Editing Bronx Zoo (section)

====Congo Gorilla Forest====
[[File:Okapi Bronx Zoo.jpg|thumb|Okapi in the Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit]]
[[File:Gorilla bronx zoo anagoria.JPG|thumb|An adult male silverback]]
In the southwestern part of the zoo, Congo Gorilla Forest is a {{cvt|6.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} rainforest that is home to the 20 or so [[western lowland gorilla]]s in the zoo. [[Angolan colobus]], [[Wolf's mona monkey|Wolf's guenon]]s, [[pygmy marmoset]]s, [[mandrill]]s, [[okapi]]s, [[red river hog]]s, an [[ornate monitor]], and an [[African rock python]] also call this area home. It also includes a bird exhibit that houses [[white-crested hornbill]]s, [[Congo peafowl]]s, and [[African pygmy goose|African pygmy geese]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |title=Congo Gorilla Forest |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111091037/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Congo Gorilla Forest was opened in 1999 and was visited 7,000,000 times {{as of|2009|lc=yes}}.<ref name="nydn1425743">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-gorilla-exhibit-celebrates-10th-anniversary-article-1.425743 |title=Bronx Zoo's gorilla exhibit celebrates 10th anniversary |work=Daily News |date=July 5, 2009 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012082526/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-gorilla-exhibit-celebrates-10th-anniversary-article-1.425743 |url-status=live}}</ref> In one of the largest breeding groups of [[western lowland gorilla]]s in [[North America]], the exhibit has two troops of gorillas, for a total of 19 gorillas. Since 1999, 14 [[gorilla]]s, 23 [[red river hog]]s, 11 [[Wolf's guenon]]s, and four [[okapi]]s have been born in the exhibit.<ref name="nydn1425743"/> There is also an 8-minute film in the middle of the exhibit, as well as viewing points throughout. In total, there are about 400 animals from 55 species. Over $10.6 million for conservation of Central African habitats has been collected in donations since the exhibit's opening,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wcs.org/where-we-work/africa/republic-of-congo/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |title=Africa - WCS.org |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716065534/http://www.wcs.org/where-we-work/africa/republic-of-congo/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and the exhibit has netted $12.5 million in exhibit fees {{as of|2014|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/2-baby-gorillas-born-bronx-zoo-article-1.1767591 |title=Pair of baby gorillas born at Bronx Zoo, first in 8 years |work=Daily News |date=April 24, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012082523/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/2-baby-gorillas-born-bronx-zoo-article-1.1767591 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marthastewart.com/919949/bronx-zoo-congo-gorilla-forest-exhibit |title=Bronx Zoo: Congo Gorilla Forest Exhibit |work=Martha Stewart |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012023538/http://www.marthastewart.com/919949/bronx-zoo-congo-gorilla-forest-exhibit |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Before the Congo Gorilla Forest was constructed, this site was once South America, and it is known to house [[pygmy hippopotamus]]es, [[tapir]]s, [[giant anteater]]s, [[Patagonian mara]]s, [[guanaco]]s, [[greater rhea]]s, [[babirusa]]s, [[brocket deer]], and [[peccary|peccaries]].