The Racine Zoo welcomed two adorable twins into the world last week, and announced the birth of baby emperor tamarins Monday.
“We couldn’t be happier for the baby tamarin twins.” said Crystal Champeau-Williams, Racine Zoo’s primary primate specialist. “Our breeding pair is such a great couple; we hope to be expecting wonderful possibilities for them down the road.”
The mother, Isabella, is from the New England Zoo and has been mating partners with Marquis, from the San Francisco Zoo, since 2012. Isabella gave birth to the twins early Friday morning. The zoo did not provide names for the twin babies.
The mating pair had given birth two years ago to a daughter, Cadeau, who was moved to the Staten Island Zoo in September.
Racine Zoo is one of only two zoos in the country to successfully breed this type of tamarin.
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