Taiping Zoo Zoo Taiping Species List (August 17, 2024)

Toki

Toki

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Hi

I created a species list for this facility:

Name: Zoo Taiping
Location: Perak, Malaysia
Website: Zoo Taiping & Night Safari

The list is based on the signs and personal observations, and species may be misidentified or missing.

<Mammals>
Finlayson's Squirrel / Callosciurus finlaysonii
Capybara / Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Asiatic Bush-tailed Porcupine / Atherurus macrourus
Malayan Porcupine / Hystrix brachyura
Binturong / Arctictis binturong
Large Flying Fox / Pteropus vampyrus
Striped Skunk / Mephitis mephitis
Smooth Otter / Lutrogale perspicillata
Leopard Cat / Prionailurus bengalensis
Clouded Leopard / Neofelis nebulosa
Serval Cat / Leptailurus serval (Night Safari only)
Asiatic Golden Cat / Pardofelis temminckii
Malayan Tiger / Panthera tigris jacksoni
Black Panther / Panthera pardus
African Lion / Panthera leo
Fennec Fox / Vulpes zerda
Spotted Hyena / Crocuta crocuta
Red Dhole / Cuon alpinus
Malayan Sunbear / Ursus malayanus (temporary off exhibit)
Southern Red Muntjac / Muntiacus muntjak
Sambar Deer / Rusa unicolor
Bawean Deer / Axis kuhlii
Axis Deer / Axis axis
Greater Mousedeer / Tragulus napu
Lesser Mousedeer / Tragulus kanchil
Sumatran Serow / Capricornis sumatraensis
Red Lechwe / Kobus leche
Nyala / Tragelaphus angasii
Nilgai / Boselaphus tragocamelus
Common Eland / Tragelaphus oryx
Malayan Gaur / Bos gaurus
Reticulated Giraffe / Giraffa reticulata
Plains zebra / Equus burchelli
Malayan Tapir / Tapirus indicus
Wild Boar / Sus scrofa
Nile Hippopotamus / Hippopotamus amphibius
Southern White Rhinoceros / Ceratotherium simum simum
Asian Elephant / Elephas maximus
Red-handed Tamarin / Saguinus midas
Black-eared Tamarin / Saguinus niger
Golden-headed Tamarin / Leontopithecus chrysomelas
Spectral Tarsier / Tarsius tarsier
Agile Gibbon / Hylobates agilis
White Handed Gibbon / Hylobates lar
Bornean Orangutan / Pongo pygmaeus
Chimpanzee / Pan troglodytes
Stump Tailed Macaque / Macaca arctoides (unsigned)
Sunda Slow Loris / Nycticebus coucang
Agile Wallaby / Macropus agilis

<Birds>
Barred Eagle Owl / Bubo sumatranus
Spotted Wood Owl / Strix seloputo
Buffy Fish Owl / Ketupa ketupu
Nicobar Pigeon / Caloenas nicobarica
Green Pigeon sp. / Treron sp. (unsigned)
Ringneck Dove / Streptopelia capicola
Toco Toucan / Ramphastos toco
Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot / Loriculus galgulus
African Grey Parrot / Psittacus erithacus
Orange-winged Amazon / Amazona amazonica
Violet Turaco / Musophaga violacea
Gouldian Finch / Chloebia gouldiae
Golden Pheasant / Chrysolophus pictus
Lady Amherst's Pheasant / Chrysolophus amherstiae
Green peafowl / Pavo muticus (temporary off exhibit)
Crested Fireback / Lophura sp.
Scarlet Ibis / Eudocimus ruber
African Spoonbill / Platalea alba
African Crowned Crane / Balearica regulorum
Demoiselle Crane / Anthropoides virgo
Greater Flamingo / Phoenicopterus roseus
Milky Stork / Mycteria cinerea
Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis
Black-crowned Night Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax (unsigned)
Mandarin Duck / Aix galericulata
Wood Duck / Aix sponsa
Ring Teal / Callonetta leucophrys
Black-bellied Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna autumnalis
Lesser Whistling Duck / Dendrocygna javanica
Mute Swan / Cygnus olor
Trumpeter Swan / Cygnus buccinator (unsigned)
Black Swan / Cygnus atratus
Emu / Dromaius novaehollandiae
Southern cassowary / Casuarius casuarius (signed as Northern Cassowary)
Ostrich / Struthio camelus

<Reptiles / Amphibians>
Green Iguana / Iguana iguana (temporary off exhibit)
Weber's Sailfin Lizard / Hydrosaurus weberi
Estuarine Crocodile / Crocodylus porosus
False Gharial / Tomistoma schlegelii
Sulcata Tortoise / Centrochelys sulcata
Asiatic Softshell Turtle / Amyda cartilaginea
Northern River Terrapin / Batagur baska
Red-eared Slider / Trachemys scripta elegans (unsigned)
Reticulated Python / Python reticulatus
Common Boa / Boa constrictor (temporary off exhibit)
Oriental Whip Snake / Ahaetulla prasina (temporary off exhibit)
Monocled Cobra / Naja kaouthia
Wagler's Pit Viper / Tropidolaemus wagleri
Mangrove Snake / Boiga dendrophila
Red-tailed Rat Snake / Gonyosoma oxycephalum (temporary off exhibit)
Corn Snake / Pantherophis guttatus
Blyth's River Frog / Limnonectes blythii

<Fish>
Striped Snakehead / Channa striata
Arapaima / Arapaima gigas
Mozambique Tilapia / Oreochromis mossambicus
Tinfoil Barb / Barbonymus schwanefeldii
Java Barb / Barbonymus gonionotus
Koi / Cyprinus sp.
North African Catfish / Clarias gariepinus

Please feel free to leave any comments. I'm always happy to discuss or get opinions!

List of lost species and wild species will follow in the thread.
 
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This is a list of species that have names remaining on encosure sign / map / website of Zoo Taiping but are currently not on exhibit. It may be totally gone from the zoo, or off exhibit for a long term.

Information in brackets states type of sign and when the zoo lost it, if known.

<Mammals>
Domestic Rabbit / Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus (website / unknown)
Island Flying Fox / Pteropus hypomelanus (website / unknown)
Asian Small Clawed Otter / Aonyx cinereus (enclosure / unknown)
Large Indian Civet / Viverra zibetha (website / unknown)
Banded Civet / Hemigalus derbyanus (zoo map / unknown)
Masked Palm Civet / Paguma larvata (zoo map / unknown)
Small Indian Civet / Viverricula indica (zoo map / unknown)
Common Palm Civet / Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (zoo map / unknown)
Banded Linsang / Prionodon linsang (zoo map / unknown)
Javan Mongoose / Urva javanica (zoo map / unknown)
Indian Hog Deer / Axis porcinus (zoo map / unknown)
Dromedary Camel / Camelus dromedarius (zoo map / unknown)
Red Hartebeest / Alcelaphus buselaphus caama (zoo map / unknown)
Flat Headed Cat / Prionailurus planiceps (zoo map / unknown)
Pygmy Marmoset / Cebuella sp. (zoo sign / unknown)
Brown Lemur / Eulemur fulvus (zoo map / unknown)
Siamang / Symphalangus syndactylus (enclosure / 2022?)

<Birds>
Blue and Yellow Macaw / Ara ararauna (enclosure / 2023)
Rhinoceros Hornbill / Buceros rhinoceros (zoo map / unknown)
Great Hornbill / Buceros bicornis (zoo map / unknown)
Hill Myna / Gracula religiosa (website / unknown)
White Headed Munia / Lonchura maja (website / unknown)
Baya Weaver / Ploceus philippinus (zoo map / unknown)
Black Naped Oriole / Oriolus chinensis (zoo map / unknown)
Roseate Spoonbill / Platalea ajaja (zoo map / unknown)
Striated Heron / Butorides striata (website / unknown)
Red Jungle Fowl / Gallus gallus (website / unknown)
Whooper Swan / Cygnus cygnus (website / unknown)
Magpie Goose / Anseranas semipalmata (enclosure / unknown)

<Reptile>
Dwarf Crocodile / Osteolaemus tetraspis (enclosure / July 2024)

This is not a full list of former species, but I tried to list up those that are still on some kind of official information. Please feel free to leave any comments. I'm always happy to discuss or get opinions!
 
This is a list of notable wild animals that are seen in the zoo.

The Rhinoceros Hornbill and Milky Storks are individuals that are released from the zoo as part of the government plan.

Southern Pig-tailed Macaque / Macaca nemestrina
Crab-eating Macaque / Macaca fascicularis
Dusky Leaf Monkey / Trachypithecus obscurus
Rhinoceros Hornbill / Buceros rhinoceros (released from zoo)
Oriental Pied Hornbill / Anthracoceros albirostris
Milky Stork / Mycteria cinerea (released from zoo)
Painted Stork / Mycteria leucocephala
Black-crowned Night Heron / Nycticorax nycticorax
Purple Heron / Ardea purpurea
Cattle Egret / Bubulcus ibis
Asian Openbill / Anastomus oscitans
White-breasted Waterhen / Amaurornis phoenicurus
White-throated Kingfisher / Halcyon smyrnensis
Stork-billed Kingfisher / Pelargopsis capensis
Asian Water Monitor / Varanus salvator

This is not a full list of wild animals, but I tried to list up some that are easy to spot. Please feel free to leave any comments. I'm always happy to discuss or get opinions!
 
Toki said:
Black-eared Tamarin / Saguinus niger
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Is this supposed to be Black-tufted Marmoset C. penicillata?

Do they still have the Rousettus bats in the walk-through aviary? I think it was the one signed for Island Flying Foxes, but the rousettes were in the roof of the visitor path (and unsigned).


Toki said:
This is a list of species that have names remaining on encosure sign / map / website of Zoo Taiping but are currently not on exhibit. It may be totally gone from the zoo, or off exhibit for a long term.

Information in brackets states type of sign and when the zoo lost it, if known.

<Mammals>
Domestic Rabbit / Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus (website / unknown)
Island Flying Fox / Pteropus hypomelanus (website / unknown)
Asian Small Clawed Otter / Aonyx cinereus (enclosure / unknown)
Large Indian Civet / Viverra zibetha (website / unknown)
Banded Civet / Hemigalus derbyanus (zoo map / unknown)
Masked Palm Civet / Paguma larvata (zoo map / unknown)
Small Indian Civet / Viverricula indica (zoo map / unknown)
Common Palm Civet / Paradoxurus hermaphroditus (zoo map / unknown)
Banded Linsang / Prionodon linsang (zoo map / unknown)
Javan Mongoose / Urva javanica (zoo map / unknown)
Indian Hog Deer / Axis porcinus (zoo map / unknown)
Dromedary Camel / Camelus dromedarius (zoo map / unknown)
Red Hartebeest / Alcelaphus buselaphus caama (zoo map / unknown)
Flat Headed Cat / Prionailurus planiceps (zoo map / unknown)
Pygmy Marmoset / Cebuella sp. (zoo sign / unknown)
Brown Lemur / Eulemur fulvus (zoo map / unknown)
Siamang / Symphalangus syndactylus (enclosure / 2022?)
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I'm surprised how lax the zoo is with removing past animals from the map (and with removing old signs from cages!). The Red Hartebeest and Banded Linsang, for example, died about ten years ago.
 
Chlidonias said:
Is this supposed to be Black-tufted Marmoset C. penicillata?

Do they still have the Rousettus bats in the walk-through aviary? I think it was the one signed for Island Flying Foxes, but the rousettes were in the roof of the visitor path (and unsigned)..
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Thank you for your comment.

Sorry, you are right. It is Callithrix penicillata, though it is signed as "Black-eared Marmoset / Callithrix penicillata".

I have recently talked with the curator there regarding bats, and the only species they have now is the Large Flying Fox / Pteropus vampyrus in the walk-through aviary along with Milky Storks and other birds.

Chlidonias said:
I'm surprised how lax the zoo is with removing past animals from the map (and with removing old signs from cages!). The Red Hartebeest and Banded Linsang, for example, died about ten years ago.
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Yes, that is true. The map at the entrance and route signs in the zoo both have Red Hartebeest, and seems to be very out of date.
 
Chlidonias said:
Do they still have the Rousettus bats in the walk-through aviary? I think it was the one signed for Island Flying Foxes, but the rousettes were in the roof of the visitor path (and unsigned).
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Hi

I visited the night safari last week and looked more closer into the walk through aviaries.
I found a dozen small bats, probably Rousettus bats. They are unsigned but still there.

One interesting thing is that the staff say they don't have them. They might be misunderstanding something or it's a temporary exhibit.
 
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