Père Damian's Deer
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The Red River Hogs seem to have arrived, they are still held behind the scenes, near the Giraffes and Barbary Macaques.
I have had a warm but lovely visit today:
Quite a few updates after all.
- The Bactrian Camel enclosure has been larged by adding an offshow enclosure to the current enclosure.
- Last month when I went, they were redoing the outdoor aviary at the Orang-Utan tropical hall. This has now been finished.
- The new enclosure in the Australian hut is home to a juvenile Blue-tongued Skink, hope this is temporary, because two enclosures for the same species in an already small house are a bit of a waste.
- I only saw Jari the older Asiatic Lion in the outdoor enclosure, but perhaps they switched throughout the day, because I could also hear him at times inside with his renowned roar.
- The Baby Rhino looks in great health and was outside for the whole day.
- The Tamarins and Sakis were allowed to access the ground, I don't know if this is a new thing but this is the first time since long that I saw them do it.
- 2 Patagonian Maras were born.
- The Red river Hogs will also have a seperate paddock inside the Bongo enclosure. (the right side)
The newborn Barbary Macaques are 1 male and 1 female.A second Barbary macaque has since been born. The mothers are females Jella and Ilse. One of the babies is a male, the sex of the other is not yet known.
Voor het eerst 2 berberaapjes geboren in Planckendael: "Van illegaal kweekcentrum in Polen naar 2 unieke geboortes" | VRT NWS: nieuws
An Indian Rhino has been born.
Laafsekikkers
The rhinoceros calf has gone outside for the first time today. It has also been confirmed it is a male. A set of names starting with A will be selected and the given name will be decided through a poll in the coming weeks.
ZOO Planckendael on Instagram: "Eén dag oud en de kleine neushoorn zet al zijn eerste stappen buiten! 'Zijn', jawel, want de verzorgers hebben ondertussen kunnen zien dat het een mannetje is! We volgen op zo'n moment het tempo van het dier en de kleine neushoorn nam even de tijd om de stap te zetten. Maar met een beetje aanmoediging van zijn ervaren moeder Karamat durfde het kleintje het grote buitenperk uiteindelijk toch voor het eerst te verkennen. De kleine neushoorn is eigenlijk een mini-versie van zijn ouders, met één groot verschil: hij heeft nog geen hoorn. Makkelijker voor de moeder tijdens de geboorte natuurlijk! De typische huidplaten, die doen denken aan een harnas, zijn wel al zichtbaar. De eerste dagen hebben de jongen een rozige schijn, die daarna verdwijnt. "Mini" is trouwens wel relatief, want een kleine neushoorn weegt al snel 60 kilogram. Iedereen is welkom voor een kraambezoek aan Karamat en haar kleine (toekomstige) krachtpatser! Kleintje niet gespot? Kom later op de dag nog eens terug! Onze dieren hebben een open stal, dus misschien doet hij binnen even een dutje. #ZOOplanckendael #neushoorn #nieuwleven"
I was doing some research on cheetahs in zoos in both the Netherlands and Belgium, and saw that according to ZTL, Zoo Planckendael has the Sudan cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii). However, after looking at the International Cheetah Studbook 2019 that I found online, I suspected that this was not correct. After enquiring with the zoo itself, the curator confirmed that they do not in fact have the soemmeringii subspecies, but rather have South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus), like most European zoos.
I have indeed added Zoo Planckendael to the correct subspecies. I see that the information has been removed from the other subspecies. I have asked the admins of Zootierliste to remove Zoo Planckendael from the incorrect subspecies, as I'm not able do this myself.If you haven't done so yourself, someone should also correct this matter at Zootierliste, which currently lists both subspecies for Planckendael.