studbooks and world registers for rare species of wild animals in captivity

The following rare animal studbooks and world registers have been officially endorsed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). A number of studbook keepers have experienced great difficulty in eliciting response from owners of rare specics in captivity and regretfully some studbooks have been suspended. Studbooks whose keepers have failed repeatedly to report to the Yearbook have been treated likewise.

The figures for births, deaths and numbers registered for the various Studbook species are based on the studbook keepers’ annual reports to the Yearbook Editor, who i s the official Studbook Co-ordinator; unless otherwise stated, figures this year relate to 31.12.1972. They may not in all cases correspond to information recorded in the preceding pages of census and breeding data. Studbook and Yearbook surveys are conducted independently and in many instances studbooks include animals in private collections, circuses and other institutions falling outside the scope of the Yearbook. Zoos reporting to the studbook keeper may fail to report to the Yearbook, and vice oersa, and sometimes, particularly where subspecific distinctions are concerned, discrepancies may occur. The longer a studbook has been established, and the more con- versant the animal owners are with studbook procedure, so the margin of error will fall. New studbooks or studbook keepers are indicated by an asterisk(*).

W H I T E EARED P H E A S A N T Crossoptilon

Studbook Keeper: Gerald Durrell, Director, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust, Les Augres Manor, Trinity, Jersey, Channel Islands. Data being collected. To be published end 1973.

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M A N C H U R I A N C R A N E Grus japonensis Studbook Keeper: Dr Shigeharu Asakura, Tama Zoological Park, Hodokubo, Hino-shi, Tokyo, Japan. Born in 1972: 2 Died in 1972: z Total number registered: q/zg/ro

G 0 ELD 1’s M O N K E Y Callimico goeldii Studbook Keeper: Dr Rainer Lorenz, Tulane University, Delta Regional Primate Research Centre, Covington, La. 70433, USA. Data being collccted. Awaiting funds to print studbook cards.

G O L D E N M A R M 0 S E T Leontopifhecus rosaliu Studbook Keeper: Marvin L. Jones, c/o San Francisco Zoological Gardens, Zoo Road and Skyline Blvd., San Francisco, Calif. 94132, USA. Born in 1972: S/z Died in 1972: 12/8/3 Total number registered: 46/22 Published by the AAZPA in mimeograph form, May 1973.

O R A N G - U T A N Pongo pygmaeus Studbook Keeper: Dr Geoffrey Bourne, Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322, USA. Total number registered in 1971: 268/280 (data incomplete) No data received for 1972. International orang-utan studbook us of December 31 1969. Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center: 1-70. Supplements planned.

GORILLA Gorilla gorilla Studbook Keeper: Dr Rosl Kirchshofer, Zoologischer Garten Frankfurt, 6 Frankfurt/Main I, Alfred Brehm Platz 16, W Germany. G. g. gorilla Total number registered in 1971 : 148/168 G. g. berittgei Total number registered in 1971 : 6/9 No data received for 1972.

B O N O B O Pan paniscus Studbook Keeper: Dr Agatha Gijzen. Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen (Antwerp Zoo), Koningin Artridplein 26, B-2000 Antwerp, Belgium. Total number registered: 4/11 To be published in Act0 Zoologica et Pathologica Anfwerpiensia.

S P E C T A C L E D BE A R Tremarctos orrratus Studbook Keeper: Dr Peter Roeben, Zoologisches Institut I der Universitat Heidelberg, 69 Heidelberg, Berliner Str. 15, W Germany Born in 1972: 210 Died in 1972: unknown Imported from the wild: o/z Total number registered: 31/28

STUDBOOKS A N D WORLD RBCISTBRS P O R B A R B SPBCIBS OP WILD A N I M A L S I N CAPTIVITY 43 I

*MANED WOLF Chrysocyon brachyurus Studbook Keeper: Dr Peter Roeben. Zoologisches Institut I der Universitat Heidelberg. 69 Heidelberg, Berliner Str. 15, W Germany. Born in 1972: 212 Died in 1972: unknown Imported from the wild: z/'r Total number registered: 28/27

*BUSH DOG Speothos venaticus Studbook Keeper: Dr Peter Roeben. Zoologisches Institut I der Universitat Heidelberg, 69 Heidelberg, Berliner Str. 15, W Germany.

Died in 1972: unknown Imported from the wild: 211 Total number registered: 14/13

INDIAN LION Panthera leo persica Provisional Studbook Keeper: S . V. Bakshi, Superintendent, Sakkarbag Zoo, Junagadh, Gujarat, India. Data being collected.

RARE TIGERS Panthera tigris ssp +New Studbook Keeper: Dr S . Seifert, Director, Zoologischer Garten Leipzig, Leipzig CI , Dr Kurt Fischmtr. 29, DDR Studbooks being checked aid updated.

S N O W LEOPARD Panthera uncia Studbook Keeper: Marvin L. Jones, c/o San Francisco Zoological Gardens, Zoo Road and Skyline Blvd., San Francisco, Calif. 94132, USA. Born in 1972: 2/& (I/+) Died in 1972: unknown Total registered: 52/58 Data still being collected and updated.

B o ~ in 1972: I/I

PRZEWALSKI'S WILD HORSE Equus

Studbook Keeper: Dr Jiri Wolf, Zoologicka zahrada Praha (Prague Zoo), Praho 7, Czechoslovakia. Born in 1972: 12/18 Died in 1972: 1116 Total number registered: 8s /Iz i (none imported from the wild) Net increase in t 972 : I 3 Pedigree book ofthe Przewalski horse 1960 ct scq. Published annually. Scc also pp. 228-229 this volume.

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ASIATIC WILD ASS Equus hemionus Studbook Keeper: Dip1.-Biol. Claus Pohle, Tierpark Berlin (East Berlin Zoo), Berlin Friedrichsfelde. Am Tierpark 125, DDR. Born in 1972: E. h. kulan 9/17

E. h. onager 7/14 E. h. kiang O/I

Died in 1972: E. h. kulan 816 E. h. onager 813 E. h. kiang o/o

Total number registered: E. h. kulan 8r/g6 (incl. onager G. kulan at

Chi-Bar R~xrve, Israel)

E. h. onager 47/57 +- ?6/7 E. h. kiang 1/9 E. h. khur no data

Studbook to I January 1972 (Vol. 2) in press.

AFRICAN WILD ASS Equur minus Studbook Keeper: Dip1.-Biol. Claw Pohle, Tierpark Berlin @st Berlin Zoo), Berlin-hiedrichfelde, M Tierpark 125, DDR. Born in 1972: E. arinus ssp I / I

Died in 1972: E. atinus ssp I/O Tod number registered: E. asinus ssp 12/13

E. a. somalicus 111

E. a. somulicus 413 + 4/8 at Chi-Bar Reserve, Israel, imported from the wild in 1973

Studbook to I January 1973 in press.

M O U N T A I N TAPIR Tapirurpinchque *New Studbook Keepers: Robert and Sheryl Wilson, Tapir Research Institute, P.O. Box 382, Claremont, Calif. 91711, USA, under the supervision of Marvin L. Jones (see Golden Marmoset). Imported from the wild: I? Total number registered: 515 To be published in January 1974.

INDIAN RHINOCEROS Rhinoceros unicornis Studbook Keepcr: Prof. Dr E. M. Lang, Director, Zoologischer Garten Basel, 4000 Basel, Switzerland. Born in 1972: i/o Died in 1972: o Imported from the wild: I/O Total number registered: 24/2~/1 Net increase in 1972: 3/5/r To be published in Int. Zoo Yb. 15.

BLACK RHINOCEROS Diccros bicornis Studbook Keeper: Prof. Dr H. -G. Klos, Director, Zoologischer Garten Berlin (West Berlin Zoo), I Berlin 30, Hardenbergplatz 8, W Germany. Born in 1972: 215 Died in 1972: 211 Imported from the wild: o/z Total number registered: 81/82 Net increase in 1972: 016 To be published in Der Zoologische Garten, Lpz, 1974.

WHITE RHINOCEROS Ceratotherium simum Studbook Keeper: Prof. H.-G. Klos, Director, Zoologischer Garten Berlin (West Berlin Zoo), I Berlin 30, Hardenbergplatz 8 , W Germany. Born in 1972: 311 Died in 1972: o Imported from the wild: 1/6 Total number regisured: 9211 16 Net increase in 1972: 417 To be published in Der Zoologische Carten, Lpx, 1974.

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PYGMY HIPPOPOTAMUS Choeropsis fiberietisis Studbook Keeper: Prof. Dr E. M. Lang, Director, Zoologischer Garten Basel, 4000 Basel, Switzerland. Born in 1972: 316 Died in 1972: 210 Imported from the wild: 3(2?)/2(1?) Total number registered: 751102 Net increase in 1972: 17/18

VICUNA Lama vicugna Studbook Keeper: Christian R. Schmidt, Zoologischer Garten Ziirich, 8044 Zurich, Switzerland. Born in 1972: I/o Died in 1972: 312 Total number registered: 31/21 Net decrease in 1972: 3/2 To be published in Der Zoologische Garten, L p z ; preparatory list in Int. Zoo Y b . 12: 147-1 50.

ELD’S DEER Ceruus eldii Studbook Keeper: Prof. Jacques Nouvel, Director, Parc Zoologique de Paris, 53 avenue de St Maurice, Paris Iztme, France. Born in 1972: C. e. siamensis 212

Died in 1972: C. e. siamensis 3/4

Total number registered: C. e. siamentis 715

C. e. thanrin I/Z (data incomplete)

C. e. thumin (data incomplete)

C. e. thamin IO/IZ (data incomplete) C. e. eldii (no replies)

DBRE DAVID’S DEER Elaphiirus davidiarius Studbook Keeper: Curator, Whipsnade Park, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NWr 4RY, Great Britain. Born in 1972: 173 Died in 1972: 135,

Net increase in 1972: 42 See also pp. 226-228 this volume.

P U D U Pudu pudu *New Studbook Keeper: J, P. Guillermo Staudt, Director, Wildfreigehege Hellenthal, 53 74 Hellenthal- Eifel, W Germany, under the supervision of Carlos Junge, Director, Jardin Zoologico de Chillan Viejo, Chillan, Chile. Data being checked and updated.

OKAPI Okapiajohristoni Studbook Keeper: Prof. Dr Agatha Gijzen, Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen (Antwerp Zoo), Koningin Astridplein 26, B-zoo0 Antwerp, Belgium.

Born in 1972: 111 Died in 1972: I/O

Total number registered: 32/22 (ZO/IS born in captivity) 70 years of the Okapi to be published in Acfa Zoologica et Patkologica Autwerpiensis in 1973.

G A UR Bos gartr1c.v Studbook Keeper: Prof. H.-G. Klos, Director, Zoologitcher Garten Berlin (West Berlin Zoo), I Berlin 30, Hardenbergplatz 8, W Germany. Born in 1972: 312 Died in 1972: o/I Total number registered: 21/24 Net increase in 1972: 311 To be published in Der Zoologische Garfen, Lpz. in 1974.

EUROPEAN BISON or WISENT Bison

Studbook Keeper: Dr Jan Zabinska (Editor in-Chief)

Mammals Research Institute, 17-230 Bialowieza, Poland. Born in 1972: 76/87/5 Died in 1972: 26/3/2 Imported from Bialowieza: z/z Total number registered: 276/370 (not including 1451166 in Bialowieza) Studbook published annually I 9 7 2 t .

ARABIAN ORYX Oryx leucoryr Studbook Keeper: R. S . R. Fitter, Hon. Secretary, Fauna Pre5ervation Society, c/o Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London NWI 4RY, Great Britain. Total number registered in 1971: 19/21/2 No data received for 1972.

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Dr Jan Raczynski (Assistant Editor)

JAPANESE SERO W Capricornis crispus Sfud6ook Keeper: Atsuchi Komori, Tama Zoological Park, Hodokubo, Hino-shi, Tokyo, Japan. Born in 1972: 615 Died in 1972: 6/6 Imported from the wild: s/z Total number registered : 26/23 + 9 unregistered Net increase in 1972: 6/4 Published as the Report of the Japanese Serow Conference 1972.

IBEX Capra ibex Studbook Keeper. Dr Walter Fiedler, Director, Tiergarten Schonbrunn (Vienna Zoo), I 13 I Wien XIII, Austria, in collaboration with Dr Bernhard Nievergelt (Museum der Universitat, Zurich) and Mr Bock. No data as yet. Subspecific key being devised.