Tiergarten Schönbrunn News from Schonbrunn

[JurassicMax]

On the 3rd of June a Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) was born, the gender is still unknown.

The gender of the sloth has been revealed, it's a female!

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (22/12/2021) https://www.instagram.com/p/CXx06KcMA_5/

 

[JurassicMax]

Two months ago the Red ruffed lemurs (Varecia rubra) moved in with the ring-tailed lemurs.

Multiple Common squirrel monkeys (Saimiri sciureus) have been born in the last weeks.

Sources:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (28/12/2021) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYBbqJ9Mh2U/
Instagram of Zoo Viennan Schönbrunn (30/12/2021) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYGdEsBsV-q/

 

[vogelcommando]

Schönbrunns work with Potosi and La Palma pupfish :

VIDEO: Nothing Fishy Here: 30 Pupfish, Extinct In The Wild, Hatch At Vienna Zoo

 

[JurassicMax]

On the 24th of December a Pygmy marmoset (Cebuella pygmaea) was born.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (18/01/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CY3br9Cs8D5/

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Schönbrunns work with Potosi and La Palma pupfish :

VIDEO: Nothing Fishy Here: 30 Pupfish, Extinct In The Wild, Hatch At Vienna Zoo

They do some great work with killifish too and various other endangered freshwater fish species. Along with the Wien Aquarium elsewhere in the city.

I wish more zoos would invest in this.

 

[JurassicMax]

Recently atleast 2 Collared peccaries (Pecari tajacu) were born.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (24/01/2022) Login • Instagram

 

[JurassicMax]

Last Sunday a female Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata) was born.

Last week 1,3 domestic reindeer arrived from Zoo Wuppertal and Zoo Gelsenkirchen, the zoo now has 1,5 domestic reindeer.

Sources:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (26/01/2022) Login • Instagram
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (28/01/2022) Login • Instagram

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Purebred reticulated I guess?

 

[JurassicMax]

Purebred reticulated I guess?

I persume, not sure about the status of the animals at Schonbrünn.

 

[zoofanbelgium]

Purebred reticulated I guess?

The mother is Fleur and she has been born in Rotterdam where they have a long tradition in reticulated giraffes. So purebred I suppose.

 

[JurassicMax]

Sadly 21-year old female Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) was recently euthanised. She arrived at the zoo in 2002 from Zoo Olomouc where she was born on the 15th of March 2001.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (02/02/2022) Login • Instagram

 

[Kifaru Bwana]

Sadly 21-year old female Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo) was recently euthanised. She arrived at the zoo in 2002 from Zoo Olomouc where she was born on the 15th of March 2001.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (02/02/2022) Login • Instagram

I really did not know they held "Barbary" lion?!

 

[JurassicMax]

I really did not know they held "Barbary" lion?!

According to ZTL they do, this female came from Zoo Olomouc which according to ZTL also helds "Barbary" lions.

 

[vogelcommando]

A more then 30-year old King penguin- male is raising a chick together with its younger partner .

 

[JurassicMax]

On the 10th of April a Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) was born.

Source:
Instagram of Zoo Vienna Schönbrunn (26/04/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cczm6SasdIH/

 

[vogelcommando]

In April 2 Mhorrgazelles were born.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=413108167333571

 

[vogelcommando]

A male Black-billed amazon was send from Loro Parque to Viena to be paired with a female living at this zoo :

Amazon delivery: Rare male parrot flies in for breeding program

 

[JurassicMax]

Last week 2 female Plains buffalos (Bison bison bison) were born.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Schönbrunn (25/05/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cd-PZ_psFoC/

 

[JurassicMax]

Sadly the last Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus) was euthanised last week, he suffered from age related problems. He was born in 1993 in Tierpark Berlin and arrived at the zoo when he was only 1 year old, since 2019 he was the last spectacled bear in Tiergarten Schönbrunn. At the moment his old enclosure is getting renovated, however the zoo is expected to receive new spectacled bear(s) soon!

On the 18th of May 4 Capybaras (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) were born.

Sources:
Instagram of Tiergarten Schönbrunn (26/05/2022) Login • Instagram
Instagram of Tiergarten Schönbrunn (31/05/2022) Login • Instagram

 

[JurassicMax]

In the last couple of weeks a total of 6 Northern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes moseleyi) hatched.

Source:
Instagram of Tiergarten Schönbrunn (02/06/2022) https://www.instagram.com/p/CeS21Dps-Aj/