These are the scientific names of the primates you will see today.

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1 Here are some of the characters that you will see on your visit to the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary. You have been given their first names and their common names. All animals also have scientific names. E.g. Your first name is what your parents call you, your common name is Human and your scientific name is Homo sapiens. These are the scientific names of the primates you will see today. These are some of the characters that you will see on your visit to the Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary. You have been given their first names and their common names. All animals also have scientific names. E.g. Your first name is what your parents call you, your common name is Human and your scientific name is Homo sapiens. These are the scientific names of the primates you will see today. Ateles hybridus Macaca fuscata Hylobites lar Chlorocebus aethiops Mandrillus sphinx Eulemur fulvus Varecia variegata Lophocebus aterrimus Cebus apella Macaca mulatta Pan troglodytes Papio hamadryas Saguinus oedipus Callithrix jacchus Papio anubis Macaca fascicularis Eulemur macaco Ateles paniscus

2 Name Common Name Scientific Name Jane Human Homo sapiens Lily Papio anubis Common Marmoset Chlorocebus aethiops Use the information boards at the Sanctuary and the biographies in this booklet to complete the table and answer the questions on each page.

3 Hello! My name is Lily. I am Hamadryas Baboon. I was born in the grasslands of Ethiopia and Somalia in Africa and taken from my mother when I was a baby. I was sold in a street market in Kuwait. I was saved by some kind people and sent to the sanctuary with two other baboons. We arrived on 2nd May 2012 when I was only four months old. I weigh about three kilos and am thirty centimetres tall and I am still growing. I now live in a family group on Baboon island with my adopted granny Abena and uncles Olayinka and Jester and sisters Mia and Ebba. I love exploring the island and being spoiled by the others. In the wild baboons eat just about everything: for example fruits, root tubers, grass or grains. Here we love to eat fruit vegetables nuts and seeds. We love eggs and the seeds of pumpkins and melons. We store food in pouches in our cheeks. * Can you find the names of the other Hamadryas Baboons?

4 Hello! My name is Oliver. I am a Gibbon. My parents were captured and taken from the tropical rain forest in Thailand but I was born in a UK zoo where I lived with my partner Jelita. When the zoo closed we were going to be sold to a laboratory for experiments, but luckily the sanctuary heard about this and came to save us. I weigh seven kilos and am about two feet tall. I was born 12th October My nickname is Lord Oliver. I think I am in charge of the whole sanctuary and am always looking out to make sure all is well. My call is like warbling and I can be heard for miles around first thing on a nice sunny morning. I have no tail which makes me an ape. I really enjoy showing visitors how clever I am. I like to show them how I can swing and dance. When I run around I wave my arms in the air because they are so long. In the wild gibbons eat ripe fruit and new leaves and buds. My food in the sanctuary is fruit, vegetables, boiled eggs, nuts and seeds. * What type of Gibbon is Yoko? A * Gibbons move by brachiating which means they use their to through the trees.

5 Hello! My name is Fergus. I am a Chimpanzee. My parents were captured and taken from the tropical rainforests of Africa, but I was born in a zoo in Wales. When the zoo closed in 1998, nobody wanted me until Jan and Graham found out about all seven of us. I am four feet tall and weigh 95 kilos. I am very strong and can drag 1000 kilos. I have no tail which makes me an ape. My birthday is 28th February I like teasing the other chimps and I am the best acrobat of all of them. I enjoy visitors and I like to entertain them and they like watching me swinging on the ropes. I tease and play tag with them. I usually cheat if I can. In the wild chimps eat fruit, leaves and insects and also kill and eat the occasional monkey. Here I have lots of different vegetables, fruit, nuts and seeds to choose from. My favourite treat is ice cream on a hot summer day. *Chimpanzees are Great Apes and this means they have no *Chimpanzee's hands are very similar to ours. Can you see how their feet are different? Draw a little sketch.

6 Hello! My name is Khan. I am an Olive Baboon. Nobody knows how old I am and I cannot remember living in the wild in Africa. I came from a zoo in Faro in Portugal and came to Wales with my family in October There were eight of us altogether and I am in charge. I am probably about thirty years old. I weigh 25 kilos and am 114 centimetres tall. I often talk to my neighbours the Hamadryas baboons and I am always making sure that everyone is behaving themselves. I like to be groomed by all my family. In the wild we eat everything we can find by climbing and digging. We work together to hunt small animals. Here in the sanctuary we like to eat fruit, vegetables and leaves. We like nuts and seeds and strip the bark from branches. We dig in the bark for insects. If we are not hungry we store food in our cheek pouches to eat later on. My favourite foods are green beans, potatoes and onions. * Olive baboons have thumbs to help with food collection above and below the ground surface. * Like other monkeys the Olive baboons have which apes do not.

7 Hello! My name is Alfie and I am a Black Mangabey and I was born in I arrived on the same day as Julie - 25th April I was a pet, but my owner broke his leg and was not strong enough to look after me. My brother Adam and I attacked him and so we were sent to a rescue centre in Belgium. My relations live in the rainforest of the Congo and Angola. I weigh eight kilos and am fifty centimetres tall. I like to surprise visitors by suddenly banging the window and grunting. I am good at staring. My pointed hair style is very unusual - sometimes I have seen people with the same hairstyle and I always stare at them! In the wild we eat fruit, nuts, seeds and leaves. We strip off bark to catch insects. We eat nectar from flowers and help to pollinate plants. Here at the sanctuary I eat fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds and eggs. My favourite food is avocado, lettuce, cabbage, parsnips and carrots. *Mangabeys come from Africa and are therefore Old World Monkeys. They are not apes because they have a *They live in the rain forests where the climate is and

8 Hello! I am Jon Jon. I am a black Spider Monkey. I came to the sanctuary in 2004 when I was eight. I had been kept as a pet in a small parrot cage and advertised for sale in a newspaper. Wiltshire council and the sanctuary raided the farm and rescued me. In the wild my ancestors live in rain forests in Central and South America. I weigh ten kilos and am fifty centimetres tall plus a very long tail. My tail divides into two fingers and I hold things with it. I don't like people who wear hats and I can make a lot of noise if I want to. I get on well with other monkeys and have lived happily with a mandrill and a mangabey. If I don't like something I will make it very clear. I chatter and grunt very loudly, stamp my feet and throw things with my tail. In the wild Spider Monkeys eat mainly ripe fruit and also leaves, insects, birds eggs and small mammals. Here at the sanctuary I enjoy bananas, grapes, mango and melon. I love pawpaw. * Spider Monkeys have four fingers on each hand but they have no * Spider monkeys have a tail which they use to help them balance and to hold on to branches. They are arboreal monkeys which means they live in

9 Hello! My name is Princess Leia I am a Black and White Ruffed Lemur. This name comes from the beautiful white collar round my neck. I was born on the 21st April 1998 at Southport Zoo. I came here in July 2004 with my two brothers Obi and Skywalker when the zoo closed. My parents were also born in a zoo. In the wild we only live in Madagascar in the rain forest. Our forest is being destroyed and our lives are in danger. My eyes are big and round so I can see in half light and am most active at dawn and dusk. I weigh four kilos and am fifty centimetres tall. I like lounging on my back in the sun. I like the days when guest keepers are here because I am able to climb all over them and enjoy treats. There are eight of us altogether at the sanctuary and we love to sing all at the same time very loudly and surprise the visitors. In the wild lemurs mainly eat soft fruit. Here I love to eat baked potatoes, blueberries, raspberries and sharon fruit. My favourite treats are iced cakes, grapes and marshmallows * Lemurs are mainly frugivorous which means they eat mainly * Black and White Ruffed Lemurs are an species. *They are also part of the unique ecosystem of the Island of off the coast of.

10 Hello! My name is Lisa. I am a Black Lemur and my family came from a small area in the very north west of Madagascar. I was born the 21st March 1996 in Newquay Zoo. I was separated from other lemurs for fighting, which they say I started and isolated. I came to the sanctuary in August 2010 and once I had settled in, I was put with Princess Leia and we have been good friends ever since. I weigh two kilos and am only 40 centimetres tall. Like Princess I enjoy sun bathing and the guest keeper days. When some Swansea City football visited I was able to climb all over them. In the wild we are mainly fruit eaters plus leaves and flowers. I eat a lot of fruit here and I also like lettuce and celery. I love to eat sandwiches in dainty triangles and grapes. * Black Lemurs are in size than the Ruffed lemurs. The females are in colour and the males are * Black Lemurs are also more active at and. They have, eyes to help them see in the half light.

11 Hello! My name is Connie. I am Black Capped Capuchin monkey. I was born in Causeway Safari Park in Northern Ireland in 1997 to the sound of barking dogs. The Park had been closed and taken over by USPCA who were using it as a dog pound. The sanctuary heard bout our plight and offered us a home. We flew to Liverpool and Graham collected us and brought us back here. Now there are now eight of us here. In the wild capuchin monkeys are found in rainforests in central and the northern parts of South America. I weigh two kilos and am thirty five centimetres tall. I am very curious. I like gazing and making noises and faces at the visitors. I love digging in the forest bark and stripping bark from tree branches. I can do this very fast. We all like rubbing onions all over our bodies. On guest keeper days we have a good time pinching things from pockets. In the wild capuchins eat just about every fruit and plant that we can find. We also eat nuts, seeds, insects and spiders. We use tools to open hard fruits. Here at the sanctuary did not know how to open a coconut. The first time took ages but now we can crack one open in a minute. Our favourite foods are walnuts, boiled eggs and brie cheese. Delicious! * Capuchins are New World Monkeys, which is what all monkeys who come from are called. * They also have tails which are used for balance and gripping branches.

12 Hello! My name is Chewy. I am a Cotton Top Tamarin. I was an illegal pet. My owner bought me in motorway services car park but gave me to the sanctuary in July 2006 when I was three years old. He had discovered I was a tamarin and not a marmoset. Tamarins are an endangered species from Columbia in South America. I weigh half a kilo and I am fifteen centimetres tall. I am very nosey and if I hear someone I know I make a lot of high pitched shrieking. I am frightened of nothing and if I poke my tongue out at you Beware. I may be small but have very sharp teeth. I was very pleased in February 2010 when Poppy arrived to keep me company. In the wild I eat fruit and insects. I also eat gum from trees. I have to eat a lot and very often because I have a lot of energy and I am not very big. I do good work in the forest helping plants to disperse. Seeds go rapidly through my digestive system and germinate well after I have eaten them. Here at the sanctuary I have a special diet of vitamins and minerals and lots of different vegetables and fruit. I also like mealworms and scrambled egg. *Cotton Top Tamarins are Monkeys as they come from South America. *They live in the trees in the rain forest where the weather is and *Cotton Top Tamarins poke their out at you and this is a sign of aggression.

13 Hello! My name is Denzil and I am a marmoset. I was born in captivity on 10th August I was taken from my parents when I was two weeks old and sold to a housebound lady who wanted me as pet. She wanted to spend all her time with me and give me everything I wanted, but did not realise that what I most need is the company of other marmosets. She got in touch with the sanctuary and they agreed for me to come here. I arrived in September 2011 and have now joined a family of seven. Marmosets live in the South American rain forest. I weigh 250 grams and I am 18 centimetres tall. I love acrobatics, somersaults and playing peek-a-boo with the keepers. We chatter a lot among each other and very polite because we never interrupt each other. If someone upsets us, we remember them and don't forgive them.in the wild we eat a long list of things: fruit, insects, tree saps and gums, buds, flowers, nectar from flowers, fungi, snails, small vertebrates, birds and birds' eggs. * Marmosets have long incisors and claws which help them to extract gum from trees. They are called exudativores because they eat gum and insectivores because they eat * They are arboreal monkeys which means they live in

14 Hello! My name is Dries and I am a Brown Mayotte Lemur. I arrived at the sanctuary on 27th March All four of us were rescued from a zoo in France where we had been living in crates and taken to a rescue centre in Belgium. Graham went to collect us from there. In the wild we live in Madagascar. I weigh four kilos and am forty centimetres tall. I grunt a lot. I feel very energetic at the beginning and ending of the day. We all like our food and are very interested in what is going on all the time. In the wild we eat fruit, flowers, nectar, millipedes and centipedes. We chew on bark and extract food from soil. Here we eat fruit and vegetables and shelled almonds. Sometimes Jan makes us Lemur cake made from baby cereal, wheat germ, yeast extract, honey, glucose, dried fruit and tea. *Madagascar was once joined to the continent of. About 160 million years ago (ma) it split from the mainland and this is why its BIODIVERSITY is so to anywhere else. *Lemurs are a part of this unique eco

15 Hello! My name is Julie and I am a Japanese macaque or snow monkey. I came to the sanctuary on 25th April I was found wandering in the streets in Antwerp in Belgium and taken to a rescue centre. Nobody knows how I got there. In the wild in Japan we live in the mountains on the island of Honshu. It can be very cold but we have a double layer of fur to keep us warm. We even go swimming in the volcanic hot springs and our fur protects us from the hot water. Here I love to shake my cage and show how strong I am. I have a rather bad temper. However, I really get on well with Sinbad. I weigh eight kilos and am fifty centimetres tall with a tiny tail. In the wild we eat any plant or any insect that we find. Japanese Macaques have to store fat to survive the winter when only dead leaves and bark are available. Here at the sanctuary I eat seeds, nuts, fruits, salad and vegetables. My favourite foods are tomatoes and cucumbers. * Snow Macaques are the only wild monkeys that live so far of the Equator. *They are World Monkeys and they have a very tail.

16 Hello! My name is Sinbad and I am a Crab Eating Macaque. I used to live in Malaysia among the mangrove groves on the coast. I came here on a ship. I hid on this ship and the sailors made a cage and caught me. When the ship arrived in the UK, Graham was waiting for me and brought me to the sanctuary in June It was a big shock to move from the wild and the heat to captivity in the cold. I weigh six kilos and am fifty centimetres tall. I am cheerful, easy going and like company. The visitors think I am a really cool monkey! You should see my teeth. I live with Julie and despite her temper we get on well together. In the wild we eat mainly ripe, fleshy fruits such as mangoes. We also eat insects, stems, leaves, flowers, seeds, birds, eggs. In mangrove swamps they eat crabs, prawns and octopus. At the sanctuary I eat a lot of fruit, vegetables and eggs. My favourite foods are baked potatoes and boiled eggs. * Crab eating Macaques are also called long tailed macaques. They are often used in laboratories for animal. *They are the only macaques with a very tail.

17 Hello! My name is Titch and I am a Mandrill. I was born 2nd July I arrived here on 5th June 2013 from Slaski zoo in Poland. I was born in the zoo and I was going to be destroyed because no zoos could keep me. My relations live in the rainforest in central Africa. I weigh 25 kilos and I am sixty centimetres while on all fours. I don't like women, I much prefer Graham. I used to pull out my hair and bite my hands and legs in Poland but now I am much happier and don't do that anymore. In the wild we forage on the forest floor. We eat plants, nuts, seeds, bark, herbs, shoots, tubers, leaves, crabs, fish, grass, fruit, birds, eggs, fungi, spiders, mice, snakes, tortoises, lizards, worms, frogs, snails and ants. In the sanctuary I like variety and eat everything offered. I like sweet potatoes and root vegetables. My favourites are eggs, mangoes and cherries. * Male Mandrills have very brightly coloured. They often show their teeth but this is not a sign of *Although Mandrills have a very short they are still monkeys. *Mandrills are omnivores which means they eat a variety of different foods.

18 Hello! My name is Dede and I am a Vervet monkey. I was born in Beirut in June 2006 and with my sister and mother was rescued by a Lebanese animal rescue charity. We were in danger of being bombed. They contacted the sanctuary and Graham went to Beirut to collect them and bring them back in November Our relations live in the wooded grasslands of Africa not far from forests where they can find fruit and insects. I weigh four kilos and am forty centimetres tall. I have a favourite ball I keep with me at all times and won't let anyone touch it. In the wild we eat everything we can. The only things we don't eat are bigger than us. We steal crops and are not popular with farmers. In the sanctuary we will eat everything we are given except eggs. We really love beans, lettuce, bananas and seeds. * Vervets are World Monkeys because they live in Africa. * Many people in Africa think that they are pests because they steal from farms and raid houses for

19 Hello, my name is Winston and I am a Brown Spider Monkey. There are not too many of us left in the wild which is why we are a critically endangered species. My partner Lille and I lived in a pet shop in Ireland until we were confiscated. We came to live here at the Sanctuary on January 28 th We were lucky to have a smooth ferry crossing. Our natural habitat would be high in the trees of the forests of Colombia and Venezuela in South America. Our prehensile tails are 75 cm in length and we use them like an extra limb when swinging through the trees. weigh around 8 kilos. We eat lots of ripe fruit, leaves, flowers, buds, bark and honey and we look for figs throughout the whole year.sometimes we eat small termites and caterpillars. I Unlike other spider monkeys we often have pale blue eyes. Lille and I both have blue eyes and a light patch of hair on our foreheads. We are quite noisy and communicate with loud screeches and many different calls. We eat nuts especially those containing lipids, avocados, boiled eggs and a huge variety of fruit. *Spider Monkeys are World monkeys with long tails. *When a species is critically endangered it means that it is closer to becoming

20 Hello, my name is Daisy and I am 11 years old. I am a Rhesus Macaque and I moved to the Sanctuary on January 28 th 2016 together with my family, partner George aged 14 and children Billie 4, Ben 3 and Charlie one year old. Before that we lived in Ireland in a pet shop. Only humans have a wider geographical distribution than we do in the wild. We live all over South, Central and South East Asia in many different countries from India to China. Our natural habitats can be grasslands, arid areas, deciduous and semi tropical forests and mangrove swamps. We also live in highland areas up to 4000m. In the wild our diet includes fruit, seeds, roots, buds, bark and cereals as well as termites, grasshoppers, ants and beetles. We have cheek pouches in which we can store food. Unlike many other monkeys we are strong swimmers and forage for food in water as well as on the ground and in trees. Humans have used us for many kinds of research and have discovered that we have a high level of self-awareness and recognise ourselves in the mirror. * Because of our large numbers we are not considered to be an species. *We have short and are known as World monkeys.

21 Name Natural Habitat Food Hamadryas baboon Lar Gibbon Chimpanzee Olive Baboon Black Mangabey Vervet Brown Spider Monkey Mandrill Black and White Ruffed Lemur Name Natural Habitat Food Complete the table above.

22 Natural Habitat Food Black Lemur Brown Lemur Black Capped Capuchin Cotton To Tamarin Common Marmoset Spider Monkey Rhesus Macaque Japanese Macaque Crab Eating Macaque Name Natural Habitat Food Complete the table above. Then write one more piece of interesting information about each primate. Share this later.

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