- Cape genet: Less known, yet pretty common in zoos.
- Masked palm civet: Various different subspecies are in zoo collections.
- Owston's banded palm civet: What can I say, I love civets.
- Azara's agouti: Most common agouti in EAZA zoos.
- Common marmoset: Most common monkey in EAZA zoos. As well as the second most common primate, after ring-tailed lemur.
- Cotton-top tamarin: Second most common monkey in EAZA zoos. Also critically endangered.
- White-tailed mongoose: Very unique looking species.
- Pallas's cat: The game's lacking in the department of small cats.
- Striped polecat: Has a unique name, the zorilla.
- Northern yellow-throated marten: A formidable predator of the north, that hunts in pairs or packs. Prey includes small deer!
- European mink: Critically endangered.
- Kinkajou: Cute looking small zoo favourite.
- Northern olingo: Not very well known.
- Ring-tailed cat: Another small predator. Not actually a cat.
- Platypus: Very iconic, yet not common in zoos, at least outside of Australia.
- Quokka: Has taken the internet by the storm, also very unique for a zoo game.
- White-nosed coati: No zoo is complete without coatimundis!
- Tailless tenrec: Largest of the tenrecs.
- Southern three-banded armadillo: Most common armadillo in EAZA zoos.
- Large hairy armadillo: Another common zoo armadillo.
- Seba's short-tailed bat: One of the most common bats in EAZA zoo collections.
- Egyptian fruit bat: If I am not mistaken, the most common of all fruit bats in EAZA zoo collections.
- Lyle's flying fox: A large yet common flying fox in zoos.
- Silky anteater: I find these guys very cute and unique.
- Javan chevrotain: One of the smallest ungulates in the world.
- Snowshoe hare: One of the smaller hares.
- Common degu: Surprisingly common is EAZA zoos, with 170 holdings.
- Western woylie: Critically endangered.
- Chinese dwarf hamster: One of my favourite hamsters.
- Philippine tarsier: Oddly cute and small.
Philippine Tarsier – Carlito syrichta
Rock Hyrax – Procavia capensis
Golden Lion Tamarin – Leontophiticus rosalia
Guianan Squirrel Monkey – Saimuri sciureus
Nine-Banded Armadillo – Dasypus novemcinctus
Naked Mole-Rat – Heterocephalus glaber
Brazilian Agouti – Dasyprocta leporine
Lesser Chevrotain – Tragulus kanchil
Short-Beaked Echidna – Tachyglossus aculeatus
Asian Palm Civet – Paradoxurus hermaphroditus
Indian Grey Mongoose – Urva edwardsii
Four-Toed Jerboa – Allactaga tetradactyla
Common Treeshrew – Tupaia glis
Numbat – Myrmecobius fasciatus
European Rabbit – Oryctolagus cuniculus
Common Genet – Genetta genetta
Large Flying Fox - Pteropus vampyrus
The mouse-deer/chevrotain is my highest desire. All the others are nice to have.
In no particular order and with no knowledge of what can't or is kept in captivity:
- Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)
- European polecat (Mustela putorius)
- European pine marten (Martes martes)
- Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius)
- Lesser short-nosed fruit bat (Cynopterus brachyotis)
- Agouti (any, pref a smaller one)
- African crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
- Mouse lemur (any)
- Pygmy Marmoset
- Pudú
- Pygmy Mongoose (Helogale Parvula)
- Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosali)
- Squirrel monkey
- Marmot (any)
- Echidna (any)
- Civet (any)
- Coati (any)
- Potto (any)
- Platypus
- Gundi (any)
- Armadillo (any)
- Numbat
- Hyrax (any)
- Titi monkey
- Talapoin monkey (any)
I'm afraid some of the small mammals I want are more sort of, vague gestures in the direction of a group of animals rather than pinning down an individual species, but I do feel that there are a lot of underrepresented groups out there! So here we go, in no particular order
- Tenrec (any sp. but I'm partial to the Lowland streaked tenrec for its vibrant yellow stripes)
- Hedgehog (any sp. but the European Hedgehog might be nice for expanding that geographical region)
- Mole rat (naked or otherwise! Not sure how feasible an animal that spends the majority of time underground would be but they're fun little creatures)
- Golden lion tamarin, (but any callitrichid monkey would be fun)
- Any Lorisid (loris, potto, or angwantibo)
- Agouti (any sp.)
- Platypus
- Yellow mongoose (they'd get a species enrichment bonus with the meerkats)
- Quokka (not 100% sure if they meet the weight requirements here, but if they do I'd like to see 'em!)
- Any small mustelid (weasels/stoats/polecats/martens etc)
- Spiny mouse (any sp.)
- Sand cat
- Bats (any sp.)
- Indian giant squirrel (or any other arboreal squirrel species)
- Solenodon (any sp.)
- Quoll (any sp.)
- Sugar glider
- Andean porcupine (or any other small tree porcupine)
- Armadillo (any sp. that matches the size requirements here, but especially the Southern three-banded)
- Lesser mouse-deer
- Any applicable Leporid (there's definitely some small ones in there, though my favourite species would probably be the brown hare, which is too big for this list!)
- Short-beaked echidna
- Southern three-banded armadillo
- Guianan squirrel monkey
- Common marmoset
- Pallas's cat
- Cotton-top tamarin
- Azara's agouti
- Black-rumped agouti
- Cuban solenodon
- Kinkajou
- Banded mongoose
- Alpine marmot
- Quokka
- Marbled polecat
- Sugar glider
- Platypus
- Fruit bat (don't care which species)
- Lowland streaked tenrec
- Numbat
- Mouse deer
- Rat kangaroo
- Coati (don't care which species)
- Striped skunk
- Black-and-rufous elephant shrew
- Ferret (don't care which species)
- Lemming (don't care which species)
- Hamster (don't care which species)
- Aye-aye
- Slender loris
- Potto
- Yellow-Throated Marten
- Common Rock Hyrax
- Black-Footed Ferret
- Flying Fox (any species)
- Tamarin (any species)
- Loris (any species)
- Tarsier (any species)
- Black-and-Rufous Elephant Shrew
- Platypus
- Indian Giant Squirrel
- Kinkajou
- Pallas’s Cat
- Echidna
- Treeshrew (any species)
- Long-Eared Jerboa
- Arctic Hare
- Cloud Rat (any species)
- Aye-Aye
- South American Coati
- Striped Skunk
- Virginia Opossum
- Sugar Glider
- Hedgehog (any species)
- Chinchilla (any species)
- Lesser Mouse Deer
- Quokka
- Armadillo (any species)
- Flying Lemur (any species)
- Linsang (any species)
- Bilby (any species)
All added, except for:
1)
@sockeyejo's African Crested Porcupine and Pudu, as they exceed size limits defined by the thread. You can change them with two other animals if you wish.
2)
@SallinDaemon's Any Lorisid (Lorises, Pottos or Angwantibo) and Any Small Mustelid (Weasels, Stoat, Polecats, Martens, etc)
3)
@SpookDoc's Loris (Any Species)
2) and 3) couldn't be added because the broad definitions encompass multiple row entries even when generalised, so I would need to know user preference or I would have to choose one myself and add them there. For 2), the broadest definition would be one of Slow Loris/Slender Loris/Potto/Angwantibo and one of Weasel/Stoat/Polecat/Marten. For 3) the broadest definition would be either Slow Loris or Slender Loris. If the users don't specify a preference, I will go with the least popular on the list.
