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Kagoshima: Zoo Succeeds in Breeding Rare Spiny Rats, Endangered Spieces

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The Yomiuri Shimbun

12:44 JST, July 28, 2025

KAGOSHIMA — Hirakawa Zoo in Kagoshima has successfully bred Amami togenezumi, or Amami spiny rats, an endangered species. The rare rats are kept at eight facilities in Japan, and the zoo became the seventh facility to successfully breed them.

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