La Vallée des Singes
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| Location | Romagne, France |
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| Coordinates | 46°14′34″N 0°17′23″E / 46.24270°N 0.2896°ECoordinates: 46°14′34″N 0°17′23″E / 46.24270°N 0.2896°E |
| Memberships | EAZA[1] |
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La Vallée des Singes ("The Valley of the Monkeys") is a primate park in Romagne, France.
History
La Vallée des Singes was founded by Wim Mager who had previously founded the Apenheul Primate Park in the Netherlands in 1971, which is the first free-roaming primate park in the world. The park, well known for its three species of great ape, first obtained gorillas in 1998, and first obtained it's chimpanzees from the TNO in 2004. La Vallée des Singes is famous for its group of bonobos; with the largest group in captivity as of 2016 numbering at 20 individuals. The zoo has had 5 successful births for this critically endangered species.
Animals
As of 2015, the park is home to 32 species of various primates, including brown spider monkeys, red-faced spider monkeys, bonobos, white-throated capuchins, yellow-breasted capuchins, roloway monkeys, western chimpanzees, eastern black-and-white colobus monkeys, geladas, southern white-cheeked gibbons, black howler monkeys, western lowland gorillas, lesser spot-nosed monkeys, woolly monkeys, barbary macaques, ring-tailed lemurs, crowned lemurs, red ruffed lemurs, black-and-white ruffed lemurs, white-belted black-and-white ruffed lemurs, black lemurs, red-bellied lemurs, mandrills, Geoffroy's marmosets, silvery marmosets, pygmy marmosets, Peruvian squirrel monkeys, white-faced saki monkeys, emperor tamarins, golden-headed lion tamarins, red titi monkeys and golden lion tamarins. The park will obtain pileated gibbons in 2016.
Notes
- ↑ "EAZA Member Zoos & Aquariums". eaza.net. EAZA. Retrieved September 1, 2012.