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  1. Nisha

    Nisha Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Nisha, 4 Feb 2014
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  2. Norwegian moose

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    The wallaroos will be the fifth macropod species in Berlin, along with the benetts and parma wallabies, red kangaroos and yellow footed rock kangaroos.
     
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    Actually, the Tierpark also has some grey kangaroos - if that is what they are called, they are the grey equivalent of the red ones anyway ;)
     
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    You forget about one more species of kangaroo in Tierpark Berlin: Mainland Western Grey Kangoroo (Macropus fuliginosus melanops). They live on the former enclosure occupied by a Southern Cassowary.
     
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    Okay, I stand corected Berlin actually have six macropod species now! That is not bad for a zoo outside Australia!
     
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    Mentioned by you species of kangaroos are now in Berlin (in both zoological gardens together). Tierpark Berlin has 4 species, and Berlin Zoo - 2 species.
     
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    Yes sure, it was that I meant
     
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    The Tierpark has imported a pair of southern tamandua (T. t. nigra) from French Guiana

    Google Translate
     
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    Zootierliste reports that six were imported last year, of which two dns.
     
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    What a boastful name could it be in English-speaking country :D
     
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    Nope it is actually in the Netherlands. If they would have added an -e- at the end it would have the same meaning in Dutch as it has now in English. Without the -e- it is just the name of the town the zoo is located in :p.
     
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    ...and, pleasant though it is, it is not even the best zoo in the environs of Eindhoven.
     
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    Two tamanduas (1,1) are on display now in the pachydermy building. I have no idea if or how many there are left behind the scenes. At least two female ones died, though...

    Other than that, there is some more news:
    -Like the tamanduas, the short-beaked echidnas are fed at around 2 PM. This also is the only time these little cowards can be seen.
    -the young wallaroos are both male
     
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    Are the Tamanduas mixed with anything? Do they have one of the inside wall cages?
     
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    Summary of arrivals in January 2014 have been posted in photographic form on the Zoofreunde forums - the usual caveat regarding my translation skills applies :p

    Births

    3 Four-eyed Fish
    1 Barbary Striped Grass Mouse
    12 Neumann's Grass-rat
    10 Naked Molerat
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    1 litter of Dingo
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    Good news re: Palawan leopard cats! Interesting about naked mole rats, are these new or just off-show?
     
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    Both - offshow in the elephant house, having arrived from Dresden late last year.
     
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    On Feb. 2 a Red-capped mangabey has been born at Tierpark Berlin. Father is Valerius ( born 2007 ) and mother is Sina ( born herself at the Tierpark in 2006 ). It's the first young of this pair.
    Tierpark Berlin plays a very important role in the European Red-capped population; of the 90 animals currently alive, 18 were born at the Tierpark !
     
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    The naked mole rats are on display now. They received a new exhibit in the giraffe building.

    @zooboy28: The tamanduas are kept in the large cage previously inhibited by the "Faultiere" (don't know the correct English term right now).
     
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    Two-toed Sloths
     
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