(Coal Valley, IL) -- Niabi Zoo is welcoming a new baby African Cape Porcupine.
Staff found the zoo’s two African Cape Porcupines had given birth at the Biodiversity Building on January 7th.
The newest addition is the first African Cape Porcupine to be born at Niabi Zoo.
African Cape Porcupines are native to South Africa and are the second largest porcupine in the world.