It was in August last year that a so-called Goeldisapa, named Abuna, disappeared from the Universeum. The staff looked for her, but she had disappeared without a trace. Universeum police reported the disappearance and a few hours later someone had spotted a monkey at McDonalds in Frölunda. It turned out that it was the stolen monkey Abuna.
So Abuna has become a mother. Her baby was born in September and is now seven weeks old. It has just started to leave the parents' backs and is now taking care of itself.
- It's always fun when our animals get kids, but when the endangered species get kids it is a little extra fun. The mother and the child feel great, says Daniel Roth.
The species Goeldisapa is listed at IUCN, the International Union for Conservation of Nature, as threatened and vulnerable. It is considered to be at high risk of extinction in nature. Daniel Roth tells us that Universeum works with other zoos to preserve the species.
- Every kid is an important addition to keeping a healthy and genetically healthy population, he explains.
But Universeum has not been able to determine if it is a female or male yet. Therefore, the kid has no name so far.
To find out what gender the monkey has, look at which way it is peeing.
- But we haven't been able to see it yet. But it's probably only a few days before we know it, says Daniel Roth.