Toronto Zoo Family Trees of Toronto Zoo Animals
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ProjectGames
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Do you have a white handed gibbon family tree?
Since the index is now back a page I will repost it.
Family Trees
For those finding this thread after the rest of us the family trees are colour coded by generation. The code and explanation of how I tried to organize things begins on the first page. There is a later update for more of a code for more generations as I discovered longer trees.
Page 1
Southern White Rhino
Greater One Horned Rhino
Masai Giraffe
Sumatran Orangutan
Snow Leopard
Przewalski’s Horse
Western Lowland Gorilla
Amur Tiger
Sumatran Tiger
Grevy's Zebra
Page 2
Polar Bear
African Elephant
Jaguar
Red Panda
Cheetah
White Handed Gibbon
Spider Monkey
Mandrill
White Faced Saki
Patas Monkey
Page 3
Lion Tailed Macaque
Japanese Macaque
Hamadryas Baboon
Golden Lion Tamarin
Pygmy Hippo
River Hippo
Red River Hog
Warthog
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Page 4
African Spotted Necked Otter
North American River Otter
Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Meerkat
Moose
Komodo Dragon
Greater Kudu
Capybara
Brown Lemur
Tasmanian Devil
Queensland Koala
Prehensile Tailed Porcupine
Page 5
African Crested Porcupine
Malyasian Tapir
Spotted Hyena
Cougar
Marabou Stork
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Great Hornbill
Southern Ground Hornbill
Wrinkled Hornbill
Hammerkop
African Black Footed Penguin
Scimitar Horned Oryx
Common Eland
Blue Wildebeest
Bongo
Sitatunga
Wattled Crane
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
Spectacled Owl
Snowy Owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Page 6
Ring Tailed Lemur
White-cheeked Turaco
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Sunbittern
Black Crake
Stellar’s Sea Eagle
Secretary Bird
Linne’s Two Toed Sloth
Laughing Kookaburra
Brush Tailed Bettong
Short Beaked Echidna
Clouded Leopard
Page 7
Canadian Lynx
Giant Panda
Dhole
Histories
The histories were done for species where I couldn't find the names of the individual animals to work out a tree for. What was done instead was a quick look at arrivals of adults, births, deaths of their offspring and a date given for when the species was phased out if it has been. This is the group were there might be the most potential for future family trees.
Page 5
Plains Zebra
Page 6
Ocellated River Stingray
White Blotched River Stingray
San Esteban Chuckwalla
Prehensile-tailed skink
Black Tree Monitor
Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Fijian Banded Iguana
Red-crested Turaco
Violaceous Turaco
Elegant Crested Tinamou
White Nosed Coatimundi
Asian Short Clawed Otter
Kinkajou
Ringtail
Wolverine
Black Footed Ferret
Rock Hyrax
Brazilian Agouti
Prevost’s Squirrel
Beaver
North American Porcupine
Eastern Black Rhino
Eastern Massassauga Rattlesnake
Jamacian Boa
Burrowing Owl
King Vulture
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Brown Greater Galago
Senegal Bushbaby
Thick-billed Parrot
Kea
Hyacinth Macaw
Toco Toucan
Bearded Barbet
Green Aracari
Blue-grey Tanager
Silver-Beaked Tanager
Golden-breasted Starling
White-rumped Shama
Hooded Pitta
Bali Myna
Azure-winged magpie
Red-crested Cardinal
White-crested Laughingthrush
Plush-crested Jay
Fairy Bluebird
Tawny Frogmouth
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Pygmy Marmoset
Parma wallaby
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Common Wallaroo
Bennett’s wallaby
Page 7
Demoiselle Crane
Grey Crowned Crane
Red-legged Seriema
Grey-winged Trumpeter
Crested Wood Partridge
Palawan Peacock Pheasant
Cabot’s Tragopan
Great Argus
Grey-capped Emerald Dove
Jambu Fruit Dove
Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove
Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Egyptian Fruit Bats
Straw Coloured Fruit Bat
Indian Flying Fox
Chimpanzee
Tomistoma
Painted Terrapin
Brown Forest Tortoise
Burmese Star Tortoise
Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
Madagascar Flat-tailed Tortoise
Madagascar Spider Tortoise
Radiated Tortoises
Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Blanding’s Turtle
Flower-back Box Turtle
Spiny Turtle
Wood Turtle
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus varius)
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)
Wyoming Toad
Masked Lapwing
Spur Winged Lapwing
West Indian Whistling Duck
Swan Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Marble Teal
Nubian Ibex
Sable Antelope
Black Duiker
Common Waterbuck
Thomson's Gazelle
Gemsbok
Impala
Nyala
Springbok
Barasingha
Reeve’s Muntjac
Caribbean Flamingo
Greater Flamingo
Great White Pelican
Pink Backed Pelican
Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Saddle Billed Stork
White Stork
Red Billed Hornbill
Von Der Decken’s Hornbill
Blue-crowned Motmot
Blue-bellied Roller
Nile Softshell Turtle
Page 8
Straw Necked Ibis
Bobcat
Caracal
Ocelot
Aardvark
Southern Tamandua
Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth
Guereza Colobus
De Brazza’s Monkey
Mara
African Wild Dog
Bat Eared Fox
Fennec Fox
Persian Onager
Babirusa
And for those of you counting we have looked at 208 different species in 74 family trees and 134 histories.
@ProjectGames, as shown above gibbons are one page 2. Its a shorty.
Family Trees
For those finding this thread after the rest of us the family trees are colour coded by generation. The code and explanation of how I tried to organize things begins on the first page. There is a later update for more of a code for more generations as I discovered longer trees.
Page 1
Southern White Rhino
Greater One Horned Rhino
Masai Giraffe
Sumatran Orangutan
Snow Leopard
Przewalski’s Horse
Western Lowland Gorilla
Amur Tiger
Sumatran Tiger
Grevy's Zebra
Page 2
Polar Bear
African Elephant
Jaguar
Red Panda
Cheetah
White Handed Gibbon
Spider Monkey
Mandrill
White Faced Saki
Patas Monkey
Page 3
Lion Tailed Macaque
Japanese Macaque
Hamadryas Baboon
Golden Lion Tamarin
Pygmy Hippo
River Hippo
Red River Hog
Warthog
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Page 4
African Spotted Necked Otter
North American River Otter
Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Meerkat
Moose
Komodo Dragon
Greater Kudu
Capybara
Brown Lemur
Tasmanian Devil
Queensland Koala
Prehensile Tailed Porcupine
Page 5
African Crested Porcupine
Malyasian Tapir
Spotted Hyena
Cougar
Marabou Stork
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Great Hornbill
Southern Ground Hornbill
Wrinkled Hornbill
Hammerkop
African Black Footed Penguin
Scimitar Horned Oryx
Common Eland
Blue Wildebeest
Bongo
Sitatunga
Wattled Crane
Bolivian Squirrel Monkey
Spectacled Owl
Snowy Owl
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Page 6
Ring Tailed Lemur
White-cheeked Turaco
Red-billed Blue Magpie
Sunbittern
Black Crake
Stellar’s Sea Eagle
Secretary Bird
Linne’s Two Toed Sloth
Laughing Kookaburra
Brush Tailed Bettong
Short Beaked Echidna
Clouded Leopard
Page 7
Canadian Lynx
Giant Panda
Dhole
Histories
The histories were done for species where I couldn't find the names of the individual animals to work out a tree for. What was done instead was a quick look at arrivals of adults, births, deaths of their offspring and a date given for when the species was phased out if it has been. This is the group were there might be the most potential for future family trees.
Page 5
Plains Zebra
Page 6
Ocellated River Stingray
White Blotched River Stingray
San Esteban Chuckwalla
Prehensile-tailed skink
Black Tree Monitor
Rio Fuerte Beaded Lizard
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Fijian Banded Iguana
Red-crested Turaco
Violaceous Turaco
Elegant Crested Tinamou
White Nosed Coatimundi
Asian Short Clawed Otter
Kinkajou
Ringtail
Wolverine
Black Footed Ferret
Rock Hyrax
Brazilian Agouti
Prevost’s Squirrel
Beaver
North American Porcupine
Eastern Black Rhino
Eastern Massassauga Rattlesnake
Jamacian Boa
Burrowing Owl
King Vulture
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Brown Greater Galago
Senegal Bushbaby
Thick-billed Parrot
Kea
Hyacinth Macaw
Toco Toucan
Bearded Barbet
Green Aracari
Blue-grey Tanager
Silver-Beaked Tanager
Golden-breasted Starling
White-rumped Shama
Hooded Pitta
Bali Myna
Azure-winged magpie
Red-crested Cardinal
White-crested Laughingthrush
Plush-crested Jay
Fairy Bluebird
Tawny Frogmouth
Blue-faced Honeyeater
Pygmy Marmoset
Parma wallaby
Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Western Grey Kangaroo
Common Wallaroo
Bennett’s wallaby
Page 7
Demoiselle Crane
Grey Crowned Crane
Red-legged Seriema
Grey-winged Trumpeter
Crested Wood Partridge
Palawan Peacock Pheasant
Cabot’s Tragopan
Great Argus
Grey-capped Emerald Dove
Jambu Fruit Dove
Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove
Green-naped Pheasant Pigeon
Nicobar Pigeon
Victoria Crowned Pigeon
Egyptian Fruit Bats
Straw Coloured Fruit Bat
Indian Flying Fox
Chimpanzee
Tomistoma
Painted Terrapin
Brown Forest Tortoise
Burmese Star Tortoise
Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
Madagascar Flat-tailed Tortoise
Madagascar Spider Tortoise
Radiated Tortoises
Black-breasted Leaf Turtle
Blanding’s Turtle
Flower-back Box Turtle
Spiny Turtle
Wood Turtle
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus varius)
Panamanian Golden Frog (Atelopus zeteki)
Wyoming Toad
Masked Lapwing
Spur Winged Lapwing
West Indian Whistling Duck
Swan Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Marble Teal
Nubian Ibex
Sable Antelope
Black Duiker
Common Waterbuck
Thomson's Gazelle
Gemsbok
Impala
Nyala
Springbok
Barasingha
Reeve’s Muntjac
Caribbean Flamingo
Greater Flamingo
Great White Pelican
Pink Backed Pelican
Sacred Ibis
African Spoonbill
Saddle Billed Stork
White Stork
Red Billed Hornbill
Von Der Decken’s Hornbill
Blue-crowned Motmot
Blue-bellied Roller
Nile Softshell Turtle
Page 8
Straw Necked Ibis
Bobcat
Caracal
Ocelot
Aardvark
Southern Tamandua
Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth
Guereza Colobus
De Brazza’s Monkey
Mara
African Wild Dog
Bat Eared Fox
Fennec Fox
Persian Onager
Babirusa
And for those of you counting we have looked at 208 different species in 74 family trees and 134 histories.
@ProjectGames, as shown above gibbons are one page 2. Its a shorty.
ProjectGames
Well-Known Member
I wondered how you all this information.... especially considered most of them are from the past. I've tried to look up information about the zoo in the past, but it was very difficult finding through google. Did you find old articles in the past... or did you build a relationship with the well-known zoo workers and got the info from them?
@ProjectGames, the answer is through LOTS of research. Some of it I had been collecting for years already. The sources varied depending on the species and ease of finding intel. Essentially I am nuts, had free time (thank you covid) and an incredible need to learn.
Ok after much annoying work I can say some things about the history of lions at the zoo. I have no names which is super frustrating to the person we all know loves names. I will provide info on the lions I can... spoiler alert its a short list.
The zoo’s first lions arrived July 1 1974 and the pride consisted of a ten year old lion and lioness from private hands and they were joined at the end of the month by a male and his 3 sisters from Woodland Park. The siblings were gone by the end of the year. A month later another male arrived and he passed within a year. By September 1974 another set of 3 sisters arrived. One died in less than a year and her sisters were transferred out within 3 years. In 1976 another sibling set, a male and 2 females, arrived from Point Defiance. They all left within a year as well. Another group arrived in 1976 as well consisting of 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Two of the males died within months. Their brother stayed until 1979. Their sisters formed the based of the pride through the 90’s. One lasted until 1992 and the other was here until Jan 1996, eventually being replaced by Nokonda. Even more arrived in 1976 with another sibling set consisting of 5 females and 2 males. One female ended up in Calgary in 1979, another went to a private zoo in 1982, one male left in 1977, 3 sisters were part of the pride until their deaths in 1983, 1993 or 1996, while the last brother was part of the pride until 1993. A single male arrived in 1976 as well but he lived just 3 years. Also that year they took a male and female from Portland but they both were dead within 3 months. The original pair passed on the same day in 1979. Bowmanville sent a female to Toronto in 1997 and 2 years later they sent her right back. In 1994 Rowdy arrived and his origin is a little mysterious. In 1995 white lions Tandi, Kolwa and Kanya, arrived from Philly for the summer as part of the zoos World Series bet. Their baby sister Nokonda arrived in 1996 to join Rowdy after the older original girls rejected him. Finally in 2012 our last shipment of lions arrived featuring males Fintan and Gopa and females Lemon and Makali. Gopa didnt work out and he was sent to Parc Safari and then Jungle Cat World after a few months. Now most of the sibling sets arrived from private places so I’m not 100% certain they are siblings but odds are they are since all seem to have the same birthday.
The first cub was born in March 1976. He died the same day he was born. His parents werent known. The next cub arrived in 1979 and also died the same day. It was born to our male who was with us until 1993… Why do I now think his name might be Brutus or Boris? Ring any bells. The mother was his sister who lived until 1993 as well. The first successful litter was in 1980 to the same pair. They had a female and 3 males. A male and female were sent to another zoo at 3 months old. Their brothers left at 11 months old. There wasnt another litter until 1985 consisting of a male and female. Those cubs stuck around for 3 years before going to private hands. Their mother was from a different shipment of lions than their dad so less likely to be inbred. The 5th litter arrived in 1988 to the sister of the last mother. The 2 females from the litter stayed until 1995. Their one brother died at birth and the other died a few days later. A single male didnt survive his birthday in 1990 and his mom had a second male later that year who also didnt survive past a few days old. She then gave birth again 11 days later… the first must have been a preemie. That brother sister pair survived and went to Parc Safari the next spring. In 1991 the male inbred with his daughter and thankfully the female cub died on her birthday. Inbreeding with a different daughter produced a litter of 3 males and a female that same year. Only one male didnt survive infancy. One brother went to Zoo Sauvage while his brother and sister became the first lions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom when it opened. Back to inbreeding with the first daughter again later that year for a pair of sisters who went the next year to a private zoo. Thus ends the reign of the first pride with a record of 13 for 21 with the majority likely being from a brother sister pairing or a definite father daughter pairing. With the pride replaced Rowdy and Nokonda began their reign. In Jan 1999 they had a single male who didnt survive likely due to neglect. We know Nokonda never took to motherhood. Six months later they had triplet males of which only Simba survived. Males Lyndy and Jerroh were born the following spring and remained at the zoo their whole lives because we couldnt get anyone to take them. Rowdy and Nokonda went 3 for 6 due in large part to Nokonda just not feeling motherhood. Then that brings us to the last litter of cubs, Hank, Harrison, Oliver and Gus, to Fintan and Makali in 2015.
Butch's Family Tree
Family Tree of the Philadelphia White Lions
Rowdy's Family Tree
Current Pride of White Lions
The zoo’s first lions arrived July 1 1974 and the pride consisted of a ten year old lion and lioness from private hands and they were joined at the end of the month by a male and his 3 sisters from Woodland Park. The siblings were gone by the end of the year. A month later another male arrived and he passed within a year. By September 1974 another set of 3 sisters arrived. One died in less than a year and her sisters were transferred out within 3 years. In 1976 another sibling set, a male and 2 females, arrived from Point Defiance. They all left within a year as well. Another group arrived in 1976 as well consisting of 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Two of the males died within months. Their brother stayed until 1979. Their sisters formed the based of the pride through the 90’s. One lasted until 1992 and the other was here until Jan 1996, eventually being replaced by Nokonda. Even more arrived in 1976 with another sibling set consisting of 5 females and 2 males. One female ended up in Calgary in 1979, another went to a private zoo in 1982, one male left in 1977, 3 sisters were part of the pride until their deaths in 1983, 1993 or 1996, while the last brother was part of the pride until 1993. A single male arrived in 1976 as well but he lived just 3 years. Also that year they took a male and female from Portland but they both were dead within 3 months. The original pair passed on the same day in 1979. Bowmanville sent a female to Toronto in 1997 and 2 years later they sent her right back. In 1994 Rowdy arrived and his origin is a little mysterious. In 1995 white lions Tandi, Kolwa and Kanya, arrived from Philly for the summer as part of the zoos World Series bet. Their baby sister Nokonda arrived in 1996 to join Rowdy after the older original girls rejected him. Finally in 2012 our last shipment of lions arrived featuring males Fintan and Gopa and females Lemon and Makali. Gopa didnt work out and he was sent to Parc Safari and then Jungle Cat World after a few months. Now most of the sibling sets arrived from private places so I’m not 100% certain they are siblings but odds are they are since all seem to have the same birthday.
The first cub was born in March 1976. He died the same day he was born. His parents werent known. The next cub arrived in 1979 and also died the same day. It was born to our male who was with us until 1993… Why do I now think his name might be Brutus or Boris? Ring any bells. The mother was his sister who lived until 1993 as well. The first successful litter was in 1980 to the same pair. They had a female and 3 males. A male and female were sent to another zoo at 3 months old. Their brothers left at 11 months old. There wasnt another litter until 1985 consisting of a male and female. Those cubs stuck around for 3 years before going to private hands. Their mother was from a different shipment of lions than their dad so less likely to be inbred. The 5th litter arrived in 1988 to the sister of the last mother. The 2 females from the litter stayed until 1995. Their one brother died at birth and the other died a few days later. A single male didnt survive his birthday in 1990 and his mom had a second male later that year who also didnt survive past a few days old. She then gave birth again 11 days later… the first must have been a preemie. That brother sister pair survived and went to Parc Safari the next spring. In 1991 the male inbred with his daughter and thankfully the female cub died on her birthday. Inbreeding with a different daughter produced a litter of 3 males and a female that same year. Only one male didnt survive infancy. One brother went to Zoo Sauvage while his brother and sister became the first lions at Disney’s Animal Kingdom when it opened. Back to inbreeding with the first daughter again later that year for a pair of sisters who went the next year to a private zoo. Thus ends the reign of the first pride with a record of 13 for 21 with the majority likely being from a brother sister pairing or a definite father daughter pairing. With the pride replaced Rowdy and Nokonda began their reign. In Jan 1999 they had a single male who didnt survive likely due to neglect. We know Nokonda never took to motherhood. Six months later they had triplet males of which only Simba survived. Males Lyndy and Jerroh were born the following spring and remained at the zoo their whole lives because we couldnt get anyone to take them. Rowdy and Nokonda went 3 for 6 due in large part to Nokonda just not feeling motherhood. Then that brings us to the last litter of cubs, Hank, Harrison, Oliver and Gus, to Fintan and Makali in 2015.
Butch's Family Tree
Butch (M)
Born: 6 Oct, 1974, Private
Transfer: 7 Mar 1976, Toronto Zoo
Died: 22 Oct 1993, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: DNS (M) Inbred 1979
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (M) 1985
Unnamed (F) 1985
Unnamed (F) 1988
Unnamed (F) 1988
DNS (M) 1988
DNS (M) 1988
DNS (M) 1990
DNS (M) 1990
Unnamed (M) 1990
Unnamed (F) 1990
DNS (F) Inbred 1991
DNS (M) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1991
Fun Fact: Arrived with his 4 sisters and a brother.
Born: 6 Oct, 1974, Private
Transfer: 7 Mar 1976, Toronto Zoo
Died: 22 Oct 1993, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: DNS (M) Inbred 1979
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1980
Unnamed (M) 1985
Unnamed (F) 1985
Unnamed (F) 1988
Unnamed (F) 1988
DNS (M) 1988
DNS (M) 1988
DNS (M) 1990
DNS (M) 1990
Unnamed (M) 1990
Unnamed (F) 1990
DNS (F) Inbred 1991
DNS (M) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (M) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1991
Unnamed (F) Inbred 1991
Fun Fact: Arrived with his 4 sisters and a brother.
Family Tree of the Philadelphia White Lions
Tandi (F)
Born: 24 Mar 1994, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Vinkel
Transfer: 7 Dec 1994, Palm Beach Zoo
5 Apr 1995, Toronto Zoo
11 Sep 1995, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Offspring: Future (M) Inbred
Fun Fact: Still inbred but they are cousins once removed. Full sister to Kolwa and Nokonda/ Half sister to Kanya. Actually white.
Future (M) Inbred
Born: 4 Nov 1997, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Father: Tran
Mother: Tandi
Transfer: 3 Feb 1998, Cincinnati Zoo
Died: 18 Dec 2014, Cincinnati Zoo
Kolwa (F)
Born: 24 Mar 1994, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Vinkel
Transfer: 7 Dec 1994, Palm Beach Zoo
5 Apr 1995, Toronto Zoo
11 Sep 1995, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Fun Fact: Still inbred but they are cousins once removed. Full sister to Tandi and Nokonda. Half sister to Kanya. Carrier for white genetics.
Kanya (F) Inbred
Born: 26 May 1994, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Jezebel
Offspring: Sunshine (M) Inbred
Courage (M)
Legend (M)
Wisdom (M)
Gracious (F)
Transfer: 7 Dec 1994, Palm Beach Zoo
5 Apr 1995, Toronto Zoo
11 Sep 1995, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Fun Fact: Product of a full brother sister pairing. Half sister to Tandi, Kolwa and Nokonda. Actually white.
Sunshine (M)
Born: 11 Oct 1997, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Father: Tran
Mother: Kanya
Transfer: 3 Feb 1998, Cincinnati Zoo
Died: 31 Mar 2015, Cincinnati Zoo
Offspring: Courage (M)
Legend (M)
Wisdom (M)
Gracious (F)
Fun Fact: Product of a half sibling pairing.
Courage (M)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Transfer: 27 Feb 2003, Toledo Zoo
Died: 1 Jan 2016, Toledo Zoo
Legend (M)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Transfer: 27 Feb 2003, Toledo Zoo
Died: 26 Jun 2015, Toledo Zoo
Wisdom (M)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Transfer: 27 Feb 2003, Toledo Zoo
Died: 18 Jul 2013, Toledo Zoo
Gracious (F)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Died: 1 Mar 2022, Cincinnati Zoo
Nokonda (F)
Born: 17 Mar 1996, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Vinkle
Transfer: 31 Oct 1996, Zoo Tampa
31 Mar 1997, Columbus Zoo
17 Nov 1997, Toronto Zoo
Died: 28 Jul 2011, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: DNS (M)
DNS (M)
DNS (M)
Simba (M)
Maïsha (F)
Kiwanja (F)
Shaka (M)
Illory (F)
Jerroh (M)
Lyndy (M)
Fun Fact: Full sister to Tandi and Kolwa. Half sister to Kanya. Inbreed. Actually white.
Simba (M)
Born: 14 Jun 1999, Toronto Zoo
Father: Rowdy
Mother: Nokonda
Transfer: 10 Oct 2000, Parc Safari
Offspring: Maïsha (F)
Kiwanja (F)
Shaka (M)
Illory (F)
Fun Fact: Mother was a white lion.
Maïsha (F)
Born: 11 Jun 2002, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Kiwanja (F)
Born: 11 Jun 2002, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Shaka (M)
Born: 21 Jan 2003, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Died: 25 Jan 2021, Parc Safari
Illory (F)
Born: 16 Jul 2005, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Lyndy (M)
Born: 14 Jul 2000, Toronto Zoo
Father: Rowdy
Mother: Nokonda
Died: 1 Sep 2016, Toronto Zoo
Fun Fact: Mother was a white lion.
Jerroh (M)
Born: 14 Jul 2000, Toronto Zoo
Father: Rowdy
Mother: Nokonda
Died: 16 Nov 2016, Toronto Zoo
Fun Fact: Mother was a white lion.
Born: 24 Mar 1994, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Vinkel
Transfer: 7 Dec 1994, Palm Beach Zoo
5 Apr 1995, Toronto Zoo
11 Sep 1995, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Offspring: Future (M) Inbred
Fun Fact: Still inbred but they are cousins once removed. Full sister to Kolwa and Nokonda/ Half sister to Kanya. Actually white.
Future (M) Inbred
Born: 4 Nov 1997, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Father: Tran
Mother: Tandi
Transfer: 3 Feb 1998, Cincinnati Zoo
Died: 18 Dec 2014, Cincinnati Zoo
Kolwa (F)
Born: 24 Mar 1994, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Vinkel
Transfer: 7 Dec 1994, Palm Beach Zoo
5 Apr 1995, Toronto Zoo
11 Sep 1995, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Fun Fact: Still inbred but they are cousins once removed. Full sister to Tandi and Nokonda. Half sister to Kanya. Carrier for white genetics.
Kanya (F) Inbred
Born: 26 May 1994, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Jezebel
Offspring: Sunshine (M) Inbred
Courage (M)
Legend (M)
Wisdom (M)
Gracious (F)
Transfer: 7 Dec 1994, Palm Beach Zoo
5 Apr 1995, Toronto Zoo
11 Sep 1995, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Fun Fact: Product of a full brother sister pairing. Half sister to Tandi, Kolwa and Nokonda. Actually white.
Sunshine (M)
Born: 11 Oct 1997, Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock
Father: Tran
Mother: Kanya
Transfer: 3 Feb 1998, Cincinnati Zoo
Died: 31 Mar 2015, Cincinnati Zoo
Offspring: Courage (M)
Legend (M)
Wisdom (M)
Gracious (F)
Fun Fact: Product of a half sibling pairing.
Courage (M)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Transfer: 27 Feb 2003, Toledo Zoo
Died: 1 Jan 2016, Toledo Zoo
Legend (M)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Transfer: 27 Feb 2003, Toledo Zoo
Died: 26 Jun 2015, Toledo Zoo
Wisdom (M)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Transfer: 27 Feb 2003, Toledo Zoo
Died: 18 Jul 2013, Toledo Zoo
Gracious (F)
Born: 1 Apr 2001, Cincinnati Zoo
Father: Sunshine
Mother: Prosperity
Died: 1 Mar 2022, Cincinnati Zoo
Nokonda (F)
Born: 17 Mar 1996, Philadelphia Zoo
Father: Merlin
Mother: Vinkle
Transfer: 31 Oct 1996, Zoo Tampa
31 Mar 1997, Columbus Zoo
17 Nov 1997, Toronto Zoo
Died: 28 Jul 2011, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: DNS (M)
DNS (M)
DNS (M)
Simba (M)
Maïsha (F)
Kiwanja (F)
Shaka (M)
Illory (F)
Jerroh (M)
Lyndy (M)
Fun Fact: Full sister to Tandi and Kolwa. Half sister to Kanya. Inbreed. Actually white.
Simba (M)
Born: 14 Jun 1999, Toronto Zoo
Father: Rowdy
Mother: Nokonda
Transfer: 10 Oct 2000, Parc Safari
Offspring: Maïsha (F)
Kiwanja (F)
Shaka (M)
Illory (F)
Fun Fact: Mother was a white lion.
Maïsha (F)
Born: 11 Jun 2002, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Kiwanja (F)
Born: 11 Jun 2002, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Shaka (M)
Born: 21 Jan 2003, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Died: 25 Jan 2021, Parc Safari
Illory (F)
Born: 16 Jul 2005, Parc Safari
Father: Simba
Mother: Wendy
Lyndy (M)
Born: 14 Jul 2000, Toronto Zoo
Father: Rowdy
Mother: Nokonda
Died: 1 Sep 2016, Toronto Zoo
Fun Fact: Mother was a white lion.
Jerroh (M)
Born: 14 Jul 2000, Toronto Zoo
Father: Rowdy
Mother: Nokonda
Died: 16 Nov 2016, Toronto Zoo
Fun Fact: Mother was a white lion.
Rowdy's Family Tree
Rowdy (M)
Born: 27 Mar 1991, Private
Transfer: 26 Sep 1991, Ellen Trout Zoo
25 Mar 1994, International Animal Exchange
28 Mar 1994, Toronto Zoo
27 Mar 1995, Private
12 Sep 1995, Toronto Zoo
Died: 21 Oct 2011, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: DNS (M)
DNS (M)
DNS (M)
Simba (M)
Maïsha (F)
Kiwanja (F)
Shaka (M)
Illory (F)
Jerroh (M)
Lyndy (M)
For offspring see Philly's white lions under Nokonda.
Born: 27 Mar 1991, Private
Transfer: 26 Sep 1991, Ellen Trout Zoo
25 Mar 1994, International Animal Exchange
28 Mar 1994, Toronto Zoo
27 Mar 1995, Private
12 Sep 1995, Toronto Zoo
Died: 21 Oct 2011, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: DNS (M)
DNS (M)
DNS (M)
Simba (M)
Maïsha (F)
Kiwanja (F)
Shaka (M)
Illory (F)
Jerroh (M)
Lyndy (M)
For offspring see Philly's white lions under Nokonda.
Current Pride of White Lions
Gopa (M)
Born: 21 Jun 2011, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 16 Feb 2012, Toronto Zoo
24 Jul 2012, Parc Safari
26 Aug 2013, Jungle Cat World
Offspring: Kiara (F)
Kiara (F)
Born: Sep 2021, Jungle Cat World
Father: Gopa
Mother: Delilah
Fintan (M)
Born: 1 Nov 2010, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 2012, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: Hank (M)
Harrison (M)
Oliver (M)
Gus (M)
Hank (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
Harrison (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
Oliver (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
Gus (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
12 Nov 2019, The Wild Animal Sanctuary
Lemon (F)
Born: 15 May 2011, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 16 Feb 2012, Toronto Zoo
Fun Fact: Lemon was spayed due to a leg issue.
Makali (F)
Born: 25 Aug 2011, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 16 Feb 2012, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: Hank (M)
Harrison (M)
Oliver (M)
Gus (M)
Fun Fact: Makali was spayed due to cysts in her ovaries but they did preserve eggs that could be used later if needed.
For offspring see Fintan.
Born: 21 Jun 2011, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 16 Feb 2012, Toronto Zoo
24 Jul 2012, Parc Safari
26 Aug 2013, Jungle Cat World
Offspring: Kiara (F)
Kiara (F)
Born: Sep 2021, Jungle Cat World
Father: Gopa
Mother: Delilah
Fintan (M)
Born: 1 Nov 2010, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 2012, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: Hank (M)
Harrison (M)
Oliver (M)
Gus (M)
Hank (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
Harrison (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
Oliver (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
Gus (M)
Born: 27 Sep 2015, Toronto Zoo
Father: Fintan
Mother: Makali
Transfer: 13 Feb 2017, Parc Safari
12 Nov 2019, The Wild Animal Sanctuary
Lemon (F)
Born: 15 May 2011, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 16 Feb 2012, Toronto Zoo
Fun Fact: Lemon was spayed due to a leg issue.
Makali (F)
Born: 25 Aug 2011, Bester Birds & Animals
Transfer: 16 Feb 2012, Toronto Zoo
Offspring: Hank (M)
Harrison (M)
Oliver (M)
Gus (M)
Fun Fact: Makali was spayed due to cysts in her ovaries but they did preserve eggs that could be used later if needed.
For offspring see Fintan.
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hyena142
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Just went and checked, I know we had a Butch (maybe that's the B name you're thinking of? Brutus sounds familiar though), a Natasha and a Nosey in 1987 thanks to some articles I dug up from a database a few months ago. Couldn't tell you anything else about them though. Oh well, at least we finally have a lion family tree. Now the only big one left is the grizzlies I think?
Butch! I knew there was a B. I think I got him confused with other Bs we had in the past. Brutus was our last capybara breeding male. And I think Boris was our male polar bear before Inuksuk. I could look it up but not gonna. Natasha and Nosey... yes recall those names. While I could do a work up on Butch I couldn't tell you who Natasha and Nosey where in the long list of females. While I can still edit Ill do Butch.
Wish you luck on the grizzlies. Really do. I tried for years to do that one and all I know is we had a female cub born in Toronto supposedly around 2000. Found one article long ago that said something like that and never have been able to find it again.
Wish you luck on the grizzlies. Really do. I tried for years to do that one and all I know is we had a female cub born in Toronto supposedly around 2000. Found one article long ago that said something like that and never have been able to find it again.
hyena142
Well-Known Member
Yeah they might be the hardest of the bunch if only because no one seems to know when Samson and Shintay arrived, let alone who came before them. At least with the lions we had Rowdy and Fintan's prides locked down, it's their predecessors that gave us trouble. With the grizzlies we don't even know where to start with our currents.
. Fantastic work!