The “Empire of Cats” and its inhabitants
Today we introduce you to some of the smaller predators in the house – the southern tiger cat, the margay, the narrow-striped mongoose, the ring-tailed vontsira, the sand cat, and the dwarf mongoose. Who else lives in the “Empire of Cats” and its nocturnal-animal basement, “Creatures of the Night”? Here’s an overview of the inhabitants:
“Empire of Cats”
- Amur tiger (Siberian tiger) (EN)
- African lion (VU)
- Jaguar (NT)
- Persian leopard (EN)
- Oncilla (VU)
- Margay (NT)
- Sand cat
- Dwarf mongoose
- Narrow-striped mongoose (EN)
- Ring-tailed vontsira
- Red panda (EN)
- Rhinoceros iguana (CR)
“Creatures of the Night”
- Seba’s short-tailed bat
- Pallas’s long-tongued bat
- Ansell’s mole rat
- Springhare
- Senegal bushbaby
- Aardvark
- Goodman’s mouse lemur (VU)
- Lesser hedgehog tenrec
- Kinkajou
- Bengal slow loris (EN)
- Bolivian night monkey
- Black-rumped agouti
- Six-banded armadillo
- Fennec
- African pygmy mouse
- Rusty-spotted cat (NT)
- Coruro
- Roborovski dwarf hamster
- Pale gerbil
- Malagasy giant rat (EN)
- Sugar glider
NT = Near threatened
VU = Vulnerable
EN = Endangered
CR = Critically endangered
Animal celebrities:
- African lions Mateo, Elsa and Hanna (2)
- Jaguar Aloha (3)
- Persian leopards Emil (7) and Shiva (8)
- Amur tiger Darius (16)
- Aardvarks Mawuko (3) and Memphis (3)
Kinkajou babies Tami, Pummelchen and Franzi
