Tropical America - Rhode Island's rainforest - features a canopy sky-walk and a lush, rainforest atmosphere complete with free-flying birds and several species of primates. Stay on solid ground or climb a spiral staircase and cross a wood and rope bridge where you can come eye-to-eye with treetop dwelling birds. You can also see a number of endangered primates like the golden lion tamarin (their coloring and faces makes them look like little lions), white-faced sakis and cotton-top tamarins. Tropical America also features the creepy, crawly and misunderstood - a colony of Jamaican fruit bats, and an Emerald tree boa.

Emerald Tree Boa

Giant Anteater

Cotton-top tamarin

*Roger Williams Park Zoo is a participant in the Species Survival Program, a cooperative effort by zoos to manage the population of rare and endangered animals. Read more.

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