The new arrival is 'important' for the endangered species, staff at Yorkshire Wildlife Park say.
BBC NewsThe primate was born on 29 April at Doncaster's Yorkshire Wildlife Park and keepers said it was still too early to tell the sex of the baby.
Seen clinging to its mum, Tila, the vocal Venezuelan red howler, joins sister Pabla, who was born in 2021. Greg Clifton, the park's primate team leader, said the baby was doing well, adding: "It is an important birth for this rare species." Named after their loud cries, red howlers can live up to 20 years in the wild, but have become increasingly rare due to hunting and habitat destruction.
Yorkshire Wildlife Park is home to the only red howler monkeys in England and Pabla's birth less than two years ago wasMr Clifton said: "We are extremely excited to welcome a new red howler baby at the park for the second time in under two years."
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