According to the 2013 Annual Report of Yokohama, Nogeyama and Kanazawa Zoological Gardens and Preservation and Research Center, the daily diet of a Proboscis monkey at Zoorasia (Yokohama Zoological Gardens) consists of carrots (50 grams), green beans (100 grams), apples (50 grams), bananas (100 grams), cucumbers (50 grams), fresh leaves (15 branches), leaf-eater pellets (5 grams), soy beans (75 grams), bread (10 grams) and steamed rice (20 grams). In addition to these items they get seasonal vegetables and fruit occasionally.
According to the 2013 Annual Report of Yokohama, Nogeyama and Kanazawa Zoological Gardens and Preservation and Research Center, the daily diet of a Proboscis monkey at Zoorasia (Yokohama Zoological Gardens) consists of carrots (50 grams), green beans (100 grams), apples (50 grams), bananas (100 grams), cucumbers (50 grams), fresh leaves (15 branches), leaf-eater pellets (5 grams), soy beans (75 grams), bread (10 grams) and steamed rice (20 grams). In addition to these items they get seasonal vegetables and fruit occasionally.
Thank you! Very interesting diet! It seems that not very special. Most of the food items are easy to acquire for a non-tropical zoo except the fresh leaves. I guess the leaves are the secret that Yokohama Zoo keeps the monkeys successfully In fact I am so surprised that there are so many fruits contained in the diet, as I used to think the proboscis monkey is a strictly leaf-specialist.
