Zoo, noodle maker release instant noodle

Zoo, noodle maker release instant noodle

FUKUOKA, Japan - A pack of instant noodle dubbed "Yamaneko (wildcat) Ramen," shown in this file photo taken on Nov. 21, 2014, is a product jointly developed by the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan and Fujisawa Seimen Co., a noodle maker in Asahikawa on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The new product is priced at 117 yen, including 2 yen to be donated to cover feed for the endangered Tsushima Yamaneko leopard cat species raised at the zoo.

Fukuoka zoo breeds endangered Japanese wildcats

Fukuoka zoo breeds endangered Japanese wildcats

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photos show the female (top) and male (bottom) of an endangered species of Japanese wildcat that gave birth to a litter of cubs for the first time in captivity at the Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden on April 18. Tsushima yamaneko as the wildcat is called is a protected species native to the island of Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture.

Fukuoka zoo breeds endangered Japanese wildcats

Fukuoka zoo breeds endangered Japanese wildcats

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photos show the female top) and male (bottom) of an endangered species of Japanese wildcat that gave birth to a litter of cubs for the first time in captivity at the Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden on April 18. Tsushima yamaneko as the wildcat is called is a protected species native to the island of Tsushima in Nagasaki Prefecture.

Zoo, noodle maker release instant noodle

Zoo, noodle maker release instant noodle

FUKUOKA, Japan - A pack of instant noodle dubbed "Yamaneko (wildcat) Ramen," shown in this file photo taken on Nov. 21, 2014, is a product jointly developed by the Fukuoka City Zoological Garden in southwestern Japan and Fujisawa Seimen Co., a noodle maker in Asahikawa on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido. The new product is priced at 117 yen, including 2 yen to be donated to cover feed for the endangered Tsushima Yamaneko leopard cat species raised at the zoo. (Kyodo)

Endangered Japanese wildcat cub is female

Endangered Japanese wildcat cub is female

FUKUOKA, Japan - Photo released by the Fukuoka Municipal Zoo and Botanical Garden shows a cub born to an endangered Japanese wildcat at the zoo in April. Zoo officials said June 20 that the Tsushima yamaneko female cub now weighs 950 grams. It is Japan's first such wildcat bred in captivity.