\n Momo and Nima, born at Marwell Zoo earlier this year on May 20 have now officially been named, the zoo has announced.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n Marwell said the male cub was called Momo after a Tibetan word for dumpling, reflecting a traditional cuisine from the Himalayan region where snow leopards are found.\n<\/p>\n
\n Momo and Nima pictured at Marwell Zoo (Image: Gill Brant)\n<\/p>\n
\n The female cub’s name also paid homage to the animals Tibetan heritage with Nima being the Tibetan word for sun.\n<\/p>\n
\n These cubs are crucial to the European breeding programme as snow leopards are listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.\n<\/p>\n
\n The new arrivals are expected to play a significant role in conservation efforts.\n<\/p>\n
\n The pair cubs’ were the first little to be born to their mother, Zaya, who joined Marwell Zoo in March 2025.\n<\/p>\n
\n The birth is particularly significant for Marwell Wildlife Zoo as they are the first snow leopard cubs born there in over a decade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Momo and Nima, born at Marwell Zoo earlier this year on May 20 have now officially been named,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":703792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[90,56,54,55,4407],"class_list":["post-703791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=703791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/703791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/703792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=703791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=703791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=703791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}