The PlayVisions animals in my zoo

Here is my small collection by one of my favourite brands, Playvisions:

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But i need more.

They are just great, Andreas

Are there 6 different species of bat there ? ?

I just love them all, but perhaps most those to the left, so many rare kinds of animals

If ever you have time, I would love to se them more close-up.
I am not sure I can see what they all are, -perhaps I do not even know them all, but I would very much like to learn about them

Thankyou for sharing

Thank you!!

More pics from the bats or of all?

SUSANNE wrote:

They are just great, Andreas

Are there 6 different species of bat there ? ?

I just love them all, but perhaps most those to the left, so many rare kinds of animals

If ever you have time, I would love to se them more close-up.
I am not sure I can see what they all are, -perhaps I do not even know them all, but I would very much like to learn about them

Thankyou for sharing

pv sent

widukind wrote:

Thank you!!

More pics from the bats or of all?

No, no, I would not ask you to spend the rest of the week end making photoes and up- and download them for me.

Perhaps ( if you have time) one picture of the bats and one picture of the unusual ones at the left side of the picture ?

For example, - I can see two kinds of badgers, ...what is the orange one with black tail ?..it is hard to see them

The ''orange one with a black tail'' is an aquatic genet!

Wildheart wrote:

The ''orange one with a black tail'' is an aquatic civet!

is the aquatic civet now extinct? i could not find one picture of a live one online.

weaselfan93 wrote:

Wildheart wrote:

The ''orange one with a black tail'' is an aquatic civet!

is the aquatic civet now extinct? i could not find one picture of a live one online.

It is an aquatic genet

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SUSANNE wrote:

They are just great, Andreas

Are there 6 different species of bat there ? ?

I just love them all, but perhaps most those to the left, so many rare kinds of animals

If ever you have time, I would love to se them more close-up.
I am not sure I can see what they all are, -perhaps I do not even know them all, but I would very much like to learn about them

Thankyou for sharing

You still can watch my PV bats Here I have only five of them alas

weaselfan93 wrote:

Wildheart wrote:

The ''orange one with a black tail'' is an aquatic civet!

is the aquatic civet now extinct? i could not find one picture of a live one online.

Probably it is a otter civet, see it....
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Roger wrote:

weaselfan93 wrote:

Wildheart wrote:

The ''orange one with a black tail'' is an aquatic civet!

is the aquatic civet now extinct? i could not find one picture of a live one online.

Probably it is a otter civet, see it....
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It is the aquatic genet not civet...

Lovely collection Andreas!!

:) :)

Some animals were printed with wrong names:

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landrover wrote:

:) :)

Some animals were printed with wrong names:

Like the binturong

Many Thanks Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a gorgeous creature

Such a shame if it has become extinct

Its ok, but today we have a rainy day with a lot of rain. And i need a better sunlight for the pics.

SUSANNE wrote:

widukind wrote:

Thank you!!

More pics from the bats or of all?

No, no, I would not ask you to spend the rest of the week end making photoes and up- and download them for me.

Perhaps ( if you have time) one picture of the bats and one picture of the unusual ones at the left side of the picture ?

For example, - I can see two kinds of badgers, ...what is the orange one with black tail ?..it is hard to see them

My bad! I wrote civet instead of genet! I always mistake one for the other!

SUSANNE wrote:

What a gorgeous creature

Such a shame if it has become extinct

It is very rare, but probably not extinct. They come from the deep forests in the Congo and where it comes from is so remote and in various stages of war that scientists rarely go there, along with that it is a very secretive animal and not common so there is little information on the animal. They still find them in native traps, that is how they know the color pattern and that there are still some in the forests where they live.

As pointed out, the name is an aquatic genet, and many of the figures are mismarked, like Kiki mentioned, the binterong is a solid black color in life and is one of my favorite animals. They are large and come from forests where it rains quite frequently so they have a pair of oil glands that they rub all over the fur. While lots of animals have something similar, binterongs oil smells like fresh buttered popcorn. I had a pair several years ago and when they were in the house it smelled so good!

Gosh, that must have been very interesting to have such rare animals, you know a lot about many animals

Is it legal to have such rare creatures in captivity any more ?

SUSANNE wrote:

Gosh, that must have been very interesting to have such rare animals, you know a lot about many animals

Is it legal to have such rare creatures in captivity any more ?

It all depends on the species and the permits that an individual has. Binterongs are not that rare, and my binterongs were captive raised by a private breeder. I have had some animals that are very rare and others that are unusual in captivity but very common in the wild. There are many animals that are very rare but do not make good display animals and because of that zoo's don't keep or display them but they are in private collections and available to people who have the proper caging and permits.

A great example of hobbyists keeping rare animals may surprise you. One of the rarest tropical fish in the world is a cherry barb. It is almost extinct in the wild, there are so few that on some surveys they don't even collect any from the native habitat, yet go to just about any pet store and they are for sale for under $2 and sometimes I see small ones for about $0.99 at the local pet store. A perfect example of an endangered animal that will always be kept in captivity but may well become extinct in the wild. The same thing is true for both species of white cloud mountain minnows. Both are restricted to single habitats in the wild but in pet stores you can go any day of the week and buy them for about a dollar here in the USA.

These are just 2 examples from a very popular hobby, in the exotic pet trade there are just as many, for instance one of the most common pheasants in captivity, the Swinhoe's pheasant, is endangered, but it is so common in captivity that breeders sell them for $60 a pair. Just so you have something to compare that to is an ocellated turkey, which are fairly common in the wild and you can buy permits to hunt them, but are $3500 per pair.

This is very interestinfg for me to read.

In Denmark all sort of wildlife as pets is practically impossible.

It is almost impossible to get a permit, - even scientists and peolple who have worked in zoos can`t keep tame wild animals.

If the zoos have a surplus of some species and can`t find another zoo for the animals, they have to put them down. They are not allowed to sell to private persons, - not even if it is an ordinary rabbit !

widukind wrote:

Many Thanks Friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

...I have this hyena, racoon dog, hooded seal, all bats, some monkeys, some frogs, but... no one civetes or genetes... I want to have them...

Kiki surprised my some time ago with the most of these civets and genets...
And i found some of the dolphins in a big marine-animal parc around here, long time ago actually, they were keyhangers...

By the way, i think, the animal Susanne liked so much, could be the ringtailed mongoose from Madagaskar to...

Look at these pics on this site...
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But maybe it is the aquatic genet, that is the problem when there are wrong names under the model, i was sorting out a whole day, to find out more or less what they really were...

WILLYBACOMAN wrote:

I think, the animal Susanne liked so much, could be the ringtailed mongoose from Madagaskar to...
But maybe it is the aquatic genet, that is the problem when there are wrong names under the model, i was sorting out a whole day, to find out more or less what they really were...

Here is the PV ringtailed mongoose

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