Taronga Zoo Meerkats Slendertailed Meerkats are small active
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Taronga Zoo Meerkats Slender-tailed Meerkats are small, active animals belonging to the mongoose family. They have a long body and short legs, standing around 30 cm tall. The coat is greyish brown to light grey with dark bands across the body and dark eyes and nose. The dark patches around their eyes lessen the desert glare similar to sunglasses and their ears can close in the event of a sand storm. The Meerkat’s long foreclaws are especially adapted to scratching and digging while its pointed snout enables it to reach into small crevices.
Tiger Three Sumatran Tiger cubs have been born at Taronga Zoo, providing a valuable boost to this critically endangered species with as few as 400 left in the wild.
Snow Leopards have thickest coat of all the cats, helping them to survive in their cold habitat. They also have the longest tail of all the cats, helping them balance on the rocky terrain where they live. This long tail is also a babysitter for a mother with cubs, providing both warmth and amusement to the youngsters. Snow leopard
possums • Prime Possum and the Saturday Club visited Taronga Western Plains Zoo this week to film segments for an upcoming show. Prime Possum was out and about in the Zoo meeting many of its rare and endangered species including Black Rhino Bakhita and her six month old calf Kufara as well as the Zoo's African Elephants Cuddles and Yum. • Prime Possum came face to face with all creatures’ great and small from the inquisitive Meerkats to the ferocious African Lion that was looking at him and thinking about lunch. • Be sure to check out all of Prime Possum’s adventures at Taronga Western Plains Zoo on the Saturday Club.
Corroboree Frog | Taronga Corroboree Frogs are well known both for their striking appearance and for their alarming population decline. Found only in a small area of the beautiful Kosciuszko National Park, these little amphibians need our help now more than ever. Taronga Zoo is involved in a National Recovery Program to help save this species.
