Silvia: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Female. Arrived on 5th January 2004.
Felicia: Olive Baboon (Papio anubis). Female. Arrived
on 7th January 2004.
Nemo: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Female. Arrived
on19th March 2004.
Monday: Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus). Male. Arrived
on 8th April 2004.
Lada: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Female. Arrived
on 14th April 2004.
Letia: Red Eared Guenon (Cercopithecus erythrotis).
Male. Arrived on 14th
July 2004.
Leonina: Red Capped Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus).
Female. Arrived on 6th August 2004.
Zumbo: Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx). Female. Arrived
on 17th September 2004.
Julie: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Female. Arrived
on 23rd October 2004.
Jojo: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Male. Arrived on
25th October 2004.
Bafia: Moustached Guenon (Cercopithecus cephus). Male.
Arrived on 2nd
November 2004.
Nyassosso: Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus). Male. Arrived
on 18th November 2004.
Tyson: Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus). Male. Arrived
on 29th November 2004.
Dali: Moustached Guenon (Cercopithecus cephus). Male. Arrived on 4th December
2004.
Sapa: Mona Guenon (Cercopithecus mona). Male. Arrived
on 16th December 2004.
Eve: Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes). Female. Arrived
on 31st December 2004.
Births
in 2004
Danjuma: Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus). Female. Born on 6th April 2004.
Jemia: Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus). Female. Born
on 6th July 2004.
Chika: Drill (Mandrillus leucophaeus). Female. Born
on 31st July 2004
Ndolo: Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx). Male. Born on
2nd April 2004.
Other
Arrivals in 2004
1
African Civet, 1 Dwarf Crocodile, 1 python, 10 python eggs hatched,
1 Gaboon Viper, 1 Rhinoceros Viper, 4 Grey Parrots [3 of which sadly
died) and 1 potto (*see
below).
Bosmann's
Potto
An
arboreal, nocturnal, African prosimian primate.
Perodicticus potto belonging to the loris family. It has a thick body,
strong limbs, and grasping feet and hands, and grows
to 40 cm/16 in
long, It has horny spines along its backbone, which it uses for defence.
It climbs slowly, and eats
insects, snails, fruit, and leaves.
LWC were able to release the Bosmann's Potto in 2004. For a elease location,
We chose a community forest area, which
had a nature trail for tourists
and
hunting is not allowed. We know from previous assessments of the
area that fruit trees grow there in abundance and that the mammal density
is low. The release of the animal was carried out in the early evening
hours.