The sfzoo rang in the month with a couple of proud parents. Lulu, a 20-year-old female mandrill, and Big Joe, a 12-year-old mandrill, are celebrating the birth of their latest child.
There's a new kid on the block and he can be found clinging to his mother's stomach at the San Francisco Zoo and Garden's outdoor mandrill habit.
Tanya M. Peterson, the San Francisco Zoological Society's CEO and executive director, said,"We are thrilled with this latest birth as mandrills are considered a vulnerable species in the wild." The world's largest monkey, mandrills are found in the subtropical forests of southwest Cameroon, southwest Congo, western Gabon and Equatorial Guinea. Similar to baboons, male mandrills have stocky bodies, muscular arms and are significantly larger than their female counterparts. However they can be distinguished by bright facial colorations and a brightly-colored rear end.
Lulu and Big Joe are also parents to Kiburi, a 4-year-old male, and Benny, a 2-year-old male. Pandora and Angie, two unrelated older female siblings round out the family tree.
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