Today Apenheul has announced on their Facebook page they have added the northern talapoin, Miopithecus ogouensis, to their collection. In the comments on Facebook they said the talapoins will be living in the former mangabey exhibit (previously also the proboscis monkey exhibit), as the mangabeys have moved to one of the islands in the gorilla area. They will also be getting females later on and hope to establish a breeding group of this species which is pretty rare in European zoos, though not endangered. Apenheul Apenheul krijgt nieuwe apensoort
Male crowned sifaka (Propithecus coronatus) born at Apenheul this past Winter, named Alafady. The mother, Holly, cannot produce milk so the baby had to be fed by the keepers. By now he is big enough to stay with his mother outside of feeding times. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=792640954439749
What is your source? There was only one baby visible this weekend. Other new-borns include, several Bolivian squirrel monkeys, Red howler monkey, 2 Black howler monkeys, a Ring-tailed lemur and a White-cheeked gibbon.
Apenheul has received 2.0 Belted black-and-white ruffed lemurs. They are in the Madagascar walkthrough, which also still holds some normal Black-and-white ruffed lemurs.
Last week a second Alaotra gentle lemur was born at Apenheul - the second young this year. The group now contains 7 animals.
The two new Ruffed lemurs did indeed come from Basel. Basel has received a breeding pair + offspring of the same species from Vallee des Singes to replace the 2 brothers now back in the Netherlands (they lived in Beekse Bergen and Aquazoo before moving to Switzerland in 2016).
I believe it hasn't been mentioned yet, but Apenheul has started construction on the new tamarin area in the center, replacing the almost 40 year old staff building in Apenheul's core which housed the woolly monkeys, bearded sakis, titi's as well as various tamarins. It will reopen in 2020 with new islands for woolly monkeys and bearded sakis and a new tamarin area with herb gardens and insect hotels. Most of these species are now offshow in the quarantine building inbetween the Javan langur housing and Barbary macaque exhibit, however the titis can be found on the monkey trail. The pied tamarins are on show too, in the small tamarin exhibit next to the gorilla indoor enclosure, which they share with 1.0 white-faced saki. Silvery marmosets are now free roaming on the monkey trail too, with their aviary demolished and the pygmy marmosets having disappeared (and possibly left the collection?).
Will the now being build new tamarin area being a temporarily home for the woolly monkeys? What will they do with the space temporarily designed for woolly monkeys?
The new developments will have permanent enclosures for the Woolly monkeys. The Woolly monkeys, Tamarins and Bearded saki are currently behind the scenes in the new quarantine building, which will just be a quarantine building also after these monkeys have moved out.
I would hope so for these woolly monkeys. Are they planning new imports to Europe? Fresh and known bloodlines? Otherwise it will be temporarily being housed by these woolly monkeys.
