The names were chosen based on the fact that the father’s name, “Naru,” means “sun” in Mongolian, and the mother’s name, “Az,” means “happiness,” so each of the five kittens was given a name symbolizing “happiness connected with the sun.”
Meet them! 🎉🎉🎉
The manul kittens had their first checkups: weighing, sex confirmation, palate check, their first deworming, and transponder implantation. They are all doing well, as they should be for their age.
"We even got a bit of cheekiness from the green-eyed one, with purring during the examination":
Meet Eva and her babies!
Eva has become a mom for the third time already! The father is presumably Achi
The manul kittens are still very small, they’ve only just started peeking out of their little house, and so far two can be seen 🤗
Video by Sergey Ilytyakov https://vk.com/id447839222
Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens has announced that Hide, a young male manul, will be transferred to Asahiyama Zoo on June 10, 2026.
Hide was born at Higashiyama Zoo on May 26, 2025, as one of three kittens — Nobu, Hide, and Yasu. Their birth was especially meaningful, marking the zoo’s first successful Pallas’s cat breeding in 23 years.
The move was planned for April 29th, but apparently they rushed and prepared Grusha's new home for the holiday, and now, on International Pallas's Cat Day, our precious Grusha is no longer jumping on the old wobbly shelves! Hooray! 🎉🎉🎉
Happy housewarming, Pear!
A festive riddle 😁
On a sunny spring day, Pallas's cats gathered in the Mongolian steppe to celebrate their holiday—Pallas's Cat Day. The master of the steppe—the wild Pallas's cat—welcomed guests from various countries and zoos.
Grusha is scheduled to move to a new enclosure on April 29. The zoo shared and showed what this new home will look like.
The new fenced area consists of an area with artificial rocks and a grassy area. Artificial rocks:
Nagomu and Apricot are on a walk together!
