Species Kept In One Australian Zoo

akasha

akasha

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I was curious about exotic rarities in Australia, so I put together this list of zoos that are single holders of a species or subspecies. (Some of these species are also kept in private collections, or are feral, but for the purposes of this I’ve included them because these places are where they are accessible for the general public.)

Melbourne Zoo (12):
Collared Peccary, Mississippi Map Turtle, Spiny Terrapin, Painted Wood Turtle, Horsfield's Tortoise, Twist-necked Turtle, Rainbow Boa, Kenyan Sand Boa, California King Snake, Honduran Milk Snake, Pueblan Milk Snake, Cantil

Taronga Zoo (8):
Fishing Cat, Barton’s Long-beaked Echidna, Andean Condor, Tuatara, Eastern River Cooter, Ornate Box Turtle, Chaco Tortoise, Solomon Islands Boa

Ballarat Wildlife Park (6):
Common Snapping Turtle, Yellow-footed Tortoise, Burmese Brown Tortoise, Siamese Cobra, Mozambique Spitting Cobra, Uracoan Rattlesnake

Adelaide Zoo (4):
Dusky Langur, Giant Panda, Amazon Tree Boa, Aruba Rattlesnake

Australian Reptile Park (2):
Solomon Islands Gecko, Argentine Black and White Tegu

Gorge Wildlife Park (2):
Greater Rhea, Paradise Shelduck

Perth Zoo (2):
Sunda Slow Loris, Three-toed Box Turtle

Sea World (2):
Polar Bear, Pacific Habour Seal

Taronga Western Plains Zoo (2):
Persian Onager, Indian Rhinoceros

Australia Zoo (1):
Splash-backed Poison-Arrow Frog

Crocodylus Park (1):
Malayan Box Turtle

Darling Downs Zoo (1):
Yellow Anaconda

Halls Gap Zoo (1):
Mute Swan

Mansfield Zoo (1):
Sambar

Monarto Safari Park (1):
Persian Fallow Deer

National Zoo (1):
Sri Lankan Leopard

Rockhampton Zoo (1):
Lion-tailed Macaque

Tasmania Zoo (1):
Sulawesi Black Macaque

Werribee Zoo (1):
Vervet

Wild Cat Conservation Centre (1):
Mainland Clouded Leopard
 
Nice job with the list; heres hoping more of these species find their way to Aus & NZ
 
Rockhampton has put their macaques down, and i suspect tasmania no longer has their last crested black macaque. Can anyone confirm that?
 
Single Holders of Mammals in New Zealand Zoos

The following zoos are the only holder of the following species or subspecies of mammal in New Zealand. I’ve only included facilities that are open to the public - so Hamilton is listed as the only holder of Grant’s zebra (they have a single mare), even though a privately owned facility holds a stallion. Hybrids are not included.

Auckland Zoo:

Indian elephant Elephas maximus indicus
Sri Lankan elephant Elephas maximus maximus
Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Hamadryas baboon Papio hamadryas
Emperor tamarin Saguinus imperator
Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis

Hamilton Zoo:

Grant’s zebra Equus quagga boehmi
Indian antelope Antilope cervicapra
Fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus

Wellington Zoo:

White-cheeked gibbon Nomascus leucogenys
Malayan sun bear Helarctos malayanus
Dingo Canis lupus dingo
Caracal Caracal caracal
Eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus

Orana Wildlife Park:

Rothschild’s giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
Springbok Antidorcas marsuplialis
Scimitar-horned oryx Oryx dammah*
Addax Addax nasomaculatus
Western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla
North African crested porcupine Hystrix cristata

Poukai Zoo:

Lar gibbon Hylobates lar
Bonnet macaque Macaca radiata
Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina

*Off display
 
Astrobird said:
Rockhampton has put their macaques down, and i suspect tasmania no longer has their last crested black macaque. Can anyone confirm that?
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I just checked with Tasmania Zoo and Australasia’s only Sulawesi Crested Macaque is still alive and well.

The White-rumped Shamas that are now at Taronga would presumably be another species that could be added to the list of species housed at only one zoo (unless there are some hiding at additional facilities).
 
I was revisiting this list for my own interest and figured I might as well post an update incase anyone else is interested. It should be accurate as of January 2023.

Melbourne Zoo (12):

Collared Peccary, Mississippi Map Turtle, Spiny Terrapin, Painted Wood Turtle, Horsfield's Tortoise, Twist-necked Turtle, Rainbow Boa, Kenyan Sand Boa, California King Snake, Honduran Milk Snake, Pueblan Milk Snake, Cantil

Taronga Zoo (8):

Barton’s Long-beaked Echidna, Fiordland Penguin, Andean Condor, White-rumped Shama, Eastern River Cooter, Ornate Box Turtle, Chaco Tortoise, Solomon Islands Boa

Ballarat Wildlife Park (6):

Common Snapping Turtle, Yellow-footed Tortoise, Burmese Brown Tortoise, Siamese Cobra, Mozambique Spitting Cobra, Uracoan Rattlesnake

Adelaide Zoo (5):

Brazilian Tapir, Dusky Langur, Giant Panda, Amazon Tree Boa, Aruba Rattlesnake

Australian Reptile Park (2):

Solomon Islands Skink, Argentine Black and White Tegu

Perth Zoo (2):

Sunda Slow Loris, Three-toed Box Turtle

Sea World (1):

Polar Bear

Taronga Western Plains Zoo (2):

Persian Onager, Indian Rhinoceros

Bredl's Wild Farm (1):

Chital

Crocodylus Park (1):

Malayan Box Turtle

Darling Downs Zoo (1):

Yellow Anaconda

Mansfield Zoo (1):

Sambar

Monarto Safari Park (1):

Persian Fallow Deer

Tasmania Zoo (1):

Sulawesi Black Macaque

Werribee Zoo (1):

Vervet

Wild Cat Conservation Centre (1):

Mainland Clouded Leopard
 
akasha said:
I was revisiting this list for my own interest and figured I might as well post an update incase anyone else is interested. It should be accurate as of January 2023.

Melbourne Zoo (12):

Collared Peccary, Mississippi Map Turtle, Spiny Terrapin, Painted Wood Turtle, Horsfield's Tortoise, Twist-necked Turtle, Rainbow Boa, Kenyan Sand Boa, California King Snake, Honduran Milk Snake, Pueblan Milk Snake, Cantil

Taronga Zoo (8):

Barton’s Long-beaked Echidna, Fiordland Penguin, Andean Condor, White-rumped Shama, Eastern River Cooter, Ornate Box Turtle, Chaco Tortoise, Solomon Islands Boa

Ballarat Wildlife Park (6):

Common Snapping Turtle, Yellow-footed Tortoise, Burmese Brown Tortoise, Siamese Cobra, Mozambique Spitting Cobra, Uracoan Rattlesnake

Adelaide Zoo (5):

Brazilian Tapir, Dusky Langur, Giant Panda, Amazon Tree Boa, Aruba Rattlesnake

Australian Reptile Park (2):

Solomon Islands Skink, Argentine Black and White Tegu

Perth Zoo (2):

Sunda Slow Loris, Three-toed Box Turtle

Sea World (1):

Polar Bear

Taronga Western Plains Zoo (2):

Persian Onager, Indian Rhinoceros

Bredl's Wild Farm (1):

Chital

Crocodylus Park (1):

Malayan Box Turtle

Darling Downs Zoo (1):

Yellow Anaconda

Mansfield Zoo (1):

Sambar

Monarto Safari Park (1):

Persian Fallow Deer

Tasmania Zoo (1):

Sulawesi Black Macaque

Werribee Zoo (1):

Vervet

Wild Cat Conservation Centre (1):

Mainland Clouded Leopard
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Nice, here’s a revised list for New Zealand - sadly just omissions following phase outs of Sri Lankan elephant, Scimitar-horned oryx and Caracal.

If I’d included reptiles, I’d add in False gharial as Auckland’s pair are the only False gharial in New Zealand (and the region).

Single Holders of Mammals in New Zealand Zoos

The following zoos are the only holder of the following species or subspecies of mammal in New Zealand. I’ve only included facilities that are open to the public - so Hamilton is listed as the only holder of Grant’s zebra (they have a single mare), even though a privately owned facility holds a stallion. Hybrids are not included.

Auckland Zoo:

Indian elephant Elephas maximus indicus
Bornean orangutan Pongo pygmaeus
Hamadryas baboon Papio hamadryas
Emperor tamarin Saguinus imperator
Subantarctic fur seal Arctocephalus tropicalis

Hamilton Zoo:

Grant’s zebra Equus quagga boehmi
Indian antelope Antilope cervicapra
Fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus

Wellington Zoo:

White-cheeked gibbon Nomascus leucogenys
Malayan sun bear Helarctos malayanus
Dingo Canis lupus dingo
Eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus

Orana Wildlife Park:

Rothschild’s giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi
Springbok Antidorcas marsuplialis
Addax Addax nasomaculatus
Western lowland gorilla Gorilla gorilla gorilla
North African crested porcupine Hystrix cristata

Poukai Zoo:

Lar gibbon Hylobates lar
Bonnet macaque Macaca radiata
Southern pig-tailed macaque Macaca nemestrina
 
@akasha

I miss stuff all the time. If I'd done a list like this up until 20 minutes ago I would of written that Australia Zoo has 'no Bengal Tigers anymore' when in actual fact they do. I'm sad that Aus' Reptile Park lost their last B+W Tegu. Hope some other individuals come to the park in the near future.

(*Edit) and to further prove my point that we all miss stuff, just found out that indeed it is right the first time and apparently Australia Zoo do in fact no longer have Bengal Tigers lol.
 
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