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When did the scientific name for indian Flying Fox change to P. medius? I always thought it was P. giganteus. Was I always wrong or is this a change in taxonomy?
Thanks for putting all of it together!
You seem to have mixed up the common name for Macropus fulinginosus in my list (as well as in @nczoofan' s one . That's the western Gray Kangaroo not the Bennett's Wallaby.
From wikipedia:
"In 2012, Mlíkovský argued that the correct scientific name of the Indian flying fox should be Pteropus medius rather than P. giganteus. He asserted that Brünnich coined a new name for a species that had already been described—Vespertilio vampyrus which is now Pteropus vampyrus (the large flying fox. Mlíkovský made several points in his argument, all with a foundation in the nomenclature rule known as Principle of Priority. The Principle of Priority posits that the first formal, published scientific name given to a species shall be the name that is used. Because Brünnich was attempting to rename the large flying fox in his 1782 publication, his name should not apply to either the large or the Indian flying fox—an older name was in existence, and therefore the large flying fox is P. vampyrus, not P. giganteus; In negating Brünnich's name, Mlíkovský states that the oldest applicable name used to describe the Indian flying fox comes from Coenraad Jacob Temminck's publication in 1825. Mlíkovský's recommendation has been met with varying degrees of acceptance. Some authors who have published on the Indian flying fox since 2012 have accepted this taxonomic revision, using the name Pteropus medius. Other taxonomic authorities, however, such as the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, still recognize Pteropus giganteus as the valid name of the Indian flying fox."
Yes I have, thank you for pointing that out!
Lehigh Valley Zoo - 4/18/21
12. Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
12. Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
Virginia Safari Park
10. Giant Anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla
11. Screaming Hairy Armadillo, Chaetophractus vellerosus
Natural Bridge Zoo
12. African Elephant, Loxodonta africana
Just a few to add
Colchester 28 April
12 African Elephant (Loxodonta africana )
13 Southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla)
14 Rock Hyrax (Procavia capensis)
Hamerton 14 May
15 Eastern Ring-tailed Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
After 3 visits this year, still 2 missed and 2 currently offshow
Taralga Wildlife Park
1- Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
2- Common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
3- Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
4- Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Sydney Zoo
5- Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
6- Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
7- Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
8- Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
9- Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
10- Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
11- Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
12- Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)
13- Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
14- Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
15- Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis)
16- Feathertail Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
17- Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
18- Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)
19- Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Featherdale Wildlife Park
20- Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis)
21- Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma)
22- Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)
23- Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
24- Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
25- Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
26- Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
1- Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus)
2- Common Wallaroo (Macropus robustus)
3- Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus)
4- Red-necked Wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus)
Sydney Zoo
5- Spotted-tailed Quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)
6- Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus harrisii)
7- Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis)
8- Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus)
9- Long-nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus)
10- Tammar Wallaby (Macropus eugenii)
11- Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
12- Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale xanthopus)
13- Swamp Wallaby (Wallabia bicolor)
14- Common Ringtail Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
15- Yellow-bellied Glider (Petaurus australis)
16- Feathertail Glider (Acrobates pygmaeus)
17- Common Brushtail Possum (Trichosurus vulpecula)
18- Ghost Bat (Macroderma gigas)
19- Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
Featherdale Wildlife Park
20- Red-necked Pademelon (Thylogale thetis)
21- Parma Wallaby (Macropus parma)
22- Brush-tailed Rock Wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)
23- Quokka (Setonix brachyurus)
24- Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
25- Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat (Lasiorhinus latifrons)
26- Echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus)
I neglected to update after my visit to Auckland Zoo on 27 February - mainly because I didn't remember elephants counted until TinoPup's post above. And then I realised that I had seen Bennett's Wallabies there as well. So:
4) Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
5) Red-necked (Bennett's) Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
You don't?
Sadly notYou don't?
I can't imagine not making around 100 zoo visits to 40-50 different zoos a year, that was a normal year for me. In 2020 I only made 73 to 23 different zoos though!Sadly not
Strix
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Only 73? I hit at least 1000
You know, in my 16 years of life I've only visited 6 zoological institutes of which 2 were aquariums and I don't have a local zoo, even if I didn't I would gladly take the train/bus to go to the nearest one, but there's one little problem: I'm on an island and the nearest aquarium (which is really small) is roughly 250km away. So next time you visit a zoo or an aquarium, think of those who cannot visit the zoo and enjoy the visit for them.