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        <title xml:lang="eng">Brookfield Zoo Chicago: A checklist of species at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Brookfield, Illinois</title>
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            <individualName>
                <givenName>Debbie</givenName>
                <surName>Johnson</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>Brookfield Zoo Chicago</organizationName>
            <address>
                <city>Brookfield</city>
                <administrativeArea>IL</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>60513</postalCode>
                <country>US</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>debbie.johnson@brookfieldzoo.org</electronicMailAddress>
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            <individualName>
                <givenName>Debbie</givenName>
                <surName>Johnson</surName>
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            <organizationName>Brookfield Zoo Chicago</organizationName>
            <address>
                <city>Brookfield</city>
                <administrativeArea>IL</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>60513</postalCode>
                <country>US</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>debbie.johnson@brookfieldzoo.org</electronicMailAddress>
        </metadataProvider>
        <associatedParty>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>David</givenName>
                <surName>Bloom</surName>
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            <organizationName>VertNet</organizationName>
            <electronicMailAddress>dbloom@vertnet.org</electronicMailAddress>
            <onlineUrl>http://www.vertnet.org</onlineUrl>
            <role>programmer</role>
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        <pubDate>
            2026-08-12
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        <language>eng</language>
        <abstract>
            <para>Brookfield Zoo Chicago is a private non-profit organization operated by the Chicago Zoological Society, located in Brookfield, Illinois, United States. </para><para>This dataset is a checklist of species housed at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago, current as of October 2025. </para>
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            <keyword>Checklist</keyword>
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            <keyword>Inventorythematic</keyword>
            <keywordThesaurus>GBIF Dataset Subtype Vocabulary: http://rs.gbif.org/vocabulary/gbif/dataset_subtype.xml</keywordThesaurus>
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        <additionalInfo>
            <para>Please adhere to the VertNet Norms when using these data - https://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html</para>
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            <para>To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the <ulink url="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode"><citetitle>Public Domain (CC0 1.0)</citetitle></ulink>. Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.</para>
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            <licenseName>Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal</licenseName>
            <url>https://spdx.org/licenses/CC0-1.0.html</url>
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        <distribution scope="document">
            <online>
                <url function="information">https://www.brookfieldzoo.org/</url>
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        <coverage>
            <geographicCoverage>
                <geographicDescription>The species listed have been historically cared for or are currently housed at the Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Illinois, United States</geographicDescription>
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                    <eastBoundingCoordinate>-87.829</eastBoundingCoordinate>
                    <northBoundingCoordinate>41.835</northBoundingCoordinate>
                    <southBoundingCoordinate>41.83</southBoundingCoordinate>
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            </geographicCoverage>
            <taxonomicCoverage>
                <generalTaxonomicCoverage>Species that are part of the current collection at Brookfield Zoo Chicago as of October 2025.</generalTaxonomicCoverage>
                <taxonomicClassification>
                    <taxonRankName>class</taxonRankName>
                    <taxonRankValue>Mammalia</taxonRankValue>
                    <commonName>Mammals</commonName>
                </taxonomicClassification>
                <taxonomicClassification>
                    <taxonRankName>class</taxonRankName>
                    <taxonRankValue>Aves</taxonRankValue>
                    <commonName>Birds</commonName>
                </taxonomicClassification>
                <taxonomicClassification>
                    <taxonRankName>class</taxonRankName>
                    <taxonRankValue>Reptilia</taxonRankValue>
                    <commonName>Reptiles</commonName>
                </taxonomicClassification>
                <taxonomicClassification>
                    <taxonRankName>class</taxonRankName>
                    <taxonRankValue>Amphibia</taxonRankValue>
                    <commonName>Amphibians</commonName>
                </taxonomicClassification>
                <taxonomicClassification>
                    <taxonRankName>class</taxonRankName>
                    <taxonRankValue>Pisces</taxonRankValue>
                    <commonName>Fish</commonName>
                </taxonomicClassification>
                <taxonomicClassification>
                    <taxonRankName>class</taxonRankName>
                    <taxonRankValue>Invertebrata</taxonRankValue>
                    <commonName>Invertebrates</commonName>
                </taxonomicClassification>
            </taxonomicCoverage>
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        <maintenance>
            <description>
                <para></para>
            </description>
            <maintenanceUpdateFrequency>asNeeded</maintenanceUpdateFrequency>
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        <contact>
            <individualName>
                <givenName>Debbie</givenName>
                <surName>Johnson</surName>
            </individualName>
            <organizationName>Brookfield Zoo Chicago</organizationName>
            <address>
                <city>Brookfield</city>
                <administrativeArea>IL</administrativeArea>
                <postalCode>60513</postalCode>
                <country>US</country>
            </address>
            <electronicMailAddress>debbie.johnson@brookfieldzoo.org</electronicMailAddress>
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        <methods>
            <methodStep>
                <description>
                    <para>Data was generated from Brookfield Zoo Chicago&apos;s collection management software ZIMS in October 2025.</para>
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                <studyExtent>
                    <description>
                        <para>Living records generated in October 2025.</para>
                    </description>
                </studyExtent>
                <samplingDescription>
                    <para>Data was generated from Brookfield Zoo Chicago&apos;s collection management software ZIMS in October 2025.</para>
                </samplingDescription>
            </sampling>
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                <dateStamp>2026-08-04T10:52:58.912+00:00</dateStamp>
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                    <collectionName>Brookfield Zoo Chicago Animal Collection</collectionName>
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