ZooChat Challenge Global 2020
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Today I caught a glimpse of a marsupial I didn’t see on my last visit. A jet black possum is very striking.
Wildlife HQ - 12/6/2020
27. Short-eared Brushtail Possum Trichosurus caninus
David Fleay always has some unique species.
David Fleay Wildlife Park 20/06/2020
28. Common Ringtail Possum Pseudocheirus peregrinus
29. Common Wallaroo Osphranter robustus
30. Agile Wallaby Notamacropus agilis
31. Bridled Nailtail Wallaby Onychogalea fraenata
32. Proserpine Rock Wallaby Petrogale persephone
First visit to Wellington Zoo in a couple of months, and so I have finally added marsupial number three to my total.
3) Parma Wallaby Notamacropus parma
I was surprised to see it actually, because the undergrowth in the walk-through area is so thick that I haven't seen a wallaby in there for a couple of years, and I think they only have one left anyway!
I finally had my first zoo visit of the year yesterday and I'm very excited to be able to join you all in this years competition! Here we go:
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Great turn out, as expected!
~Thylo
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo
Great turn out, as expected!
~Thylo
Zoo Parc Overloon
10. Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus)
Tiergarten Bernburg
11. Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Zoo Magdeburg
12. Papuan Agile Wallaby (Macropus agilis papuanus)
13. Dusky Pademelon (Thylogale brunii)
Zoo Rostock
14. Short-beacked Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
Quite unique I only saw my first Red-necked Wallaby at the 7th zoo of the year, while already having seen both Tree Kangaroo species at that point...
Ark Encounter: Ararat Ridge Zoo - July 9 2020
3. Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
Finally got my first species yesterday!
Safari Niagara: 18 July, 2020
1. Red kangaroo Osphranter (Macropus) rufus
Safari Niagara: 18 July, 2020
1. Red kangaroo Osphranter (Macropus) rufus
Shepreth Wildlife Park- 19/07/2020
3) Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma)
4) Bennett's Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Hamerton Zoo Park- 19/07/2020
5) Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
6) Tiger Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
7) Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
And a Swiss update
Walter-Zoo Gossau
15. Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma)
Zoo Zürich
16. Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
I am officially averaging less than one marsupial per zoo now. Out of three zoos visited, I have only seen two species of marsupial, as neither Buttonwood or Stone keep any marsupial species.
An update from France:
Biotropica
17. Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
CERZA Lisieux
18. Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
Zooparc de Beauval
19. Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
Zoo Boissiere du Doré
20. Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)
Alright! Let's get this party started!
Bronx Zoo
1. Matschie's Tree-Kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei
I think this is my year.
~Thylo
Bronx Zoo
1. Matschie's Tree-Kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei
I think this is my year.
~Thylo
Exmoor 8/10/20
14 Dusky Pademelon - Thylogale brunii
15 Eastern Grey Kangaroo - Macropus giganteus
Shaldon 9/10/20
16 Brush tailed Bettong - Bettongia pencillata
Toronto Zoo: October 10, 2020
2. Matschie's tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei
3. Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons
4. Western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
Red-necked wallaby and brush-tailed bettong were no-shows.
2. Matschie's tree kangaroo Dendrolagus matschiei
3. Southern hairy-nosed wombat Lasiorhinus latifrons
4. Western grey kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
Red-necked wallaby and brush-tailed bettong were no-shows.
Was this species where the possums are normally kept near the meerkat exhibit and the sun bear exhibit?
Those exhibits have been bulldozed to make way for the new café area and cotton-top tamarin enclosure. It was in the South American trail: Short-eared Brushtail Possum Enclosure - ZooChat It seems like it was only a temporary exhibit as the possum wasn't on-display during my most recent visit in August.
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