Zoo Leipzig Zoo Leipzig news 2022

[vogelcommando]

Two Pygmy slow loris (Xanthonycticebus pygmaeus) born on April 3rd.

Video of the mother and twin :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=408762701080870

 

[BjoernN]

A Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and three
Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) were born.

 

[BjoernN]

A further Black-and-rufous sengi was born, the second one this year.

A second brace will be put together consisting of a female born in Leipzig and a male from an other zoo.

 

[BjoernN]

Male Transvaal lion KIYAN (* to MAJO and KIGALI in Leipzig, march 7th, 2021) was shipped to a zoo in Croatia.

 

[JurassicMax]

Recently atleast 1 Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) hatched.

On the 21st of April female Diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) Monifa gave birth to a female, the zoo now has 7 Diana monkeys.

Sources:
Instagram of Zoo Leipzig (11/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdaSz7uoB-b/
Instagram of Zoo Leipzig (12/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdc1camIoSf/

 

[JurassicMax]

Recently a Red-necked wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus) has started to look outside its mothers pouch.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Leipzig (14/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cdh5KQUoAhk/

 

[JurassicMax]

A Guanaco (Lama guanicoe) and three
Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) were born.

According to a recent Instagram post, 3 maras were born in April.

Source;
Instagram of Zoo Leipzig (19/05/2022) Login • Instagram

 

[BjoernN]

A female Owl-faced monkey arrived from Zoo de La Palmyre.

A female Thomson's gazelle was born.

 

[BjoernN]

Male Eastern Black rhino VUNGU arrived from Rotterdam. In Rotterdam he had 1,1 offsping with NAIMA. Now he is supposed to breed with NAIMA's mother (SARAFINE) and grandmother (SABAH)

 

[JurassicMax]

According to a recent Instagram post, the Victoria crowned-pigeons (Goura victoria) in the birdhouse have a chick.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Leipzig (01/06/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeQK4cEIqP1/

 

[vogelcommando]

Black-rumped agoutis have bred at Leipzig :

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=575374844237527

 

[BjoernN]

- 6 Lesser rhea hatched.

- A female Kirk's dik-dik was born, the 19th offspring of the brace. Unfortunately it's the last one. The breeding male died in february.

 

[HOMIN96]

Unfortunately it's the last one. The breeding male died in february.

Cause sourcing male dik-dik is an impossible task right?

 

[BjoernN]

New at the zoo:

- Timalia pileata

 

[JurassicMax]

New at the zoo:

- Timalia pileata

This make Leipzig the only holder of this species in Europe (according to ZTL), any idea where Leipzig got them from?

 

[TigerStripe]

In 2021, Raja (female Sumatran Orangutan) gave birth to a baby, and she did in 2017 too. Am I right in thinking the father of these two babies are Bimbo’s, who is also Raja’s father meaning they are inbred?

 

[BjoernN]

@TigerStripe
RAJA's father is WALTER, living in Dortmund since 2006.

 

[BjoernN]

An Ocelot was born to DAPHNE and PINCHU (the 9th successful offspring of the brace).

 

[BjoernN]

Two further Black-and-rufous sengi were born in June, No. 3 und 4 in 2022.

 

[BjoernN]

Two further Black-and-rufous sengi were born in June, No. 3 und 4 in 2022.

The last offspring were sent among to Tierpark Berlin, Wroclaw, Frankfurt and Antwerp.