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West, Central Asian and Middle Eastern fauna in Indonesian zoos
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5+ year member
Fishes (minus marine fishes because most of the fishes found in Red Sea and Persian Gulf are also found in Indonesia):
- Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus, Jakarta Aquarium and formerly in Dunia Air Tawar)
- Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, privately owned)
- Aral barbel (Luciobarbus brachycephalus, privately owned)
- Common carp (Cyprinus carpio, almost all Indonesian zoos and aquaria)
- Rosy barb (Pethia conchonius, Dunia Air Tawar)
- Wels catfish (Silurus glanis, formerly in Dunia Air Tawar)
Amphibians:
Reptiles:
- Balkan terrapin (Mauremys rivulata, privately owned)
- Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii, privately owned)
- Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus, privately owned)
- Ornate uromastyx (Uromastyx ornata, privately owned)
Inverterbrates:
Birds:
- Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus, Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Demoiselle crane (Grus virgo, Taman Safari Cisarua)
Mammals:
- Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus, formerly in Taman Safari Prigen)
- Snow leopard (Panthera uncia, Batu Secret Zoo and formerly in Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Caracal (Caracal caracal, Taman Safari Cisarua and Lembang Zoo & Park)
- Turkestan sand cat (Felis margarita thinobia, privately owned)
- Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena, Batu Secret Zoo, Bali Safari and Bali Zoo)
- Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus, privately owned)
- Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii, privately owned)
- Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus, Taman Safari Cisarua and Prigen)
- Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius, almost all Indonesian zoos)
- Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah, formerly in Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Markhor (Capra falconeri, formerly in Batu Secret Zoo and Taman Safari Prigen)
Taman Safari Bogor still keep a single oryx, Batu Secret Zoo keep a lot of them.
I think Ragunan Zoo keep a Arabian oryx
(Oryx leucoryx), they were also mentioned in their zoo map.
I can find one media showing the Ragunan Zoo's oryx:
Arabian oryx - ZooChat
Not sure if they still keep it or not.
Fishes (minus marine fishes because most of the fishes found in Red Sea and Persian Gulf are also found in Indonesia):
- Sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus, Jakarta Aquarium and formerly in Dunia Air Tawar)
- Russian sturgeon (Acipenser gueldenstaedtii, privately owned)
- Aral barbel (Luciobarbus brachycephalus, privately owned)
- Common carp (Cyprinus carpio, almost all Indonesian zoos and aquaria)
- Rosy barb (Pethia conchonius, Dunia Air Tawar)
- Wels catfish (Silurus glanis, formerly in Dunia Air Tawar)
Amphibians:
Reptiles:
- Balkan terrapin (Mauremys rivulata, privately owned)
- Russian tortoise (Agrionemys horsfieldii, privately owned)
- Veiled chameleon (Chamaeleo calyptratus, privately owned)
- Ornate uromastyx (Uromastyx ornata, privately owned)
Inverterbrates:
Birds:
- Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus, Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Demoiselle crane (Grus virgo, Taman Safari Cisarua)
Mammals:
- Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus, formerly in Taman Safari Prigen)
- Snow leopard (Panthera uncia, Batu Secret Zoo and formerly in Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Caracal (Caracal caracal, Taman Safari Cisarua and Lembang Zoo & Park)
- Turkestan sand cat (Felis margarita thinobia, privately owned)
- Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena, Batu Secret Zoo, Bali Safari and Bali Zoo)
- Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus, privately owned)
- Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii, privately owned)
- Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus, Taman Safari Cisarua and Prigen)
- Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius, almost all Indonesian zoos)
- Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah, formerly in Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Markhor (Capra falconeri, formerly in Batu Secret Zoo and Taman Safari Prigen)
Maybe I can add more this year.
- beluga sturgeon (Huso huso, privately owned)
- lesser jerboa (Jaculus jaculus, privately owned)
- honey badger (Mellivora capensis, privately owned)
Mammals:
- Syrian brown bear (Ursus arctos syriacus, formerly in Taman Safari Prigen)
- Snow leopard (Panthera uncia, Batu Secret Zoo and formerly in Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Caracal (Caracal caracal, Taman Safari Cisarua and Lembang Zoo & Park)
- Turkestan sand cat (Felis margarita thinobia, privately owned)
- Striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena, Batu Secret Zoo, Bali Safari and Bali Zoo)
- Syrian hamster (Mesocricetus auratus, privately owned)
- Roborovski hamster (Phodopus roborovskii, privately owned)
- Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus, Taman Safari Cisarua and Prigen)
- Dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius, almost all Indonesian zoos)
- Scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah, formerly in Taman Safari Cisarua)
- Markhor (Capra falconeri, formerly in Batu Secret Zoo and Taman Safari Prigen)
But I wonder who owns the sand cat
