The Golden bellied capuchin

I believe one walked back into the enclosure relatively quickly and the other was captured within a couple hours. The zoo I right on the edge of some woodland and I don't belive they strayed very far. The pied tamarin that went walkies wasn't as lucky. However the zoo invested a considerable amount (for its size) in rebuilding and expanding.

 

Little monsters, lol

What happened to the pied tamarin if you dont mind me asking ?

 

Sadly one escaped due to keeper error, a couple days of searching gave a couple glimpses but sadly passed away while on the run. I don't think that the animal had produced any young while at shaldon but the following animals was quite prolific. There was also a pied that suffered from wasting syndrome who was kept going for quite sometime due to the loving care of the team.

 

If I remember correctly we also gave the capuchins fennel and onions that they would rub on themselves, there was debate about if this was to repel bug or to attract a mate I think. But watching them have a fellel/onion bath was entertaining.

 

From reading past issues of their journal I know that Jersey have had some sporadic issues with the free ranging tamarins going AWOL on occasion and this mostly ended up with them returning but I remember reading that one or two may have been killed by cars and one apparently died of hypothermia (believe this was a pied too).

Yes, the wasting syndrome in Callitrichids is an awful phenomenon and really badly impacts pied tamarins in particular, good to hear that it was given the best of care though.

 

Hypothermia sounds right from memory. Nothing sinister.

 

Lol yes, definitely they can be very cunning and temperamental animals , it never fails to suprise me how intelligent they are.

 

Did you hear about this incident too ?

 

Sorry I ment with the shaldon animal. Heard about one animal going walk baout at Jersey that returned after a couple days like nothing happened but that's it.

 

Oh right, well its always sad when these kinds of things happen and particularly when it comes to a species as endangered as the pied tamarin.

 

Very sad indeed.

 

Not sure if this arrangement is still in place but there is / was a golden bellied capuchin walkthrough enclosure at Le Valle des Singes, France:





Photo credits to @Maxime and @Therabu.

 

According to capuchin best practice guide for EAZA 2019 had 31 holders with 235 animals. Another part of the document states in 2015 13 of the founder animals were still alive. Seems like the population is expending well.

 

That is a very unexpected jump in holders. The original article was made in 2016 and had 194 animals at 21 facilities. In three years they added 41 animals and were moved to 10 new facilities. So I would agree the population is doing very well.

 

I'd guess the additional holders are mainly down to males being moved, but yea very good news.

 

Very good news indeed, perhaps the golden bellied capuchin is actually replacing the tufted capuchin in European zoos ?

 

A whopping 15% of EAZA capuchin population it says. Hopefully it will keep creeping up.

 

As a side note nosy other capuchins are listed as phase out species on the list. So nuvers really should increase with new holders emerging

 

That is interesting, hmmmmm.

What species are listed as phase out species on the list in particular ?

 

Listed for phase out

Guianian brown
Black horned
Bearded
Hooded
Large headed
Guianian weeper

Listed candidate for eep

Blonde
Ka apor

Listed as eep/esb

Yellow breasted
Panamanian white faced

Everything else is listed as do not obtain