A new furry face is preparing to join Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Animal Ambassador Group, but there’s one important detail still missing: a name. The Zoo is inviting the public to help choose the name for a young, rescued male Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) currently acclimating to his new home near the Hamill Family Play Zoo. The future Animal Ambassador was rescued as a joey in the Urbana-Champaign area alongside four littermates. Community members can cast their vote now through August 3 while visiting the Zoo and online at brookfieldzoo.org/animals/virginia-opossum. Guests who vote at the Zoo can pick up a special opossum sticker from the North Gate or South Gate Market, while supplies last. Guests will be able to visit the new Animal Ambassador in his outdoor habitat at the Hamill Family Play Zoo and during Animals Up Close sessions at the Nature Stage. 

Photo Credit: Brookfield Zoo