The Black and white ruffed lemur triplets have been sexed as three males:
Rare lemur triplets born at Newquay Zoo in U.K.
They join parents, Yhoda and Bary; as well as older brother and sister Asotry and Asara
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The Black and white ruffed lemur triplets have been sexed as three males:
Rare lemur triplets born at Newquay Zoo in U.K.
They join parents, Yhoda and Bary; as well as older brother and sister Asotry and Asara
Gigit
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Not exactly 'News', but rather a brief note about my visit last week. I was surprised to realise that my last visit was April 2018. It was a lovely day and the zoo looked good. As far as I could tell (remember!), there were no major changes. The African Savannah looked better than I remembered with lots of foliage on the trees making the fences less obvious. I'd forgotten that Gems of the Jungle was worth a long look but, because we were trying to avoid most people, by the time we got in there it was time to get back to the car park. But I did enjoy seeing so many birds in the zoo, especially as there are so few now at my local zoo, Newquay's sister zoo.
I resent paying a king's ransom in loose change to park at a zoo and would have stayed longer if there was a facility for paying with a card, or for somehow paying at the zoo - I've never been successful with parking apps. I know this isn't the zoo's responsibility but it is off-putting. I'll have to visit in the off-season next time, when parking is free) and spend longer there. And remember to look on here first so I know about recent births etc!
I resent paying a king's ransom in loose change to park at a zoo and would have stayed longer if there was a facility for paying with a card, or for somehow paying at the zoo - I've never been successful with parking apps. I know this isn't the zoo's responsibility but it is off-putting. I'll have to visit in the off-season next time, when parking is free) and spend longer there. And remember to look on here first so I know about recent births etc!
Its a bit unusual having a council- owned(?) carpark being the only parking that's close to the zoo's entrance and so unconnected with the zoo itself.
Gigit
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Yes, it is council-run. Does the Wild Planet Trust actually own the zoo land, does anyone know?
I suspect it may be leased from Newquay as the original zoo was council created and run. But I don't know that for sure...
Gigit
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I've looked it up - the council originally owned it. Mike Thomas and Roger Martin, previously involved in the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, purchased it in 1994. Then Whitley/Wild Planet Trust bought it in 2003. Very valuable land, I'd say, things being how they are in Cornwall currently.
JurassicMax
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Sadly male Carpathian lynx (Lynx lynx carpathicus) Boomer passed away this week following a short but terminal illness. He has been at Newquay zoo since 2009.
Source:
Instagram of Newquay Zoo (13/08/2022)
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Instagram of Newquay Zoo (13/08/2022)
How many lynx are there left at Newquay now?
JurassicMax
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According to Zootierliste they had 1,1 Lynx at the end of 2020, so I persume they have only female left.
That would be right. Their offspring, Finn, went to Beale park previously, leaving just the 1.1 pair until Boomers death.
JurassicMax
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Recently a Visayan spotted deer (Rusa alfredi) was born.
Source:
Instagram of Newquay Zoo (23/08/2022)
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Instagram of Newquay Zoo (23/08/2022)
JurassicMax
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This year a Long-nosed potoroo (Potorous tridactylus) was born to parents Ronnie and Gumdrop!
Source:
Instagram of Newquay Zoo (24/09/2022)
Source:
Instagram of Newquay Zoo (24/09/2022)
Two Java mouse-deer have recently arrived at Newquay Zoo, and are living in the Tropical House. These are a returning species to the zoo, and were last kept in 2019.
More information can be found in the link below:
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More information can be found in the link below:
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Quite worrying their whole press release talks about Javan mousedeer and Java, while the European population of mousedeer has nothing to do with that species.... The European population consists of Lesser mousedeer (Tragulus kanchil), but I don't know if it is 100% pure given splits occured after the main import(s)....
I may be misunderstanding something but when I checked ZTL it shows no holders for Tragulus kanchil (except for three holders in Singapore) but 20 holders for Tragulus javanicus. Again, I may be misunderstanding things.
The ZTL page in question states that it refers to Tragulus javanicus sensu lato - that is to say, a population of unclear affinities due to the fact that it derives from imports which took place prior to kanchil being split from javanicus.
As @lintworm notes, the population is more-or-less known to be kanchil rather than javanicus sensu stricto, but as the possibility of past hybridisation with *some* javanicus founders cannot be entirely ruled out, the Zootierliste admin have chosen to label the population with the broadest possible terminology.
For a similar example, see how Zootierliste deals with the split between Eulemur rufus and Eulemur rufifrons, lumping known pure populations of both, along with known hybrids, into a single Eulemur rufus sensu lato page.
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Bao, a male Owston's civet, has died at the age of 17 and a half - while the lifespan of the species is not known, he is likely to be the oldest of his species on record.
He was born in April 2005 at Save Vietnam's Wildlife and moved to Newquay Zoo as part of the EEP in 2014. There are currently only ten individuals in the EEP, four of which live in Newquay.
While at Newquay, Bao fathered three young. Seven-year-old female Quy and two-year-old male Lam still live at Newquay, while Quy's male twin now lives at Port Lympne.
More information can be found in the link below:
Celebrating Bao’s legacy - Newquay Zoo
He was born in April 2005 at Save Vietnam's Wildlife and moved to Newquay Zoo as part of the EEP in 2014. There are currently only ten individuals in the EEP, four of which live in Newquay.
While at Newquay, Bao fathered three young. Seven-year-old female Quy and two-year-old male Lam still live at Newquay, while Quy's male twin now lives at Port Lympne.
More information can be found in the link below:
Celebrating Bao’s legacy - Newquay Zoo