Monkey Heights » Paignton Zoo

Diana Monkeys in the South West.
01-08-2008

I'd be very interested to know the history of the Diana monkeys at Paignton and Newquay zoos;

1. Where did Paignton's breeding pair come from? Are they related to Newquay's?

2. Were either or both the 0.2 at Newquay bred there/related and are they old or young animals?

3. Is the 1.0 at Exmoor Bird Garden also from Newquay and what age is he?

martin the king colobus.
01-08-2008

So he's the one I read about being transferred to Newquay's group a few years back.. Newquay's group has now (sadly) become non-existent and he has returned to Paignton...

01-08-2008

Newquays females were born there in 2001 and 2002, paigntons male is from port lypmne and the female was born at paignton. Exmoors male was born at exmoor

01-08-2008

Wow, thanks, so fast ..

Maybe exmoor's 1.0 and Newquay's o.2. will join forces then? I really hate seeing these unpaired animals....

Can you access similar information for the pair of Dianas at Marwell?

01-08-2008

Marwells male is from port lympne amd their female from edinburgh

01-08-2008

again, thanks for the information. I'll P.M. you about this.

This pair don't seem to have bred yet? I believe at one stage they were mixed with Marwell's Colobus but they aren't any more so they have to alternate in the large(very good) outdoor enclosure.

Returning to the Paignton/Newquay Diana Monkeys;

I'm wondering how Newquay's have dwindled from six down to two in the last few years? Perhaps the young male born to the Paignton pair will be sent to Newquay in due course? And perhaps Newquay could send one female to the lone male at Exmoor? Several 'possibles' here....

02-08-2008

similarly, I wonder what London is waiting on before introducing a male to their two female diana monkeys....

02-08-2008

Availability of a suitable unrelated one I suppose. But I do find it frustrating seeing unpaired animals, especially when it goes on for months(or years) on end....

07-08-2008

I went to the zoo today. The Diana Monkey has not yet given birth.

18-09-2008

The baby Diana Monkey is a female named Dede which means 'Grasshopper'.
An added attraction at Paignton today - the vet was operating on a macaque in the surgery with the blinds open. We were just in time to see a long incision in the macaque's abdomen being stitched up and wondered if if was being operated on as a result of eating crisps (see general thread on Feeding the Animals)

20-09-2008

It was actually a hernia operation and the macaque is doing well and is back with the troop.

20-09-2008

Just to keep track, this means the Diana pair have 1.2 offspring now- correct?

20-09-2008

Newquay zoo's guide book confused me when i visited last easter, the monkeys are still in the three wire mesh cages but the guide book says they have western colobus, as well as buffy capuchins, diana monkey and mangabey's

20-09-2008

Perhaps it got it from too many thwarted attempts at trying to leap into the Plane tree...

21-09-2008

Yes - all present and correct.