TIGERS: At the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum
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Soyono, a female Sumatran tiger affectionately known as Soy, was born at the National Zoo on June 14, 1993. In September 2001, Soy had her first litter, a single male called Berani, who left the Zoo in 2005. In May 2004, she had a litter of three male cubs. In May 2006, she had a litter of three cubs, two females and one male. |
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Male Sumatran tiger Rokan was born at the San Antonio
Zoo on September 6, 1990. He came to the National Zoo
in 1997. He is the father of Berani, who left the Zoo in 2005; the cubs born in 2004, which left in January 2006; and the cubs born in May 2006. |
 Photo by FONZ Photo Club member Janice Sveda |
A litter of two females and one male was born at the National Zoo on May 24, 2006. Their parents are Soyono and Rokan. The male is Guntur (goon-TURR; with a rolled r), meaning thunder. The females are Melati (ma-LAH-tee), meaning jasmine, and Maharani (mah-hah-RON-ee), meaning queen. |
Watch them on the  tiger cam.  Read all about the cubs in the Tiger Cub Diary. |
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