Brookfield Zoo
April and September 2018

The African spurred tortoise, also called the sulcata tortoise, inhabits the southern edge of the Sahara desert, in Africa. It is the third-largest species of tortoise in the world, the largest species of mainland tortoise.

African Spur-thigh tortoise by Paul Sager, on Flickr



Like the other species of guenon (French for monkey), Schmidt's guenon are social animals living in family groups, with a single dominant male. Group size may reach 50 animals when resources are abundant, but groups may split into smaller units if resources become scarce.

Schmidt's Red-tailed Guenon



Found only in Colombia, the blue-billed curassow, or blue-knobbed curassow, is a species of bird in the family Cracidae. This large, mainly black species is the only curassow with a distinctive blue cere and wattles, earning the bird its common name. They feed mainly on the ground, consuming fruit, shoots, invertebrates and carrion.

Blue-billed Curassow



Colobus monkeys live in the forests and grasslands of Central Africa. They are found most often in second-growth or degraded forests or along rivers. Colobus monkeys live in small groups usually made up of one male, 3 or 4 females, and related adolescents and infants. At dawn and night-time, the dominant male roars loudly, echoed by the other males in the vicinity.

Black-And-White Colobus



Nigerian Dwarf goats are gentle and intelligent. This, along with their small size and colorful appearance, makes them popular as pets. Some breeders bottle-feed kids, which makes them more bonded with humans.

Nigerian Dwarf Goat


The Brookfield Zoo is owned by the Cook County Forest Preserve District and managed by the Chicago Zoological Society. The society sponsors numerous research and conservation efforts globally. The zoo bred the world’s first captive-born black rhinoceros (1941) and gray-headed kingfisher (1980), the first okapi born in the United States (1959), and the first wombat born outside Australia (1975).

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