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Blue-tailed macaque

Macaca nemestrinus

Class: Mammals (Mammalia)
Order: Primates (Primates)
Family: Marmosets (Cercopithecidae)
Name: Minister (Minya)


  • Lives in tropical forest
  • Eats everything
  • Is active during the day
  • Live-bearing animal
  • Non-venomous

  • Inhabitant of Southern Burma, Malacca Peninsula, island Kalimantan, island Sumatra.
  • According to some information, the life span is up to 30 and more years. It is called blue-tailed because of a short turned up tail. Males are much larger than females, their weight is up to 14,5 kg, while females – only 9 kg.
  • Minya was born in 1993 at the Kharkov Zoo, he came to Tula when he was 8 months old, his weight at that time was only 750 g. He is very loving, he especially loves women.


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6 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday
During autumn, spring and summer vacations, and on official holidays Exotarium is open everyday.
The scheme how to reach us
Our address: 300002, Russia, Tula, Oktyabrskaya str., bld. 26.
Phone number: 7 (4872) 47-53-92
You can arrive: fixed-run taxies # 1, 1t, 8, 9, 6t, 11, 12t, 21, 23, 24, 32, 34, 36, 41
buses # 1, 8, 9, 21, 36
trolley-buses № 1, 4, 6
tram № 12
the Zarechie district, Lunacharskogo or Arsenalnaya str.
Entrance tickets:
Children - 50 roubles (children under the age of 3 go for free)
Adults - 90 roubles.
Reduced fair tickets - 30 roubles (available for senior citizens, disabled people, etc.)