Zoos That Have Had All Species of a Type of Animal

[Astrotom3000]

Reptile Gardens has all 4 species of Mamba (genus Dendroaspis).

Bronx Zoo and Zoo Tampa have both species of living Gavialids. Bronx, Smithsonian, and Staten Island have both species of Alligator.

North Carolina Zoo has all three species of North American bears. Both the zoo and the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh at one point held 5 of the 6 species of venomous snake found in North Carolina (the only one they were missing was the Eastern Coral Snake).

For all the diversity it's shed over the years, Philly still has all five Panthera species.

I know this is an older post, but does Philadelphia still have all five Panthera species? The Jaguar was the only one I did not see during my visit earlier this year (I believe the cats are all exhibited on a rotational basis?).

Sylvan Heights for all of the swans and all of the whistling ducks

Ditto, but did Sylvan Heights previously hold Spotted Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna guttata)? I started visiting that facility last year and never saw them signed or on display. That is the only Whistling-Duck species they are currently missing. They also have the White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus), which some authorities classify as a Dendrocygna species.

 

[Aardwolf]

Reptile Gardens has all 4 species of Mamba (genus Dendroaspis).

Bronx Zoo and Zoo Tampa have both species of living Gavialids. Bronx, Smithsonian, and Staten Island have both species of Alligator.

North Carolina Zoo has all three species of North American bears. Both the zoo and the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh at one point held 5 of the 6 species of venomous snake found in North Carolina (the only one they were missing was the Eastern Coral Snake).



I know this is an older post, but does Philadelphia still have all five Panthera species? The Jaguar was the only one I did not see during my visit earlier this year (I believe the cats are all exhibited on a rotational basis?).



Ditto, but did Sylvan Heights previously hold Spotted Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna guttata)? I started visiting that facility last year and never saw them signed or on display. That is the only Whistling-Duck species they are currently missing. They also have the White-backed Duck (Thalassornis leuconotus), which some authorities classify as a Dendrocygna species.

I can’t say if they have any at the present moment, but I’ve been to Sylvan three times in the past, and each time I’ve been, they’ve had spotted whistling ducks - Lubbock was the first to breed them in the US, I believe. They’ve usually been kept in the Eurasia aviary. If you haven’t seen them on display, they might still have them in the extensive off-exhibit aviaries in the breeding center

 

[ZooNews2024]

I would like to add, that on a number of levels (professionally, personally and through family), I knew Christopher Marler well during the 1970s and 80s He was a well connected and influential guy, who had been involved in animals all his life, and with a great many contacts In America at many levels of influence. I remember his collection at Weston Underwood well when it was in its heyday and recall so many species, including the Siberian Cranes, Kelp Geese, Lammergeier, Condors and Bald Eagles - some I knew were very special, some meant little to me at the time. I never saw this bird alive or dead, but he would have had little reason for lying, but every reason for not revealing his contacts; he told me personally that he had kept the full 'sets' I listed above; and I for one, would certainly have no reason to doubt him.
As I said above, sadly he (and so many of the greats of his era) are no longer here to ask.

 

[Antimony96]

I know this is an older post, but does Philadelphia still have all five Panthera species? The Jaguar was the only one I did not see during my visit earlier this year (I believe the cats are all exhibited on a rotational basis?).

Jutai is still alive and at the zoo but is rarely on exhibit due to his advanced age (believe he's 20 now?)

 

[Enzo]

Hello.

São Paulo had all five Panthera in the late 1990s. In the 1970s and 1980s, they were also close to having all Pantherinae, only missing snow and Sunda clouded leopards.

Also in the 1970s, São Paulo had many one-hit wonder genera completely represented. A few include: Aepyceros, Alcelaphus, Ammotragus, Antidorcas, Blastoceros, Boselaphus, Diceros, Ozotoceros, Pteronura, Rangifer, Rhinoceros, Subulo, Syncerus and Tomistoma.

Antilope, Cerdocyon, Cereopsis, Chrysocyon, Dicotyles, Dromaius, Eira, Hippopotamus, Myrmecophaga, Puma, Speothos, Tayassu and Tremarctos (perhaps many more) are still entirely represented in Água Funda, as are extant blue macaws. Their collection of South American raptors was also very expansive in 2022, with two of four Spizaetus.

Belo Horizonte, @David Matos Mendes's home zoo, might be home to the most complete collection of both killfish and Thraupidae worldwide. Zoobotânica is also home to a few single-species genera, like the emu.

Sapucaia do Sul had all but one species of Camelidae in the 1980s. The exception was, of course, the wild Bactrian camel. Their closest zoo, in Gramado, had a very big collection of South American felids, although I saw almost none.

 

[amur leopard]

Also in the 1970s, São Paulo had many one-hit wonder genera completely represented. A few include: Aepyceros, Alcelaphus, Ammotragus, Antidorcas, Blastoceros, Boselaphus, Diceros, Ozotoceros, Pteronura, Rangifer, Rhinoceros, Subulo, Syncerus and Tomistoma.

Aren't those all monotypic?

Belo Horizonte, @David Matos Mendes's home zoo, might be home to the most complete collection of both killfish and Thraupidae worldwide. Zoobotânica is also home to a few single-species genera, like the emu.

Do you know how many species of killifish BH has? There's some pretty stiff competition in Vienna and Nagoya at the very least...

 

[Enzo]

Aren't those all monotypic?


Do you know how many species of killifish BH has? There's some pretty stiff competition in Vienna and Nagoya at the very least...

Yes, monotypic! That's what I meant, sorry!

They do have a very wide range of killfish species, although I am not aware of the numbers. I am quite sure they are the sole holders of a few species. I guess David can give you some better info on them.

 

[Enzo]

Yes, monotypic! That's what I meant, sorry!

They do have a very wide range of killfish species, although I am not aware of the numbers. I am quite sure they are the sole holders of a few species. I guess David can give you some better info on them.

FZBH is home to a single species at the moment (Ophthalmolebias constanciae), though they did have around 11 species in the past. All but said species were sent to other places which are part of PAN Rivulidae.