Friends, we present to you another installment of historical manulization: today we will tell you about the fluffy pair of manuls, Erdene and Manuel, and their kittens, who lived at Kraków Zoo, and admire their rare archival photographs!
The fluffy, mysterious manulady Erdene is the daughter of the legendary Beebop and Alula from Highland Wildlife Park, and the sister of Pema, Rosa, Jethro, Boris, and other famous Pallas's cats.
Breaking manul news from China!
Two little Pallas's cats have appeared at Beijing Badaling Wildlife World!
Author: Xie Wudi Is Making Progress
Soon, Shu and Pepe's St. Petersburg quartet of manul kittens will turn six months old. The kittens have grown wonderfully (they are now almost indistinguishable from their mother in size!) and have eagerly begun trying on their first luxurious winter coats and, of course, testing their skills at such an important task as gaining weight before the winter 😄
As a reminder, all the kittens were given names with a Turkic flavor: the girl was named Aksa, and the boys were named Batyr, Berk, and Aiden.
While watching Pallas's cats, we noticed that the sight of their fluffy fur gently swaying in the wind is incredibly calming and makes you contemplate the meaning of life.
So we created a special page where everyone can meditate while watching Pallas's cat fur ripple in the breeze and mentally escape to the wild places where these cats live in nature!
Friends, we invite you to dive into Finnish manul history and learn more about the manuls that once lived at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki.
The history of keeping and breeding manuls at Korkeasaari began around the same time as at Novosibirsk Zoo—in the 1990s. One of the first breeding pairs were the manuls you already know, Pushkin and Pavlova. This pair had many kittens, and together they made an enormous contribution to the modern manul population in captivity. Today, the descendants of these Tuvan floofs live in many zoos around the world!
Dear friends, we have another big update for you! 🎉
Institution pages have become even more exciting: we've added three interactive visualizations to help you explore Pallas's cat family trees and trace the history of manuls at each zoo!
Dear friends, we have a major update on the website that we’ve been working on for a very long time: notifications and subscriptions have arrived on Manulization! 🎉
The website will now show you when someone has replied to your comment or liked it, when your favorite manul has new photos and news, when minuls are born at a zoo, or when something important happens in the lives of manuls and our community!
Dear manul-detectives, it’s time to find out who’s who!
Here’s the answer:
Today is October 1, and the plush Pallas’s cat has officially gone on sale in many IKEA stores!
And of course, we rushed straight to IKEA today on a mission to get one of these manuls for ourselves! 😆
Adele’s kittens are all together 🥰
Which means the fourth and final gender party of 2026 is officially open!
An incredible luck smiled on the scientists and staff of the Ubsunur Hollow Nature Reserve in the Republic of Tuva: a trail camera installed near a rocky den took a video of seven manul kittens at once!
At the time of filming, the little ones were no more than three months old, and were playing with each other.
Friends, a new zoo has appeared on the manul map: New Zoo & Adventure Park, in the USA!
At the end of August Makari moved here from his native Binghamton Zoo.
This tail twitching “dance” can accompany different manul emotional reactions like: excitement, alertness, or irritation, for example when they see something interesting or potentially dangerous.
The tail can also twitch during intense concentration while hunting or watching prey 👀
Manulovers, here’s a unique opportunity! 😻
Around early September, Elmwood Park Zoo in the United States launched a new manul encounter called Pallas’s Playdate.
Who is looking at you from a high shelf, who is peeking out of a little burrow-house, and who is lying in a hammock — Shu, Pepe, Sven, or Namika? For everyone who is still getting mixed up among the fluffy residents of the Leningrad Zoo, the staff have prepared a handy cheat sheet in their Telegram channel! 🤓
In special cards, the zoo explained which features of their appearance can be used to tell the four adult Pallas's cats apart.
A small update on the site.
You can now view the top legendary Pallas's cats, whose memory will forever live in our hearts ❤️
Dear manul-detectives, it’s time to show our cards and find out who is who!
Here’s the answer to our little mystery: ♀️ 1, 2, 5 — girls, ♂️ 3, 4 — boys.
Eve’s magnificent five are all together 🥰
😎 Dear manul-detectives, it’s your time to shine!
Starting today, September 1, Safran, the daughter of Primula and Klyon, will be on exhibit in the enclosure where Primula used to live.
On August 30, Primula left her exhibit enclosure and is now living off-exhibit while undergoing further examinations and treatment.
