A zoo in China has welcomed four extremely rare golden tiger cubs. Aww!
The cubs - three females and one male - were born on 19th October at Taihu Lake Longemont Paradise, an amusement park featuring a zoo in Huzhou, in the eastern Zhejiang Province.
In a social media post, the zoo said: "The golden tiger is a mutant tiger species produced by the genetic mutation of the Bengal tiger.
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"The breeding rate is lower than that of their close relatives, the white tiger and the snow tiger, and there are fewer of them than pandas."
Nap time!
The cubs are being given round-the-clock care by zookeepers, as their first-time parent has yet to show affection towards her children due to a lack of maternal experience, according to The Daily Mail.
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Take a look at more pictures of the adorable tiger cubs below:
The golden tiger is known for its blonde or pale-golden colour and red-brown stripes. Its colouring comes from a recessive trait which affects the production of black colour during the hair growth cycle. So cute!
Play time!
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The footage and pictures show the 12-day golden tiger cubs sleeping and frolicking with each other in the incubators.
Their mother, a captive golden tiger, gave birth to her cubs last Monday at the Taihu Lake Longemont Paradise amusement park.
Around 30 golden tigers are believed to exist in the world, about 62 times less than the number of wild pandas, according to the latest census in 2014 by World Wildlife.
Last year two incredibly rare red panda cubs were born at Chester Zoo.
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Red pandas are found in the mountainous regions of Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar and southern China where their wild population is estimated at fewer than 10,000 - a 40 percent decline over the past 50 years.
This decrease is a direct result of human actions, such as widespread habitat destruction, trapping for the illegal pet trade and poaching for their red fur.
Featured Image Credit: Taihu Lake Longemont ParadiseTopics: Wildlife