New Guinea short-beaked echidna; RSCC; 5th April 2014

Very nice - I think you mean 2014* , how many do RSCC have?

A fantastic addition to the UK zoo scene. Pleased to see another collection going into this species, pure subspecies is even better!

Great shot by the way, thanks for this and the report in-thread earlier Tim. Sounds like it's coming along nicely.

Thanks; I have corrected the year!

I only saw one individual but was informed by a member of staff that there are a pair.

Thanks

Great photo Tim! Do you have a complete species list on view?

I don’t claim what follows is an exhaustive list of all the species currently on exhibit but these are the ones I saw on 5th April 2014:-

• New Guinea short-beaked echidna
• aardwolf
• Palawan binturong
• fossa
• fanaluka
• ring-tailed mongoose
• narrow-striped mongoose
• jaguarondi
• rusty-spotted cat
• clouded leopard
• snow leopard
• Malayan tiger
• fishing cat
• sun bear
• bush dog
• smooth-coated otter
• yellow-throated marten
• red ruffed lemur
• yellow-cheeked gibbon

There are labels up for bear cuscus, spotted cuscus and brown dorcopsis but I was informed that they are not yet on exhibit. (Owston’s palm civet were also labelled but not seen.)

I'll certainly be returning as soon as I know that the are tarsiers on view.

Thanks for this list and your report on the news thread - it's very helpful to get such a prompt update. I'm not sure when I'll be able to make the drive down but I look forward to visiting, especially if the list keeps growing with interesting rarities.

Some of us know the sheer delight the photographer had in seeing this species....

Nice shot Tim!

Thank you very much

And some of us are a little bemused!



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