Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Summer Vacation Redux #26, Denver Zoo, part 7


The far western end of the zoo is dedicated to a series of habitats for various species of greater and lesser apes, monkeys and lemurs.  Another zoo with Western Lowland Gorillas who have an infant member--the squirrely little girl was all over the place and I never got a clear photo of her, but rest assured, the colony of Gorillas was healthy and vibrant.

 Along with the ubiquitous Ring-tailed Lemurs were a few Common Brown Lemurs, Eulemur fulvus.

 A species that I really love, the Red-capped Mangabey, Cercocebus torquatus, is a native of the equatorial region of Africa.
 The other large primate at the Denver Zoo is a colony of Sumatran Orangutans, Pongo abelii.  This adolescent member scaled and then descended a faux-tree to the delight of those present.


The seemingly required Yellow-backed Duiker, Cephalophus silvicultor!  Also housed in an area that is also sometimes open to the Western Lowland Gorilla colony.  Choices like this provide both species with opportunities to experience one another vicariously through odors and "artifacts" (like feces) that recreate connections they would have in the wild.

Lovely, Madrills, Mandrillus sphinx.


 De Brazza Monkey, Cercopithecus neglectus--you never grow tired of seeing this elegant animal.
 A very common large monkey is the Black-and-White Colobus, Colobus guereza, which is also native to the sub-Saharan African continent.  Of all the zoos I've seen them in, this habitat at the Denver Zoo is not only the most natural and spacious, but also the best visibility for photography.

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