Twycross Zoo species no longer kept at Twycross Zoo

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pete87

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Cheetah.Bobcat,Common Leopard,Ring Tailed Coati,Rock Hyrax,Alpine Marmot,Kongoli, Grants Zebra,Red Deer,Chinese Water Deer,Congo Buffalo, Llama, Baikal Seal,Ostrich,Emu, Rhea, Hyacinthe Macaw,King Penguin.
 
Sumatran Orang-utan
Kloss Gibbon
Red Howler Monkey
Red Uakari
Squirrel Monkey
Silvered Leaf Monkey
Banded Langur
Douc Langur
De Brazza Monkey
Proboscis Monkey
Doracoulis Monkey
Ring-tailed Coati
Alaotran Gentle Lemur
African Elephant
Bengal Tiger
Sumatran Tiger
African Leopard
Cheetah
Puma
Bobcat
Sand Cat
Malayan Sun Bear
Dromedary Camel
Congo Buffalo
Llama
Hartebeest
Zebra
Red Deer
Chinese Water Deer
Indian Smooth Otter
Banded Mongoose
Bush Dog
Black-footed Rock Wallaby
Doria’s Tree Kangaroo
Cameroon Sheep
Vietnamese Pot-bellied Pig
Californian Sea-Lion
Harbour Seal
Baikal Seal
Spotted Cuscus
Giant Anteater
Tree Shrew
Porcupine
Chipmunk
Grey Squirrel
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Striped Skunk
Ostrich
Emu
Rhea
Caribbean Flamingo
King Penguin
Jackass Penguin
Swainson’s Toucan
Ariel Toucan
Black Swan
Great Indian Hornbill
Writhed Hornbill
Griffon Vulture
Pink Pigeon
Sunbirds
Barnacle Goose
American Alligator
Caiman
Rhinoceros Iguana
Gila monster
Monitor Lizard
Thailand Water Dragon
Double-plumed Basilisk
African Python
African Royal Python
Burmese Python
Green Tree Python
Mangrove Snake
Vine Snake
African Side-necked Terrapin
White’s Tree Frog
Tomato Frog
Blomberg Toad
Kerry Slug
 
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lots of interesting species on that list. But what's a "blue skunk"?
 
A Skunk is like a relative of a Badger. I don't know why I put Blue Skunk for as they don't exist, but Twycross did have the Striped Skunk.

James B
 
James Barber said:
Sumatran Orang-utan
Kloss Gibbon
Red Howler Monkey
Red Uakari
Squirrel Monkey
Brown Woolly Monkey
Silvered Leaf Monkey
Banded Langur
Silvery Marmoset
Douc Langur
De Brazza Monkey
Proboscis Monkey
Doracoulis Monkey
Ring-tailed Coati
Alaotran Gentle Lemur
African Elephant
Bengal Tiger
Sumatran Tiger
African Leopard
Cheetah
Puma
Bobcat
Sand Cat
Malayan Sun Bear
Dromedary Camel
Congo Buffalo
Llama
Hartebeest
Zebra
Red Deer
Chinese Water Deer
Indian Smooth Otter
Banded Mongoose
Bush Dog
Black-footed Rock Wallaby
Doria’s Tree Kangaroo
Cameroon Sheep
Vietnamese Pot-bellied Pig
Californian Sea-Lion
Harbour Seal
Baikal Seal
Spotted Cuscus
Giant Anteater
Tree Shrew
Porcupine
Chipmunk
Grey Squirrel
Egyptian Fruit Bat
Striped Skunk
Ostrich
Emu
Rhea
Caribbean Flamingo
King Penguin
Jackass Penguin
Swainson’s Toucan
Ariel Toucan
Black Swan
Great Indian Hornbill
Writhed Hornbill
Griffon Vulture
Pink Pigeon
Sunbirds
Barnacle Goose
American Alligator
Caiman
Rhinoceros Iguana
Gila monster
Monitor Lizard
Thailand Water Dragon
Double-plumed Basilisk
African Python
African Royal Python
Burmese Python
Green Tree Python
Mangrove Snake
Vine Snake
African Side-necked Terrapin
White’s Tree Frog
Tomato Frog
Blomberg Toad
Kerry Slug
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I hate to say this but 2 of these are still at Twycross
Brown Woolly Monkey
Alpaca
 
Have you details of the douc langurs please? I thought I remembered seeing them on Animal Magic but when I mentioned this on another thread was told Twycross had never had them.
 
Its such a shame some of these have gone as they are great species to have at a zoo. I wish the tigers were still at twycross. They could have them back, put them in where the lions are once they go into their new section. How come Twycross got rid of the cheetahs? When did they go?
 
When did they have Sun bears and where the heck where they kept? I didn't know they had doucs or giant anteaters either.
 
I knew they'd kept Giant Anteaters, but Doucs and Sun Bears are news to me. More information please?
 
Sun Bears were briefly kept at Twycross when the zoo opened, and they are in the very first Twycross guidebook (1965). They were kept roughly where the old Ape Nursery is now. They eventually moved on and replaced by Bobcats.

I'm sure the Douc Langurs are mentioned in 1 of my guidebooks, I will have to have a good look. If I can't find them, then its my mistake putting them on the list.

Giant Anteaters were kept roughly where the Waterways are now.

James B
 
The anteaters actually produced a baby which was very unusual at the time, unfortunately it did not live long.

If my memory serves me correctly: On Animal Magic, Molly Badham introduced the douc langurs which were a pair, kept together with a solitary monkey of a different species (I can't remember what that was). I had not visited the zoo at this point which was probably early 70s, so didn't see them.
 
I am fairly certain that Twycross had some douc langurs , but do not think they lasted long .
 
Every day's a school day.

Thanks for that information James, Pygathrix, and Bele.
 
Bele said:
I am fairly certain that Twycross had some douc langurs , but do not think they lasted long .
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Evidently they did, but I don't remember exactly when or ever seeing them there so they probably didn't last long as I used to be fairly regular with my visits.
 
Shorts said:
Every day's a school day.

Thanks for that information James, Pygathrix, and Bele.
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I knew they had kept and bred proboscis langurs, so along with London and Howletts, were there only 3 collections to keep them in the UK.
It is a great shame that Howletts were so unlucky with their breeding group, where did Howletts get their doucs from?
 
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