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A rare, red-capped mangabey monkey has been born at the Denver Zoo, one of only 27 living in North American zoos.
The birth of the monkey, named Kanzu, on Sept. 30, brings Denver’s mangabey troop to six. Zookeepers haven’t yet determined the monkey’s gender.
They named it Kanzu, a Swahili word for treasure.
The monkey’s mother, Galina, gave birth to a female, named Kipaji, last spring.
Kanzu is the fourth red-capped mangabey born at the zoo. There presently are only 27 of the species living in eight North American zoos.
Red-capped mangabeys are native to a very small region near the coast of sub-Saharan western Africa.
