What region of dlc do you anticipate most?

[markun]

I’d much prefer a Humboldt penguin (or other similar species) to the Emperor penguin unless they do several species. As people have said, they are very rare in captivity.

I went to the Zootierliste website that keeps listings of species in European zoos.

Interestingly the top 100 most commonly kept species include the following Australian and South American species:

emu (6) red-necked wallaby (13), blue and yellow macaw (14), llama (15) alpaca (18) coati (24) rhea (26), mara (43), common marmoset (46), cotton-top tamarin (52), kookaburra (63), capybara (73), scarlet macaw (91) and scarlet ibis (97).

 

[Swjosdotschka]

I’d much prefer a Humboldt penguin (or other similar species) to the Emperor penguin unless they do several species. As people have said, they are very rare in captivity.

I went to the Zootierliste website that keeps listings of species in European zoos.

Interestingly the top 100 most commonly kept species include the following Australian and South American species:

emu (6) red-necked wallaby (13), blue and yellow macaw (14), llama (15) alpaca (18) coati (24) rhea (26), mara (43), common marmoset (46), cotton-top tamarin (52), kookaburra (63), capybara (73), scarlet macaw (91) and scarlet ibis (97).

Thanks for the tip and bringing the statistics to my attention! That's pretty interesting and could also come in handy for me, as I spin new stories for my projects.

 

[NL_Mutso]

Interestingly the top 100 most commonly kept species include the following Australian and South American species:

Indeed interesting - 14/100.. Thanks for the name of that list... Lots of birds in the top 100, shame you can't filter on mammals/birds etc.

Pretty sure I've visited that site before a while ago - if anyone is interested https://www.zootierliste.de/?org=10
List in German, but if you are unable to understand it - you can always google the name .

Kinda confirmed my experience visiting zoos in Europe - Bennett's/Red Necked Wallaby (13), the Red Kangaroo (334) and the Eastern Grey Kangaroo (1310) and the Swamp Wallaby (1458) There are other wallabies between those - but just focused on the ones already mentioned in this topic

Interesting is the Andean Bear/Spectacled bear on spot 1433 on this list. A lot of people mentioned this being a popular bear in a lot of European zoos - maybe it's popular in 1 or 2 countries ? It's pretty low on this list.. The (European) brown bear is on spot 109, which seems pretty accurate - in most zoos i've visited that's the popular one.

I'm curious where other people get their information about European zoos.

Also curious if a similar list is available for other continents.
Mixing that data would be even more interesting

 

[NL_Mutso]

I’d much prefer a Humboldt penguin (or other similar species) to the Emperor penguin unless they do several species. As people have said, they are very rare in captivity.

Exactly. They are a favorite among many kids.
Have to admit, the King Penguin has the iconic look and is more interesting to look at in transformation from chick to adult.
Had to google the right English term: A flagship species...

 

[marcnesiumHH]

Indeed interesting - 14/100.. Thanks for the name of that list... Lots of birds in the top 100, shame you can't filter on mammals/birds etc.
I'm curious where other people get their information about European zoos.

As a native speaker and because sources in the internet are often taken too serious (too fast)/ considered to be precise etc.
As I understand this is a 'fan made' website, to which everyone can contribute. It does not really cover many zoos, not the majority of European zoos at all. I also cross-checked the amount of walrus in my local zoo, the number (1) is far from being up-to-date (at least 7 years old, maybe even older). Some numbers for this zoo are up-to-date, in contrast.
However, it gives a good impression of the zoos covered and it's interesting to see the 'history' of animals, which are listed in detail, like the polar bears.

 

[markun]

Indeed interesting - 14/100.. Thanks for the name of that list... Lots of birds in the top 100, shame you can't filter on mammals/birds etc.

Pretty sure I've visited that site before a while ago - if anyone is interested https://www.zootierliste.de/?org=10
List in German, but if you are unable to understand it - you can always google the name .

Kinda confirmed my experience visiting zoos in Europe - Bennett's/Red Necked Wallaby (13), the Red Kangaroo (334) and the Eastern Grey Kangaroo (1310) and the Swamp Wallaby (1458) There are other wallabies between those - but just focused on the ones already mentioned in this topic

Interesting is the Andean Bear/Spectacled bear on spot 1433 on this list. A lot of people mentioned this being a popular bear in a lot of European zoos - maybe it's popular in 1 or 2 countries ? It's pretty low on this list.. The (European) brown bear is on spot 109, which seems pretty accurate - in most zoos i've visited that's the popular one.

I'm curious where other people get their information about European zoos.

Also curious if a similar list is available for other continents.
Mixing that data would be even more interesting

Remember though that if you had a list of only major zoos (however that is defined) the numbers would possibly be quite different.

Zootierliste includes lots of small collections, native species parks etc which is why the fallow deer for example is so high up in the list at number 3.

 

[NL_Mutso]

Remember though that if you had a list of only major zoos (however that is defined) the numbers would possibly be quite different.

Zootierliste includes lots of small collections, native species parks etc which is why the fallow deer for example is so high up in the list at number 3.

Oh, I agree. But I don't think that would benefit some species in the ranking. Haltung = institution, right? So that's a very generic description.
But it gives a good impression on how popular some species are.. (filter out birds would help more, though)
Like I said in a previous post. 2 of our bigger/more famous zoos only have 1 or 2 species Wallabies and a small zoo has the Red Kangaroo (and 2 species of Wallabies)
My personal experience is that the bigger zoos have the more popular species and the smaller zoos (also) have the more uncommon species (mostly smaller).

Our local zoo has the popular/generic species (Lion/Elephant/Hippo/Zebra/Giraffe) and only a few really unique ones
and the smaller zoo within a half-hour drive of that one, doesn't have those but smaller more unique ones.

This one focuses a bit more on the semi-aquatic/aquatic ones.
The big one has the Asian small-clawed otter, the small one has the Asian small-clawed otter and the giant otter, the only zoo in the Netherlands who has this species.
They have 5 Giant Otters of the total of 55 Giant Otters in Europe.
Same goes with the South American fur seal. They have 2 of the total 27 seals in Europe.
Really interesting actually...

And another nearby really small zoo has a focus on Indonesian Animals.. Not the big ones but the small ones.
The Binturong (only 1 other zoo in the Netherlands has one) and the Leopard Cat (the only zoo in the Netherlands)

Seems logic, small zoos have to compete with big zoos on a different level.

Edit: I visit a lot of big and small zoos, you'll notice those differences more.. One of my hobbies is Photography and it's a lot cheaper and interesting to visit small zoos.