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Madagascar!- Ring-Tailed Mongoose

April 16, 2012: The duo here are the only Ring-Tailed Mongooses in North America.
Whoops! This was actually taken on October 16, 2011. There are 13 other photos in the gallery with the same mistake on them, but I do not wish to comment on all of them, so please forgive me for my mistake.:o
 
They do. I believe they exhibit a lesser hedgehog tenrec, but the accompanying signage doesn't state the specific species.
 
The tenrecs are the first exhibit on the right in the area immediately following the Nile Crocodile enclosure. It's an area that resembles JungleWorld's "Unseen Multitude" section since it highlights some of the smaller animals found on Madagascar.
 
April 16, 2012: The duo here are the only Ring-Tailed Mongooses in North America.

They are!!

The tenrecs are the first exhibit on the right in the area immediately following the Nile Crocodile enclosure. It's an area that resembles JungleWorld's "Unseen Multitude" section since it highlights some of the smaller animals found on Madagascar.

I've visited the Bronx Zoo many times throughout my life and seen these exhibits but I've never seen the tenrec. When did they get it as I have not been there since Nov. of 2011.
 
They are!!



I've visited the Bronx Zoo many times throughout my life and seen these exhibits but I've never seen the tenrec. When did they get it as I have not been there since Nov. of 2011.


They've been there since the exhibit opened in 2008. They are hard to see--look in the narrow ledge at the front/bottom of the exhibit.
 
They've been there since the exhibit opened in 2008. They are hard to see--look in the narrow ledge at the front/bottom of the exhibit.

That's right where they were! Thanks for the advice!:)

@BZF- I believe the zoo has four Ring-Tailed Mongoose- the pair on exhibit and their offspring. At least that ZooLex thing you posted (I think you posted) says they have "1,1+young".

~Thylo:cool:
 
That's right where they were! Thanks for the advice!:)

@BZF- I believe the zoo has four Ring-Tailed Mongoose- the pair on exhibit and their offspring.

Oh wow, I didn't know they had offspring. You'd think the zoo would publicize new babies. But can anyone else confirm that the Ring-Tailed Mongooses at the Bronx have successfully bred?
 

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