There are many other monkeys, and even another kind of colobus—the black-and-white colobus, very beautiful. But the reds are preferred, and the chimps of Ngogo have hunted them almost to extinction.

Belfast Zoo has today announced the birth of an Eastern black and white Colobus monkey, who they've named Akinya, meaning ‘born in the morning’. The new arrival was born to parents Zola and ...