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Indeed; I am hoping it might go onshow before my visit in April, but won't hold my breath.

One does wonder whether this is the same animal as the one previously held at Prague, which had been presumed to have died on its disappearance.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
I love the genus .... (genius)! :)
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You're right-I've meant genus-I wasn't remembering the correct word, but Genius worked as well;)

Nevertheless, I like this genus, too, and I hope, this species will go"on Show" soon, so I can see the third species of Rhynchocyon in my life.:)
 
This is actually good news, as it means the Tierpark individual will likely not be an elderly animal :) and it also increases the odds that more than one animal is held, which will hopefully lead to a breeding population.
 
Maybe the Tierpark has more than one animal-I have no idea, where they ( or it, but I guess, it is more than one animal) came from-probably fromt he wild via an animal dealer or from private holders ?

Prague had more than one ,two or maybe three, if I'm right.Only one survived a couple of years, and according to Zootierliste,these animals came from private.
 
Tim Brown said:
The Brehm House refurb is now said to be two months from completion[inside at least,nothing happening to the external cat cages as yet].
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Frustratingly for me - considering the fact I'm going to be making my first ever visit to Tierpark in early April 2014 - I've been hearing that completion has been delayed by several weeks, so I may well miss out on seeing the ABH properly.

Photographs posted over on the Zoofreunde forums certainly give the impression the refurbishment has a long way to go.... :(
 
Intrigued by the brehm house, is anything offshow whilst the work is carried out, or are species just in different enclosures? If the former, what is off show?
 
The birds, bats and small mammals have all vacated the building, but the carnivores are still on show in their outdoor enclosures. The only indoor areas open in December were the lion and tiger rock dens.
 
My assumption, of course, is that the birds and small mammals which have vacated the building are held offshow elsewhere. Beyond this, I have been reliably informed at least one of the small carnivore species is still in the building but - lacking outdoor viewing - is effectively offshow; this being the Palawan leopard cat.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
My assumption, of course, is that the birds and small mammals which have vacated the building are held offshow elsewhere.
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A pretty safe assumption. Certainly the Straw-coloured Fruit Bats and several of the rodent species are on-show in the elephant house. There's lots of off-show bird facilities behind the snake farm which could swallow the entire bird collection of most zoos.
 
TeaLovingDave said:
My assumption, of course, is that the birds and small mammals which have vacated the building are held offshow elsewhere. Beyond this, I have been reliably informed at least one of the small carnivore species is still in the building but - lacking outdoor viewing - is effectively offshow; this being the Palawan leopard cat.
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I believe your mentioned that you saw the leopard cat rob? Aside from this if it is off-show, is there anything else in particular not to get too excited about if the house is still effectively closed for the most part?
 
The on-show pair of Palawan Leopard Cats only have access to an indoor enclosure which won't be visible until the house re-opens.

The Central American Margays, Geoffroy's Cats and Gordon's Cats all have outdoor (glass-fronted) exhibits, but it wasn't possible to get very close to these due to the building work.

All of the larger cats should be visible if they choose to be outside (I'm not sure if any of the species are on indoor/outdoor rotation these days).
 
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