Zoobat Collections (N. America)

Coelacanth18 said:
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Common Vampire and Seba's at Jacksonville and Seba's at Oklahoma City.

@TheMightyOrca posted a photo of what is probably an Egyptian Fruit Bat at Gladys Porter, anyone know if that is an on or off-exhibit species for them? I know that they have nocturnal species, but unclear about where they are kept.

Pittsburgh holds Jamaican in addition to the Seba's.

Palo Alto Junior Musem & Zoo holds Straw-colored and Egyptian.

@geomorph also posted in the Denver Zoo species list "Big Fruit Bat" which lives alongside Seba's. Having seen a video of the exhibit and bats inside, along with knowing it is a South American themed area, I've concluded that "Big Fruit Bat" probably means Jamaican, although I've never seen that name used for them before.

@ThylacineAlive: I went back and noticed that in this thread (Bat Diversity in Zoos) you noted seeing Pallas's long-tongued bats at Bronx. I assume this was either in the now-closed Primate House or also-closed World of Darkness; do you know if Bronx still has them off-show or were they sent to another colony?

And from this thread (List of rarest species in US?): @drill, can you confirm when you saw bats at those places and whether they were on-display or not? Don't need exact dates, just want to know if it was in the past 3 years or so.
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all last year in the summer. On display, but some i didn't see
 
Coelacanth18 said:
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@ThylacineAlive: I went back and noticed that in this thread (Bat Diversity in Zoos) you noted seeing Pallas's long-tongued bats at Bronx. I assume this was either in the now-closed Primate House or also-closed World of Darkness; do you know if Bronx still has them off-show or were they sent to another colony?
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They were kept in World of Darkness and then moved to the Monkey House until that closed in 2012. I'm not sure where they ended up after that but I know they are no longer kept at the zoo (unfortunately).

~Thylo
 
Can't believe I'm contributing to this thread!

ZooAmerica has Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus, behind the scenes. They might also have little brown bat.
 
Updated List:

Megachiroptera

Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis) - 15 holders
Akron Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Moody Gardens
Oregon Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Pueblo Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo
San Diego Safari Park

Large/Malayan flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) - 7 holders
Busch Gardens Tampa
Columbus Zoo
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Lowry Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
National Aviary in Pittsburgh
Oakland Zoo

Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) - 13 holders
Baton Rouge Zoo
Boise Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Houston Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Metro Richmond Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Sedgwick County Zoo
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Topeka Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo

Island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) - 5 holders
Brevard Zoo
El Paso Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Oakland Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo

Little golden-mantled flying fox (Pteropus pumilus) - 3 holders
Columbus Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) - 2 holders (1 bts)
Lubee Bat Conservancy
National Aquarium in Baltimore (bts)

Spectacled Flying Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) - 1 holder
Lubee Bat Conservancy

Straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) - 29 holders (1 bts)
Akron Zoo
Brevard Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Calgary Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Detroit Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Hogle Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lowry Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Metro Richmond Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Minnesota Zoo,
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Musem & Zoo
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Prospect Park Zoo
Racine Zoo
Sacramento Zoo (bts)
Saint Paul's Como Zoo
Toronto Zoo
Tulsa Zoo

Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) - 20 holders (1 possibly bts)
Bird Kingdom
Blank Park Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Capital of Texas Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
GarLyn Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo (bts?)
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Lupa Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Moody Gardens
Museum of Discovery and Science (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Musem & Zoo
Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Toronto Zoo

Ruwenzori long-haired fruit bat (Rousettus lanosus) - 8 holders
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Bear Creek Sanctuary
Boise Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo

Microchiroptera (frugivorous)

Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) - 14 holders
Audubon Zoo
Buffalo Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
North American Wildlife Park (Hershey, PA)
North Carolina Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Texas State Aquarium

Greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus) - 2 holders
Memphis Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

Greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) - 3 holders
Assiboine Park Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Peoria Zoo

Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) - 1 holder
Miami Zoo

Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) - 3 holders
Houston Zoo
Mesker Park Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo

Lesser long-tongued bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) - 1 holder
Fort Worth Zoo

Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) - 13 holders (2 bts)
Cameron Park Zoo
Denver Zoo
Detroit Zoo (bts)
Edmonton Valley Zoo
Houston Zoo
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Potawatomi Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo (bts)
Tulsa Zoo
Vancouver Aquarium
Wildlife World Zoo

Seba's short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) - 30 holders (1 bts)
Akron Zoo
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Audubon Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Catoctin Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Detroit Zoo (bts)
Elmwood Park Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Memphis Zoo
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Moody Gardens
Nashville Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Potter Park Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Stone Zoo
Tulsa Zoo

Microchiroptera (insectivorous) (on-display only, no bts)

Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) - 1 holder
San Antonio Zoo

Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) - 1 holder
Fort Worth Zoo

Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) - 4 holders (1 possibly bts)
Center for Wildlife (Cape Neddick, Maine)
Earthplace (Westport, Connecticut)
Hutchinson Zoo
Rolling Hills Zoo (bts?)

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) - 1 holder
Ansonia Nature Center (Ansonia, Connecticut)
 
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Lubee Bat Conservancy lists Cynopteris brachyotis (lesser short-nosed fruit bat) and three insectivorous species on their website; does anyone know the status of these?
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Updated List:
Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) - 4 holders (1 possibly bts)
Center for Wildlife (Cape Neddick, Maine)
Earthplace (Westport, Connecticut)
Hutchinson Zoo
Rolling Hills Zoo (bts?)

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) - 1 holder
Ansonia Nature Center (Ansonia, Connecticut)
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You missed my post just above this
 
TinoPup said:
You missed my post just above this
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Sorry, I meant to clarify when you posted but it slipped my mind. This is why it wasn't counted:

Coelacanth18 said:
If I can get a confirmation of which places are currently keeping insectivorous bats on-display, that seems like a good starting point. I still think counting bts rehab bats is more effort than it's worth, but that's a topic for later discussion.
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Coelacanth18 said:
Microchiroptera (insectivorous) (on-display only, no bts)
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I'm not counting behind-the-scenes insectivorous bats right now, as they are difficult to keep track of and can cycle in and out of facilities often. Rolling Hills was counted because their website is unclear about whether they are on-display or not.

Edit: I *did* add a holder for Egyptian fruit bat, thanks to a post of yours in another thread ;)
 
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Coelacanth18 said:
Sorry, I meant to clarify when you posted but it slipped my mind. This is why it wasn't counted:





I'm not counting behind-the-scenes insectivorous bats right now, as they are difficult to keep track of and can cycle in and out of facilities often. Rolling Hills was counted because their website is unclear about whether they are on-display or not.

Edit: I *did* add a holder for Egyptian fruit bat, thanks to a post of yours in another thread ;)
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That makes sense! I didn't read the whole thread, because bats ;) The ones they have aren't releasable due to wing injuries but I have no idea what their lifespan is like or anything.
 
TinoPup said:
The ones they have aren't releasable due to wing injuries but I have no idea what their lifespan is like or anything.
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Yeah, lifespan is a major factor in making them difficult to track. They are actually very long-lived for mammals of their size, but rehabbed ones can have a lot of health problems and the husbandry for insectivorous bats hasn't been fully worked out yet.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
Updated List:

Megachiroptera

Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus rodricensis) - 15 holders
Akron Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Moody Gardens
Oregon Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Pueblo Zoo
Riverbanks Zoo
San Diego Safari Park

Large/Malayan flying fox (Pteropus vampyrus) - 7 holders
Busch Gardens Tampa
Columbus Zoo
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Lowry Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
National Aviary in Pittsburgh
Oakland Zoo

Indian flying fox (Pteropus giganteus) - 13 holders
Baton Rouge Zoo
Boise Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Houston Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Metro Richmond Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Sedgwick County Zoo
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom
Topeka Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo

Island flying fox (Pteropus hypomelanus) - 5 holders
Brevard Zoo
El Paso Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Oakland Zoo
Turtle Back Zoo

Little golden-mantled flying fox (Pteropus pumilus) - 3 holders
Columbus Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

Grey-headed flying fox (Pteropus poliocephalus) - 2 holders (1 bts)
Lubee Bat Conservancy
National Aquarium in Baltimore (bts)

Spectacled Flying Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) - 1 holder
Lubee Bat Conservancy

Straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) - 29 holders (1 bts)
Akron Zoo
Brevard Zoo
Bronx Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Calgary Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Detroit Zoo
Elmwood Park Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Hogle Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Kansas City Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lowry Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Metro Richmond Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Minnesota Zoo,
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Musem & Zoo
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
Prospect Park Zoo
Racine Zoo
Sacramento Zoo (bts)
Saint Paul's Como Zoo
Toronto Zoo
Tulsa Zoo

Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) - 20 holders (1 possibly bts)
Bird Kingdom
Blank Park Zoo
Brookfield Zoo
Capital of Texas Zoo
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
GarLyn Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo (bts?)
Lincoln Park Zoo
Lubee Bat Conservancy
Lupa Zoo
Memphis Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Moody Gardens
Museum of Discovery and Science (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Oregon Zoo
Palo Alto Junior Musem & Zoo
Rosamond Gifford Zoo
Timbavati Wildlife Park
Toronto Zoo

Ruwenzori long-haired fruit bat (Rousettus lanosus) - 8 holders
Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary
Bear Creek Sanctuary
Boise Zoo
Franklin Park Zoo
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
Minnesota Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo

Microchiroptera (frugivorous)

Common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) - 14 holders
Audubon Zoo
Buffalo Zoo
Cincinnati Zoo
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Louisville Zoo
Milwaukee County Zoo
North American Wildlife Park (Hershey, PA)
North Carolina Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Philadelphia Zoo
Texas State Aquarium

Greater bulldog bat (Noctilio leporinus) - 2 holders
Memphis Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo

Greater spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) - 3 holders
Assiboine Park Zoo
Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
Peoria Zoo

Pale spear-nosed bat (Phyllostomus discolor) - 1 holder
Miami Zoo

Pallas's long-tongued bat (Glossophaga soricina) - 3 holders
Houston Zoo
Mesker Park Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo

Lesser long-tongued bat (Leptonycteris yerbabuenae) - 1 holder
Fort Worth Zoo

Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis) - 13 holders (2 bts)
Cameron Park Zoo
Denver Zoo
Detroit Zoo (bts)
Edmonton Valley Zoo
Houston Zoo
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Potawatomi Zoo
Roger Williams Park Zoo (bts)
Tulsa Zoo
Vancouver Aquarium
Wildlife World Zoo

Seba's short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata) - 30 holders (1 bts)
Akron Zoo
Assiniboine Park Zoo
Audubon Zoo
Busch Gardens Tampa
Catoctin Zoo
Central Park Zoo
Dallas World Aquarium
Denver Zoo
Detroit Zoo (bts)
Elmwood Park Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo
Henry Vilas Zoo
Houston Zoo
Jacksonville Zoo
Lake Superior Zoo
Lincoln Children's Zoo
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
Memphis Zoo
Miami Zoo
Miller Park Zoo
Moody Gardens
Nashville Zoo
Oklahoma City Zoo
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo
Pittsburgh Zoo
Potter Park Zoo
San Antonio Zoo
Staten Island Zoo
Stone Zoo
Tulsa Zoo

Microchiroptera (insectivorous) (on-display only, no bts)

Mexican Free-tailed Bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) - 1 holder
San Antonio Zoo

Pallid Bat (Antrozous pallidus) - 1 holder
Fort Worth Zoo

Big Brown Bat (Eptesicus fuscus) - 4 holders (1 possibly bts)
Center for Wildlife (Cape Neddick, Maine)
Earthplace (Westport, Connecticut)
Hutchinson Zoo
Rolling Hills Zoo (bts?)

Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) - 1 holder
Ansonia Nature Center (Ansonia, Connecticut)
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When did Turtle Back get Island flying foxes?
 
jayjds2 said:
The Cynopterus is not kept, but the other three are each present in very small numbers (I think just 1 or 2 individuals, they’re rescues if I remember correctly).
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I thought I remembered that there were no Cynopteris left anymore. I figured the insectivorous bats were rescues, for them I was curious as to whether they were shown on tours or not.
 
drill said:
When did Turtle Back get Island flying foxes?
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I don't keep track of all the sources I use (a bad habit that I should fix on a go-forward basis), so I don't actually remember where I got that information. After scouring search results and reviews, I was able to confirm with a relative degree of certainty that Turtle Back, at least in the recent past, had an exhibit for *some* species of flying fox. I saw a photo with part of the enclosure shown, and another reference to "two fruit bats". I can no longer find any evidence that they are hypomelanus, though. I thought I remembered seeing their name listed on the map, but after going through past and current maps I cannot find one that does.

I'll page @Jena, @Ebirah766, and @blospz as I know they've all been there recently. The first works there, but hasn't been online in a while.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
I don't keep track of all the sources I use (a bad habit that I should fix on a go-forward basis), so I don't actually remember where I got that information. After scouring search results and reviews, I was able to confirm with a relative degree of certainty that Turtle Back, at least in the recent past, had an exhibit for *some* species of flying fox. I saw a photo with part of the enclosure shown, and another reference to "two fruit bats". I can no longer find any evidence that they are hypomelanus, though. I thought I remembered seeing their name listed on the map, but after going through past and current maps I cannot find one that does.

I'll page @Jena, @Ebirah766, and @blospz as I know they've all been there recently. The first works there, but hasn't been online in a while.
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Those are most likely going in the new tropical exhibit
 
Ebirah766 said:
Those are most likely going in the new tropical exhibit
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So there haven't been any bats there recently/currently? Maybe I read it in a future plan and misremembered it. Weird, though; I still found multiple references to some kind of bat exhibit already being there. I'll remove it when I update next.
 
Coelacanth18 said:
So there haven't been any bats there recently/currently? Maybe I read it in a future plan and misremembered it. Weird, though; I still found multiple references to some kind of bat exhibit already being there. I'll remove it when I update next.
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No, there is no bat exhibit at the Turtleback Zoo, unless there's some hidden exhibit I don't know about.
 
It's worth noting that while Bay beach Wildlife Sanctuary doesn't keep any Big Brown Bats permanently they almost always have one or two rescues.
 
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