Births: A Coendu (Coendou prehensilis) has been born at Faunia! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=962340788068585
Birth news: 50 days ago, for the first time in Faunia, King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) hatched at the park! It's apparently being hand-reared by keepers.
Birth news: Another Kirk's dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) has been born at Faunia! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=644219290826166
New species: Faunia is now home to two male New Guinea ground cuscus (Phalanger gymnotis leucippus) that have arrived from the Praha zoo. They are the only representatives of this species in the country and are exhibited in the park's nocturnal house, Sombras Silenciosas. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=728344508877622
Birth news: - A Linnaeus' two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) has been born at Faunia's "Jungla" building! https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=729071298430001
New species: - The Eastern quoll (Dasyurus viverrinus) is back at Sombras Silenciosas! Faunia used to house this species until 2019, and now a new group has arrived from Leipzig. Amazing news to have! Another great incorporation alongside the cuscuses that arrived earlier this year. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=918521922621313
I'm going to Madrid at the end of the month - my question regarding Faunia is whether the Steller's sealions can still only be seen in the show?
Is not the only moment, but is a great moment The park is not specially big and if you really want to see them, is a great moment and not a great lack of time
I was checking Faunia's Google Maps pictures and saw a video of a Northern Luzon giant cloud rat (Phloeomys pallidus) in Sombras Silenciosas! Does anyone know anything of any recent movements of cloud rats? Really curious to learn more about them, the park hasn't made any statements. Another fantastic and unique in-the-country species for Faunia! It has had some amazing additions alongside the quoll and cuscus that arrived earlier this year!
I visited 10 days ago and saw a pair of them in the very first enclosure of the Sombras Silenciosas complex.
Yeah, I saw both of them. Especially the cuscus were surprisingly active and well visible at multiple times during the day, clearly one of my highlights. The quolls showed up only once and I saw no more than one animal.
New species: - Faunia has welcomed a pair of Macaroni penguins (Eudyptes chrysolophus) into the penguinarium! They are called Pesto and Carbonara and they arrived from the Antwerpen Zoo. Faunia's Twitter page
Really enjoyed a visit here last week - happy to answer any questions. Have uploaded a selection of photos on the gallery. A really well presented collection, if a bit aging in places. I managed to see 6 new Mammal species that I had not seen before. I think the Jungla house was the highlight, I had never seen Manatees before so that was fascinating! I would say the house needs some upkeep and the main hall looked very empty, did it once have any ground dwelling species? I could see a small deer species working there. The penguin enclosures were great but unfortunately so many of the windows were covered in condensation which made it very hard to view and take photographs. The venomous house was another highlight, very educational and well presented. The last big tank (holding reef sharks etc.) said about refurbishment. I wondered if something like an Octopus or Squid species would fit in well there? I loved that there were lots of areas to explore and seek out, such as the underground exhibit. The lemur exhibit was also a highlight as all 3 species were very active around me. The nocturnal house held a fantastic array of species including some very active Eastern Quolls! I felt the Ocelot exhibit was much too small and a bit depressing, especially with no outdoor access. Aside from some of the aging exhibits, my only other criticism would be the Australian walk through being closed and no signs up why this was. I would definitely recommend a visit for anyone in the area. As mentioned before, the price is a bit steep for the size of the collection but I happily spent about 4 hours here. (Just a note that the Zootierliste list is very out of date for the collection)
I returned to Madrid and Valencia's city collections after two years and all the places look well maintained and with some nice improvements. Faunia Sombras Silenciosas complex is the one I want to mention in particular, since not many of this type left on the continent. Without being too overexcited - this is probably the second best Nocturnal House in Europe at the moment. Species list: Northern Luzon Giant Cloud Rat Moholi Bushbaby Nancy's Ma Night Monkey/ Striped Skunk Aardvark Brush-tailed Bettong/ Moholi Bushbaby Eastern Quoll Binturong Egyptian Fruit Bat Seba's Short-tailed Bat Fennec Fox Ground Cuscus Fahaka Puffer Fish Southern Tamandua/ Southern Three-banded Armadillo Ocelot Crested Porcupine Brazilian Porcupine/ Moholi Bushbaby Beech Marten Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Four-toed hedgehog* - not entirely sure Electric Eel Dwarf Mongoose
Thank you so much for this species list @twilighter, we have quite the gem over at Madrid. It's really making a comeback species-wise for what it seems, there are some animals I was not expecting (Mostly the beech marten). I'm guessing the common genet and European minks are no longer at the park? Are the sloths signed differently when it comes to Hoffmann's and Linnaeuses? For what you said, I'd guess that the Hoffmann's are housed at the nocturnal house and the Linnaeus ones are the breeding group over at the Jungle building.