The Population Management Center at Lincoln Park Zoo has played matchmaker for animals at zoos across the country   

In the month of July 2008, the PMC will be working with:

15 SSPs (African Elephant, Asian Elephant, Bali Mynah, Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, Chimpanzee, Guam Rail, Keel-billed Toucan, Kiwi, Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo, Okapi, Pygmy Hippo, Red Wolf, Slender-horned Gazelle, Snow Leopard, Yellow-footed Rock Wallaby)

13 PMPs (African Spoonbill, Collared Peccary, Cuvier’s Gazelle, Grey-winged Trumpeter, Milky Stork, Nile Lechwe, Ringtail, Roseate Spoonbill, Saddle-billed Stork, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Spectacled Owl, Yellow-backed Duiker, Warthog)

7 TAGs (Charadriiformes,Felid, Gruiformes, Marine Mammal, Parrot, Small Carnivore, Turaco/Cuckoo TAGs)


Planning Meetings in July:

Ringtail via e-mail
Bali Mynah at Lincoln Park Zoo
Kiwi via e-mail
Chimpanzee at Lincoln Park Zoo
Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo via e-mail
Snow Leopard at Toronto
Red Wolf via e-mail
Yellow-backed Duiker at Lincoln Park Zoo
Marine Mammal TAG target size analysis meeting at Lincoln Park Zoo


Currently in review by participating institutions are Draft Breeding and Transfer Plans for
6 SSPs
9 PMPs


Upcoming Planning Meetings:

August: Giant Anteater, Red River Hog, Red-capped Mangabey, Malayan Tapir, Swamp Monkey, Diana Monkey, Patas Monkey, Schmidt’s Red-tailed Monkey, Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey

September: Bearded Barbet, Black-footed Ferret, African Wild Dog, Swift Fox, Blue-bellied Roller, Fennec Fox, Nile Hippo, Puerto Rican Toad, North American River Otter, Hyrax, Burrowing Owl


Since the PMC was initiated on 1 July 2000, it has:

Produced Final Breeding and Transfer Plans for
81 SSP programs - 229 reports
(72% of total AZA SSP programs)

114 PMP programs - 211 reports
(37% of total AZA PMP programs)

Assisted Taxon Advisory Groups (TAGs) with the development of
17 TAGs - 22 RCP analyses
(37% of AZA TAGs)

Validated North American regional studbooks resulting in
404 Validated studbooks
816 Total Validations

Distributed reports for a total of
464 Reports (SSPs, PMPs, RCPs, etc.)
214 Programs

Involvement with 507 different programs (some analyses not necessarily resulting in a final report)



Last Updated: 1 July 2008


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Upcoming PMC Meetings


130 Programs with SSP/PMP/TAG meetings scheduled between 23 July 2008 and December 2010:

Yellow-backed Duiker, Marine Mammal TAG, Giant Anteater, Red River Hog, Red-capped Mangabey, Malayan Tapir, Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Patas Monkey, Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon, Diana Guenon, Schmidt’s Red-tailed Guenon, Bearded Barbet, Black-footed Ferret, North American River Otter, Swift Fox, African Wild Dog, Blue-bellied Roller, Fennec Fox, Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Nile Hippo, Rock Hyrax, Burrowing Owl, Sunda Wrinkled Hornbill, Queensland Koala, Mexican Lance-headed Rattlesnake, Tawny Frogmouth, Island Fox, Black-footed Cat, Green Pygmy Goose, African Pygmy Goose, Indian Pygmy Goose, White-winged Wood Duck, Mississippi Sandhill Crane, Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, Bartlett’s Bleeding Heart Dove, Spur-winged Lapwing, Masked Lapwing, Yellow-breasted Ground Dove, Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove, Guam Rail, Red-billed Hornbill, Goeldi’s monkey (Callimico), Laughing Kookaburra, Common Cape Eland, Common Murre, Rhinoceros Hornbill, Southern Black Howler Monkey, Kinkajou, Great Hornbill, Greater Malayan Chevrotain, African Wild Ass, Yellow-throated Laughing Thrush, Giant Otter, Giant Elephant Shrew, Crested Oropendola, Fairy Bluebirds, Geoffroy’s marmoset, Two-toed Sloth, Hoffman’s Sloth, Saddle-billed Stork, Eastern Giant Eland, Binturong, Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, Sarus Crane, Beautiful Fruit Dove, White-backed Vulture, Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture, Cape Griffon Vulture, Raptor TAG, Guam Rail, Inca Tern, Roan Antelope, Squirrel Monkey, African Penguin, Plains Zebra, Wolf’s Guenon, Bali Mynah, Micronesian Kingfisher, Red Bird-of-Paradise, Hooded Pitta, Wallaroo, North American River Otter, Jambu Fruit Dove, Mariana Fruit Dove, Red Kangaroo, Gentoo Penguin, Fossa, California Sea Lion, Grant’s Gazelle, Sitatunga, Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise, Harpy Eagle, Superb Bird-of-Paradise, White-cheeked Gibbon, White-handed Gibbon, Mandrill, Guinea Baboon, Hamadryas Baboon, Angolan Colobus, Guereza Colobus, Greater Flamingo, Ratite TAG, Bennett’s Wallaby, Siamang Gibbon, Southern Three Banded Armadillo, Prehensile-tailed Skink, Crested Porcupine, Boat-billed Heron, Sunbittern, Golden Conure, Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake, Malayan Argus, Western Grey Kangaroo, Eastern Grey Kangaroo, Snowy Owl, Small Carnivore TAG, Lesser Kudu, Meerkat, Bali Mynah, White-bellied Gray Go-away Bird, Turquoise Tanager, Silver-beaked Tanager, Blue-gray Tanager, American Burying Beetle, Beluga Whale, Asian small-clawed Otter, Nile Lechwe, Pygmy Hippo, Fisher, Rock Hyrax, Burrowing Owl



42 Programs waiting to get scheduled for SSP/PMP/TAG meetings:

Bats, Crested Capuchin, Tufted Capuchin, White-throated Capuchin, Parrot TAG, Turaco/Cuckoo TAG, Lion-tailed Macaque, Parma Wallaby, Sun Bear, Warthog, Congo Peafowl, Bongo, Polar Bear, Bornean Bearded Pig, Blue Crane, Humboldt Penguin, Elegant Crested Tinamou, Hooded Crane, Fantastic Leaf-tailed Gecko, Henkle’s Leaf-tailed Gecko, Lichenose Leaf-tailed Gecko, Lined Flat-tailed Gecko, Malagasy Leaf-tailed Gecko, Spearpoint Leaf-tailed Gecko, Spiny Leaf-tailed Gecko, Blue Duiker, White Stork, Black-crowned Crane, Sloth Bear, Lowland Anoa, Slender-horned Gazelle, Cuvier’s Gazelle, Soemmerring’s Gazelle, Micronesian Kingfisher, Geoffroy’s Marmoset, White-lipped Deer, Harbor Seal, Red-crowned Cane, Red-crested Turaco, White-naped Crane, Fairy Bluebird, Golden-crested Mynah