The Budapest zoo received a new guest; a rare monkey is not found in a few zoos in the world, bringing the number of monkeys in barns to 27.
The young man of the golden-bellied, golden-haired monkey, whose descendants date back to the forests of West Africa, was born on 22 October.
Zoltan Hanga, a spokesman for the Boudaspt Zoo, said the baby had not yet been named because his caregivers did not want to disturb the couple to check the newborn.
Hange said that only 12 zoo in the world have mangabi golden bellies.
It is said that the ancestors of the father of the baby monkey of the zoos in the United States while the ancestors of his mother of zoos in Europe. Thus, the infant monkey contributes to the preservation of genetic diversity among breed members in barns.
The precise status of the strain in the wild is unknown, Hange said.
