from the United States to Pedro Avelino in 1983 because scientists believed antelope and Barbary sheep would outperform common livestock in the semiarid Caatinga. The experiment, however, proved to be a failure and by the time it ended, only three antelope (I believe two eland a female scimitar-horned oryx) were still alive. The oryx was sent to Dois Irmãos, the Recife zoobotanical park, where she passed away not so long after.

Pablo Escobar had at least two scimitar-horned oryx at Hacienda Nápoles in the 1970s

 

[aardvark250]

Scimitar horned oryx might be the most common EW species in captivity?

 

[cerperal]

Scimitar horned oryx might be the most common EW species in captivity?

Well, they aren't classed as EW any more but even if they were Père David's deer certainly outnumber them by at least an order of magnitude if just on account of the size of herds

 

[Nile Hippo Expert]

Scimitar horned oryx might be the most common EW species in captivity?

If I had to guess, the most common EITW species would probably be some type of bug or other insect.

 

[birdsandbats]

Well, they aren't classed as EW any more but even if they were Père David's deer certainly outnumber them by at least an order of magnitude if just on account of the size of herds

Have you seen the size of some of the oryx herds on safari parks and hunting ranches in the US? Well into the thousands of animals sometimes.

 

[cerperal]

Have you seen the size of some of the oryx herds on safari parks and hunting ranches in the US? Well into the thousands of animals sometimes.

Quite correct but the number of Père David's deer in captivity (or invasive) is staggering. There's at least 6000 in a reserve in China, although that number is several years out of date now, at least a thousand in Europe, but the main populations are from hunting ranches in the US and an invasive population in Patagonia that numbers anywhere between several hundred and several thousand now.

I'm not entirely sure the concept of hunting ranches for extinct-in-the-wild animals sits quite right with me, but I suppose the cost involved to shoot one must be extortionate and at least marginally put towards conservation

 

[birdsandbats]

Quite correct but the number of Père David's deer in captivity (or invasive) is staggering. There's at least 6000 in a reserve in China, although that number is several years out of date now, at least a thousand in Europe, but the main populations are from hunting ranches in the US and an invasive population in Patagonia that numbers anywhere between several hundred and several thousand now.

I'm not entirely sure the concept of hunting ranches for extinct-in-the-wild animals sits quite right with me, but I suppose the cost involved to shoot one must be extortionate and at least marginally put towards conservation

I've never heard of the population in Patagonia? Do you have any places with more info? All I can see is some casual references on some hunting sites, and while it's unclear it sounds like they're just talking about hunting ranches.

 

[Enzo]

I've never heard of the population in Patagonia? Do you have any places with more info? All I can see is some casual references on some hunting sites, and while it's unclear it sounds like they're just talking about hunting ranches.

Indeed, Père David's deer are invasive in Argentina. So are (or were) Himalayan tahr.

Algar Safari, which owns most the Argentinian stock, claims it has the third highest population of Père David's deer worldwide.

Many species of hoofstock have been introduced to the Southern Cone, usually through a few escapees from hunting ranches or because a breeding herd was deliberately released in the wild to encourage hunting. I am quite surprised Argentina has neither invasive Barbary sheep or nilgai.

 

[AndyJ08]

Have you seen the size of some of the oryx herds on safari parks and hunting ranches in the US? Well into the thousands of animals sometimes.

Blackbuck are much of the same way. A neighbour of mine owns a herd of well over a hundred blackbuck, in addition to a herd of forty to fifty buffalo, multiple emus, and another enormous herd of fallow deer.

I think that once a species enters the private trade in large numbers, even an endangered species, it will eventually become ubiquitous in zoos, whether they be AZA or not.