So, after all purple-faced langur! We both seem to share a love of leaf eating primates, unfortunately a heavily overlooked big and diverse group in modern day ABC zoos and unfortunately also a group full of rare and severely endangered taxa. WCS/SZ does great work locally with Raffle's banded langur! BTW on SNS: it seems they are building a new rhino area?! Is this for Indian GOH and do they plan for new rhinos too?
I believe cloud rats have moved into the former tarsier exhibit. The tarsiers and golden cats may have died out but i haven't had a chance to confirm it. The new rhino exhibit is for Indian rhinos. The park is keen to obtain new breeding stock. The area where the current Indian rhino exhibit is sited will be taken over by the new Rainforest Park South.
ask one more question raised by my friend. How many Malay tiger living in night safari totally? Thanks.
2 male and 2 female (that's how zoological institutions list their stock). = 1.2.1 means one male, two female and one individual where sex is undetermined (yet).
A couple more updates: The pangolin exhibit now houses Southern Three-banded Armadillo. The Pangolin are now mixed in with the Sumatran Palm Civets. A much bigger space and a great display when the pangolin is active. The Spotted Mousedeer are back in the Flying Squirrel enclosure, in a fenced area.
The vacant former Golden Cat exhibit might be used to house newly acquired Gambian Pouched Rats soon. 2020 happens to be the year of the rat in the Chinese Zodiac.
The coronavirus outbreak has greatly impacted attendance at the WRS parks, as locals are staying home and tourist arrivals have fallen sharply. Night Safari in particular has shortened its opening hours, closing at 11pm instead of midnight. The plus side is that there are few other visitors around and you get to tour the park in peace! I'm not sure if this downturn will affect upcoming developments at the park. The new Indian rhino exhibit currently under construction will not likely be affected, and should open later this year. The new Asian elephant exhibit and new amphitheatre are suppose to begin construction sometime this year, but these may be delayed. More non-Asian species are expected or rumoured to be added this or next year along the walking trails. The noteworthy ones: Maned Wolf (to be relocated from River Safari) Spectacled Owl (already at the park but currently off show) Brazilian Porcupine (already at the park but currently off show) Tasmanian Devil (the new exhibit is currently being built at Wallaby Trail) North Island Brown Kiwi (rumour from a reliable source) Aardvark (rumour from a reliable source)
They certainly would like a new breeding pair. They've tried without success for 25 years! But i've no information of any new imports.
quickly visit the zoo tonight. few things to be shared: 1. The new zookeeper talking program is added on fishing cat trail. Now it is 7:15pm (Sunda pangolin), 8:00pm (Serval), 9:00pm (armadillo). Very good opportunity to see Sunda pangolin; 2. The golden cat exhibition has been used for binturong and masked civet, if I am not wrong; 3. On the entrance of Wallaby Trail, the morepork is there; 4. Ask the zookeeper, Kiwi is in the plan to be introduced, but it is on hold now because COVID19 issue
Oooo.... Aardvarks. Nice! I presume they were going to occupy what used to be the bat-eared fox exhibit along the East Lodge trail? Very much looking forward to seeing them if the current situation improves.
Interesting... 3 largely-myrmecophagous species, each from different continents, possessing convergently-evolved features within a single zone. Sounds like the Avengers of Anteaters
Singapore Night Safari has welcomed the birth of a Malayan Tapir. Source: Wildlife Reserves Singapore's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=315309033217692 Security Check
