Excitement was in the air as Tayto Park Zoo announced the arrival of an adorable baby monkey this week.
The yet-unnamed little primate was born to parents Rue and Rocco, the popular Ashbourne attraction's resident Geoldi’s Monkeys.
Geoldi’s Monkeys are a small and vulnerable primate found throughout western regions of the Amazon basin.
They are known to eat a wide variety of fruits and insects, spending most of their lives up in the tree canopy they serve the ecosystem as important seed dispersers.
Park and Zoo Manager at Tayto Park, Lee Donohoe said: "It’s been a very busy few weeks for the zoo team here at Tayto Park, along with the birth of our baby Geoldi’s Monkey, we also welcomed baby Kirana, a female Sulawesi-Crested Macaque towards the end of 2021, with baby lemurs also due in the coming weeks!
"All new arrivals and their mums are doing well and we’re looking forward to finding out the sex of our Geoldi’s Monkey soon! The birth of any species at the park is always exciting but even more so when they have such conservation importance."
Visitors will have the chance to catch a glimpse of all the new arrivals as Tayto Park announces the opening of its zoo for the 2022 season with "Zoo Walk" – opening this Saturday.
The following events have been planned for this spring:
Big Cat Weekend – 26th/27th February - will be your chance to embrace the 2022 Year Of The Tiger with Tayto Parks Endangered Amur Tiger and Critically Endangered Amur Leopard.
Primate Weekend - 5th/6th March - will be all about some of Tayto Parks most social groups of animals, from Sulawesi-Crested Macaques to Ring-Tailed Lemurs you’ll have a wild time learning about these groups!
Small Carnivores Weekend - 12th/13th March - will be the time for some of Tayto Parks smaller zoo animals to shine in their own unique way! Zookeepers just love explaining the special adaptations of Asian small-clawed otters, corsac foxes and more!
Conservation Weekend – 19th/20th March - will be a showcase for some of the most successful animal conservation ambassadors in the Tayto Park collections! Learn about the zoos breeding programs, conservation successes and if you’re lucky you might just spot some of the newborn primates!
Bird Weekend - 26th/27th March - explore on all things feather! Discover the fantastic range of colour with the Tayto Park birds such as the Southern Ground Hornbill, Kookaburras to name just a few!
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