Feathertail gliders are not disappearing. Yes, there are only a few holders, but they've never been common and some of those zoos have very large colonies.
Species no longer held/nearly gone from US zoos
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King of Komodo Dragons
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is there a reason why common wombats are non-breeding? is it just because there are two few of them here and no one since Houston in 2014 has tried importing any more?
My guess would be that the focus is on Southern Hairy-nosed Wombats; that species has been breeding here for a while (mainly at Brookfield) and multiple zoos have imported animals in recent years to try and grow the population.
Also worth noting that Houston's 2014 import was two females, not a potential breeding pair.
Brayden Delashmutt
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I feel like carnivorans have taken the biggest hit, but it’s important to remember that the majority of species being phased out as a whole are ones that weren’t common in the first place…
Brayden Delashmutt
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Yeah. I do know a few zoos are holding cloud rat, but malagasy giant jumping rat has taken a dive. Omaha doesn’t keep them anymore…
I don't think there would be any data to back up carnivorans taking the biggest hit. While yes, there have been some losses (e.g., margay), and some with an uncertain future (e.g., dhole, bush dog, striped hyena), there are still a lot of carnivorans with very large populations, much more so than either primates or ungulates. Furthermore, carnivorans is an area there have also been *gains*, especially thanks to Nashville Zoo.
Evirapo
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I thought Bronx Zoo was the only one to have cloud rats until I miss somethings
I hadn't read that their two animals passed away. Do you have more information?
Malagasy Jumping Rat is gone from the US now, per discussion a little while ago. All the last ones died off within the last year or two.
I appreciate a second person confirming this, thanks! Could you point me to where I might find this discussion?
Several places have them, and they are being bred by private individuals, as well.
It's been discussed several times on here in recent months. The species is gone from the US.
Also, Bear Cuscus is not "disappearing", they were never here in numbers anyways. We only get Tasmanian Devils when they're post-breeding age and have 3-4 years left. Again, we can't really claim losing something we were never managing a population of in the first place. Many of the opossums are short-lived to begin with and are continually being imported to refill the gaps, besides not being very common in larger zoos in the first place.
Who had Grizzled that recent? Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo was a deliberate phase-out following a consortium decision of NA focusing on Matschie's and Europe focusing on Goodfellow's. Tiger Quoll and Striped Possum are both not particularly long-lived and without careful effort in maintaining the population will readily die out anyways.
Evirapo
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San Antonio Zoo was the one with the Grizzly tree kangaroo, and Europe isn't the only region that works with Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo. Oceania and Asia also do their job on Goodfellow’s tree kangaroo
Evirapo
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Do you have sources about it?
Yes but I'm not comfortable sharing private individuals' stuff on here. Newport Discovery Zoo in Oregon had the species in 2021, as an example. ****We are proud to announce new arrivals**** The Northern Luzon giant cloud rat is a large, forest dwelling species of Muroid rodent, that inhabits the... | By Newport Discovery Zoo | Facebook
I doubt that San Antonio still had Grizzled Tree Kangaroo after 2010. Maybe 2005 or so, but that's almost twenty years ago now.
As I already stated, we don't hold Goodfellow's because of the consortium decision on how to dedicate enough space to both Goodfellow's and Matschie's. Oceania maintains multiple species, but they also have fewer options for filling the slot of medium-sized arboreal mammals.