ZooChat Challenge (Global) 2016

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Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch 1/16/16:
1. Nile lechwe
2. Aoudad/Barbary sheep
3. Impala
4. Southern Sable Antelope
5. Fallow deer
6. Axis deer
7. Lesser kudu
8. Southern springbok
9. Gemsbok
10. Ellipsen waterbuck
11. Eastern white-bearded Wildebeest
12. Dama gazelle
13. Bongo
14. Blesbok
15. Grant's gazelle
16. Arabian oryx
17. Common eland
18. Scimitar horned oryx
19. Plains zebra
20. Southern white rhinoceros
21. Blackbuck
22. Addax
23. Eastern Thomson's gazelle

Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo 1/16/16:
24. Common Warthog

Houston Zoo 1/23/16:
25. Red river hog
26. Masai giraffe
27. Babirusa
28. Eastern giant eland
29. Lowland Nyala
30. White tailed deer
31. Southern gerenuk
32. Yellow backed duiker
33. Baird's tapir
34. Okapi

Moody Gardens Rainforest 1/25/16:
35. Southern Blue duiker

SeaWorld San Antonio 2/6/16:
36. Pacific White Sided Dolphin
37. Beluga Whale
38. Orca/Killer Whale
39. Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

Gladys Porter Zoo 2/14/16:
40. West African Bushbuck
41. Bornean Bearded Pig
42. Bontebok
43. Nilgai
44. Southern Great Kudu
45. Red Flanked Duiker
46. Gaur
47. Western Pygmy Hippopotamus

Smithsonian's National Zoo 3/12/16:
48. Greater mouse-deer
49. Przewalski's wild horse
50. West African sitatunga

Capital of Texas Zoo 3/20/16:
51. Reeve's muntjac
52. European wild boar
53. Guanaco

Topsey Exotic Animal Drive-Thru Park 3/26/16:
54. Western European red deer
55. Red lechwe

Dallas Zoo 4/2/16:
56. Somali wild ass
57. Kirk's dik-dik

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center 4/23/16:
58. Roan antelope
59. Hartmann's mountain zebra

San Antonio Zoo 4/30/16:
60. Common hippopotamus
61. Malayan tapir

Fort Worth Zoo 5/7/16:
62. Lowland anoa
63. Indian rhinoceros
64. Nubian ibex
65. Black rhinoceros

Cameron Park Zoo 5/28/16:
66. American Bison

Ellen Trout Zoo 6/7/16:
67. Western Bay duiker

Smithsonian's National Zoo 7/10/16:
68. Grévy's zebra

Santa Fe Teaching Zoo 7/13/16:
69. Visayan Warty Pig

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo 7/15/16:
70. Western tufted deer
 
pipaluk said:
At Africa Alive! 3rd July

58 Addax
59 Somali Wild Ass
60 Barbary Sheep
61 Kafue Lechwe

Whipsnade 18 June
62 European Wild Boar
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Marwell 16 July

63 Arabian Oryx
64 Southern Sable Antelope
65 Dorcas Gazelle
66 Collared Peccary
 
vogelcommando said:
By visiting two small German collections I'm able to add 4 new species ( from which 1 even is a Lifer ! ) to my 2016-list :
Neu Münster :
53 ) Alpine chamois ( Rupicapra rupicapra )
54 ) Mouflon (Ovis orientalis )

Tiergarten Kleve :
55) Asian wild ass ( Equus hemionus )
56 ) African wild ass ( Equus africanus )
Couldn't remember ever having seen an African wild ass and by checking Zootierliste I discovered it has been kept at Antwerp VERY long ago and in the Netherlands not a single animal has ever kept in a zoo ! Also the German collections with this species I've either not visited (yet) or was there at the wrong times which means I had a Lifer last weekend in a small zoo in which you wouldn't expect it.
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A visit today at Zoo Duisburg was good for another 3 species :
55 ) Pygmy hippopotamus ( Choeropsis liberiensis )
56 ) Orinoco dolphin ( Iria geoffrensis )
57 ) Bottlenose dolphin ( Tursiops truncatus )
 
FunkyGibbon said:
At Shanghai Zoo, 23rd April 2016

48) Sichuan Takin, Budorcas tibetanus
49) Addax, Addax nasomaculatus
50) Blesbok, Damaliscus pygargus
51) Fallow Deer, Dama dama
52) Scimitar-horned Oryx, Oryx dammah
53) Goral, Naemorhedus goral (sp. unknown)
54) Black Muntjac, Muntiacus crinifrons
55) Chinese Muntjac, Muntiacus reevesi
56) Mongolian Wild Ass, Equus hemionus pallas
57) Vicuna, Vicugna vicugna
58) Northeast Red Deer (Manchurian Wapiti), Cervus xanthopygus
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At Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, 1st July 2016

59) Rusa, Cervus timorensis

At Jakarta Zoo, 14th July 2016

60) Bawean Deer, Axis kuhlii
61) Sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekii
62) Nilgai, Bosephalus tragolcamelus
63) Lowland Anoa, Bubalus depressions
64) Golden Babirusa, Babirusa Babirusa
65) Javan Mousedeer, Tragslus javanicus
 
FunkyGibbon said:
64) Golden Babirusa, Babirusa Babirusa
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I'm assuming you are following the Babirusa split into several species (as opposed to subspecies), but regardless all captive babirusa are celebensis from mainland Sulawesi.
 
Chlidonias said:
I'm assuming you are following the Babirusa split into several species (as opposed to subspecies), but regardless all captive babirusa are celebensis from mainland Sulawesi.
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Interesting. First off there's a typo, I meant to write Babyrousa Babyrussa, as this was the signage. Secondly devilfish made a point of telling me to watch out for these as they were different from others in captivity. Unless you know they're signed wrong we'll have to wait for his input.
 
FunkyGibbon said:
Interesting. First off there's a typo, I meant to write Babyrousa Babyrussa, as this was the signage. Secondly devilfish made a point of telling me to watch out for these as they were different from others in captivity. Unless you know they're signed wrong we'll have to wait for his input.
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I also meant to write Babyrousa of course (not Babirusa) :D

I've seen the Jakarta babirusa and they are standard babirusa. Unless they have got Buru babirusa some time recently, which seems unlikely. However as far as I know all zoo babirusa are descended from a handful of founders at (I think, from memory) Surabaya and Jakarta.
 
Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch 1/16/16:
1. Nile lechwe
2. Aoudad/Barbary sheep
3. Impala
4. Southern Sable Antelope
5. Fallow deer
6. Axis deer
7. Lesser kudu
8. Southern springbok
9. Gemsbok
10. Ellipsen waterbuck
11. Eastern white-bearded Wildebeest
12. Dama gazelle
13. Bongo
14. Blesbok
15. Grant's gazelle
16. Arabian oryx
17. Common eland
18. Scimitar horned oryx
19. Plains zebra
20. Southern white rhinoceros
21. Blackbuck
22. Addax
23. Eastern Thomson's gazelle

Animal World and Snake Farm Zoo 1/16/16:
24. Common Warthog

Houston Zoo 1/23/16:
25. Red river hog
26. Masai giraffe
27. Babirusa
28. Eastern giant eland
29. Lowland Nyala
30. White tailed deer
31. Southern gerenuk
32. Yellow backed duiker
33. Baird's tapir
34. Okapi

Moody Gardens Rainforest 1/25/16:
35. Southern Blue duiker

SeaWorld San Antonio 2/6/16:
36. Pacific White Sided Dolphin
37. Beluga Whale
38. Orca/Killer Whale
39. Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin

Gladys Porter Zoo 2/14/16:
40. West African Bushbuck
41. Bornean Bearded Pig
42. Bontebok
43. Nilgai
44. Southern Great Kudu
45. Red Flanked Duiker
46. Gaur
47. Western Pygmy Hippopotamus

Smithsonian's National Zoo 3/12/16:
48. Greater mouse-deer
49. Przewalski's wild horse
50. East African sitatunga

Capital of Texas Zoo 3/20/16:
51. Reeve's muntjac
52. European wild boar
53. Guanaco

Topsey Exotic Animal Drive-Thru Park 3/26/16:
54. Western European red deer
55. Red lechwe

Dallas Zoo 4/2/16:
56. Somali wild ass
57. Kirk's dik-dik

Fossil Rim Wildlife Center 4/23/16:
58. Roan antelope
59. Hartmann's mountain zebra

San Antonio Zoo 4/30/16:
60. Common hippopotamus
61. Malayan tapir

Fort Worth Zoo 5/7/16:
62. Lowland anoa
63. Indian rhinoceros
64. Nubian ibex
65. Black rhinoceros

Cameron Park Zoo 5/28/16:
66. American Bison

Ellen Trout Zoo 6/7/16:
67. Western Bay duiker

Smithsonian's National Zoo 7/10/16:
68. Grévy's zebra

Santa Fe Teaching Zoo 7/13/16:
69. Visayan Warty Pig

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo 7/15/16:
70. Western tufted deer

Metro Richmond Zoo 8/6/16:
71. Bighorn sheep
72. American elk
73. Pronghorn
74. Himalayan tahr
75. Mishmi takin
76. Armenian red sheep
 
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jayjds2 said:
Would I be allowed to count Armenian red sheep (Ovis gmelini)? It's kind of a mouflon so that's why I'm asking.
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I would say so, yes.

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I am in the UK atm but have very little internet access so will be updating my total when I return home in about 10 days:)

~Thylo:cool:
 
A visit yesterday to Burgers Zoo in Arnhem - the Netherlands and 9 new species for the 2016-list :) :
58 ) Eld's deer ( Rucervus eldii )
59 ) Hog deer ( Axis porcinus )
60 ) Collared peccary ( Pecari tajacu )
61 ) Bongo ( Tragolaphus euryceros )
62 ) Eastern white-bearded wildebeest ( Connochaetes albojubatus )
63 ) Blue duiker ( Philatomba monticola )
64 ) Reindeer ( wild form ) ( Rangifer tarandus )
65 ) Roan antilope ( Hippotragus equinus )
66 ) Bighorn sheep ( Ovis canadensis )
 
From the time period of 8/9/16 to 8/19/16 all from Bronx:
19) American bison
20) Pere' David Deer
21) Southern pudu
22) White Rhino
23) Sinai Ibex
24) Red River Hog
25) Thomson's Gazelle
26) Red flanked duiker
27) Greater Malay Mouse Deer
28) Mongolian Wild Horse
29) Brow Antlered Deer
30) Chital
31) Formosan Sika Deer
32) Babirusa
33) Indian Rhino
34) Himalayan Tahr
35) Turkmenian Markhor
36) Sambar
37) Hog Deer
38) Barasingha

8/22/16 Central Park Zoo:
39) Reeves Muntjac

8/23/16:
40) Chacoan Peccary
41) Pronghorn
42) Roosevelt Elk


Assuming Dromedary camel does not count?
 
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Back in the UK for a few weeks. :)
Whipsnade has snuck me into the lead I believe. For the moment...

FunkyGibbon said:
At Lok Kawi Wildlife Park, 1st July 2016

59) Rusa, Cervus timorensis

At Jakarta Zoo, 14th July 2016

60) Bawean Deer, Axis kuhlii
61) Sitatunga, Tragelaphus spekii
62) Nilgai, Bosephalus tragolcamelus
63) Lowland Anoa, Bubalus depressions
64) Golden Babirusa, Babirusa Babirusa
65) Javan Mousedeer, Tragslus javanicus
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At ZSL London, 18th August 2016

66) Okapi, Okapia johnstoni
67) Natal Red Duiker, Cephalophus natalensis
68) Common Warthog, Phacochoerus africanus

At ZSL Whipsnade, 19th August 2016

69) Wisent, Bos bonasus
70) American Bison, Bos bison
71) European Elk, Alces alces
72) Reticulated Giraffe, Giraffa reticulati
73) Roan Antelope, Hippotragus equines
74) Ellipsen Waterbuck, Kobus ellipsiprymnus
75) Grevy's Zebra, Equus grevyi
76) Impala, Acpyceros melampus
77) Nile Lechwe, Kobus megaceros
78) Chinese Water Deer, Hydropotes intermission
79) Pere David's Deer, Elaphurus davidianus

At Cotswold Wildlife Park, 24th August 2016

80) Visayan Warty Pig, Sus cebifrons
 
I haven't updated my list in ages because the taxonomy thing was rather off-putting, but now that that's been largely resolved, I will re-post my list.

Jan, Feb, and March: (had previously been posted in this thread)

Warsaw Zoo: (Poland)
1) Greenland Musk Ox
2) Common Fallow Deer
3) American Bison
4) European Bison
5) Western Sitatunga
6) Scimitar-horned Oryx
7) Somali Wild Ass
8) Vicuna
9) Common Hippo
10) Eastern Bongo
11) Rothschild's Giraffe
12) Chinese Goral
13) Chinese Bharal
14) Indian Rhino
15) Vietnamese Sika Deer
16) Sichuan Takin
17) Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
18) Przewalski's Horse
19) Southern Pudu

Nairobi Safari Walk: (Kenya)
20) Pygmy Hippo
21) Cape Buffalo
22) Eland
23) Common Zebra
24) Southern White Rhino
25) Common Impala
26) Defassa Waterbuck
27) Thomson's Gazelle
28) Bush Duiker
29) Giant Forest Hog
30) Kirk's Dik-dik

Gdansk Zoo: (Poland)
31) Kafue Lechwe
32) Nilgai
33) Brazilian Tapir
34) Chapman's Zebra
35) European Red Deer
37) European Wild Boar
38) Reeve's Muntjac
39) Lowland Anoa
40) Eurasian Elk (Moose)
42) Alfred's Spotted Deer
43) Mishmi Takin
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And I have managed to add a very small number of new ones since March when that list was last updated. I spent two months travelling around Australia in June and July and I have posted a thread about that in the Australia forum, but despite obviously visiting numerous zoos in that time, I only saw a total of seven species applicable for this challenge! That's not seven new ones, that's seven non-domesticated ungulate and cetacean species in total!

Anyway, the only new ones for this list out of those seven were three cetaceans from Sea World Gold Coast:

44) Common Bottlenosed Dolphin
45) Indo-pacific Bottlenosed Dolphin
46) Australian Humpback Dolphin

I also had a short amount of time in the UK in August and managed to add a few species.

New Forest Wildlife Park:

47) European Roe Deer
48) European Mouflon

Howletts Wild Animal Park:

50) Red River Hog
51) Axis Deer
52) Hog Deer
53) Blackbuck
54) Greater Kudu
55) Black Rhino

I wasn't going to update this list at all, but I didn't want to leave it half finished.
 
Visiting a Monkey/Ape park and even so 2 new species of ungulates for the 2016 challenge ! By visiting Apenheul yesterday this was possible !
67 ) Southern pudu ( Pudu puda )
68 ) Aoudad ( Ammotragus lervia )
 
I don't suppose I can count the species I saw yesterday at the National Museum of Natural History? There's only that slight problem of them all being dead :p.

On a more serious note, will I be able to count what I see at Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute? It has severely limited opening, but my argument is that the National Zoo would have those species if they had the room, so it's basically just an extension. It's up to you, though.
 
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