African Forest opened in September 2018 as a 2.7-acre, wellness-inspired exhibit. Choices, challenges, and variation in exhibit design are key features within the area housing western lowland gorillas, bonobos, mandrills, Angolan colobus monkeys, guereza colobus monkeys, Coquerel’s sifaka, ring-tail lemurs, black and white ruffed lemurs, blue-eyed black lemurs, and mongoose lemurs.