Potap
Потап
male Pacific walrus (O. r. divergens)
wild caught in ≤ 2013
deceased on December 2nd, 2022
Ancestors and Descendants
No known related animals at this time.
Transfer History
capture ≤ 2013 in wild
transfer 2013-Nov-21 to Yaroslavl Dolphinarium
transfer 2022-Nov-25 to Moscow Zoo
death 2022-Dec-02 at Moscow Zoo
Image Gallery
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Notes and Information
The images found here have all been gathered either from this facility's official resources or news articles.
Yaroslavl Dolphinarium's owner, Andrei Torbin, stated that the company had made the decision to sell Potap, and had been deliberating the transfer of his ownership between Moskvarium and the Moscow Zoo.
Potap was purchased at auction by the Moscow Zoo for a sum of 20 million rubles in October of 2022, and subsequently transferred to their facility the following month; he passed away a week later due to "a polyetiological lesion of the gastrointestinal tract and acute congestive hyperemia."
References
2023-Feb-02. Екатерина Лещенкова. В Московском зоопарке умер морж Потап из ярославского дельфинария. Он стоил 20 миллионов. Retrieved from 76.ru.
2023-Feb-09. Екатерина Лещенкова. Прожил всего неделю. Россельхознадзор назвал причину гибели ярославского моржа в Московском зоопарке. Retrieved from 76.ru.