KUALA LUMPUR: An enormous panda loaned to Malaysia from China has given delivery to a second cub during its stay within the Southeast Asian nation, zoo officers stated on Wednesday.
The baby was born Sunday to Liang Liang, who has been on mortgage to Malaysia since 2014 along side a male panda, stated Mat Naim Ramli, director of the nationwide zoo's panda centre outdoor Kuala Lumpur.
He stated officers were not yet certain of the cub's gender as the mummy was preserving the youngster so tightly in her clutch zookeepers could no longer get close to.
"The mother is very attentive and protective. She doesn't allow us to (take the cub)," he advised AFP.
The first cub, a female called Nuan Nuan, was born in August 2015 and sent to China in November last year as part of Beijing's agreement with Malaysia that cubs born in captivity must return at the age of two.
Mat Naim stated the brand new cub gave the impression to be healthy and fairly larger than its elder sister when she was born.
He added that officers have been seeking to get a closer have a look at the cub, and that the government would likely grasp a competition to name the animal soon.
Liang Liang and the male, Xing Xing, came to Malaysia in 2014 on a 10-year mortgage.
Their arrival was held up by a month after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 -- sporting mostly Chinese passengers -- brought about tensions between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing.
There are an estimated 1,864 giant pandas left within the wild, in keeping with the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and they can handiest be found in positive parts of south central China.
The IUCN classifies them as "vulnerable".
The baby was born Sunday to Liang Liang, who has been on mortgage to Malaysia since 2014 along side a male panda, stated Mat Naim Ramli, director of the nationwide zoo's panda centre outdoor Kuala Lumpur.
He stated officers were not yet certain of the cub's gender as the mummy was preserving the youngster so tightly in her clutch zookeepers could no longer get close to.
"The mother is very attentive and protective. She doesn't allow us to (take the cub)," he advised AFP.
The first cub, a female called Nuan Nuan, was born in August 2015 and sent to China in November last year as part of Beijing's agreement with Malaysia that cubs born in captivity must return at the age of two.
Mat Naim stated the brand new cub gave the impression to be healthy and fairly larger than its elder sister when she was born.
He added that officers have been seeking to get a closer have a look at the cub, and that the government would likely grasp a competition to name the animal soon.
Liang Liang and the male, Xing Xing, came to Malaysia in 2014 on a 10-year mortgage.
Their arrival was held up by a month after the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 -- sporting mostly Chinese passengers -- brought about tensions between Kuala Lumpur and Beijing.
There are an estimated 1,864 giant pandas left within the wild, in keeping with the International Union for Conservation of Nature, and they can handiest be found in positive parts of south central China.
The IUCN classifies them as "vulnerable".
Second giant panda cub born in Malaysia
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