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The nature and animal park Terra Natura Murcia has built a new themed area, which is set in the African Congo River ecosystem.
The new area has an area of ​​625 square meters and is divided into three locations, two 150 square meters dedicated to housing primates and over 325 square meters where leopards live.
Work began last January and have now ended.
In the area of ​​the Congo River will live three new species: Brazza's guenon, the black and white colobus, and leopard.
Specifically, are two leopards, two and three vervet colobus which premiere this new facility.
Enclosures recreate typical of this river ecosystem, why are incorporated waterfalls, trees and shrubs, plus some logs.
The creation of this area aims to strengthen the catalog of wildlife that has Murcia complex with the inclusion of three species that are integrated into conservation programs within the European Union.
This program works Terra Natura Murcia, along with three other zoos in the Netherlands, France and the UK.
With this new area, the park lays the foundation for its next new membership which comes within the European Association of Zoos and Aquariums (EAZA) year, in which only 11 institutions in Spain are included.
Leopards and are considered guenon species in danger of extinction, and colobus are considered to be threatened, although its population still does not run a high risk of extinction.
Curiously, melanistic leopards have the black color of their fur because cells that distribute the color throughout the body surface.
The vervet monkeys usually live in the jungles of central tropical and equatorial Africa, from Ethiopia and Kenya to Cameroon and Angola, especially in flooded areas and up to 2,000 meters.
On the other hand, colobus are diurnal animals usually remain in the trees, although in some forested regions sometimes fall to the ground.
They take turns sleeping with other members so you can always watch for predators.
Source: Agencias
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