Catopuma temminckii tristis (syn. Pardofelis temminckii tristis). I was watching the female "Swa-Fai" (approx. 7 yrs.) walking around her heavily-planted enclosure, when she suddenly leapt approx 8 feet up the wire fencing of her enclosure, clinging onto the wire whilst looking over towards the offshow area (holding the male, "Khan").
Her younger brother Ipoh - whose exact location I am now unsure of, as he dropped off the face of the earth when Edinburgh went out of the species - is very richly coloured indeed: And just for completeness, the following is a photograph of Khaan, the unrelated male who was also held at Edinburgh and is now off-display in the enclosure next to Swai-fai at Exmoor:
Thank you for the information! Their colours are so variable BTW, It makes me even more disappointing on Edinburgh Zoo now
Can anyone tell me why Edinburgh went out of these and want happened to the individual "Ipoh" ? I don't remember having seen golden cats at Edinburgh though I remember the wolverine and jaguar.
