TAMPA, Fla. - The Lowry Park Zoo revealed the name of its baby orangutan on Wednesday morning.
Orangutans at the zoo unwrapped pink wrapping paper from a wooden pole to unveil the baby's name is Dira, who was born on Jan. 6.
Earlier this year, the zoo held a vote on what to name the baby orangutan. Members of the zoo's animal care team initially selected several potential names ahead of the public vote.
The baby’s mother, Dee Dee, has given birth four times successfully and his father, Goyang, has had two babies. In October, a human pregnancy test confirmed that Dee Dee was pregnant.
The Bornean orangutan is considered critically endangered, with an estimated population decline of more than 50 percent during the last 60 years, the zoo said.
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