List of Species On Exhibit at San Diego Zoo 11-26-13 This is an attempt to list every species on exhibit at the San Diego Zoo during my visit on 11-26-13. I am arranging the list by the current visitor map and its named zones, and further subdividing each zone by the exhibit complexes contained within each. I am including species for which there is a sign on each exhibit; I am not including education animals that have no permanent exhibit, such as those in the show at Wegeforth Bowl. Since the zoo is well-known to have many species off-exhibit, this is not intended to be a full account of the collection. Also, species on exhibit are often moved, so some that were there one day may have disappeared from public view the next. This list may be of more interest to those already familiar with the zoo since I am not arranging the species by animal type. I am posting one zone at a time to keep the list readable in small doses since it is a bewildering length! ENTRANCE AREA: (2 Exhibits) Although it is not labeled as a separate zone of the zoo, a few exhibits near the entrance do not really fit in with any other zone. Lagoon between Rondavel and Warner Administration Center: Mallard, Koi (do not worry, the list gets much more interesting than this quickly!) Aviary next to Bus Tour Loading: Kagu, Raggiana Bird-of-paradise, Purple-naped Lory, Collared Imperial-pigeon, Mount Goliath Lorikeet DISCOVERY OUTPOST: (132 Exhibits) To the left (South) of the entrance area is this zone primarily composed of the Children’s Zoo and the area formerly known as Reptile Mesa. Lagoon at the base of the East Skyfari station: Black-necked Swan Hummingbird Aviary Area: Two small aviaries in front of the Hummingbird Aviary: Plate-billed Mountain-toucan Green Aracari Hummingbird Aviary: (walk-through) White-necked Jacobin (the only hummingbird on exhibit), Purple Honeycreeper, Honduran Black-striped Sparrow, Golden-fronted Leafbird, Bananaquit, Guianan Turquiose Tanager, Northern Blue Dacnis, Crimson-breasted Finch, Spotted Tanager, Paradise Tanager, Eastern Blue-necked Tanager, Pink-eared Duck, Greater Sunbittern Children’s Zoo: (listing the exhibits in roughly clockwise direction as they are encountered) Small glass-enclosed room: Empty Former small walk-through aviary, now just a cage: North American Porcupine Small waterfowl lagoon: White-faced Whistling Duck, Marbled Teal, Chiloe Wigeon Small terrarium room: Desert Tortoise Mouse House: House Mouse Small yard: Empty Moated yard: Indian Crested Porcupine Petting Paddock: Did not note the domestic species inside, rabbits (in a cage) and goats 2 cages: Brazilian Tree Porcupine Horned Owl Spineless Marvels: (Insest house with 18 exhibits, listed in counter-clockwise direction) Giant Leaf Insect Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle New Guinea Stick Insect White-spotted Assasin Bug Jumping Stick Children’s Stick Insect Dead Leaf Mantis Hissing Cockroach Whirligig Beetle Giant Katydid Water Scorpion Jungle Nymph Giant Cave Roach Leaf Cutter Ant Giant Millipede Honey Bee (temporarily off-exhibit) Bird-eating Spider Ferocious Water Bug Otter exhibit: Spotted-necked Otter 3 macaw perch areas: Hyacinth Macaw, Green-winged Macaw, Scarlet Macaw Nursery: (no animals were present except the small permanent exhibit) Naked Mole Rat 7 cages: Thick-billed Parrot Ocelot Fossa Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Guianan Red-capped Cardinal, Peruvian Black-faced Tanager Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Guianan Red-capped Cardinal, Spotted Tanager Peruvian Black-capped Squirrel Monkey Fennec Fox Small yard: Southwest African Meerkat Reptile House: (51 exhibits, listed in counter-clockwise direction from the Southeast corner) West African Dwarf Crocodile (Southeastern corner exhibit) Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Gila Monster Jerdon’s Pit Viper Mang Mountain Pit Viper Red-headed Ratsnake Ethiopian Mountain Viper Alligator Snapping Turtle Chinese Crocodile Lizard Rowley’s Palm Pit Viper Red Coachwhip Empty Western Diamondback Banded Rock Rattlesnake, Twin Spotted Rattlesnake Side-striped Palm Pit Viper Boelen’s Python (Northeastern corner exhibit) Neotropical Rattlesnake Suphan Cobra Black-headed Python Green Mamba Timor Python Huamantlan Rattlesnake Indian Python Asian Vine Snake Ringed Water Cobra Argentine Racer Komodo Dragon (Northwestern corner exhibit) Blood Python Annulated Boa Green Tree Python Tentacled Snake Banded Iguana Caiman Lizard Bushmaster Common Cobra Common Snapping Turtle Terciopelo Empty Rinkhals Anaconda, Plumed Basilisk (Southwestern corner exhibit) Emerald Tree Monitor Unsigned (cobra?) Angolan Python Brazilian Lancehead Green Crested Lizard Madagascan Tree Boa Black Tree Monitor Blue-spotted Tree Monitor Eyelash Viper, Smooth-sided Toad Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake Komodo Dragon (large outdoor exhibit) 3 older outdoor reptile yards near Reptile House: Radiated Tortoise, Yellow-throated Plate Lizard, Western Great Plated Lizard European Pond Turtle, Marginated Tortoise, Central Asian Tortoise, Jeweled Lacerta, Scheltopusik Southern Leopard Tortoise 8 older outdoor reptile yards beyond Wegeforth Bowl: Galapagos Tortoise (3 adjacent yards) African Spurred Tortoise Brown Tortoise Cuban Iguana Exuma Island Iguana Southern Leopard Tortoise Former Indian Gharial Exhibit: (at the far side of Reptile Mesa) Johnston’s Crocodile, Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle, Fly River Turtle, Painted Terrapin, Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle, Malaysian Giant Turtle Reptile Walk: (24 exhibits, one of the newest exhibit complexes at the zoo, it replaces some small older reptile and amphibian buildings with two small buildings and an outdoor yard. One building is Turtles, while the other is Amphibians and California Native Species. The California Native Species section was under refurbishment but the signs for each exhibit were still up so I am including them here) San Diego Gopher Snake Coastal Rosy Boa Chuckwalla California Kingsnake San Diego Mountain Kingsnake Giant Horned Lizard Baja California Ratsnake Green-and-black Poison Frog White’s Tree Frog Mossy Frog, Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Emerald Tree Boa, Surinam Toad Mexican Giant Tree Frog Panamanian Golden Frog Giant Waxy Tree Frog, Black-legged Poison Frog, Dyeing Poison Frog Kaiser Newt Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko, Golden Mantella Tomato Frog, Southern Leaf-tailed Gecko Chinese Alligator (outdoor yard) Fly River Turtle, Four-eyed Turtle, Yellow Pond Turtle, Parker’s Snake-necked Turtle Mata Mata Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle (juvenile) Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle South American Snake-necked Turtle, Red-headed River Turtle, Mata Mata
Incredibly ambitious and much appreciated. I believe the unsigned cobra is in fact the king cobra. I recall it being on the south side and having a rather nonspecific sign.
Ituri, I think you are right, the one I could not find a sign for in the Reptile House is likely to be King Cobra; it is in the middle of the wall and is about twice as big as the standard exhibits (except the corner exhibits). My last visit before this one was 2009, and since then I have given more attention to reptile and amphibian displays at other zoos; I must say that those in San Diego Zoo's Reptile House are mostly looking dated and light on the design details within. Even the species identification signs are one of the exceptions to the consistent signage found throughout the zoo now. And I realized this time that I hate the porch hallways of this Reptile House, with all the glare on the windows from the open arches.
Thanks for the list geomorph! I'm sure a lot of Zoochatters will greatly appreciate this! I agree that the glare is a problem, and unfortunately it is also a problem with the new Reptile Walk exhibits.
Lost Forest LOST FOREST: (80 Exhibits) The mesa in front (West) of the zoo entrance as well as the canyon to the left of it (Southwest) compose this rainforest-themed zone, including the exhibit complexes known as Absolutely Apes (formerly Whittier Southeast Asian Exhibits), Australasia, Gorilla Tropics, Monkey Trails and Forest Tails, Tiger River (also known as Kroc Family Tropical Forest), and Ituri Forest. Collectively, this is one of the greatest experiences in zoo-dom and is superior to the entire facility of many zoos! This tour will roughly travel in a counter-clockwise direction from the zoo entrance around the mesa, and then travel down the canyon. Flamingo Lagoon: Caribbean Flamingo, Crested Screamer, Rosy-billed Pochard, Chiloe Wigeon, American Wood Duck, Patagonian Crested Duck, White-cheeked Pintail, Ashy-headed Goose, Hooded Merganser, Puna Teal, White-faced Whistling Duck, Red Shoveler Absolutely Apes (formerly Whittier Southeast Asian Exhibits): No sign appears to announce this exhibit complex any longer. It is composed of 5 exhibits that were originally opened (or in the case of Owens Aviary, renovated) in 1982, and have been renovated since then as well. Monkey house: Colombian Brown Spider Monkey Ape yard: Bornean Orangutan, Sumatran Orangutan, Siamang Parker Aviary: (first exhibit is walk-through, smaller exhibit is not) Curl-crested Aracari, Inca Tern, Blue-crowned Motmot, Ringed Teal, Black-spotted Barbet, Northern Hawk-headed Parrot, Sunbittern, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird (also spotted Andean Cock-of-the-rock) Andean Cock-of-the-rock, Blue-headed Macaw, Capuchinbird, Scarlet Ibis, Crested Oropendola, Northern Helmeted Curassow Owens Aviary: (walk-through, probably the greatest aviary I have seen) (there is a fish and turtle exhibit within as well, I will start the list with those 10 species) Fly River Turtle, Chinese Algae Eater, Clown Loach, Common Pleco, Giant Danio, Rosy Barb, Green Scat, Banded Archerfish, Bala Shark, Asian Arowana, White-bellied Imperial-pigeon, Dollarbird, Nicobar Pigeon, Collared Imperial Pigeon, Red-billed Malkoha, Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Iris Lorikeet, Chinese Hwamei, Collared Lory, White-breasted Wood Swallow, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Edward’s Pheasant, White-throated Ground-dove, Greater Necklaced Laughingthrush, Bali Mynah, Metallic Pigeon, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Fairy Bluebird, Collared Finchbill, White-rumped Shama, Sulawesi Green Imperial-pigeon, Emerald Dove, Black-naped Oriole, Collared Imperial-pigeon, White-eared Catbird, Eclectus Parrot, Metallic Starling, White-eared Bulbul, Black-naped Fruit-dove, Red-tailed Laughing Thrush, Malay Great Argus Pheasant, Spotted Laughing Thrush, White-breasted Kingfisher, Mariana Fruit-dove, Papuan Mountain-pigeon Australasia: (24 small bird aviaries) Pink-necked Green Pigeon, Coronated Fruit-dove, Mountain Peacock-pheasant Red-faced Liocichla, Crested Wood-partridge, White-throated Ground Dove, Silver-eared Mesia Mount Goliath Lorikeet Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot Grosbeak Starling, Fairy-bluebird, Purple-tailed Imperial-pigeon Golden-crested Mynah, Red-billed Leiothrix, Chestnut-bellied Hill-partridge Collared Lory Blue-eared Lory, Greater Yellow-naped Woodpecker Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (4 exhibits) Coronated Fruit-dove Micronesian Kingfisher Blue-crowned Lory Mindanao Lorikeet White-throated Ground-dove, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, Black-chinned Fruit-dove, Hooded Pitta, Chestnut-backed Scimitar-babbler, Malayan Long-tailed Parakeet Tricolored Parrotfinch, Magpie-robin, Mariana Fruit-dove, Temminck’s Tragopan, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush Red-tailed Black Cockatoo Wrinkled Hornbill Superb Bird-of-paradise, Wompoo Fruit-dove, Blue Crowned-pigeon Red-and-blue Lory, Beautiful Fruit-dove, Mountain Bamboo-partridge Horned Parakeet Sulawesi Tarictic Hornbill Gorilla Tropics: This African-themed exhibit complex was opened in two phases in the early 1990’s (including the renovated Scripps Aviary) along with the Treetops complex of two restaurants and a shop (now an education room) and has 9 exhibits. Small bird aviary next to Bonobo Exhibit: Snowy-crowned Robin-chat, Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Stone Partidge, Black-billed Wood-dove, Gray-headed Silverbill, Purple Grenadier Bonobo Exhibit: Bonobo 5 netted enclosures: Crowned Eagle Angolan Colobus Monkey Empty (normally has birds) Purple Roller, White-bellied Go-away-bird, Emerald Starling, Madagascar Crested Ibis, Western Capuchin Babbler Golden-breasted Starling, Snowy-crowned Robin-chat, Reichenow’s Weaver, Crested Coua, Racquet-tailed Roller, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Bearded Barbet, Oriole Warbler, Yellow-necked Francolin Scripps Aviary: (walk-through, another one of the greatest aviaries I have seen) Hammerkop, African Open-bill Stork, African Spoonbill, Magpie Shrike, Gray Parrot, Amethyst Starling, Great Blue Turaco, African Olive-pigeon, Crested Coua, Golden-breasted Starling, Reichenow’s Weaver, Green Woodhoopoe, Blue-bellied Roller, Emerald Starling, Southern Bald Ibis, West African Long-tailed Hornbill, Blue-breasted Kingfisher, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, White-headed Lapwing, White-crowned Robin-chat, African Golden Oriole, White-faced Whistling Duck, Superb Starling, Red-eyed Dove, Tambourine Dove, Senegal Laughing Dove, Racquet-tailed Roller, Oriole Warbler, Yellow-necked Francolin, Blue-naped Mousebird, Purple Roller, Ferruginous Duck, Capuchin Babbler, Senegal Parrot, Rueppell’s White-crowned Shrike, Violet Turaco Gorilla Exhibit: Western Lowland Gorilla Monkey Trails and Forest Tails: This is the newest exhibit complex in Lost Forest and has 25 exhibits. 11 reptile terrariums: Pancake Tortoise, Rainbow Skink, African Girdled Lizard, Schneider Skink, Gorongosa Girdled Lizard Armadillo Girdled Lizard, Gorongosa Girdled Lizard Pygmy Spiny-tailed Skink Unsigned Unsigned Unsigned (Emerald Tree Boa?) Unsigned (tarantula?) Gaboon Viper Puff Adder, Twig Snake (?) Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko Empty 3 partial underwater viewing exhibits: Unsigned (cichlids?) African Slender-snouted Crocodile, unsigned (cichlids?) Pygmy Hippopotamus, Wolf’s Guenon, unsigned (cichlids?) 7 netted enclosures: Sociable Weaver, Amethyst Starling, Blue-naped Mousebird, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Paradise Whydah, Egyptian Plover, Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird, Beautiful Sunbird, African Namaqua Dove, Melba Finch, Stone Partridge Red-cheeked Gibbon Bali Mynah, Yunnan Red-faced Liocichla, Yellow-naped Woodpecker, Wompoo Fruit-dove, Palawan Peacock-pheasant, Chinese Hwamei, Black Bulbul Tufted Capuchin Mandrill, Schmidt’s Spot-nosed Guenon, Wolf’s Guenon Angolan Colobus Monkey, Black Mangabey Lesser Spot-nosed Guenon 4 yards: Babirusa (2 yards) Yellow-backed Duiker (2 yards) Tiger River (also known as Kroc Family Tropical Forest): This Southeast Asian-themed exhibit complex has 11 exhibits. Small outdoor aviary: Blue-winged Pitta, Black-throated Laughingthrush, Green-naped Pheasant-pigeon, Ruby-throated Bulbul, Jambu Fruit-dove Gharial and turtle exhibit: Gharial, Fly River Turtle, Broad-shelled Turtle, Indo-Gangetic Flapshell Turtle, Red-bellied Short-necked Turtle, Spotted Pond Turtle, Parker’s Snake-necked Turtle, Chinese Stripe-necked Turtle Small indoor aviary: Coronated Fruit Dove, Blue-winged Siva, Lesser Green Broadbill, Sunda Parrot Finch, Red-billed Leiothrix Fishing cat exhibit: Fishing Cat Marsh aviary: Storm’s Stork, Milky Stork, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Cardinal Lory, Eurasian Spoonbill, New Guinea Masked Lapwing, Siamese Fireback, White-naped Pheasant-pigeon, Collared Lory, Marbled Teal, Pied Imperial Pigeon, Falcated Duck, Mandarin Duck, Black-naped Oriole, Black-throated Laughingthrush, Malay Great Argus Pheasant Tapir exhibit: Malayan Tapir 2 glass-enclosed exhibits next to tapir exhibit: Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot, Pale-headed Mannakin, Yellow-breasted Fruit-dove, Mountain Bamboo-partridge Burmese Python (albino) Small glass-enclosed exhibit near tiger exhibit: Pygmy Marmoset (contradicts the Southeast Asian theme) Tiger exhibit: Malayan Tiger Pheasant exhibit: Malayan Great Argus Pheasant, Black-throated Laughingthrush, Hooded Pitta, Fairy-bluebird, White-rumped Shama, Pink-spotted Fruit-dove, Chinese Hwamei Ituri Forest: This African-themed exhibit complex opened in 2 phases in the 1990’s and has 5 exhibits. Okapi yard: Okapi, Black Duiker Hippopotamus exhibit: Hippopotamus, unsigned (cichlids?) Aviary: Black-cheeked Lovebird, White-crowned Robin-chat, Great Blue Turaco, Madagascar Partridge, Magpie Shrike, Double-toothed Barbet, Emerald Starling, Oriole Warbler 2 yards: Forest Buffalo, Red River Hog, African Spot-necked Otter, Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Schmidt’s Red-tailed Monkey African Spot-necked Otter, Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Schmidt’s Red-tailed Monkey
What a wonderful thread! You are right in praising the "Lost Forest" complex as between the massive walk-through aviaries (Scripps and Owens) and the superior primate enclosures there is a wealth of species on display in outstanding exhibits. I always think that the entire left-hand side of the map of San Diego Zoo is fantastic with stunning habitats in all directions. I wonder if there are not only more bird species at this zoo than any other in North America, but also more reptile exhibits as well. It seems that the final count of cold-blooded animals on exhibit must be #1 on the continent, but there are unfortunate issues with glare on many of the viewing windows.
Panda Canyon PANDA CANYON: (13 Exhibits) This zone is composed of some miscellaneous older exhibits as well as the fairly new exhibit complex called Panda Trek. This tour will begin at the lowest part of the canyon adjoining the lowest part of Lost Forest, and travel up the canyon to Panda Trek. Hidden older yard near flood control dam: Red-crowned Crane 2 waterfowl lagoons: Great White Pelican, African Spoonbill, Great Egret, Saddlebill Stork, White-faced Whistling Duck, Red-billed Pintail, Mallard, Marbled Teal, Great Blue Heron, Common Shelduck Caribbean Flamingo, Great Blue Heron, African spoonbill, Red-billed Pintail, African Darter, White-breasted Cormorant, Marbled Teal, Common Shelduck 4 birds of prey aviaries: Stellar’s Sea Eagle Ornate Hawk-eagle Andean Condor Harpy Eagle 2 older yards near Panda Trek: Lowland Anoa Visayan Warty Pig Panda Trek: Red Panda Mang Mountain Pit Viper Sichuan Takin Giant Panda (I did not wait in line to see this one, and the main viewing area was closed for refurbishment while a smaller exhibit was open)
Good stuff. On this note, I was playing bar trivia last night and this question was asked: What zoo has the largest animal collection in the world? My answer: Berlin Trivia guy's answer: San Diego
Asian Passage ASIAN PASSAGE: (25 Exhibits) This zone includes the nice exhibit complex of Sun Bear Forest as well as a motley assortment of historic exhibits. This tour will begin at the bottom of the canyon near Panda Trek and proceed up the canyon formerly known as Bear Canyon. 3 older hillside yards next to the moving walkway traveling up to Lost Forest: Western Tufted Deer Siberian Musk Deer (2 yards) Older hillside exhibit next to the moving walkway traveling up to Elephant Odyssey: Southern Gerenuk, Southern Warthog 6 older exhibits near Africa Rocks, at base of moving walkway traveling up to Elephant Odyssey: Indian Crested Porcupine Empty (round cage) Himalayan Monal, Fairy Blue-bird, Crested Wood-partridge (diamond-shaped cage) Java Rhinoceros Hornbill (hornbill aviaries) Red-knobbed Hornbill, Siamese Fireback (hornbill aviaries) Empty (hornbill aviaries) Sun Bear Forest: This exhibit complex has 4 exhibits. Macaque exhibit: Lion-tailed Macaque Aviary: Chinese Hwamei, Chestnut-bellied Hill-partridge, Collared Finchbill, Golden-crested Mynah Monkey house: Francois’ Langur Bear exhibit: Bornean Sun Bear Former Bear Canyon: 2 older bear grottoes: Bornean Sun Bear, Andean Bear (rotational exhibit) Bornean Sun Bear, Andean Bear (rotational exhibit) 4 small monkey cages: DeBrazza Guenon, Schmidt’s Spot-nosed Guenon Tufted Capuchin, White-fronted Capuchin Monkey Kikuyu Colobus Francois’ Langur 2 more older bear grottoes: Grizzly Bear (2 connected grottoes) Former pinniped exhibit: Pacific Otter 2 more older bear grottoes: Spotted Hyena Andean Bear
reduakari, that is exactly what I asked a docent..."what is a Pacific otter?" The docent was not sure. But the sign stated Lontra canadensis pacifica, which is a subspecies of North American river otter first described in 1898 and inhabits Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. Docents have access to a computer tablet that lists all the species in the collection by common name and states what zone of the zoo they are in, but it appears to not be entirely accurate. For instance, she found 'North American river otter' as being displayed in the Children's Zoo, but I had already seen that it was in fact Spotted-necked Otter there. We were also talking about the former Goat and Sheep Canyon, which for years has been closed to public access, and I was remembering some of the species I thought I had seen there in the late 1970's. As an example, she looked up European Mouflon but did not find anything (not that I thought they still did). Anyway, that list is probably a wealth of information about the current collection including off-exhibit animals. It is a shame that it cannot be browsed by the public, especially considering how limited the zoo's website is for any kind of comprehensive list. Being able to look at it would make my efforts here nearly unneccesary and would have saved me from taking hundreds of pictures of exhibit signs that are forming the basis of this task! (Which I am enjoying anyway). I decided one of my usual reviews of the zoo would be a monumental task and I would probably never get to it, so this will suffice. Besides, I still haven't written my reviews of Dallas Zoo or Dallas World Aquarium, and I visited those in April!
Outback OUTBACK: (26 Exhibits) This zone begins along a walkway to the right (North) of the zoo entrance and proceeds past the entrance of the adjacent zone called Urban Jungle. The major exhibit complex is called Australian Outback, which replaces various older exhibits. However, several older exhibits still remain within the zone (and would seem to be the logical choice to replace if an Australian Outback Phase 2 is ever planned). Australian Outback: This is the newest exhibit complex at the zoo, opened in 2013, and has 19 exhibits. It has been alternately named ‘Koalafornia’ for temporary (?) marketing purposes. 3 aviaries: Emerald Dove, Double-barred Finch, Star Finch, Gouldian Finch, Long-tailed Grass Finch, Scarlet-chested Parrot, Plum-headed Finch, Blue-faced Parrotfinch, Diamond Dove, Painted Finch, Masked Lapwing, Squatter Pigeon, Superb Fruit-dove Laughing Kookaburra, Blue-faced Honeyeater, Wonga Pigeon Australian King Parrot, Masked Lapwing, Metallic Starling, Dollarbird, White-breasted Woodswallow, Squatter Pigeon, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Wompoo Fruit-dove 4 yards: Tasmanian Devil (1 of the yards is behind another so it cannot be seen closely) Queenslander House area: Queensland Koala (7 outdoor exhibits for males) Palm Cockatoo, Australian Rainbow Lorikeet (aviary) Queensland Koala (2 outdoor exhibits, I’m not sure which sex occupies them) Queensland Koala, Parma Wallaby (2 outdoor exhibits for koala females) Older exhibits: 3 small yards: Common Wombat Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (2 yards) Small indoor room exhibit: Short-nosed Echidna, Livingstone’s Turaco (odd pair!) 3 older yards: Domestic Bactrian Camel (2 yards) Llama
Urban Jungle URBAN JUNGLE: (10 Exhibits) This zone occupies what was once known as Elephant Mesa and is a sloppy mess located around a short loop road, composed entirely of older exhibit spaces. It feels like the dumping ground of animals the zoo did not know where to place. In reality, it is the area where many larger education animals are kept that are used in the zoo’s experential add-on tour called Backstage Pass. 6 older yards: Indian Rhinoceros Giraffe, Nubian Soemmerring’s Gazelle Caribbean Flamingo Red River Hog Red Kangaroo, Grant’s Zebra, Sicilian Miniature Donkey (strange mix of education animals) Cheetah, Arctic Wolf, Timber Wolf, New Guinea Singing Dog, Domestic Dog (rotational exhibit for hand-raised education animals and their domestic canine companions) 4 small cages: Southern Ground Hornbill Binturong Clouded Leopard Kookaburra
Oh, cool !! They didn't have any in Augest, so they very well could have gotten a new one. Could you perhaps PM me a picture of it/upload it to the gallery ?
FWC, I have just uploaded my picture of the harpy eagle to the gallery. Not a great photo, but it is the only one I have. It looks to be very light in color, is that typical of a juvenile?
Thank you so much for the update on one of my favorite collections in the world. It's been about 6 years since I was there but do they no longer have striped hyena, royal antelope and hairy nosed wombats either in the collection or just not on exhibit?
