Bright-eyed and brushy-tailed! The mini monkey and his tiny friends

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Bottle baby: A crowned sifaka lemur from Madagascar


They’re irresistibly cute. But these gorgeous newborns are actually some of the animal kingdom’s most endangered species — and they’ve been bred specially in zoos across the world. From a baby beluga whale to a pint-size monkey, you can’t help but fall for these mini-marvels . . .


Hello, me old China: Yun Zi the giant panda was born in San Diego Zoo


You'll be all white: This blue-eyed beauty is Durga, a Bengal tiger cub


Birdy dance: Sawyer is actually a tawny frogmouth, not an owl


A quick brush up: Emperor tamarin monkeys have to look their best


Handle with care: The clouded leopard soon becomes powerful


Simply red: Menari, a Sumatran orangutan is one of a critically endangered species


See here: Newborn red pandas Tai and Pip from Edmonton Valley Zoo in Canada


Bath time: Monifa the pygmy hippo is still small enough to bathe in a bowl

G'day sport: Rooby the red kangaroo fell from Mum's pouch, so a fleece must suffice


I'm all ears: The fennec fox evolved to hear insect prey in the Sahara, though this one is Korean


Neck and neck: These chicks will grow into sleek, green-feathered parrots


These Gentoo penguins from Seaworld San Diego will lose their fluffiness


Calf love: Miki the beluga keeps close to his mum in a Chicago aquarium


Don't tread on me, Mum: Mali is the first baby elephant to be born in Melbourne Zoo


In the pink, but this aardvark from Detroit Zoo will grow a hairy coat


Taken from Zooborns by Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland, Constable £8.99. Published on October 7


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