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Two female ring-tailed lemurs have arrived from Melbourne Zoo, with a male scheduled to arrive next year:

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FANS of the DreamWorks Animation movie Madagascar now have the opportunity to come face to face with one the film’s leading characters at Launceston’s Tasmania Zoo.

Actually, the two ring-tailed lemurs who arrived at the zoo on Tuesday cannot be Madagascar’s King Julien XIII, because they are both females – Tahiana 12 and her daughter Fanja 7.


Zoo manager Rochelle Penney said next year the zoo expected to take delivery of a male “prince charming”.

She said the zoo was fortunate to be a part of an Australasian breeding program for the super-cute primate species, which is threatened by habitat loss, illegal hunting and the pet trade. It was placed on the endangered list last year.

Ms Penney said it was impossible to confuse ring tailed lemurs with any other primate, thanks to their distinctive tails that feature either 13 or 14 black rings.

Ms Penney said the zoo had been trying for three years to get its hands on the lemurs, which previously resided at Melbourne Zoo.
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A male common marmoset has been born, bringing the total number at the zoo to six:

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THIS little marmoset weighed just 28g when he was born at Tasmania Zoo about four weeks ago.

Since then the youngster has almost doubled in weight, and he has reached the stage where he is ready to jump off his carer’s back and explore the enclosure on his own.

He is already climbing on and off the backs of the zoo’s five older marmosets.

“They all share the care, even the young one which is 12 months old,” said Zoo manager Rochelle Penney.

The youngster also had a go at jumping from one branch to another, at one point landing on some flimsy foliage which sagged under his weight.

Ms Penney said marmosets, from South America, were not as threatened as some other primate species, but often fell victim to the primate trade.

The latest arrival doesn’t have a name yet. The Zoo is inviting people to suggest a name via the its Facebook page.
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that's good news. This the fourth zoo in Australia to have capybara (Adelaide, Altina, Darling Downs, Tasmania Zoo) - the article above says "Tasmania Zoo is one of only three zoos in Australia to exhibit the species."
 
3 Asian small clawed otters have arrived.
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Tasmania Zoo appeals for bamboo as State Government chews over red panda import request
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BRUCE MOUNSTER, Mercury
January 9, 2017 9:58pm
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THE State Government is considering a request by Tasmania Zoo to import two very cute red pandas.

The rusty red and white pandas with stripy tails are not related to the black-and-white giant pandas, but both species are bamboo eaters, native to China and classified as endangered.

Tasmania zoo keeper Emma Morgan, who has worked with red pandas previously at Queensland zoos, said the Government would decide later this month if the species would be admitted into Tasmania.

Tasmania Zoo was quietly confident because, given that their diet was 98 per cent bamboo, the pandas posed a very low risk of escaping and turning feral.

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Six-month-old red panda cub brothers Keta and Mandu have an early morning feed at Melbourne Zoo. Picture: EUGENE HYLAND
Ms Morgan said the Launceston-based zoo had started planting bamboo on site in anticipation and was keen to hear from Tasmanians who had bamboo growing in their yards and might be able to spare some for the pandas.

The pandas are set to come ambassadors for the Red Panda Network — an international organisation which funds community awareness in areas where the species is threatened, mostly by habitat destruction, and has reintroduced pandas from zoos into the wild.

“They are quite active when it is cool, and they are very cute,’’ Ms Morgan said.

Most red pandas in Australian zoos come from Nepal, where there are only between 300 and 500 left in the wild.

In China, the red panda population numbers about 7000. Some are also found in India, Myanmar and Bhutan.
 
So they will be importing Mandu and Keta from Melbourne zoo.The twins were born in October 2015 to Seba and Roshani.This will be a great new addition to the zoo.Since they have recently imported otter,capybara,crocodile and white lion.What a growing zoo!!

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