Barbary Macaque

I was under the impression there were about none in North America?

@dillotest0 you’re not totally wrong, but there are still a few hanging on in a few facilities. I believe these macaques are either decedents or former members of the Toronto group. @TZFan is the foremost expert on this, so I will let them educate us

Lol I wouldn't say I was the foremost expert on Barbary macaques in the slightest bit. However I do know Toronto still has at least 1, possibly 2 elderly females. They are off display and have been for oh the better part of a decade. At least some if not all of the macaques at Safari Niagara are from Toronto's group. When they shut down the Eurasia section at Toronto for a revamp they knew they didn't want to keep the group. The younger healthier 4-6 of them were given to Safari Niagara. The two elderly females werent fitting in well with the group anymore and just not healthy enough to risk a move so they stayed on.

If you want to know if any other zoo or sanctuary in Canada or the US has the species? Not a clue.

@TZFan I knew you’d have the answer! Thanks

@animalman0341 glad I had just barely enough info to help. It is a species I know very little about.

@TZFan I think there might be one or two other holders in Canada, but in the United States there are zero holders of barbary macaque.

It was probably the last Barbary Macaque in a zoo in North America