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more king cheetah kittens born at Tama Zoo. Video on the link (including a quick shot of the one born in 2011, now an adult).
Cheetahs Cubs Get Ready for Debut at Japan Zoo --NTDTV.org
5 Feb 2013

In Tama Zoo located in Tokyo, five adorable cheetah cubs are getting ready for their public debut.

The cheetah cubs were born just last month.

They have the same parents but two cubs were born with distinctive stripes marking them as “King Cheetahs.”

[Kanji Nomoto, Animal Caretaker]
“ On January 6th this year, five cheetah cubs including two King Cheetah cubs were born at this zoo. Having two King Cheetah cubs is quite rare. The reason they are rare is that their fur patterns are actually stripes.”

The Cheetah King gene is recessive, making them rare in the wild and in captivity.

[Kanji Nomoto, Animal Caretaker]
“They are very rare. To explain how rare they are, there are only a few dozen in the wild and in captivity. In Japan they only exist here at Tama Zoo. They’re so rare that if you want to see them in Japan you have to come here."

Even though the mother of the cubs is originally from South Africa this is not the first time King Cheetah cubs were born at the Tama Zoo.

With the current five newborn cubs, Tama Zoo now has a total of 22 cheetahs.
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King cheetahs are my favorite animal, so to me this is great! Also interesting in the video to see one of the adults perched on that thin tree limb - very catlike, but very un-cheetahlike.
 
two Tasmanian devils have arrived at Tama Zoo, which I found out from this thread - http://www.zoochat.com/241/visit-tokyo-447867/ - where FrancoisLangur said "By the way - Tama Zoo will start exhibition of Tasmanian devils TODAY (11th June)! Tama Zoo is the only zoo with Tasmanian devils in the Asian region, so I think it should be well worth seeing."

Nothing yet on the internet I can see (there probably is on some Japanese-language sites though), but I got a snippet from Twitter saying their names are Maydena and Murdunna which I like because they sound like "Mayhem" and "Murder" :D
 
Chlidonias said:
two Tasmanian devils have arrived at Tama Zoo, which I found out from this thread - http://www.zoochat.com/241/visit-tokyo-447867/ - where FrancoisLangur said "By the way - Tama Zoo will start exhibition of Tasmanian devils TODAY (11th June)! Tama Zoo is the only zoo with Tasmanian devils in the Asian region, so I think it should be well worth seeing."
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The devils are 2 females from Trowunna Wildlife Park.
 
here's a poorly-translated article (Japanese translated by Google):

Public beginning of the Tasmanian Devil in Tama animal park

Some in Hino City, Tokyo Tama animal park , the Australian public of Tasmanian devils that live in Tasmania island, began from at June 11, 2016 (Saturday) 11.

Tasmanian Devil in endangered species of carnivorous marsupial, the past, was also living in the Australian continent, is a rare animal is currently that have been identified only in Tasmania (Tasmania).

This time, the female two horses came to Japan from Australia. The name is Meidina (Maydena), which means "shadow" and Marujuna (Murdunna), which means "star" in the language of indigenous people.

Marujuna and Meidina came from Torowana Wildlife Park of Australia Tasmania (Trowunna Wildlife Park) are immediately and or walking around the inside of the house, to entertain come zoo's in the cheerful appearance.

Originally, the Tasmanian Devil is a nocturnal, in the Tasmanian Devil building of Australia Zoo, you can see a lovely appearance or to the running around or take a nap, even during the day.

In the past, there is a time that had been published in the Tennoji Zoo and Sapporo Maruyama Zoo in Osaka, June 2016, have not been bred to the other in Japan, also it will be the only exhibition in Asia.

Speaking of Tama Zoo, it came from Australia koala It was popular, also joined a new charm.
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This week will see the arrival of Amur tiger-male Artjom ( 1 1/2 years old ) from Tierpark Berlin. He is suspost to become the new breeding-male for the 2 females already at Tama.
 
Some of you may have missed this news but at long last a high profile animal move has taken place. F Indian rhino Gopon was transferred from Yokohama Kanazawa Zoo to Tokyo Tama Zoo.

This is part of the new set of breeding loans being done in Japanese zoos and to set up new pairings. F Gopon is a proven breeder.


I do hope they swap over the Nepal F Tokyo Tama own to either Nagoya Higashiyama or Yokohama Kanazawa as she never bred with the Nepal M they have at Tokyo Tama. Ideally, this move should have happened already 2-3 years ago, but F Gopon had just calved by then.

Link: インドサイの「ゴポン」が横浜市立金沢動物園から来園します（※12月13日から公開します）
 
Not previously reported here. another large animal move involving the Indian rhinos scheduled for the month of March 2020: F Narayani (est. b. 2001 Nepal) is to move to Yokohama Kanazawa in the hope she may be bred with proven male Kintaro here.
Link: TOKYO
インドサイの「ナラヤニ」を横浜市立金沢動物園へ移動します
YOKOHAMA
http://www.hama-midorinokyokai.or.jp/zoo/kanazawa/1/6d0546e9640eed9b106f7fb1bc90d36bfa50609b.pdf

One should realise the window for F Narayani to breed may be close(ing). It seems the already signalled at intensification of breeding programs and more ambitious animal exchange schemes are finally starting to happen in JAZGA accredited zoos. Fingers crossed for a good outcome.
 
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