Black-headed squirrel monkey

Monkeys and lemurs

South American animals

The skull monkey is a small, lively and curious monkey that is always up to something. In the wild, it lives in packs of 30-40 individuals. The core of the troop consists of a group of closely related females, such as a few sisters with their daughters. When the males in the group reach 4-5 years of age, they leave their natal group and go off together to find their own flocks. Females often remain in the natal group for life. Skull monkeys spend up to 80 % of their waking hours looking for food. The Peruvian black-headed skull monkey, which lives at Parken Zoo, is threatened mainly by the destruction of their habitat, but also by the killing of their food - insects - with insecticides. As a result, the monkeys have nothing to eat and many die from poisoning. The zoo participates in the European breeding programme, EEP, for the conservation of the species.

CITES B