Colchester Zoo 22nd May:
118. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
119. Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)
120. Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
ZooChat Challenge Global 2022
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Colchester Zoo 22nd May:
118. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
119. Fennec fox (Vulpes zerda)
120. Slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
So I did another four zoo day this past Saturday!
This time Bergen County, Turtle Back, Staten Island, and the new SeaLife NJ. Also did Bronx on Sunday, where I added nothing That's to be expected after several visits, though. At some point I'll visit Madagascar! first thing for those mouse lemurs, if they're even in there Turtle Back Zoo
105) Maned Wolf, Chrysocyon brachyurus
106) Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Macropus giganteus
107) Jaguar, Panthera onca
Staten Island Zoo
108) Lined Gecko, Gekko vittatus
109) Nine-Banded Armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus
110) California Horn Shark, Heterodontus francisci
111) Seba's Short-Tailed Bat, Carollia perspicillata
New Jersey SEA LIFE Aquarium
112) Bonnethead Shark, Sphyrna tiburo
113) Grey Reef Shark, Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos
~Thylo
24 May Bristol Zoo
134 Goodfellow's tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi)
135 Brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia pencillata)
136 Kea (Nestor notabilis)
137 Livingstone's Fruit bat (Pteropus livingstoni)
138 Williams gecko (Lygodactylus williamsi)
24 May Noah's Ark Zoo
139 Tokay gecko (Gekko gecko)
140 Fat-tailed gecko (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)
25 May Exmoor Zoo
141 Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
142 African Civet (Civetticus civetta)
143 Lesser Tenrec (Echinops telfairi)
144 Bat-eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis)
145 Yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula)
146 Dusky Pademelon (Thylogale brunii)
147 Grey legged night monkey (Aotus lemurinus)
Shaldon Zoo 25 May
148 Bengal Slow Loris (Nycticebus bengalensis)
149 Slender Loris (Loris tardigradus)
I forgot that Nestor Parrots do count.
Wilhelma Zoo visited on 21.04.2022
23. Kaka (Nestor meridionalis)
It's a public holiday in Norway today, so I managed to squeeze Wroclaw to my short trip. It's always a pleasure to visit this place. I missed the Wait-tailed Anstangy last time and found out that they were back on exhibit in the Madagascar house. I try multiple times and saw some signs of activity, but unfortunately they didn't show up. Next time... Four-toed hedgehog is not in the Desert house anymore, but the Long-eared hedgehog had newborn offspring! No Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, either. The Fat-tailed jird, Flower`s gerbil, Moorish gecko and Striped velvet gecko are listed as former holdings in Ztl, but they are definitely at the Zoo. The Flower's gerbil is signed with a synonym name.
One tip for the onces looking for Hammerhead Bats and can't find them in their regular exhibit. They can be spotted in a small cage behind the Manatee's feeding station.
The exhibits and the hall of the Terarium starts to look better and better. The one who excluded the Day Geckos from this Challenge, was a smart man
When it comes to Sharks, I probably missed one spieces, but the signige at the Africarium fish tanks is not the best..
26.05.2022 Wroclaw zoo
191. Dwarf gerbil/ Gerbillus nanus
192. Barbary striped grass mouse/ Lemniscomys barbarus
193. Forest African dormouse/ Graphiurus murinus
194. Long-eared hedgehog/ Hemiechinus auritus
195. Malagasy flying fox/ Pteropus rufus
196. Tristram's jird/ Meriones tristrami
197. Wagner´s gerbil/ Gerbillus dasyurus
198. Fat-tailed jird/ Pachyuromys duprasi
199. Flower`s gerbil/ Gerbillus floweri - signed as Pale gerbil/Gerbillus perpallidus
200. Kea/ Nestor notabilis
201. Yellow fan-fingered gecko/ Ptyodactylus hasselquistii)
202. Madagascar ground gecko/ Paroedura picta
203. Moorish gecko/ Tarentola mauritanica
204. Striped velvet gecko/ Homopholis fasciata
205. White-spotted gecko / Tarentola annularis
206. Smith's green-eyed gecko/ Gekko smithii
207. New Caledonia bumpy gecko/ Rhacodactylus auriculatus
208. Sandbar shark/ Carcharhinus plumbeus
Dartmoor Zoo 26 May
150 Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Axe Valley 26 May
151 Indian porcupine (Hystrix indicia)
152 Leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius)
153 Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphrodite)
154 Greater Egyptian Jerboa (Jaculus orientalis)
155 Australian water rat (Hydromys chrysogaster)
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It's a public holiday in Norway today, so I managed to squeeze Wroclaw to my short trip. It's always a pleasure to visit this place. I missed the Wait-tailed Anstangy last time and found out that they were back on exhibit in the Madagascar house. I try multiple times and saw some signs of activity, but unfortunately they didn't show up. Next time... Four-toed hedgehog is not in the Desert house anymore, but the Long-eared hedgehog had newborn offspring! No Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, either. The Fat-tailed jird, Flower`s gerbil, Moorish gecko and Striped velvet gecko are listed as former holdings in Ztl, but they are definitely at the Zoo. The Flower's gerbil is signed with a synonym name.
One tip for the onces looking for Hammerhead Bats and can't find them in their regular exhibit. They can be spotted in a small cage behind the Manatee's feeding station.
The exhibits and the hall of the Terarium starts to look better and better. The one who excluded the Day Geckos from this Challenge, was a smart man
When it comes to Sharks, I probably missed one spieces, but the signige at the Africarium fish tanks is not the best..
26.05.2022 Wroclaw zoo
191. Dwarf gerbil/ Gerbillus nanus
192. Barbary striped grass mouse/ Lemniscomys barbarus
193. Forest African dormouse/ Graphiurus murinus
194. Long-eared hedgehog/ Hemiechinus auritus
195. Malagasy flying fox/ Pteropus rufus
196. Tristram's jird/ Meriones tristrami
197. Wagner´s gerbil/ Gerbillus dasyurus
198. Fat-tailed jird/ Pachyuromys duprasi
199. Flower`s gerbil/ Gerbillus floweri - signed as Pale gerbil/Gerbillus perpallidus
200. Kea/ Nestor notabilis
201. Yellow fan-fingered gecko/ Ptyodactylus hasselquistii)
202. Madagascar ground gecko/ Paroedura picta
203. Moorish gecko/ Tarentola mauritanica
204. Striped velvet gecko/ Homopholis fasciata
205. White-spotted gecko / Tarentola annularis
206. Smith's green-eyed gecko/ Gekko smithii
207. New Caledonia bumpy gecko/ Rhacodactylus auriculatus
208. Sandbar shark/ Carcharhinus plumbeus
I shared my thoughts regarding the Orientarium on the relevant thread and post some pictures. When it's come to the Challenge, Lodz doesn't have so much to offer, but have 5 spieces of Porcupines on display, so still got few nice spieces.
27.05.2022 Lodz zoo
209. Brushtail possum/ Trichosurus vulpecula
210. Crested porcupine/ Hystrix cristata
211. Northern Luzon giant cloud rat /Phloeomys pallidus
212. Phillippine porcupine/ Hystrix pumila
213. Brazilian porcupine/ Coendou prehensilis
Poznan is the perfect place for this challenge and if you make it there on the beginning, your score will be very high. But as usually happens in life there were good news and bad news. The Rodent area is still restricted and now most of the exhibits look empty. The nocturnal house also lost some interesting species and there were few exhibits with the same animals and even empty ones. The good news were that I managed to observe Nandinia few times, saw the Vampire bat drinking blood and very active group of Feather-tailed Gliders.
Missed one from Lodz
214. Large hairy armadillo/ Chaetophractus villosus
28.05.2022 Poznan Nowe zoo
215. Amur leopard cat/Prionailurus bengalensis euptilura
216. Common vampire bat/ Desmodus rotundus
217. Eastern grey kangaroo/ Macropus giganteus
218. European mink/ Mustela lutreola
219. Garnett's greater galago/ Otolemur garnettii
220. Kowari/ Dasyuroides byrnei
221. Narrow-toed Feather-tailed Glider/ Acrobates pygmaeus
222. Pale spear-nosed bat/ Phyllostomus discolor
223. Reed vole/ Microtus fortis
224. Siberian weasel/ Mustela sibirica
225. African palm civet/ Nandinia binotata
226. Common Scops-owl/ Otus scops
227. European boreal owl/ Aegolius funereus funereus)
228. Short-eared Owl/ Asio flammeus flammeus
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Cape May County Park & Zoo - 5-29
50. Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
51. Leopard (Panthera pardus)
52. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
53. Barred Owl (Strix varia)
54. Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus)
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Two new zoos for me, I particularly enjoyed British Wildlife Centre as it was much bigger and nicer than I expected. Missed a lot of ticks at both though.
Hemsley Conservation Centre: 4th June
56. Ground Cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis)
57. Southern Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus)
58. Pygmy Slow Loris (Nycticebus pygmaeus) (Xanthonycticebus?)
British Wildlife Centre: 4th June
59. Hazel Dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
60. Bank Vole (Myodes glareolus)
61. House Mouse (Mus musculus)
62. Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)
63. Black Rat (Rattus rattus)
64. Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
65. Eurasian Badger (Meles meles)
66. Pine Marten (Martes martes)
67. American Mink (Neogale vison)
68. European Polecat (Mustela putorius)
69. Stoat (Mustela erminea)
70. Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis)
71. Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
72. Little Owl (Athene noctua)
73. Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
74. Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus)
75. European Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
Hamerton 5 June
Just a couple to add from a wet visit this morning, but finally got the last 2 on show species on my 6th visit of the year
157 Tasmanian Brush-tailed possum(Trichosurus vulpecula)
158 Eastern Ring-tailed Possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus)
Roger Williams Park Zoo:
51. Nine-banded Armadillo- Dasypus novemcinctus
A small haul from Werribee, but of far greater importance was my first ever zoo visit with my six year old niece. She's clearly a budding zoo nerd: after the safari bus ride, I asked what her favourite animal on the ride was, expecting it to be inevitably either 'giraffe', 'rhino' or 'zebra'. But no, her favourite was "all the different antelopes".
We'll make a Zoochatter of her one day.
Werribee Open Range Zoo - 4/6/2022
38. Hippopotamus - Hippopotamus amphibius
39. Cheetah - Acinonyx jubatus
40. Tammar wallaby - Notamacropus eugenii
I'm already reasonably close to having exhausted all the exotic species of relevance available in Australia - there might be another 10-12 left that are theoretically possible, though certainly I will see less than that. Luckily I've still got plenty of marsupials to pursue. My informal target for the year is to exceed my monotreme and marsupial total from 2020 (32).
Tierpark Berlin (06.06.2022)
83. Western Grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
Still missing the tamadua, the chevrotain and one gecko species
83. Western Grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)
Still missing the tamadua, the chevrotain and one gecko species
The Seas with Nemo and Friends at EPCOT - June 1 2022
22. Sand Tiger Shark Carcharias taurus
23. Smooth Hammerhead Sphyrna zygaena
24. Blacknose Shark Carcharhinus acronotus
25. Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus
Disney's Animal Kingdom - June 4 2022
26. Red Kangaroo Osphranter rufus
27. Western Gray Kangaroo Macropus fuliginosus
28. Common Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius
29. Nile Crocodile Crocodylus niloticus
30. Arabian Spiny Mouse Acomys dimidiatus
31. Malayan Flying Fox Pteropus vampyrus
32. Tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae
33. Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides
34. Giant Anteater Myrmecophaga tridactyla
35. African Painted Dog Lycaon pictus
36. Tammar Wallaby Notamacropus eugenii
37. Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko Uroplatus henkeli
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Zoos No. 5 & 6
Accra Zoo 11/03/22
36. African Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
37. Side-Striped Jackal (Lupulella adusta)
38. West African Crocodile (Crocodylus suchus)
Kumasi Zoo 12/03/22
39 African Palm Civet (Nandinia binotata)
40. African Dwarf Crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
41. WA Slender-Snouted Crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus)
If you not mind me asking, what species of Duikers those zoos have ?