SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Dickerson Park Zoo (DPZ) has announced the arrival of four new animals in Springfield.
Courtesy of Dickerson Park Zoo.
According to a press release from DPZ, the zoo has added a trio of two-year-old lesser kudu and a Chacoan peccary.
Kudu are a bushland antelope native to east Africa and lesser kudu are a new species for the zoo. The new additions at DPZ are two-year-old males named M’Baku, Jabari and Namor. Head zookeeper Tracy Campbell said the kudu are expected to be on exhibit starting Sunday, Nov. 17.
Courtesy of Dickerson Park Zoo.
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Relish, a female Chacoan peccary born earlier this year, is getting to know her new mate, Flash. Peccaries are native to South America and were thought to be extinct until a small population was discovered in the 1970s.
DPZ will be closed Thanksgiving Day, but will be open the rest of the holiday weekend.
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