Sacramento Zoo welcomes baby mongoose lemur and flamingo chick; Shani the giraffe is pregnant
The Sacramento Zoo said it recently welcomed a baby mongoose lemur and is expecting a baby giraffe later this summer.
The mongoose lemur, which is believed to be a male, was born to parents Dahlia and Elmo on July 3. The animals are critically endangered. The zoo baby is expected to wean after around 135 days.
Meanwhile, Shani the giraffe is expected to give birth in late summer. This will be the 21st calf born at the zoo since 1964. The zoo’s herd of giraffes includes the male Masai giraffe Chifu, Shani, her niece Amira and her daughter Glory.
“If the calf is a female, she will stay with her herd,” the zoo said in a newsletter. “If the calf is a male, he will move onto a different herd after two years, reflecting a normal family cycle.”
The zoo also announced that a healthy flamingo chick hatched on the Fourth of July. It’s the fifth chick that’s hatched from its parents.
