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A baby Silvered Langur was just born at the Bronx Zoo

The rare primate is bright orange up until it's five months old.

Ian Kumamoto
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Ian Kumamoto
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Move aside, Moo Deng: There's a new adorable baby animal infiltrating our feeds, and it ain't hippo-shaped.

A rare baby Silvered Langur, which is a primate native to Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, was born at the Bronx Zoo in November, and is finally ready to be seen by visitors. 

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You'll be able to easily spot the new baby langur at the zoo's JungleWorld exhibit—compared to they're grey counterparts, baby langurs are bright orange up until they're about three to five months old, which means you only have a few more weeks to see this baby in its full golden splendor. 

Getting to see these animals IRL is a real privilege: silvered langurs are classified as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), mainly due to rampant habitat loss in their southeast Asian home. Luckily, the Bronx Zoo actually has one of the largest breeding groups of the species in all of North America, and over 100 silvered langurs have been born at the zoo since they were first introduced in 1985. 

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If you're already at the Bronx Zoo, make sure to also pay its infamous Madagascar hissing roaches a visit, which are part of a Name-a-Roach program. If you're not caught up, every year for Valentine's Day the zoo encourages New Yorkers to sponsor a roach and name it after an ex. In sum, there's a lot going on at the Bronx zoo this month. 

You can visit the Bronx Zoo seven days a week from 10am until 4:30pm. Get your tickets here

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