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Darwin, the Ikea monkey, is on his way to a new home: the Storybook Farms Primate Sanctuary in Sunderland, about 100 km northeast of Toronto.

That makes it unlikely he will be popping up in any store parking lots anytime soon.

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The monkey, now a worldwide sartorial sensation after photos spread of him in a North York Ikea parking lot while wearing a fitted coat, is a prohibited animal under Toronto’s bylaws. He was taken into animal services custody. From there, he was loaded for transport to the sanctuary just before 1:30 p.m. on Monday.

Mary Lou Leiher of Toronto Animal Services said he is doing just fine.

“He’s obviously had a stressful time. He’s been separated from his family,” she said. “[But] he’s been eating. He’s obviously not too upset.

Toronto’s Animal Services says Darwin, a rhesus macaque monkey, is seven months old and his owners are originally from Montreal.

Ms. Leiher said he was in the care of his owners for about five-and-a-half months, and was handed over to Animal Services without papers or vaccination certificates.