ungulates in NZ zoos

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Following on from http://www.zoochat.com/17/primates-27726/ and http://www.zoochat.com/17/wild-cats-nz-zoos-49654/ here is a list of ungulates in NZ zoos (using ungulate in a general sense to include proboscideans, perissodactyls and artiodactyls). Once again just a simple list of species with no population figures. Unlike primates and cats, many species of hooved-stock are found in the smaller privately-run collections as well as in the large zoos. I haven't included domestics such as donkeys or sheep.

Elephantidae
*Asian elephant -- Auckland
*African elephant -- one in a circus

Equidae
*Common zebra (Chapman's, Grant's, hybrids) -- Auckland, Franklin, Hamilton, Wellington, Orana

Tapiridae
*Brazilian tapir -- Hamilton

Rhinocerotidae
*Southern white rhinoceros -- Auckland, Hamilton, Orana

Hippopotamidae
*Common hippopotamus -- Auckland

Tayassuidae
*Collared peccary -- Wellington

Camelidae
*Llama and alpaca -- most collections have at least one
*[Arabian camel no longer found in NZ]

Cervidae [most of the larger zoos do not display deer, so this is just a list of the species in NZ, all of which are probably found in smaller collections around the country, with red and fallow deer being the commonest]
*Red deer
*Wapiti
*Rusa
*Sika
*Fallow deer
*White-tailed deer
*Pere David's deer -- only at Mt. Hutt station (a private high-country farm)

Giraffidae
*Giraffe (Rothschild's and hybrids) -- Auckland, Keystone, Hamilton, Wellington, Orana

Bovidae
*Water buffalo -- Orana, in some private-run zoo collections
*American bison -- Hamilton, in some private-run zoo collections
*Yak -- in some private-run zoo collections
*Himalayan tahr -- in some private-run zoo collections
*Chamois -- in some private-run zoo collections
*Barbary sheep -- Wellington
*Nilgai -- Hamilton
*Blackbuck -- Hamilton, Wellington
*Sitatunga -- Hamilton
*Springbok -- Auckland, Orana
*Addra gazelle -- Orana (only one left in the country)
*Sable -- Orana
*Scimitar-horned oryx -- Orana
*Common waterbuck -- Orana

I don't really know what there is at Keystone (not open to the public) apart for the giraffes that have gone there from Orana, but I found this document from 2007 when searching: ERMA: Search the ERMA Registers
Application Purpose
Keystone Wildlife Conservancy wishes to import Zebra, White rhinoceros, Springbok, Scimitar Oryx, Blackbuck, Bongo, Sitatunga, Nilgai, Sable Antelope and Waterbuck into containment for the purpose of conservation through advocacy, education and research
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Feel free to post any species I've overlooked.
 
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okapikpr said:
I feel sorry for you all in New Zealand, kinda slim pickins' when it comes to hoofstock.
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slim pickins in NZ when it comes to any sort of exotic animal really! Funny thing though, as a NZer its not something you really notice when actually visiting the zoos here. Its not like you wander round thinking "what, only three species of antelope?!". Its probably just because we're used to it (or maybe we're just trying to hide the frustration). I'm certain the more well-travelled zoo fans would notice the paucity of species, but I doubt the average zoo-goer does. There's really only four proper zoos here anyway (Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Orana; and only the latter has a good selection of hooved stock).
 
Bongo would be fab... I think they are pretty inbred in Oz though...

It very true about not noticing the derth, I seem to only notice the species that another zoo has that Auckland doesn't...
 
MARK said:
And we in Oz have even less species than NZ :(
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actually, we have 10 MORE ungulate species in australia than NZ. sure, a few are functionally extinct but the same is true of some of new zealands.

asian elephant
african elephant

plains zebra
mongolian horse
persian onager

malayan tapir
brazilian tapir

southern white rhino
black rhino
indian rhino

common hippo
pygmy hippo

collared peccary

llama
alpaca
guanaco
dromedary camel

wapiti
red
hog
chital
sambar
rusa
fallow
persian fallow

giraffe

bongo
eland
sitatunga
kudu
sable
addax
oryx
blackbuck
nilgai
waterbuck
kafue lechwe
barbary sheep
himalayan tahr
asiatic buffalo
african buffalo
american bison
banteng
 
phoenix said:
actually, we have 10 MORE ungulate species in australia than NZ. sure, a few are functionally extinct but the same is true of some of new zealands.

asian elephant
african elephant

plains zebra
mongolian horse
persian onager

malayan tapir
brazilian tapir

southern white rhino
black rhino
indian rhino

common hippo
pygmy hippo

collared peccary

llama
alpaca
guanaco
dromedary camel

wapiti
red
hog
chital
sambar
rusa
fallow
persian fallow

giraffe

bongo
eland
sitatunga
kudu
sable
addax
oryx
blackbuck
nilgai
waterbuck
kafue lechwe
barbary sheep
himalayan tahr
asiatic buffalo
african buffalo
american bison
banteng
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Who has the Persian fallow and the lechwe??
 
the lechwe, along with a number of other ungulate species - were at tippery station, but not purchased by david gill for the then mareeba wild animal park (now cairns wildife safari reserve). instead they went to a queensland hunting ranch, where they are still maintained as far as i know..

the persian fallow are technically hybrids as (i think) they were created by the deer farming industry using semen imported from overseas and then outcrossed with regular fallow until they had what appears to be true persian type deer. monarto keep them.
 
I think you will find the lechwe are still in NT, I dont think the QLD gov would let anyone have Lechwe!
 
ZYBen said:
I think you will find the lechwe are still in NT, I dont think the QLD gov would let anyone have Lechwe!
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That sounds about right Ben, it went something like this -(At that time) the Qld goverment had problems with the shipping of antelopes from the NT to Qld because if they got out in transit they could become feral pests (I think the antelopes that were shipped was by plane) :rolleyes:
 
phoenix said:
the lechwe, along with a number of other ungulate species - were at tippery station, but not purchased by david gill for the then mareeba wild animal park (now cairns wildife safari reserve). instead they went to a queensland hunting ranch, where they are still maintained as far as i know..
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Mr Gill told me that he HAD purchased them [along with the Addax, Oryx, Nilgai, Grevy's Zebras etc] in a bulk deal from Tipperary. His liquidators subsequently confirmed that.

However, as MARK pointed out, the Queensland government refused to allow many of these animals into this State on two grounds. Some of the species applied for they claimed did not exist - Grevys Zebras for example. If Mr Gill had simply applied to import Zebra into the State then they would be here at Mareeba right now. But GREVYS Zebra were a different matter and I believe that there is now only one left in the NT.

Others species posed a "very serious" biodiversity risk to our VPC people whose official policy is one of zero risk. They don't really understand that a zero risk option has not been achievable since Capt Phillip landed on our shores. So, if a species is not already present in a Queensland zoo, the official DNR response to an application to import it is still to say no. Some of these animals would have been permitted into the State if they had been desexed. History will eventually show if Mr Gill was right in refusing to allow genetically valuable CITES 1 animals to be neutered.

Those animals not allowed into Queensland ended up at the Mary River hunting ranch south of Darwin in the NT. The zebras have not done well out of the move but there is no reason to believe that the other species will not be nurtured there for many years to come.

A small mystery still surrounds the whereabouts of the Brazilian Tapirs and a very large mystery surrounds a young Pygmy Hippo.
 
In 2006 the sitatunga situation (try saying that after a few drinks :D) in New Zealand was that there were 2 males at Wellington and 4 females at Hamilton. The rumour was that they were being kept apart to hasten the demise of the species - hey, stranger things than that have occurred in N.Z. zoos (castration of the only male hippo in the country being a prime example.)

Now ISIS shows 1 male and 3 females at Hamilton and 1 male and 2 females at Wellington. Does this mean (hopefully) that a belated attempt is being made to keep the species going a while longer? (They are "gone" in Australia - no males left, only 2 old females.:()
 
[QUOTE= - hey, stranger things than that have occurred in N.Z. zoos (castration of the only male hippo in the country being a prime example.)


Did some one say on the forum some time back that they knew the reason why this male Hippo was castrated :rolleyes:
 
I don't know if this is the right thread but reading this one got me thinking, are there many Australian mammals in NZ zoos? Any koalas for example?
 
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