The only zoo in the United States to see...

I know this thread was specifically asking for United States, but If you guys dont mind, I am going to bend the rules and include Canada

United States

Brush rabbit - Sacramento Zoo

Swamp rabbit - Audubon Zoo

Stones sheep - White Elk Ranch

Nilgiri tahr - Iron Mountain Ranch

Kiang - Shadow Nursery

MacNeills deer - Shadow Nursery

Barbary red deer - San Diego Wild Animal Park

Altai wapiti - Shadow Nursery

Nubian red fronted gazelle - San Diego Wild Animal Park

West caucasian tur - Racine Zoo (only one in AZA in the United States but still plenty in private sector, but I thought it was interesting and still worth mentioning)

East caucasian tur - Red River Zoo (Again only one in AZA but still a few in private sector)

Uganda kob - San Diego Wild Animal Park (Again only one in AZA but still a few in private sector)

Nubian wild ass - Shadow Nursery (Not quite full blood, but IMO still worth mentioning)

Barren ground caribou - Northwest Trek

Coues white tailed deer - Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

Avery island white tailed deer - Louisiana Purchase Zoo and Gardens

Southern bushpig - Shadow Nursery

Bornean bearded pig - Gladys Porter Zoo (Again only one in AZA but still worth mentioning)

Borneo pygmy elephant - Oregon Zoo (I think some question weather that animal is really a Borneo pygmy elephant)

Canada

Indian desert cat - Mountain View Conservation Center

Rusty spotted cat - Mountain View Conservation Center

Temminks golden cat - Mountain View Conservation Center

Vicuna - Mountain View Conservation Center

Alpine chamois - Toronto Zoo

Asiatic lion - Assiniboine Park Zoo

Siberian ibex - St Felician Zoo

Yellow baboon - Greater Vancouver Zoo

Harbor porpoise - Vancouver Aquarium
 
Afaik, Oregon's elephant is a Bornean Pygmy and came from Borneo.

Also, has Philly gotten rid of their bearded pigs? I know Southwick's lists them as being in their collection.

I'm not sure if any other zoo has them but, from what I've heard, it seems Bronx may be the only zoo with Hoopoe atm.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Afaik, Oregon's elephant is a Bornean Pygmy and came from Borneo.

Also, has Philly gotten rid of their bearded pigs? I know Southwick's lists them as being in their collection.

I'm not sure if any other zoo has them but, from what I've heard, it seems Bronx may be the only zoo with Hoopoe atm.

~Thylo:cool:
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Thylo, thank you for confirming that this animal is actually a Borneo pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis), perhaps I should get myself to Portland, as far as I know, the only other ones outside of Borneo are at the Hannover Zoo in Germany, they are such a unique looking rarity!

As for the Bornean bearded pigs (Sus barbatus barbatus), sadly Philadelphia Zoo did phase them out, I suggest you read this thread http://www.zoochat.com/837/bornean-bearded-pig-177711/

About the Hoopoe (Upupa epops), they are actually listed in my San Diego Zoo guide book from 2000 and were held in Polar Bear Plunge, I wasnt sure if they were still around but off exhibit or gone from the collection altogether, where does Bronx Zoo keep them ?
 
ungulate nerd said:
Thylo, thank you for confirming that this animal is actually a Borneo pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis), perhaps I should get myself to Portland, as far as I know, the only other ones outside of Borneo are at the Hannover Zoo in Germany, they are such a unique looking rarity!

As for the Bornean bearded pigs (Sus barbatus barbatus), sadly Philadelphia Zoo did phase them out, I suggest you read this thread http://www.zoochat.com/837/bornean-bearded-pig-177711/

About the Hoopoe (Upupa epops), they are actually listed in my San Diego Zoo guide book from 2000 and were held in Polar Bear Plunge, I wasnt sure if they were still around but off exhibit or gone from the collection altogether, where does Bronx Zoo keep them ?
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No problem. Yes I think only Hannover has them outside of Oregon and Borneo.

Such a shame. And replaced with RRH, too! I must get myself to Southwick's then.

Interesting. Not many about, though, surely. They keep them in the same enclosure of the Western Capercaillies in World of Birds.

~Thylo:cool:
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Interesting. Not many about, though, surely. They keep them in the same enclosure of the Western Capercaillies in World of Birds.

~Thylo:cool:
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It is nice to hear that Bronx Zoo is keeping Hoopoes and Western capercallie. I see that North American zoos are not really exhibiting rare european fauna anymore, I think that is a shame, if zoos really want to promote education and conservation I would suggest that they start exhibiting European animals more. The reason I say that is because when most people think of wildlife, they think of Africa and sometimes Asia and South America. But never Europe. When people think of Europe they usually think of things like art, music, food and architecture. But never wildlife. I believe that zoos are obligated to exhibit and discuss in terms of wildlife. I can think of several European species that would benifit from ExSitu conservation and an SSP and I can think of a few others that would be great for displaying for educational purposes, especially those that have close relatives native to North America.

For species that would benifit from ExSitu Conservation, 3 that come to mind would be the Corsican red deer (Cervus elaphus corsicanus) and Apennine chamois (Rupicapra pyrenaica ornata) and Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus). The reason for those species is because of their threatened conservation status and declining population trends. Plus they would have educational value teaching about endemic species, and the first one would be a good species to use for teaching about insular dwarfism.

For educational reasons, one species that would be great is the European bison (Bison bonasus). The reason I say that is because most people know about the American bison (Bison bison), but other than people like us, nobody knows that there are European bison. Even European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) would be good for that purpose because they fill a similar ecological niche to our White tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus). 3 other good species for that purpose would be the European mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon) and the Cretan wild goat (Capra hircus cretica) and the Central european wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) because they are the wild descendants of domestic sheep, domestic goats, and domestic pigs. Another good animal for this purpose would be the Spanish ibex (Capra pyrenaica) because of the fact that two subspecies of this taxon being extinct, and exhibiting them would bring a great conservation awareness message. Even European moose (Alces alces alces), European gray wolves (Canis lupus lupus), and European brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos) would be good for this purpose because, as I mentioned about the bison, average people know about American bison but not European, same applies to the Moose, Brown bear, and Gray wolf.
 
ungulate nerd said:
3 other good species for that purpose would be the European mouflon (Ovis orientalis musimon) and the Cretan wild goat (Capra hircus cretica) and the Central european wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) because they are the wild descendants of domestic sheep, domestic goats, and domestic pigs.
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I think you will find that these taxa are not the wild *descendants* of any domestic taxa :p
 
ungulate nerd said:
Thylo, thank you for confirming that this animal is actually a Borneo pygmy elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis), perhaps I should get myself to Portland, as far as I know, the only other ones outside of Borneo are at the Hannover Zoo in Germany, they are such a unique looking rarity!
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they are also in China. It is likely some other Asian countries may have them as well.
 
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