ZooChat Challenge Global 2020

This challenge comes about one or two years too late...


Zoo Duisburg - 05.01.2020
01. Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
02. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
03. Common Wallaroo (Osphranter robustus)
04. Red-necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
05. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
06. Goodfellow's Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
07. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
08. Brush-tailed Bettong (Bettongia penicillata)
09. Short-beaked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)


Kölner Zoo - 07.03.2020
10. Matschie’s Tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
 
A reasonably productive day, though common wombats continue to evade me, as absurd as that sounds..

Phillip Island Wildlife Park
18. Red-necked Pademelon - Thylogale thetis
19. Swamp Wallaby - Wallabia bicolor
20. Spotted-tail Quoll - Dasyurus maculatus
21. Parma Wallaby - Macropus parma
22. Tammar wallaby - Macropus eugenii
23. Black-striped Wallaby - Macropus dorsalis
24. Common Wallaroo - Macropus robustus
25. Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Macropus giganteus

Moonlit Sanctuary
26. Feathertail glider - Acrobates pygmaeus
27. Yellow-bellied glider - Petaurus australis
28. Long-nosed potoroo - Potorous tridactylus

Very likely that I’ve already seen a good two-thirds of my annual total.

Los Angeles Zoo
29. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby - Petrogale xanthopus

And a separate list for North America:
1. Tasmanian devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
2. Western grey kangaroo - Macropus fuliginosus
3. Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
4. Tammar wallaby - Macropus eugenii
5. Southern hairy-nosed wombat - Lasiorhinus latifrons
6. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby - Petrogale xanthopus
 
Gosh I thought I’d put in an entry for this already!! To catch up here is my total for the year so far:

Twycross Zoo

1. Western grey kangaroo
2. Red-necked wallaby

Hamerton Zoo

3. Common wombat
4. Swamp wallaby
5. Squirrel glider
6. Parma wallaby
7. Tiger quoll
8. Long-nosed potoroo

Paignton Zoo

9. Short-beaked echidna
 
Bristol Zoo - 10/01/2020

5. Goodfellows Tree Kangaroo, Dendrolagus goodfellowi
6. Eastern Quoll, Dasyurus viverrinus
7. Kowari, Dasyuroides byrnei
8. Ground Cuscus, Phalanger gymnotis

Noahs Ark Zoo Farm - 10/01/2020

9.
Bennets Wallaby, Macropus rufogriseus

All Things Wild - 21/02/2020
10. Red Kangaroo, Macropus rufus
11. Virginia Opossum, Didelphis virginiana

Exmoor Zoo - 29/02/2020
12. Long nosed potoroo, Potorous tridactylus
13.Swamp wallaby, Wallabia bicolor
14. Dusky pademelon, Thylogale brunii
 
Los Angeles Zoo
29. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby - Petrogale xanthopus

And a separate list for North America:
1. Tasmanian devil - Sarcophilus harrisii
2. Western grey kangaroo - Macropus fuliginosus
3. Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
4. Tammar wallaby - Macropus eugenii
5. Southern hairy-nosed wombat - Lasiorhinus latifrons
6. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby - Petrogale xanthopus

I can’t believe it’s only 85 days since my last zoo visit (at Arizona-Sonora, not LA). It feels like lifetimes ago.

Moonlit Sanctuary - daytime version
30. Common wombat - Vombatus ursinus
31. Red-bellied pademelon - Thylogale billardierii
 
If so then

Melbourne Zoo (January)

1. Platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus)

Moonlit Sanctuary (January)

2. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
3. Red Necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
4. Yellow Bellied Glider (Petaurus australis)
5. Squirrel Glider (Petaurus norfolcensis)

6. Spot Tailed (Tiger) Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
7. Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
8. Western Grey Kangaroo (KI subspecies) (Macropus fuliginosus)
9. Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
10. Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
11. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
12. Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
13. Tasmanian (Red Bellied) Pademelon (Thylogale billardierii)
14. Long Nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
 
Prague Zoo 17/01/2020

12. Short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
13. Swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
14. Eastern wallaroo (Macropus robustus)

Zoo Brno 01/05/2020

15. Parma wallaby (Macropus parma)
16. Yellow-footed rock-wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)
 
I can’t believe it’s only 85 days since my last zoo visit (at Arizona-Sonora, not LA). It feels like lifetimes ago.

Moonlit Sanctuary - daytime version
30. Common wombat - Vombatus ursinus
31. Red-bellied pademelon - Thylogale billardierii

I've still yet to visit a zoo since last November..... :(

~Thylo
 
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