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The Animals

Tropical Forests provides new habitats for the following
primate species:

Western lowland gorillas
There will be two groups of gorillas, including our family
group of five females and a dominant male silverback that WESTERN
previously lived in Tropic World: Africa. We are also welcoming LOWLAND
a bachelor group, made up of male gorillas from other facilities GORILLA
accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
They will have their own indoor and outdoor spaces
separate from the family group. Critically Endangered*

Bornean orangutans
Five Bornean orangutans (two males, three females) will enjoy
a new outdoor habitat and continue to have access to their BORNEAN
indoor habitat in Tropic World: Asia. The five will be separated ORANGUTAN
into two groups, each with one male. The groups will switch
off in using the outdoor habitat. Brookfield Zoo Chicago is
the only AZA-accredited institution in Illinois where guests
can find orangutans. Critically Endangered*

Northern white-cheeked gibbons
Two of these Asian apes will continue to have access to their
indoor habitat in Tropic World: Asia. Future plans call for
them to share an outdoor habitat with the Bornean orangutans, NORTHERN
offering the two species a naturalistic, mixed-species WHITE-CHEEKED
environment like that they would experience in the wild. GIBBONS
Critically Endangered*

South American monkeys
Two species, tufted Capuchins and endangered* black-handed
spider monkeys, will share a new outdoor habitat and continue
to share an indoor habitat in Tropic World: South America.
An additional five spider monkeys will join the original group.
They were rescued from animal traffickers by the United States
Department of Agriculture and cared for at San Diego Zoo
Safari Park before arriving here.

*According to the International Union
for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Red List of Threatened Species
CAPUCHIN
MONKEY

BLACK-HANDED
SPIDER MONKEYS

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