A mother golden monkey named Xiaobei recently gave birth to a male, the ninth golden monkey baby to be born this year at the Dalongtan Golden Monkey Field Research Base of the Shennongjia National Park Research Institute in Hubei province.

The baby, named Scallop, was born on July 29.

As a national-level endangered species, the golden monkey is the flagship of Shennongjia biodiversity conservation.