OAKLAND (KRON) — The Oakland Zoo is asking for help naming their new baby boy baboon. This is the first baby boy baboon born at the zoo.
There are three option for his name. The first is Muriu, pronounced Mahroon, meaning Son. Other options include Maliki, meaning King, and Mazi, meaning Sir. All three name options are Swahili.
The baby boy was born on April 1 to first-time mother Maud. He has four older half-sisters. Their names are Mocha, Kodee, Mimi and Kabili. Kabili is only two weeks older than her little brother. All of the babies have the same father, Martijn, but all five have different mothers.CLICK HERE TO VOTE TO NAME THE LITTLE BABY