Big cats in your local zoo.

Jordan-Jaguar97

Jordan-Jaguar97

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Greetings all.

I'm doing a big cat database and I've already posted it in the UK forums but I'm seeing how much I can do, could you please post the name, birth date, birth place, parents etc of the big cats in your local zoo.

(The big cats I'm doing are leopards, jaguars, lions, tigers, cheetahs and panthers:D)

So please fire away!:)
 
I don't think many people will have that information, other than the species of course. You could use ISIS for the number of each cat species but as for the rest I don't know.
Not every zoo names all their animals either. It seems that every zoo in England does but over here it's a little less common.
 
Jordan-Jaguar97 said:
(The big cats I'm doing are leopards, jaguars, lions, tigers, cheetahs and panthers:D)
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"Panthers" aren't a species, it's a generic name for leopards and jaguars, usually applied when the animal is melanistic. There is also some debate about whether cheetahs are "big" cats.
 
Lindy and Jerroh (M)
African Lions
Rowdy was sire, Nokonda was mother. Both parents have recently gone to the great zoo in the sky. They were born in 2000, I believe.
 
The Santa Barbara Zoo has African lions, snow leopards, and Amur leopard. Don't know their details, sorry (this applies to all zoos). Maybe in ISIS?

The Sacramento Zoo has African lion, Sumatran tiger, jaguar, and snow leopard.

The Los Angeles Zoo has African lion, Sumatran tiger, jaguar, and snow leopard.

The Fresno Zoo has Indochinese tiger. Lions will be in their new Africa exhibit (2014) and their leopard recently died.

The San Diego Safari Park has Sumatran tigers, African lions, and cheetahs.

The San Diego Zoo has lions, Indochinese tigers, jaguar, snow leopard, cheetah (education animal), Amur leopard, and mountain lions (is that what you mean by panthers?).

Oakland Zoo has lions and tigers.

Charles Paddock Zoo has a tiger.

The Living Desert Museum has cheetahs, mountain lion, Amur leopards, and jaguar. Lions are coming sometime in near future.
 
The Santa Barbara Zoo has African lions, snow leopards, and Amur leopard. Don't know their details, sorry (this applies to all zoos). Maybe in ISIS?

The Sacramento Zoo has African lion, Sumatran tiger, jaguar, and snow leopard.

The Los Angeles Zoo has African lion, Sumatran tiger, jaguar, and snow leopard.

The Fresno Zoo has Indochinese tiger. Lions will be in their new Africa exhibit (2014) and their leopard recently died.

The San Diego Safari Park has Sumatran tigers, African lions, and cheetahs.

The San Diego Zoo has lions, Indochinese tigers, jaguar, snow leopard, cheetah (education animal), Amur leopard, and mountain lions (is that what you mean by panthers?).

Oakland Zoo has lions and tigers.

Charles Paddock Zoo has a tiger.

The Living Desert zoo in Palm Desert has cheetahs, mountain lion, Amur leopards, and jaguar. Lions are coming sometime in near future.
 
The Phoenix Zoo has 2 Sumatran Tigers, 2 Cheetahs, 2 Jaguars, 2 Mountain Lions, 2 African Lions. The tigers and Jaguars will hopefully become breeding pairs, but don't know yet about the lions.
 
Beardsley Zoo has Amur Tigers.
Viktor: Male Amur Tiger born in 2004 at Beardsley Zoo. Parents are Robeki and Anastasia.
Naka: Female Amur Tiger born June 7, 2004 at Rosamond Gifford Zoo. Mother is Tatiana.
 
Birmingham (AL) has

African Lions - Male Kwanza Female Akili 5 Cubs 3 females and 2 males

Malayan Tiger - Kumar

Chattanooga Zoo has

Snow Leopard
Jaguar
Mountain Lion
 
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Arizona, USA)
1.1 puma (wild caught orphans from southeast Arizona)

Reid Park Zoo (Arizona, USA)
1.1 malayan tiger (male born Cincinnati 2001, female from Bronx, born 2001 but not sure where)
1.1 african lion adults, 2.1 african lion cubs (born July 28, 2011 at RPZ)
(adult female born November 2007 San Diego Safari Park, adult male born July 2008 Fort Worth)
0.2 black jaguars (littermates born October 1996 Wildlife World Zoo)



If you want to take a shortcut and get a complete list of all cats in America, try contacting the Feline Conservation Federation - they are working on a national database (both mainstream zoos and private facilities).
 
Milwaukee County Zoo

■CHEETAHS
■JAGUARS - Stella (F), Pat (M) from Belize
■SNOW LEOPARD
■AFRICAN LIONS - Kiume (M), Hubert (M) & Njeri (F) born July 24 & 25 2011 to mother Sanura, and father Themba
■AMUR TIGERS - Tula (F) and Nuri (F) born October 2009 to mother Amba
 
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Potter Park
snow leopard 0.1
lion 1.2
amur tiger1.1.3

Binder Park
Cheetah 0.2

John Ball
lions 1.2
bobcat 0.1
snow leopard 0.2
cougars 0.3 (last I knew)
getting amur tigers in 2013

Deyoung Family Zoo
Amur tiger 3.5
bengal tigers 3.5
malayan tigers 1.1
lions 1.2
generic leopard 0.2 (1 spotted, 1 black)
cougars 2.3
bobcat 1.2
canadian lynx 1.1
 
SMR said:
"Panthers" aren't a species, it's a generic name for leopards and jaguars, usually applied when the animal is melanistic. There is also some debate about whether cheetahs are "big" cats.
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Actually I thought panthers were another name for cougars?
 
Cincinnati

White tiger (panthera tigris)
-Popsie (F), Akere (M)

Snow Leopard
-Renji-About 15 months. Born at the Chattanooga Zoo (F), Nubo-About 11 months (M)
Malayan tiger-2.0. Born at the zoo but went to the Knoxville Zoo and will return shortly.

Cougar
-Joseph (M), Tecumseh (M). Both born on September 13, 2009.

Transvaal lion
-Sunshine (M), Future (M), Prosperity (F), Gracious (F)
 
JBZvolunteer said:
Potter Park
snow leopard 0.1
lion 1.2
amur tiger1.1.3

Binder Park
Cheetah 0.2

John Ball
lions 1.2
bobcat 0.1
snow leopard 0.2
cougars 0.3 (last I knew)
getting amur tigers in 2013

Deyoung Family Zoo
Amur tiger 3.5
bengal tigers 3.5
malayan tigers 1.1
lions 1.2
generic leopard 0.2 (1 spotted, 1 black)
cougars 2.3
bobcat 1.2
canadian lynx 1.1
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So there are no more snow leopards are Binder Park Zoo? And I think JBZ has 2. The one of the first 2 cougars died, then we got a new one...So we are back to 2, :)
 
Moebelle said:
Actually I thought panthers were another name for cougars?
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It is a generic term for big cat; all big cats are panthers. (In the eastern US, they call the puma a panther and when people see a melanistic leopard or jaguar they call it a black panther, which is why I prefer not to use the term at all).
 
In addition, Beardsley Zoo also has Canada Lynx and Brazilian Ocelots. (Not going to count the Domestic Cat that is either not on exhibit or sleeping.):rolleyes:
Canada Lynx: 0.2
If it's true that they came from the Minnesota Zoo, then they were born May 13, 2010.
Brazilian Ocelots: 0.2
Kuma is a 7-year old Brazilian Ocelot. She is unfortunately missing a leg and her tail as a result as an incident as a kitten. This doesn't stop her from being a great mother though. She is the first ocelot to be impregnated multiple times through artificial insemination.
Alya is a 1 year old Brazilian Ocelot born January 22, 2011. She is the first endangered wildcat to be born through oviductal artificial insemination.
 
Arizona Docent said:
It is a generic term for big cat; all big cats are panthers. (In the eastern US, they call the puma a panther and when people see a melanistic leopard or jaguar they call it a black panther, which is why I prefer not to use the term at all).
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I have never ever heard of "panther" being used as a generic term for big cats. All big cats are Panthera (depending on which authority you follow of course), but all big cats are certainly not panthers! It is a term used for (usually melanistic) leopards and less commonly for melanistic jaguars. The American usage for pumas comes from the early European explorers/settlers. Strictly speaking, panther refers only to leopards (it being the original name from the Greeks, "hunter of everything").
 
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