Jordan-Jaguar97
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Well a new species has arrived from the RSCC, sandcats there the first Exmoor have ever had. In other news the male puma has been named Niko.
Exmoor Zoo What did you think of it?
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Jordan-Jaguar97
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Exmoor posted a photo a few days ago of a Fanaloka. Could it be from RSCC?
Jordan-Jaguar97
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Exmoor have announced the birth of three Puma cubs/kittens born on the 31st March. Parents are Fhu and Nico - the first birth in the UK for a few years I think. (Source; Facebook/Twitter) 
Jordan-Jaguar97
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Afaik I don't think it was from RSCC, I think Malayan Tapir posted it was from Belgium the same collection as there two Indian/Bengal/Zoo generic Tigers came from.
Fantastic, I'm all for variety in UK zoos (which Exmoor does superbly) and Caracals are a UK rarity and a personal favourite.
I assume RSCC (fairly) recently brought them in and moved them on rather than having ever displayed them themselves (I can never recall seeing them there)?
I went down there on Tuesday and saw both - they are a very splendid young pair and about my favourite medium-sized cat. They now have a pair of tapirs (the male, Denzil, came down from Bristol) and with any luck they should have young next year.
Agreed, they're a very nice species and got very excited about seeing them at Port Lympne last year.
They certainly weren't on-show when I went to RSCC in June last year, only a few months before they closed. If they every went on-show, it wasn't for long.
Dicerorhinus
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Does anyone have any old versions of the park map they wouldn't mind uploading?
The upper part of the zoo is currently very densely packed with enclosures and I’d be interested to see the evolution of this. We enjoyed our visit but I feel the facility would benefit from having fewer exhibits/species with more of an emphasis on size and quality. The staff were very nice.
The upper part of the zoo is currently very densely packed with enclosures and I’d be interested to see the evolution of this. We enjoyed our visit but I feel the facility would benefit from having fewer exhibits/species with more of an emphasis on size and quality. The staff were very nice.
Jordan-Jaguar97
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The male 'Denzil' has been there for some time I recall, I think it was July last year (?) he arrived. He is ex Bristol via Longleat if I am correct, he was born in 1999/2000 (?) I think. His parents, Jethro and Jessie bred five calves (Afaik) but only one was female. Jethro died a few years ago.
Panthera pardus, same as other leopards - they are a colour morph, not a seperate species or subspecies.
Hi TLDave,
I don't wish to sound like I'm teaching you to suck eggs, technically,they maybe a subspecies or hybrid. Black panthers/leopards are more common in Asia,particularly Malaysia and I would suspect they may have been found in the rainforests of Central and West Africa,including Kenya. Otherwise in their more northerly range they appear as the spotted morph as well as in their southern African and south east asian range. Of all the big cats they have the vastest range, adapting and living in a variety of environments.God love them.Cheers
I don't wish to sound like I'm teaching you to suck eggs, technically,they maybe a subspecies or hybrid. Black panthers/leopards are more common in Asia,particularly Malaysia and I would suspect they may have been found in the rainforests of Central and West Africa,including Kenya. Otherwise in their more northerly range they appear as the spotted morph as well as in their southern African and south east asian range. Of all the big cats they have the vastest range, adapting and living in a variety of environments.God love them.Cheers
no, they are just a colour morph. Just curious: what do you think they would be a hybrid of?
You are not wrong by saying they are a colour morph when talking of leopard 's in general but as I stated they would belong to a subspecies and these could be possibly either Panthera pardus pardus or Panthera pardus delacouri. Now subspecies can hybridise in captivity if the provenance of the original individuals isn't known by the holding institution and in the case of some other species, natural hybridisation(in the wild) can occur. I wasn't questioning the colour morph statement,just adding to it.
Cheers
Thank you for your reply. I know there's no such species or subspecies commonly called the black leopard. I didn't know exactly what people referred to when writing "black leopard". I'm happy to know they're just referring to melanic morphs of Panthera pardus.
I'm interested to learn why you use the word "panther".
Do you have any reference to support your statement? There is some disagreement about the number of Panthera pardus ssp. so I'm just curious why you've said there's nine of them.