Species I would like to see in UK Zoos

[IanRRobinson]

Old fogies like me have the advantage of having seen some of those - echidna at Chester, Wombat & Vampire Bat at ZSL, Douc at Howletts, Proboscis at Twycross.

As TLD has suggested, I am regrettably old enough to have seen all of them, save Proboscis Monkeys at Twycross. And how did I manage to overlook putting Caribbean Manatee on my original list?

The echidnas at Chester were short-beaked: the long-beaked were at Regents Park, along with all the other species mentioned here, except for the proboscis monkeys which were not far from the red uakari at Twycross. I won't rub things in by mentioning any of the other species we can't see in the UK any more (check out other threads or the Gallery), but I would remind everyone that we have never had more species of marmosets and tamarins, lemurs, reptiles or amphibians on view than we have now.

Alan

I have a suspicion - no more - that the high water mark for callitrichids was about 25 years ago. The closure of Kilverstone, and the dispersal of so many of its rarities to heaven knows where, was a grievous blow.

 

[Chlidonias]

London Zoo definitely had imperial Amazon parrot in the 1960s.

I was fortunate enough to see the species at Walsrode several times during the 1980s but I doubt I'll ever see one again.

there was a photo of one in Rosemary Low's "Parrots: their care and breeding" was there not? Was that a Walsrode one?

 

[Pertinax]

there was a photo of one in Rosemary Low's "Parrots: their care and breeding" was there not? Was that a Walsrode one?

Yes there is and yes, it probably was. There is a photo of Spix in that book too and that was definately Walsrode.(I have a similar postcard of the same pair).

If London had Imperial Amazon in the 1960's I may well have seen it without knowing.

 

[Pacarana]

Well I think I'm to late but I would love to see Darwin's frog or the Golden toad, sadly both are now thought to be extinct. also the golden frog Atelopus zeteki

I never realized they went extinct! That's extremely obscure to me especially since I haven't heard anything about them in a while and even remember watching a documentary where they filmed a couple of the frogs…

 

[lamna]

Rhinoderma darwinii, is still around and also broods its young in its mouth, the Australian Gastric-brooding frog is the one that is extinct. Fortunately it looks like that species is that can feasibly be revived within the decade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin's_frog
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric-brooding_frog

 

[garyjp]

Pig Tailed macaques - interesting sociable monkeys - where have they gone

 

[Parrotsandrew]

Pig Tailed macaques - interesting sociable monkeys - where have they gone

Drayton Manor has them.

 

[Nanook]

Maybe we should have a thread about species we don't like- I could start it with two- Camels and Capuchins.

What an interesting idea!

 

[Nanook]

Shoebill; Harpy Eagle; Kagu; a Long-beaked Echidna species; Bilby; Tasmanian Devil; a Wombat; Common Vampire Bat; a Douc; Proboscis Monkey; Pampas Cat; Baird's Tapir; Yellow-backed Duiker.

These are the ones I think could be attained....

I would completely agree with Shoebill, Harpy Eagle, Kagu and Tasmanian Devil.
Platypus too. I would also like to add; Galapagos Dove, Quokka -again, (saw them briefly at Blackpool in 1987), all Tree Kangaroos, Quoll, Red Uakari, any Birds of Paradise, Chamois (missed them at Blackpool), Serow, Flat-headed Cat, Little Blue Penguin (missed them at Bristol), Lammergeyer, any rare Guenons, Moor Macaque, Indri, Maxwell`s Duiker (saw one briefly at Chessington many years ago), any River Dolphins, Narwal, Beluga.....etc.....

 

[meriones]

The Great Gerbil (Rhombomys opimus). There are none in Europe. You would have to go to a Russian Zoo to see them.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

I would completely agree with Shoebill, Harpy Eagle, Kagu and Tasmanian Devil.
Platypus too. I would also like to add; Galapagos Dove, Quokka -again, (saw them briefly at Blackpool in 1987), all Tree Kangaroos, Quoll, Red Uakari, any Birds of Paradise, Chamois (missed them at Blackpool), Serow, Flat-headed Cat, Little Blue Penguin (missed them at Bristol), Lammergeyer, any rare Guenons, Moor Macaque, Indri, Maxwell`s Duiker (saw one briefly at Chessington many years ago), any River Dolphins, Narwal, Beluga.....etc.....

I doubt this will be the case much longer, but we do still have one Japanese Serow in the UK. I'd love to see many of the taxa you cite overall!

 

[crested seriema]

Would like to see Bighorn Sheep[ saw them at London many years ago] and also Tinamou.[ they had them at Stagsden prior to the closure].

 

[Davef68]

I doubt this will be the case much longer, but we do still have one Japanese Serow in the UK.

Is the HWP one still there? It's not on their website anymore. (Dead link)

Highland Wildlife Park ?

 

[TeaLovingDave]

Is the HWP one still there? It's not on their website anymore. (Dead link)

Highland Wildlife Park ?

Truth be told I am not certain; but I have not heard anything to suggest she has died or left. It could well be a case of the collection getting rid of the website listing on the assumption she will not be around much longer....

 

[Chlidonias]

The Great Gerbil (Rhombomys opimus). There are none in Europe. You would have to go to a Russian Zoo to see them.

is Russia not in Europe any more?

 

[Al]

Yes the HWP serow moved to Berlin I think but I could be wrong!

 

[Waddi]

is Russia not in Europe any more?

Part of it is, but the majority of Russia lies within the Asian boundaries.

 

[TeaLovingDave]

It appears the only Russian collection with the species is Moscow, which *is* in Europe.

 

[stubeanz]

After visiting the Britsh Wildlife Centre today I would love to see a mole exhibit once again! actually to be correct there is a mole exhibit but it's missing a mole!

 

[bongorob]

I would completely agree with Shoebill, Harpy Eagle, Kagu and Tasmanian Devil.
Platypus too. I would also like to add; Galapagos Dove, Quokka -again, (saw them briefly at Blackpool in 1987), all Tree Kangaroos, Quoll, Red Uakari, any Birds of Paradise, Chamois (missed them at Blackpool), Serow, Flat-headed Cat, Little Blue Penguin (missed them at Bristol), Lammergeyer, any rare Guenons, Moor Macaque, Indri, Maxwell`s Duiker (saw one briefly at Chessington many years ago), any River Dolphins, Narwal, Beluga.....etc.....

seen quokka, 3 species of tree kangaroo, red uakari, 3 species of bird of paradise, chamois, serow, little blue penguin, moor macaque

I'd like bushbuck, kagu, shoebill, any bird of paradise, Siberian crane, lammergeier, Colombian giant toad, any duikers, hartbeest, gharial.