A pair of Tanzanian geckos, a boisterous Bornean orangutan and a languid pygmy hippo.

These were among the 540 animals born to the Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) in 2017 - 173 in the Singapore Zoo, 43 in River Safari, 90 in Night Safari and 234 in Jurong Bird Park.

The animals are of 145 species, 39 of which are listed as threatened.

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2017 was a good year for the otters with a total of 14 successful Asian small-clawed otter births across Night Safari and Singapore Zoo

Singapore Zoo’s 46th orang utan baby Khansa clings on to its mother, Anita.

Greater flamingo chick Squish flaunts its striking blue shoes, which were designed to protect its feet while learning to walk.

A jaguar cub was born to first-time mother, Aswa, at River Safari 

Born to female white rhino Donsa, Oban is Donsa’s 11th baby and one of seven white rhinos at the park.

Oban the white rhino calf frolics in his exhibit next to his mother, Donsa, in Singapore Zoo.

Maru, the king penguin chick, receives a myriad of Christmas goodies while being introduced to the rest of its family.

Jurong Bird Park successfully hatched its first king penguin chick in almost a decade.

Singapore Zoo welcomed Abina, the park’s 24th successful pygmy hippo birth.

Two critically endangered electric blue geckos hatched in the park’s newly revamped reptile exhibit RepTopia

Wildlife Reserves Singapore

A pair of Tanzanian geckos, a boisterous Bornean orangutan and a languid pygmy hippo. These were among the 540 animals born to the Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) in 2017 - 173 in the Singapore Zoo, 43 in River Safari, 90 in Night Safari and 234 in Jurong Bird Park. The animals are of 145 species, 39 of which are listed...

540 baby animals born in Singapore wildlife parks in 2017