New Bolivian Grey Titi Monkey at Lincoln Park Zoo

Meet Tacama, a Bolivian grey titi monkey and the most recent resident at Lincoln Park Zoo! Photograph by Lincoln Park Zoo.

Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago welcomed a brand new Bolivian grey titi monkey just lately. Tacama, a 14-year-old feminine Bolivian grey titi monkey, joined resident titi monkey Ocho. The zoo hopes the pair will produce offspring sooner or later.

In accordance with Dani Fogarty, Curator at Lincoln Park Zoo, “The 2 hit it off virtually instantly upon introduction they usually proceed to decide on to spend time collectively, usually with their tails intertwined they sit on one of many many branches of their habitat.”

Tacama and Ocho are already displaying their compatibility. Right here they’ve their tails entwined, which is analogous to folks holding palms. Photograph by Lincoln Park Zoo.

Bolivian grey titi monkeys are arboreal, that means they dwell in timber and infrequently come right down to the forest ground. They’re native to the southern portion of the Amazon River basin.

The typical Bolivian grey titi monkey is round 33 cm (13 in.) lengthy when measuring their head and physique, however their tails are an extra 38-46 cm (15 to 18 in.) lengthy. Their tail just isn’t prehensile, that means it might probably’t grasp issues just like the tails of different monkey species.

Photograph by Lincoln Park Zoo.

Study extra about Tacama on the Lincoln Park Zoo web site.