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The Taronga zoo was born a baby wombat
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Recently the Australian Taronga zoo (Taronga Zoo) presented the new cub long-haired wombat (lat. Lasiorhunus latifrons). Eight-month-old baby girl named Sydney (Sydney), just left a bag of his mother and began to study the surrounding world to the delight of staff and visitors to a wildlife Park.
Photo: Taronga Zoo
As said Brett Finlayson (Finlayson Brett), senior superintendent of the marsupials, they are very happy in their zoo came to light, the baby wombat, as breeding these marsupials is a tricky business, as you know wombats are pretty hard bred in captivity.
Though the wombats (lat. Vombatidae) and breed throughout the year, but in females there is a so-called "12 hour window" — this is the only time they can get pregnant. Naturally, in the wild this is no problem, but in zoos, where it can contain only one pair of animals, you must consider all aspects.
— Well, our wombats immediately liked each other, otherwise they would not have happened, says Brett Finlayson. – Wombats are generally very choosy in partner selection. In addition, the female wombat is able to raise only one cub and this is despite the fact that she has two nipples.
Bag she turned back. So when digging it got the ground. A newborn baby is in that bag six to eight months, after which he leaves the mother and remain near her for the next year.
Puberty these marsupials reach the age of 2 years. Life expectancy in the wild is up to 15 years and in captivity (with good content) they can live up to 25 years. As is known, was officially recorded case of wombat lived for 34 years! This wombat's name was Patrick and he lived at Ballarat wildlife Park (Victoria, Australia).
These fun animals are great swim, pretty fast (especially in the case of threats to their lives), if necessary, can climb trees. The wombats great sense of smell, by which they can easily find food and the smell of enemies. They can go for long without water, so the hot Australian climate is very suitable for them.
Source: zoopicture.ru
Photo: Taronga Zoo
As said Brett Finlayson (Finlayson Brett), senior superintendent of the marsupials, they are very happy in their zoo came to light, the baby wombat, as breeding these marsupials is a tricky business, as you know wombats are pretty hard bred in captivity.
Though the wombats (lat. Vombatidae) and breed throughout the year, but in females there is a so-called "12 hour window" — this is the only time they can get pregnant. Naturally, in the wild this is no problem, but in zoos, where it can contain only one pair of animals, you must consider all aspects.
— Well, our wombats immediately liked each other, otherwise they would not have happened, says Brett Finlayson. – Wombats are generally very choosy in partner selection. In addition, the female wombat is able to raise only one cub and this is despite the fact that she has two nipples.
Bag she turned back. So when digging it got the ground. A newborn baby is in that bag six to eight months, after which he leaves the mother and remain near her for the next year.
Puberty these marsupials reach the age of 2 years. Life expectancy in the wild is up to 15 years and in captivity (with good content) they can live up to 25 years. As is known, was officially recorded case of wombat lived for 34 years! This wombat's name was Patrick and he lived at Ballarat wildlife Park (Victoria, Australia).
These fun animals are great swim, pretty fast (especially in the case of threats to their lives), if necessary, can climb trees. The wombats great sense of smell, by which they can easily find food and the smell of enemies. They can go for long without water, so the hot Australian climate is very suitable for them.
Source: zoopicture.ru
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