ADORABLE critters are abound at Cotswold Wildlife Park, with three species producing offspring in recent weeks.
The new hyrax, purple-faced langur, and ring-tailed lemur mums have been proudly showing off their cute babies at the Burford attraction.
But the two new hyrax infants gave the park staff a bit of a shock.
The parents had only just arrived at the park, and the keepers did not expect the female to be pregnant.
The mammals, pictured, which are also known as rock rabbits, are native to Africa and the Middle East, and live mainly on rocky hills and sheer cliffs — with some found 3,800m up.
The park’s purple-faced langur female, Lily, also gave birth — to her second child — in mid-March.
The newborn monkey offers potential hope to the species, which in 2009 was named as one of the 25 most threatened primates in the world.
Deforestation in their native Sri Lanka has destroyed their natural habitat.
The park also welcomed ring-tailed lemur twins, to parents Hira and Uba.
The babies can be found in the park’s Madagascar walkthrough.
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