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jelle said:
Twycross Zoo currently breeds both Javan silvered langur and Dusky langur.
Does anyone have any photos or exhibit drawings from the above mentioned species on file for us?
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Dusky langur
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Javan langur
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They have 2 groups of this species, both have black and red individuals.

The langur house has 4 enclosures for these 2 species, the very old female Phayre's and purple faced langurs (just two young individuals last week, I assume they have lost the old pair which originally came from Belfast I think). The outdoor enclosures are quite roomy, with glass windows and a wooden barrier between each pair. They have grass floors and are well furnished with vertical and horizontal branches and with ropes. The indoor cages are very small, which is the way Twycross have always kept their monkeys.

Alan
 
Do you know how many dusky langurs they have? How many adults, how many infants? I am still trying to find out where Burgers Zoo/Arnhem will get dusky langurs from; they are building a big enclosure for them in their new asian area "Rimba". There are so few dusky langurs in Europe that I am half-convinced they will come from Singapore or another asian zoo or rescue center...
 
gentle lemur said:
The langur house has 4 enclosures for these 2 species, the very old female Phayre's and purple faced langurs (just two young individuals last week, I assume they have lost the old pair which originally came from Belfast I think). The outdoor enclosures are quite roomy, with glass windows and a wooden barrier between each pair. They have grass floors and are well furnished with vertical and horizontal branches and with ropes. The indoor cages are very small, which is the way Twycross have always kept their monkeys.

Alan
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The indoor quarters also have heated floors and this is where the Phayre's Langur spends most of the time. As gentle lemur has already said, Twycross has many of these buildings around the site (Langur house, Lemur house, gibbon compex, old world monkeys, monkeys of the amazon etc).
 
Yassa said:
Do you know how many dusky langurs they have? How many adults, how many infants? I am still trying to find out where Burgers Zoo/Arnhem will get dusky langurs from; they are building a big enclosure for them in their new asian area "Rimba". There are so few dusky langurs in Europe that I am half-convinced they will come from Singapore or another asian zoo or rescue center...
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ISIS lists 1.5 which seems about right from my last visit. I think there is a good mix of younger and older animals in that group as well...
 
CZJimmy said:
ISIS lists 1.5 which seems about right from my last visit. I think there is a good mix of younger and older animals in that group as well...
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Dusky Langur... is this the same species which used to be called(at least at Twycross) Spectacled Langur? They look the same and if so Twycross have been keeping and breeding them successfully a very long time, almost since the earliest days of the zoo. I remember photos of mothers clutching their orange babies in their early guide books. I don't know if the current animals are multi- generation descendants of their originals? -that's if they're one and the same species..
 
I think they are the same species. They were originally called Presbytis obscurus now renamed Trachypithecus obscurus. I don't know if they are (or include) descendants of Twycross' original stock, but I wouldn't be surprised.

Alan
 
Looking at the photograph again, I'm pretty certain too that they're the same species. They were one of Twycross's very first 'unusual' species of primate and seemed to breed freely. I imagine the current group are descendants.
 
Dusky langur and Spectacled Langur are the same species. Twycross have also referred to them as Dusky Lotong, lotong I guess is an native name.
 
CZJimmy said:
Yes, i've noticed a few zoos use 'Lutung' as a replacement for 'Langur'
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Lutong is the vernacular word for dusky langur Trachypithecus obscurus in Malay, Bahasa and it is used for Presbytis francoisi in Tonkinese.

I wish more Presbytis species would be maintained and bred in the world's zoos. I am thinking of P. chrysomelas, P. comata, P. siamensis, P. rubicunda, P. femoralis, P. thomasi, P. phayrei, Presbytis hosei and Presbytis potenziani. ARRGH! :D
 
Does anyone know whats going on with Amur Leopards? Have they got a new female to replace the one that passed away? Are the 2 cubs still at Twycross zoo or have they been moved to other collections yet?

Has there been any news on a new male lion especially now they have received the 2 new females from Edinburgh?
 
Bobby_21 said:
Does anyone know whats going on with Amur Leopards? Have they got a new female to replace the one that passed away? Are the 2 cubs still at Twycross zoo or have they been moved to other collections yet?

Has there been any news on a new male lion especially now they have received the 2 new females from Edinburgh?
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When I visited last week there were only two leopards (2 cubs or father and 1 cub?)

As for lions, the females still aren't adjusted to the enclosure yet so bringing in a male would only increase the stress.
 
I did think it was a bit of a silly idea to get the lionesses before the new enclosure was built. If they are having trouble adjusting to the old enclosure theres a possibility that it will be happen again when they move to a new enclosure in the park.

Were the 2 leopards on show or was one in the outside section and one locked inside?? If they were both outside i'd guess it would be the cubs due to the fact the father won't be mixed with them. It could also be that they do have the cubbing den section of which the outside bit can't be seen by the public as far as i know so another leopard could have been in there.

Was there any developments at twycross when you went? New enclosures being built or any animals with youngsters?
 
stewart1988 said:
I am currently working on the design team for the Twycross Zoo development, I know pretty much everything that is going to be built.. there is going to be a water cleaning system that will clean all the water and re-use it throughout the zoo, and this will also become an attraction for visitors.. There is also plans for a windmill to generate electricity or a biofuel plant. Email me for more info, I have plans and architects drawings etc
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Wow, I'm jealous. I work in the construction industry and one of my ambitions has been to work on a high-profile zoo development. Are you an architect, an engineer or another member of the team? What stage is the design at?
 
I've been reading an old guide book from Twycross and it shows on the map that elephants used to live in what is now the Bonobo house. Now this is pure guesswork, but did they have an enclosure similar to the current giraffe enclosure (indoors and outside)?

On a similar note, is anything currently planned as going into the old sloth enclosure in that house (across from the tortoises)?
 
CZJimmy said:
I've been reading an old guide book from Twycross and it shows on the map that elephants used to live in what is now the Bonobo house. Now this is pure guesswork, but did they have an enclosure similar to the current giraffe enclosure (indoors and outside)?

On a similar note, is anything currently planned as going into the old sloth enclosure in that house (across from the tortoises)?
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The area the Elephants had in what is now the Bonobo House is roughly about the same space as the Bonobos less the space for the stand off moats indoors and the same for the outdoor enclosure.s for theold Sloth exhibit last year it was used to quarantine a pair of Red Titis it has since been stripped out last i heard they were going to alter it to house the Dwarf Crocs.
 
zoogiraffe said:
The area the Elephants had in what is now the Bonobo House is roughly about the same space as the Bonobos less the space for the stand off moats indoors and the same for the outdoor enclosure
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At a guess (rather than memory though I must have visited it) I think the Bonobo indoor halls were the elephants' areas, where people stand to look at them was the indoor moat, and where people used to stand to look at the elephants now has the reptile displays.
 
Pertinax said:
At a guess (rather than memory though I must have visited it) I think the Bonobo indoor halls were the elephants' areas, where people stand to look at them was the indoor moat, and where people used to stand to look at the elephants now has the reptile displays.
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No the reptile displays were their even in the days of the Elephants been in the house.
 
zoogiraffe said:
No the reptile displays were their even in the days of the Elephants been in the house.
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So did visitors stand where they do nowadays? I must have been in that house when it had the elephant(s) - I only remember 'Iris', but I cannot remember it what it looked like at all then.:rolleyes:
 
Pertinax said:
So did visitors stand where they do nowadays? I must have been in that house when it had the elephant(s) - I only remember 'Iris', but I cannot remember it what it looked like at all then.:rolleyes:
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Yep you used stand in the same place as you do now only with a different type of barrier their.
 
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