This "ferocious" young cub was born in May at Utah's Hogle Zoo but just recently debuted to the public. Critically endangered in their native home of the Himalayas and other Central Asian mountain ranges, snow leopards are bred at zoos across the country as part of the AZA's Species Survival Plan.
Looking less fierce
Photo credits (bottom two pictures): Bill Warden
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Jao Chu (JOW-chew), a 3-year-old endangered clouded leopard at the Smithsonian National Zoo, gave birth to a cub at 5:30 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Staff had been on a pregnancy watch for
several days. Mother and cub are doing well. The cub’s sex will not be
confirmed for about one week.

Tiny head... not so tiny claws!

The birth represents the second time Jao Chu and 3-year-old Hannibal
have produced offspring. Jao Chu gave birth to two male cubs March
24—Sa Ming (SAH-meeng), “brave warrior,” and Ta Moon (TAH-moon),
“mischievous child.” Lots more photos after the jump.
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With beautiful distinctively marked coats, Clouded Leopards are frequent targets for poachers who sell their pelts. These tiny cubs (only 1/2 lb. each!) born May 30th at the
Nashville Zoo add genetic variety to the captive population that may some day enable reintroduction programs to bolster threatened wild populations.
Photos Courtesy of the Nashville Zoo
This is the first litter of cubs for parents Jing Jai and Arun. The cubs are expected to open their eyes any day now, whereupon we hope to have more photos to share!
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