First look: Endangered baby drill monkey born at Fota Wildlife Park
The baby male drill born on July 18 at Fota Wildlife Park. The young male is the offspring of nine-year-old mother Lewa and 10-year-old father Ekona. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan / OSM PHOTO.
Fota Wildlife Park has announced the birth of the first endangered baby drill monkey born at the Cork conservation centre.
The endangered male drill monkey (Mandrillus leucophaeus) was born on July 18, the first of its species born at the park as part of the European Endangered Breeding Programme (EEP).
