Tarsier in OZ

I think they used to have them at pearl coast zoo, in broome, they arent around any more.
 
ZooYouthBen said:
I think they used to have them at pearl coast zoo, in broome, they arent around any more.
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Do you have any evidence that Pearl Coast had them? They were big on psittacines, hoofstock and had cheetah for a short time, but I don't recollect hearing any suggestion that they had tarsiers. A friend who worked up there never mentioned tarsiers. I don't believe there were any primates or nocturnal species. Given how difficult they are to keep I would be very surprised.
 
I remember someone here saying i i dont have any evidence my self.
I dunno...woudl be cool if they had kept them
 
yeh its true.....couple of sources including old birdkeeper mags where they are referred to frequently
 
If this was true I can only imagine they didn't last very long.

Going back a couple of steps, Melbourne Zoo was pushing ahead with a husbandry manual for Philippine tarsiers during the mid '90s. i imagine that it was decided too difficult to proceed. Mind you other 'prosimians' have come into vogue - Pygmy slow loris featured on many plans in the late '90s, now some zoos are holding one of the Slow lorises...
 
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