Boston’s got a new baby.

This month, Beantown’s Franklin Park Zoo welcomed a new resident: A not-yet-named newborn gorilla.

The infant boy was delivered via cesarean section on Oct. 14 after his mom, 39-year-old western lowland gorilla Kiki, began experiencing vaginal bleeding and required surgery for a placenta-related condition. Kiki was taken to Franklin Park Zoo’s hospital and, at 6:35 p.m., with the help of a team of veterinarians and Brigham and Women’s Hospital obstetricians, gave birth to a 6-pound, 3-ounce gorilla child.

“He’s a big baby,” Zoo New England, a blog for Franklin Park and the affiliated Stone Zoo, wrote in a post. “Gorilla infants typically weigh 3-5 pounds.” He’s also the first male gorilla ever born at the zoo, and Kiki’s fifth child. Of her previous kids, all female, two still live at Franklin Park.

The newborn’s dad is Kiki’s mate, Kitombe, also known as Kit. Her pregnancy was the result of a recommended breeding by the inter-zoo Gorilla Species Survival Plan program.

So far, the mother-and-son pair are getting along well. “We’re happy to report that mom and baby are both doing well and bonding behind the scenes while they continue to be closely monitored,” the zoo posted to its Facebook account.

The birth, in addition to being adorable, is also good news for the species: Western lowland gorillas are critically endangered in the wild, primarily as a result of “disease and the bushmeat trade,” according to the blog post.

Last month, a tiny baby gorilla was born at New Orleans’ Audubon Zoo before tragically dying just six days later, still without a name. “We are heartbroken over the loss,” Ron Forman, the president and CEO of the Audubon Nature Institute, said in a statement following the death.

Sadly, the incident was not particularly shocking.

“There are many risks involved with gorilla births and unfortunately, it is not unusual for a first-time gorilla mom to lose an offspring,” reflected Dr. Robert MacLean, Audubon’s senior veterinarian.