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Rosette Beauty

Los Angeles Zoo - Los Angeles, California - Maya the jaguar was born at the Palm Beach Zoo At Dreher Park in West Palm Beach, Florida on 10/28/08 to Nabalam (Mom) and Muchacho (Dad) and moved to the Los Angeles Zoo in February 2014.

 

Maya has four older siblings:

 

(1) Nacon, her brother, was born on 12/24/03 and resides at Cameron Park Zoo in Waco, Texas.

 

(2) Masaya, her sister, was born on 12/24/03 and resides at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, Florida. (Masaya's first cub, Nindiri, resides at the San Diego Zoo and has had 3 of her own cubs to date - Maderas, Tikal and Valerio.)

 

(3) Izel, her sister, was born on 9/21/05 and continues to reside at the Palm Beach Zoo with their mother, Nabalam. She underwent cataract lens replacement surgery on 11/9/15.

 

(4) Caipora, her sister, was born on 9/21/05 and resides at the Phoenix Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

Maya's father, Muchacho, died at the age of 20 on 7/10/14. At the time of his death he suffered from incurable spinal problems.

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