Does Milwaukee Zoo maintain one single group or several groups of bonobos?
Interesting also to note that the breeding male for the last baby bonobo is a MKZ resident born bonobo (as opposed to the 3 immigrants males (2x San Diego and 1x Columbus)
I can't find Gerie (son of Unga) in the list. Is he deceased?
The 2 males, Brian and Murph, actually came from Yerkes, not San Diego.
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Jerry (son of DONNIE ans UNGA) is still living in his birth place Columbus.
Bonobos in menschlicher Obhut – Google My Maps
Jerry (son of DONNIE ans UNGA) is still living in his birth place Columbus.
Bonobos in menschlicher Obhut – Google My Maps
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MKEbonoboluv
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With 18 bonobos MKE zoo the groups bonobos are often 6 on habitat indoors habitat and during the summer/fall about 10 outside in the viewing habitat and the outside play yard not visible t the public. The group them with fission and fusson aspect. Our main group that is often on indoor habitat include Claudine (the matriarch) her sons Q and K2 as well as her brother Murph, Elema (and Remi) and one more female or male (Ricky). I don't know all of the match ups but I do know that Murph and Brian will never be together because they don't get along. Often there is a group in the viewing habitat at night and then switch in the morning at about 10 am to a new group usually Claudine's group.
61-year-old bonobo male Mato has died at Zoo Wuppertal. He was the oldest bonobo in the studbook worldwide.
Source: Facebook Zoo Wuppertal
Source: Facebook Zoo Wuppertal
Do you know the cause of death for Keke?
MKEbonoboluv
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At 61 was he wild born or born under human care? Is there a studbook of all the bonobos under human care that is accessible to the general public? Our former matriarch was Laura and when she passed a couple of years ago she was 55.
He was the son of wildborn Margrit and Camillo. Margrit was the oldest living bonobo, dying at the age of 71. I believe Wildborn Natalie is now the oldest at the age of 61. The oldest in the United States is Lorel, who is living in Jacksonville. She is 56 years old. Laura was Lorel's older sister.
Pandaboi
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Not exactly. His health suddenly deteriorated after picking up an illness.
Birth Announcement: Tywcross Zoo
Yuli gave birth 11 September:
Endangered bonobo born at Twycross Zoo in 'extraordinary moment' - BBC News
Twycross Zoo said the newborn was delivered safely on 11 September to first-time mum Yuli at its site in Leicestershire.
Yuli arrived at Twycross Zoo from Vallée des Singes, in France, as part of the European-led conservation programme in 2023.
Yuli gave birth 11 September:
Endangered bonobo born at Twycross Zoo in 'extraordinary moment' - BBC News
Twycross Zoo said the newborn was delivered safely on 11 September to first-time mum Yuli at its site in Leicestershire.
Yuli arrived at Twycross Zoo from Vallée des Singes, in France, as part of the European-led conservation programme in 2023.
The bonobo studbooks are not publicly accessible.
Is there any news on the sex or name of the baby?
Pandaboi
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The baby is a male.
One newspaper mistakenly announced it as the 'first birth in the UK'....
The baby girl of Swahili has received a name: Asuka. (Instagram)
According to a note at the bonobo enclosure in Ouwehands Dierenpark, three new bonobos are currently being introduced to the group. Looking at the numbers on ZIMS/Species360 (via the IUCN website), they most likely came from Germany. Does anyone know more about this?