The arrival of a Coquerel's sifaka brings the number in European zoos to seven, experts say.
A critically endangered primate, nicknamed the dancing lemur because of the way it moves, has been bred for the first time in Europe, a zoo has said.A representative said the "precious youngster" arrived to parents Beatrice and Elliot 18 months after the duo were translocated from the US.The species is only found in the wild in the treetops of north-west Madagascar and had suffered an 80% decline in the last 30 years due to widespread deforestation.
The zoo representative said the primates were critically endangered in the wild and the family trio at Chester represented almost half of the seven Coquerel's sifakas being cared for in Europe. They added that staff would determine the sex of the tiny primate, which was born in December, "once it starts to branch away and explore on its own".The zoo's director of animals and plants said the birth was "a real landmark moment for conservation"
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