Zoo's newest primate baby certainly stands out from the rest of the family!

TheThe  baby Black and White Colobus has a curly white coat that looks like lambswool.

Its parents and big brother have sleek and shiny coats, brilliant black and gleaming white, with long white fringes and tufted tails.

The baby is pure white and won't display any black markings until it's several months old.

The Zoo's youngest Colobus was born on June 3rd, the offspring of mother Clover and father Bodie.

With the cold weather since the birth, Clover has been spending extra time in the cosy and warm night dens adjacent to the exhibit.

Now that baby is a bit older they are spending more time outdoors.

Primate Keepers report that the newborn appears to be really well, bright, alert, and quite large compared to the size of its two older brothers at birth.

Keepers haven't been able to determine the sex of the newborn yet, so it hasn't been named.

Mother Clover was born at Melbourne Zoo, and father Bodie was transferred from Perth Zoo as part of the regional breeding program, linked to the international breeding program for this endangered African Rainforest species.

Their first offspring, Indi, was born in 2006, and he is now at Monarto Zoo in South Australia. Their second offspring Colby, almost two years old, is still with the family group.

Black and White Colobus Monkeys are native to Angola, Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Kenya. They are vegetarians, eating leaves plus seeds, buds, flowers, seeds, and shoots.

Their populations suffered from the fur trade during colonial times, but now the greatest threats to their survival are the loss of their habitat and the bushmeat trade, large-scale commercial hunting to supply meat to towns and cities.