Following an exhaustive search, Brookland's Zoo's new capuchin monkey will be called ... Monkey.
Well, the Portuguese translation anyway.
The baby monkey has been christened Macaco, selected from a shortlist of five by the New Plymouth District Council youth sub-committee this week.
Macaco means monkey in Portuguese, a language widely spoken in South America where wild capuchins are found.
More than one entry to the council's Name the Monkey competition suggested Macaco, but the winning entrant was seven-year-old Niamh Quinn.
Niamh wins a certificate and an up-close encounter with the capuchins, although it won't be inside the enclosure for safety purposes.
Meanwhile, Brooklands Zoo is open again and all the farmyard animals are back following their Womad "holiday".
The zoo's pigs, donkeys, goats and alpaca were all transported to a Mangorei Rd property to avoid the stress associated with the large festive crowds. All that remained on site were a few chickens.
Pukekura Park curator Chris Connolly said all the animals were now back and happy, following their break.
None of the zoo's exotic animals was moved for Womad, but a number of inter-zoo transfers are under way.
The two Asian clawed otters, Bud and Aqua, are at Wellington Zoo meeting potential mates.
If the two pairs get on well, Bud will remain in Wellington, while Aqua will return to Brooklands with her new mate, Jala.
Two mallee ringneck birds were transferred to Auckland Zoo in February and the transfer of cotton-top tamarin monkeys to Hamilton Zoo began this week.
A male tamarin from Hamilton arrived this week and once the introduction process is complete, the new tamarin pair will go on display in the public enclosure.
One of Brooklands' two female tamarins, Nexi, will go to Wellington Zoo to establish a breeding pair there.
Mr Connolly said a lot of work and preparation had to go into transferring exotic animals between zoos. "From working with the keepers of various species studbooks in the Australasian region to going through quarantine periods, before the animals leave Brooklands," he said.
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