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Meet Hutan And Puteri: Sumatran Tiger Cubs Are Named At Safari Park
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has worked to save the species. There are only an estimated 400 to 600 Sumatran tigers on Earth.
SAN DIEGO, CA — Two Sumatran tiger cubs born earlier this summer at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have officially been named.
The female cub is Puteri, which means "princess" in Malay. The male cub is Hutan, which means "forest."
The twins were born July 12 to first-time mother Diana and father Dumai at the Safari Park in Escondido. Diana and her cubs are expected to remain in their den for several more weeks.
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It had been seven years since the critically endangered species was born at the park's Tull Family Tiger Trail habitat, according to officials with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, a nonprofit conservation organization that operates the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park.
The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has worked to save the species as a result of a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' Sumatran Tiger Species Survival Plan. There are only an estimated 400 to 600 Sumatran tigers on Earth.
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