Having Lost From The Zoo, Two Monkey Tamarin Emperors Found In Empty Houses

Illustration of a fishing monkey. (Wikimedia Commons/Hans Hillewaert)

JAKARTA - Two suspicious pangliding monkeys disappeared earlier this week from the Dallas Zoo, United States, after their habitat was deliberately vandalized and returned to the zoo, police said.

The monkeys were found in an empty house inAIL City, the southern suburbs of Dallas, the Dallas Police Department tweeted along with one of the animals perched in a cupboard.

The disappearance of the tamarine monkey is the latest in a series of suspicious activity at the zoo over the past two weeks, including the opening of cages for turbids and leopards, to the suspicious death of a 35-year-old hering bird. The branched Tigers fled, causing the zoo to be closed, but later found.

It is not known whether there was an incident related to the escape of a fishing monkey, which was brought back to the zoo where they would be examined by a veterinarian.

"We are very pleased to share that two wavy monkeys of our taker have been found," the zoo said in a tweet on Twitter.

Previously, Dallas police tweeted a photo of a young man, which the department said wanted to talk to detectives regarding the disappearance of the monkey. Later, a department spokesman said police had not made contact with the man.

Dallas Zoo staff found the monkeys missing on Monday, January 30 in the morning and notified police, the zoo said, adding investigators believed the animals had been removed from their habitat.

The zoo said staff could not find monkeys in searches in the park, with the animals likely to stay near the cages if their escape was accidental.

It is known, originating from the Amazon River Valley in South America, thekinin pemisir is a species of small monkeys with long red tails and white hair that resembles a mustache, according to the Zoo Biology Institute & National Conservation.