The San Diego Wildlife Center received a special delivery this week all the way from the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere - two adorable 14-week-old clouded leopard cubs!
The cubs made their debut in the Children's Zoo Neonatal Assisted Care Unit and can be seen here daily for the next 30 days while in quarantine.
The clouded leopard brothers are part of a very successful breeding program, which is helping to increase the population of this critically endangered animal.
According to San Diego, Thirteen-pound Riki-san is the larger of the two cats but also the more timed one. His coat pattern is darker and his rosettes are more pronounced.
Haui-san weighs 11.5 pounds, is feisty and quite playful, enticing is bigger brother to wrestle and play a game of chase.
Although we have not seen the clouded leopard cubs yet, I can guarantee that our first stop next week will be at the Children's Zoo Neonatal Assisted Care Unit to welcome Riki-san and Haui-san.
After the quarantine period, the two cubs will join the San Diego Center's Backstage Pass animal ambassador program, but until then you can see them in the nursery. As you will see in this video provided by the San Diego Wildlife Center, Riki-san and Haui-san seem very happy in their new home.
Watch as they pounce, climb, and play with each other in the nursery. If this video doesn't make you smile, then I don't know what will.(SOURCE)
Note: The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is a felid found from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China, and has been classified as vulnerable in 2008 by IUCN. Its total population size is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a decreasing population trend and no single population numbering more than 1,000 adults. (Wikipedia)
The cubs made their debut in the Children's Zoo Neonatal Assisted Care Unit and can be seen here daily for the next 30 days while in quarantine.
The clouded leopard brothers are part of a very successful breeding program, which is helping to increase the population of this critically endangered animal.
According to San Diego, Thirteen-pound Riki-san is the larger of the two cats but also the more timed one. His coat pattern is darker and his rosettes are more pronounced.
Haui-san weighs 11.5 pounds, is feisty and quite playful, enticing is bigger brother to wrestle and play a game of chase.
Although we have not seen the clouded leopard cubs yet, I can guarantee that our first stop next week will be at the Children's Zoo Neonatal Assisted Care Unit to welcome Riki-san and Haui-san.
After the quarantine period, the two cubs will join the San Diego Center's Backstage Pass animal ambassador program, but until then you can see them in the nursery. As you will see in this video provided by the San Diego Wildlife Center, Riki-san and Haui-san seem very happy in their new home.
Watch as they pounce, climb, and play with each other in the nursery. If this video doesn't make you smile, then I don't know what will.(SOURCE)
Note: The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa) is a felid found from the Himalayan foothills through mainland Southeast Asia into China, and has been classified as vulnerable in 2008 by IUCN. Its total population size is suspected to be fewer than 10,000 mature individuals, with a decreasing population trend and no single population numbering more than 1,000 adults. (Wikipedia)
VIDEO Cute Clouded Leopard Cubs Pounce and Play
Adorable.
Why to they call them-san?