Cincinnati Zoo Full Species List as of November 11, 2015 Red represents a completely new species to the zoo. Some highlighted species may not be considered new in 2015, but if it came to the zoo after to October 2013, then it will be considered new for the list. If it is green, then this means it is an already displayed species that has been moved within the same attraction or completely moved to a different area in the zoo. Orange represents a returning species that the zoo once displayed. Species highlighted in blue were involved in having some sort of birth. Red and Blue represents a new species AND zoo baby. Orange and Blue represents a returning species and a zoo baby. "/" represents species that rotate. As you can see, I added a 'Rare' list in response to Harapan's newfound absence to show that he isn't the only rare animal in the park and some of the species can only be found at this zoo. The zoo is expecting two new species, however, they will not be on display until next year. The next species list will be in 2017. Wildlife Canyon - 1989 - Once consisted of 11 exhibits that held bison, fallow deer, yaks, and more 1. Capybara, Southern Screamer 2. Visayan Warty Pig 3. Sichuan Takin 4. Przewalski's Horse 5. Bactrian Camel 6. Emu Eagle Eyrie - 1970 - Opened as the country's largest aviary 1. Andean Condor 2. Steller's Sea Eagle Reptile House - 1951 - North America's oldest zoo building 1. Gaboon Viper 2. Blue Tree Monitor 3. Green Tree Python 4. Tropical Racer 5. Dumeril's Ground Boa 6. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko 7. Black-tailed Cribo 8. Green and Black Poison Dart Frog 9. Rhinoceros Viper 10. Puff Adder 11. Kwangtang River Turtle 12. Northern Copperhead 13. California King Snake 14. Black Rat Snake 15. Pueblan Milk Snake 16. Pancake Tortoise 17. King Cobra 18. Yucatan Neotropical Rattlesnake, Desert Grassland Whiptail Lizard 19. Aruba Island Rattlesnake 20. Angolan Python 21. Beaded Lizard 22. Eyelash Viper 23. Timber Rattlesnake 24. Yellow-tailed Cribo 25. Everglades Rat Snake 26. Amazon Milk Frog 27. Eastern Newt, Long-tailed Salamander, Cave Salamander 28. Spotted Salamander 29. Ornate Monitor 30. Chinese Alligator, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Florida Snapping Turtle 31. Galapagaos Tortoise 32. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo/Salmon-crested Cockatoo Monkey Island - 1930 - Formerly contained blue sheep along with a sea lion mixed in with the monkeys 1. Japanese Macaque Cat Canyon - 2012 - This area once consisted of the country's largest big cat collection 1. Cougar 2. White Tiger/Malayan Tiger (2 Exhibits) 3. Snow Leopard Night Hunters - 2011 - This is the zoo's former Cat House that once presented the world's largest collection of small cats 1. Spectacled Owl 2. Pallas' Cat 3. Fossa 4. Aardwolf 5. Clouded Leopard 6. Common Vampire Bat 7. Banded Palm Civet 8. Potto 9. Aardvark, Garnett's Galago, Indian Flying Fox 10. Ocelot 11. Burmese Python 12. Black-footed Cat 13. Arabian Sand Cat 14. Caracal 15. Bearcat 16. Large-spotted Genet 17. Bat-eared Fox 18. Fennec Fox 19. Fishing Cat 20. Bobcat 21. Eurasian Eagle Owl Gorilla World - 1978 - Opened as the country's first barless gorilla exhibit 1. Western Lowland Gorilla 2. Eastern Black-and-white Colobus 3. Grey's Crowned Guenon World of the Insect - 1978 - Received an AZA Best Exhibit Award along with four other awards for the breeding of rare invertebrates 1. Green Leaf Cockroach 2. Carolina Mantis 3. Brown Recluse Spider 4. Amazon Millipede 5. Blue Death Feigning Beetle 6. Togo Starburst Tarantula 7. Emerald Beetle 8. Zophabas Darkling Beetle 9. Giant Cockroach 10. Giant Jumping Stick 11. Cave Whip Spider 12. Red-eyed Assassin Bug 13. Magnificent Flower Beetle 14. Eastern Lubber Grasshopper 15. Emperor Scorpion 16. Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle 17. Thorny Devil Stick Insect 18. Tin Foil Beetle 19. Mexican Red-knee Tarantula 20. Flat Rock Scorpion 21. Domino Beetle 22. Blue Spiny Lizard, Chuckwalla 23. Texas Bullet Ant 24. Giant African Millipede 25. Thorny Devil Stick Insect 26. Indian Ornamental Tarantula 27. Giant Spiny Leaf Insect 28. Sunburst Diving Beetle 29. Black Tree Monitor 30. Rough Green Snake 31. Golden Poison Dart Frog 32. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko 33. Fire-bellied Newt 34. Micronesian Kingfisher 35. Crayfish 36. Giant Water Bug 37. Common Diving Beetle 38. Water Scorpion 39. Marbled Crayfish 39. Naked Mole Rat 40. White-eyed Assassin Bug 41. Yellow-bellied Beetle 42. Taxi-cab Beetle 43. Green Leaf Katydid 44. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach 45. Giant Walking Stick 46. Salmon Brazilian Birdeater 47. Grey Bird Grasshopper 49. Leaf Cutter Ant 50. Big-headed Ant 51. African Helmeted Turtle, African Pygmy Goose, Jambu Fruit Dove, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Spangled Cotinga, Passion Flower Butterfly Lemur Lookout - C. 1999 - Once contained baboons and later ibexes 1. Ring-tailed Lemur Dragons! - 2010 - This building once displayed the only giant panda the zoo ever had 1. Ackie Dwarf Monitor 2. Green Tree Monitor 3. Quince Monitor 4. Crocodile Monitor 5. Komodo Dragon Manatee Springs - 1999 - Before Manatee Springs, this area was once home to the city's main, and only aquarium attraction 1. American Alligator 2. Mississippi Map Turtle, Mosquitofish, Western Pond Turtle, Florida Cooter, Barbour's Map Turtle 3. American Crocodile 4. Baltimore Oriole 5. Land Hermit Crab 6. Green Baskilisk, Knight Anole 7. Green Tree Frog, Brown Anole 8. Florida Manatee, Spotted Gar, Redear Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Alligator Gar, Channel Catfish, Longnose Gar, Florida Gar 9. Azuerus Cichlid, Red-bellied Piranha, Nile Tilapia 10. Florida Pine Snake 11. Two-toed Amphiuma 12. Grey Rat Snake (Not new to Manatee Springs/Previously held in diamondback exhibit) 13. Cane Toad 14. Greater Siren 15. Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Western Mosquitofish 16. Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Yellow Rat Snake, Corn Snake White Lions of Timbavati - 1998 - Two males from the original pride passed away at the end of 2014 and in April of 2015. The zoo is left with two females. 1. Southeast African Lion Rhino Reserve - 1997 - Once exhibited Nikki, the first Indian Rhinoceros to be conceived by artificial insemination 1. Eastern Black Rhinoceros 2. Okapi, Yellow-backed Duiker 3. Eastern Bongo 4. Greater Flamingo 5. Grevy's Zebra 6. Indian Rhinoceros 7. Eastern Black Rhinoceros Jungle Trails - 1993 - Received an AZA Best Exhibit Award 1. Mueller's Gibbon 2. Red-tailed Cockatoo, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Chestnut-breasted Malkoha 3. Sumatran Orangutan, White-handed Gibbon 4. Pygmy Slow Loris 5. Large Spotted Genet 6. Feather Tail Glider 7. Gibbon/Orangutan Indoor 8. Lion-tailed Macaque 9. Saddle-billed Stork 10. Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur 11. Bonobo 12. Helmeted Currasow, Scarlet Macaw 13. Coquerel's Sifaka (Angolan Colobus for Colder Weather) 14. Potto 15. Garnett's Galago 16. Grey Bamboo Lemur, Potto 17. Crested Coua, Spur-winged Lapwing, Red-and-Yellow Barbet, Congo Peafowl, Hammerkop 18. Emperor Scorpion 19. Bonobo 20. Aye-Aye 21. Dumeril's Ground Boa Lords of the Arctic - 2000 and Bear Hill - 1937 - The bear exhibits were designed so that direct heat from the sunlight cannot hit the exhibits 1. Arctic Fox 2. Polar Bear 3. American Black Bear 4. Spectacled Bear Wings of the World - 1996 - Originally opened as the zoo's first Reptile House from 1937 to 1950 1. Scarlet Macaw 2. Northern Yellow-billed Hornbill 3. South America: Southern Lapwing, Blue-grey Tanager, Cattle Egret, Peruvian Pigeon, Sunbittern, Boat-billed Heron, Red-capped Cardinal, Saffron Finch, Scarlet Ibis, Blue-crowned Mot-Mot, Golden Conure, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Guira Cuckoo, Mata-Mata, Tri-colored Heron, Laysan Teal 4. Pesquett's Parrot 5. Bali Mynah 6. Australasia: Rhinoceros Hornbill, Black-collared Fruit Pigeon, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Asian Fairy Bluebird, Masked Lapwing, Collared Finch-billed Bulbul, White-cheeked Bulbul, White-breasted Woodswallow, Nicobar Pigeon, White-rumped Shama, Red-flanked Lorikeet, Guam Rail, Indian Flying Fox, Chestnut Teal, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Olive-headed Lorikeet, Bourke's Parakeet 7. Montane: Thick-billed Parrot, Masked Bobwhite 8. Grasslands: Lady Ross's Turaco, Violet-backed Starling, Magpie Shrike, Buff-crested Bustard 9. Chick Nursery: Spur-winged Lapwing, Bufflehead, Hooded Merganser, Northern Red-bellied Cooter 10. Yellow-fronted Canary, Southern Red Bishop 11. Red-chested Finch, Gouldian Finch 12. White-breasted Ground Dove 13. Arctic Islands: Smew, Spectacled Eider, Pigeon Guillemot 14. Arctic Sea Cliffs: Horned Puffin, Pigeon Guillemot, Harlequin Duck, Common Murre 15. Sub-Antarctic Coast: King Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Magellanic Penugin, Chiloe Wigeon, Black-faced Ibis, Incan Tern Kea Encounter - 1962 - Displayed the largest flock of keas outside of New Zealand 1. Kea, Magpie Goose, Cape Barren Goose Wolf Woods - 2005 - In close proximity to the current sea lion exhibit is where the first ever captive sea lion birth took place 1. California Sea Lion 2. Grey Fox 3. North American River Otter 4. Mexican Wolf 5. Barred Owl Children's Zoo - 1985 - 2008 Renovation - The zoo's original Children's Zoo dates back to 1938 and has been continued ever since 1. African Penguin 2. Little Penguin 3. Aardvark (Temporarily taken off display/Same species also held in Night Hunters) 4. Bearcat 5. Gopher Tortoise, Red-footed Tortoise, Radiated Tortoise 6. Southern Brazilian Armadillo/Eastern Box Turtle 7. Nigerian Dwarf Goat 8. Domestic Chicken 9. Miniature Julian Pig (Show only) 10. Miniature Donkey (Walks on zoo grounds only) 11. Alpaca, Llama (Walks on zoo grounds only) Gibbon Islands - 1974 and Red Pandas - 1985 - The manmade lake the gibbon islands are settled on was once the site of the zoo's former Cincinnati Zoo Summer Opera that was continued for over 50 years 1. Siamang 2. Buff-cheeked Gibbon 3. Red Panda Africa - 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, and 2016 - This is the zoo's single largest attraction of all time, just overtopping at 8 acres large. The last phase for the exhibit will be finalized in 2016 where hippos will once again call the zoo their home. 1. Masai Giraffe 2. Greater Flamingo 3. Cheetah 4. Southeast African Lion 5. Cheetah, Red River Hog, Serval 6. Lesser Kudu, Thomson's Gazelle, Ostrich, Saddle-billed Stork, Ruppell's Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Kenya Crested Guineafowl, Ruddy Shelduck, Impala, Pink-backed Pelican, East African Crowned Crane 7. Meerkat 8. African Painted Dog Elephant Reserve - 2001 - Despite the zoo's high success rate in breeding endangered species, there has only been one elephant birth at the zoo in its history 1. Indian Elephant/Sumatran Elephant 2. Sumatran Elephant Bull Discovery Forest - 2006 - When this atrium was added to the Frisch's Discovery Center, it originally contained a free flying Chestnut-mandibled Toucan 1. Blue-and-gold Macaw X Green-winged Macaw Hybrid 2. Boa Constrictor 3. Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth Taken Off Display, Transferred, or Passed Since 2013 1. Sumatran Rhinoceros 2. Francois' Langur 3. Homing Pigeon 4. Bennett's Wallaby, Parma Wallaby 5. Alligator Snapping Turtle 6. Black-casqued Hornbill (Transferred because they were never comfortable in their habitat) 7. Lesser Adjutant Stork 8. Laughing Kookaburra 9. Florida Sandhill Crane 10. Jameson's Mamba 11. Cat-eyed Snake 12. Mexican West Coast Rattlesnake 13. African Fat-tailed Gecko 14. Thai Red Mountain Rat Snake 15. Southern Copperhead 16. Yellow-bellied Slider 17. Hyacinth Macaw (Can still be seen in bird show) 18. Opal-rumped Tanager 19. Elegant Crested Tinamou 20. Paradise Tanager 21. Red Shoveler 22. Ornate Fruit Dove 23. Black-winged Red Bishop 24. Blue-naped Mousebird 25. Golden-breasted Starling 26. Hawk-headed Parrot 27. Northern Carmine Bee-eater 28. Double-crested Cormorant 29. Blue-breasted Kingfisher 30. Ruddy Duck (Can still be seen in Swan Lake) 31. Vinegaroon 32. Goliath Birdeater 33. Vietnamese Centipede 34. Desert Hairy Scirpion 35. Honey Ant 36. Water Strider 37. Blue Ground Dove 38. Scarlet-chested Parrot 39. American Burring Beetle 40. Parrot Snake 41. Terciopelo Rare or Semi-Rare Species that Remain at the Zoo 1. Yucatan Neotropical Rattlesnake 2. Red-tailed Contia 3. Eastern Newt 4. Malayan Tiger 5. Aardwolf 6. Banded Palm Civet 7. Grey's Crowned Guenon 8. Blue Tree Monitor 9. Garnett's Greater Bushbaby 10. Micronesian Kingfisher 11. Jambu Fruit Dove 12. Spangled Cotinga 13. Quince Monitor 14. American Crocodile 15. Florida Manatee 16. Two-toed Amphiuma 17. Greater Siren 18. Yellow Rat Snake 19. Mueller's Grey Gibbon 20. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha 21. Large-spotted Genet 22. Bonobo 23. Potto 24. Grey Bamboo Lemur 25. Crested Coua 26. Spur-winged Lapwing 27. Congo Peafowl 28. Aye-Aye 29. Southern Lapwing 30. Sumatran Elephant 31. Steller's Sea Eagle
Thanks so much for this, Moebelle. Always love to see your comprehensive species lists. Just a few questions: 1) You list Andean Cock-of-the-Rock as a new species. I remember that cock-of-the-rock used to be exhibited in the butterfly aviary of World of the Insect (within the last ten years or so), so that species might be better listed as orange. 2) I thought the tayra was removed from exhibit and replaced with the large-spotted genet in Night Hunters. While you don't list tayra elsewhere, they are included in the rare listing. 3) What ever happened to the zoo's once great collection of alcids? The arctic islands exhibit used to be a favorite but is now sadly underpopulated with the loss of the auklets that used to reside there. While the list of rare (in zoos) species is still impressive, I can remember well when that list included cacomistle, bharal, zebra duiker, the aforementioned auklets, rusty-spotted and marbled cats, and more (sadly the sumatran rhino has of course joined that list).
Thank you for the corrections The reason why the tayra is still on the list is only because I made changes to the animal listing and the rare species list back and forth for two months and it must've easily slipped past my mind. As for the auklets, I am just as upset as anyone who enjoys seeing them because of their rarity, especially because two of them could only be found in Cincinnati. I don't know what happened to them but all I can say is that Arctic Islands exhibit no longer appears "diverse and colorful". It only contains 5 total birds.
Great job Moebelle ! A very impressive list and it must be a lot of work to make it ! Of the animals not any longer on display I would ask you about 2 in special : What happened with the Francois' Langur(s) ? What happened with the Lesser Adjutant stork(s) ?
I honestly couldn't tell you other than the fact that I know that they were transferred to other institutions. However, I do know the real reason why some species are now being replaced in jungle trails. The new head bird ambassador for the zoo, when she started, she saw many small birds ranging from common to rare that where left off exhibit and wanted them to be seen by the public. The Langurs are being replaced by a species that the zoo wanted to exhibit for over a year now and the exhibit is perfectly adequate for them. As for the storks however, well... that's one of the two only outdoor aviaries where other birds could've been kept.
Cincinnati Zoo Full Species List 2017 Reminder New Species since November 2015 = Red Returning Species that was Taken Off Display = Orange Already displayed Animal new to the Attraction = Green Animal involved with Offspring = Blue Wildlife Canyon Two medium sized paddocks shaded with very large canopy structures originally built for Sumatran Rhinos. 1. Warthog 2. Capybara , Crested Screamer Small slightly narrow paddock fenced in with rock, thick mesh, and heavy vegetation Visayan Warty Pig Medium sized square shaped paddocks fenced with chainlinks and concrete. Sichuan Takin Three identical yards recently combined to become one Przewalski's Horse, Bactrian Camel Small sized shaded habitat located at the end of the path Emu If you enter Wildlife Canyon from the left side, you are lead down a slope, if you continue down the path at the bottom of the canyon to the emu exhibit, there lies steps that take you up to the next exhibit: Eagle Eyrie Two large combined 100ft long, 25 wide, and approx 50 ft tall aviaries with full unobstructed viewing below the canyon that it sits on, and also includes viewing within a hut in each cage that overlooks the entire canyon. 1. Steller's Sea Eagle 2. Andean Condor Once you exit the condor cage and take a left you'll immediately see the country's oldest in-use zoo building: Reptile House Small outdoor island place in front of the building surrounded by water and with a well organized bed of colorful plants Salmon-crested Cockatoo Entering into the building from the left* Almost all of the animal exhibits are placed along the wall that creates one uninterrupted circle. Starting to the right: Tall exhibit, first of four corner exhibits that appears to be naturally built into the wall Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake Newly constructed, larger terrarium Lace Monitor One small exhibit above with a larger boxed terrarium below 1. California Kingsnake 2. Gaboon Viper Three small exhibits on top with two boxed exhibits below, all connected in one space Top: 1. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko 2. Yellow Pond Turtle 3. Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Bottom: 1. Black Ratsnake 2. Yellow-tailed Cribo One small terrarium above with boxed exhibit below 1. Everglades Rat Snake 2. Northern Copperhead Four rectangle shaped terrariums placed on the wall to make a square 1. Florida Pine Snake 2. Corn Snake 3. Black Kingsnake 4. Pancake Tortoise Second tall corner - temple themed exhibit King Cobra Similar across the next corner Empty - under construction Three terrariums, two on top, and one on the bottom. The bottom exhibit is longer 1. Black-tailed Cribo 2. Angolan Python 3. Indian Star Tortoise One small terrarium on the top, box on the bottom 1. Eyelash Viper 2. Timber Rattlesnake Natural looking exhibit, the largest wall exhibit in the building Terciopelo Medium sized box exhibit - recently constructed to look more natural Green Tree Python Semi large aquatic tank Eastern Hellbender Tall corner exhibit by the first entrance, completing the loop Ornate Monitor Small ditch exhibit located at the very center of the building Chinese Alligator Small outdoor yard located at the back of the building. It is also a walkthrough exhibit at scheduled times Galapagos Tortoise Monkey Island One medium sized rocky exhibit fenced in completely with water Japanese Macaque If you continue down the main path you'll be met with a sign that says "Cat Canyon", however, guests are first met with the nocturnal building called: Night Hunters One small floor to ceiling exhibit Spectacled Owl Two semi small rocky habitats down the first hall 1. Pallas' Cat 2. Fossa Next Hallway First large exhibit (two viewings) Aardwolf Second large exhibit (three viewings) Clouded Leopard Two small adjacent, triangle shaped exhibits with glass as the back wall. Giving a look into the next exhibit 1. Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Looks into clouded leopard exhibit) 2. Potto (looks into aardvark exhibit) Semi large, narrow exhibit with two parts, a cave, and a forest habitat Common Vampire Bat Third large exhibit (three viewings, including a den) Aardvark Indian Flying Fox Garnett's Galago Fourth and final large exhibit (also three viewings) Southern Brazilian Ocelot Small triangle shaped exhibit located in a corner Everglades Rat Snake Two medium sized habitats at the end of the second hall 1. Black-footed Cat 2. Arabian Sand Cat Start of the rotunda and the final section of the building. In order: 1. Caracal 2. Bearcat 3. Large-spotted Genet 4. Southern Three-banded Armadillo 5. Fennec Fox 6. Fishing Cat 7. Bobcat After you go into a circle in the rotunda you are then led outside to the same place you entered - you have the option of taking a left to go through: Cat Canyon Medium sized meshed exhibit with up-close glass viewing Cougar After viewing the cougars, there is a small trail behind you that leads down into a decline and eventually under a rocky arch that starts the main section of Cat Canyon Semi large exhibit with two viewings that completely overlooks the habitat White Tiger After the second viewing of the white tigers you are lead down to the bottom of the canyon Semi large exhibit with up-close glass viewing Malayan Tiger You must go up the same path you came down but continue to go as straight as possible to a new one Semi large, narrow, mesh topped exhibit with up-close fence and glass viewings Snow Leopard You exit on boardwalk and are led back to the main path. At that point, continue down and you'll look to your left and notice people entering and coming out from underneath an arch. This is: Gorilla World Two some what small but tall cages, that combines as one through a small door. The first exhibit is small and square based. The second is larger and is shaped like a semi circle - the ground is visible and goes a few feet beneath the guest path. Eastern Black-and-white Colobus (Two births) Medium sized rainforest exhibit completed with a waterfall, a running stream, and a very deep and wide moat fenced in with mock rock. Guests can view the animals from the entire front length of the exhibit Western Lowland Gorilla Down to the right is a brand new indoor gorilla habitat. The guest viewing is located outside but it still shaded by a low canopy. The viewing windows extends the entire length of the habitat. Guests are exited near the entrance of Night Hunters and Cat Canyon Continuing down the path, the grounds noticeably at this point become a decline. Almost immediately after exiting Gorilla World, you can see to your right a: Small angled cage that is connected to the Night Hunters building Eurasian Eagle Owl Across from this is a small but unusual looking building that represents one of the six bird original bird houses that settled at the zoo many years ago. This is the Passenger Memorial Building, a small museum commemorating the last living passenger pigeon, and the last Carolina parakeet that both died at the zoo. Continue down the path again and not too far down you'll notice a small building with an entrance parallel with the path (so it's somewhat hidden). This building is the award winning: World of the Insect First Room: What is an Insect? Seven very small cubed tanks coming out of the wall 1. Green Leaf Cockroach 2. Chinese Mantis 3. Brown Recluse Spider 4. Desert Rainworm 5. Blue Death Feigning Beetle 6. Antilles Tree Spider 7. Zebra Bug 8. Green June Beetle Three medium sized, rectangle shaped terrariums located across the next wall. The second is quite large 1. Giant African Millipede 2. Taxicab Beetle, Magnificent Flower Beetle, Emerald Beetle, Yellow-bellied Beetle, Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle 3. Cave Whip Spider Second Room/Hallway: Success of the Insect Two rectangle shaped terrariums coming out of the wall 1. Mexican Redknee Taranutla 2. Red-eyed Assassin Bug Next wall Medium sized, and taller square shaped exhibit Thorny Devil Small rectangle shaped exhibit that's see through from the other side Magnificent Flower Beetle Same Hallway/Opposite Wall/Third Section: What Insects Eat Rectangle terrarium Emperor Scorpion Medium sized, square shaped exhibit Yellow-bellied Beetle Four small cubed exhibits coming out of the wall 1. Domino Roach 2. Zophobas Darkling Beetle 3. Carolina Mantis 4. Tin Foil Beetle Two semi large terrariums completely settled out of the wall (placed on a pedestal) interconnected with a traveling tube Texas Bullet Ant Second Room/New Wall/ Fourth Section: Insects as Food Semi large exhibit that looks naturally built into the wall Chuckwalla Medium sized, very narrow built in wall exhibit Black Tree Monitor Elevated box shaped exhibit coming out of the wall Madagascar Giant Day Decko Small rectangle based tank Ornate Horned Frog Medium sized, square shaped exhibit Rough Green Snake Small rectangle based tank Fire-bellied Newt Medium sized exhibit built deep in the wall. Just recently it was renovated and the space was filled up with two box terrariums Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Same Room/Opposite Wall/Fifth section: Defense and Escape Second half of the see through exhibit Taxi-cab Beetle Tall, skinny but small terrarium coming out of the wall Indian Ornamental Tarantula Semi large rectangle exhibit Giant Spiny Leaf Insect Tall, 360 degree view floor exhibit placed in the center of the room Giant Jumping Stick Third Room/Hallway/Sixth Section: Insects in Water Five small tanks that come out of the wall 1. Marbled Crayfish 2. Giant Water Bug 3. Common Diving Beetle, Sunburst Diving Beetle 4. Water Scorpion 5. Water Strider Large wall exhibit filled with tubes and dozens of dens Naked Mole Rat Same Room/Opposite Wall/Seventh Section: From Egg to Adult Two identical rectangular tanks 1. White-eyed Assassin Bug 2. Emerald Beetle Fourth Room/Eighth Section: Insect Lifestyles Three medium sized, square tanks on one wall 1. Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle 2. Giant Cockroach 3. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Opposite Wall Small rectangular tank Salmon Brazilian Bird-eater Two medium sized square tanks 1. Grey Bird Grasshopper 2. Rhinoceros Katydid Tall, large, 360 degree viewable tank in the center of the room Giant Walking Stick Two, very large tanks interconnected by a 25ft tube that travels through a long hallway Leaf-cutter Ant Large wall tank with viewable underground burrows Big-headed Ant Separate walk-through atrium: Butterfly Aviary It is very humid and feels like a rainforest environment. The room is on the smaller side and is lit through natural light. Separate tank: African Helmeted Turtle Free flying: Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Temporary), White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Passion Flower Butterfly Exit the atrium and come along the second large leaf cutter ant exhibit You are exited right back where you started. Continue back down the hill one more time and you'll pass a noticeable habitat hidden by brush and mist. A path then opens up a little further down and immediately takes you to: Lemur Lookout Quite large mountainous rock built within a deep ditch and made to appear like an island Ring-tailed Lemur (Three Babies in Three Days) To the left of this island, there is a large 3D sign of a Komodo Dragon on the nearby wall. A path ventures you to the right and are taken to a tight, closed doorway. This leads you into the building of the: Dragons! Small natural looking rectangle shaped terrarium built into the wall Ackie Dwarf Monitor Two medium sized tall exhibits 1. Green Tree Monitor 2. Empty Semi large floor to ceiling (glass) exhibit Quince Monitor Large, lengthy, shrubland themed habitat. The flooring of the exhibit's height is lined with an adult's waist. Komodo Dragon Exit the building and you are immediately met with a semi small grassy yard, sloped from front to back. Komodo Dragon Move along and you are officially at the bottom of the hill. You are met with the carousel, 4D theater/gift shop, and café options. During the Festival of Lights, this is where the pens are placed for Santa's Reindeer. Continue on the main path and to the left of the 4D theater is a path to the restrooms. Before the doors to the restrooms is an old, small squared exhibit. The windows are barred. This was once an old gibbon exhibit over 30 years ago but today it contains Sam, the rescued Bald Eagle. It also occasionally displays a Black Vulture, named Borris. This little exhibit, and the 4D theater are connected to another theater, the Wings of Wonder Amphitheater. This is the zoo's seasonal bird show. It changes in some way every single summer, but in 2017, it featured species such as: Coatimudni (Pre-show) Roller Pigeon Blue-and-gold Macaw Green-winged Macaw Hyacinth Macaw Khaki Duck Sulpher-crested Cockatoo Yellow-naped Amazon Rhinoceros Hornbill Brown Rat Black Vulture Barred Owl Striped Skunk Emu Abyssinian Ground Hornbill Bald Eagle Continuing on the path, you are located at the top of the zoo (based on the map, but you are actually at the bottom in reality). You are met with two signs that combines as one. They are angled in different directions. The left depicts a Black Rhino, and the right, an Indian Rhino. You are now at: Rhino Reserve Start your journey to the right Medium sized paddock Indian Rhinoceros Two medium sized grassy paddocks 1. Okapi, Yellow-backed Duiker 2. Eastern Bongo Smallish wetlands themed habitat at the top corner of the attraction. The back fencing acts as a bridge for the zoo's main train. Greater Flamingo Semi large sand covered paddock Plains Zebra Small and very narrow, sandy paddock for a male: Eastern Black Rhinoceros Grass paddock - largest in the attraction - backtracks you nearly to the Indian rhino exhibit like a circle Eastern Black Rhinoceros Backtrack to the left of the main path and blatantly in your view is a glass composed building: Manatee Springs Enter the building into a very small room that acts as a divider to the next Enter through sliding doors into a medium sized but very hot and humid greenhouse Medium, open topped exhibit with 50/50% above and underwater viewing American Alligator Small pond settled underneath a short lengthened bridge for guests Western Pond Turtle Medium, open topped, glass fronted exhibit with very little underwater viewing American Crocodile Enter into the next section - normal room environment Large sized fish tank Red Piranha, Azureus Cichlid Two semi-small box shaped tanks 1. Green Basilisk 2. Amazon Milk Frog Large tank with three viewing windows - one being a bubble window Florida Manatee (Three rescues), Alligator Gar, Longnose Gar, Redear Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Spotted Gar, Bluegill, Channel Catfish Semi large tank with even above and underwater viewing Florida Cotter, Common Cooter Seven small, differently elevated tanks built along two adjacent walls 1. Apalachicola Kingsnake 2. Two-toed Aphiuma 3. Dollar Sunfish 4. Grey Rat Snake 5. Cane Toad 6. Greater Siren 7. Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Western Mosquitofish This part of the building is an education area where you can learn the environment and behavior of a manatee - learn about their rescue program and the multiple steps it takes - View a full sized manatee skeleton; along with a display case of many skeletal Florida animals Large floor to ceiling exhibit titled the 'Palmetto Scrub' Burmese Python Exit the building to as you walk to the left, you are led to a separate trail with an overlook view of White Lions of Timabavati Semi large grassy meadow settled along a sloping hill. The viewing area amongst the main path is glass fronted however, a boardwalk both to the left and right side of the yard can give guests an eye level view of the lions. After the gorilla incident, the zoo renovated its fencing - they have yet to complete this job, cutting off half of the boardwalk Pass the Black rhinos to the hill continues to form an incline. You are then met with: Lords of the Arctic Medium sized, glass fronted, sloped meshed exhibit Arctic Fox Two connecting small, narrow but long concrete formed exhibits. There are three viewings, underwater, glass, and open view Polar Bear Across the main path is a noticeably large forested section with the loud calls of primates. This is the beginning of the award winning: Jungle Trails Enter into a quite convincing tropical forest environment - the trail passes through a jungle filled with little sunlight with many placed fallen trees and thousands of bamboo shoots Small island completely surrounded by water - complete with trees for climbing Mueller's Gibbon Medium sized aviary with glass viewing Victoria Crowned Pigeon Quite large, slanted, open meadow with two viewings area. It is heavily filled with many natural looking climbing structures Sumatran Orangutan, White-handed Gibbon (Gibbon are not out often) Enter into a nocturnal set building called 'Asian Animals' Three identical medium sized exhibits along one wall 1. Pygmy Slow Loris 2. Pygmy Slow Loris 3. Empty Next section is a narrow but long hallway that's disguised to look like a canopy viewing out into a jungle. The pathway acts as a slightly shaky wooden "bridge". To the right of this is a glass fronted (three viewings) exhibit: Large indoor habitat nearly completely filled with trees and vines Sumatran Orangutan (in here during cold months), White-handed Gibbon (almost always in here) Semi large glass fronted exhibit - there is no substrate but it is (along with the viewing area) fully temple themed. Currently and temporarily within the exhibit is a separate cage. Golden-headed Lion Tamarin White-faced Saki (Cage) Exit to continue a new path Medium sized mesh exhibit with glass viewing Black Howler Monkey Venture about 40 ft to the start of the (formerly referred to) Africa path Smallish, open topped, wetlands yard Crested Screamer Semi large meshed cage with glass viewing White-faced Saki Quite large meadow with both open and window viewing. It is complete with natural vegetation, and a very large, mock tree used for climbing Bonobo Two medium sized meshed exhibits with glass viewing 1. Helmeted Currasow 2. Coquerel's Sifaka (Warmer months) - Angolan Colobus (Colder months) Enter into another low lit building labelled 'African Animals' Three smallish, identical nocturnal themed floor to ceiling exhibits 1. Potto 2. Garnett's Galago 3. Grey Bamboo Lemur, Potto Next section - The entire building actually has a tall ceiling, however, it is disguised by continuous mock vegetation - serving as a canopy. The flooring is composed of concrete pebbles, and the walls, and other parts of the flooring are made up of mock rock and more vegetation. Large glass-fronted exhibit - the exhibit goes higher than the what the viewing shows - This is the indoor quarters for: Coquerel's Sifaka Large, naturally lit aviary - the viewing fence is harp wired Lady Ross's Turaco, Congo Peafowl, Hammerkop, Red-and-Yellow Barbet, Spur-winged Lapwing, African Pygmy Goose Small terrarium built within a log, elevated on a a rock wall Zophobas Darkling Beetle Large, naturally lit exhibit with three glass viewings Bonobo Very large, tall, and nearly pitch black (red lighting actually) habitat Aye-Aye Small floor exhibit appeared to be naturally built in the wall Dumeril's Ground Boa Exit the building and continue through more forest as you exit the attraction as well Head back up a steep hill and directly left to the Polar Bear exhibit is: Bear Hill Two very small, identical grottoes with open viewing 1. American Black Bear 2. Spectacled Bear Continue up the main path and reach the top of the hill to: Wings of the World (Closed until Spring of 2018) Description of the building between Summer-December 2017 To the right of the building is small, open topped island habitat Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Head towards the entrance - to the left of the main doors is a small outdoor cage Northern Helmeted Curassow Enter building - On the left, the first thing to see are hundreds of diagrams and identification signs explaining how dinosaurs evolved into birds To the right are sliding doors that enter you into an atrium labelled: South America Large walk-in atrium/greenhouse - viewing overlooks the exhibit on a simulated canopy boardwalk. The animals are free ranging but there is an open topped tank for one species: Mata Mata (in the tank), Blue-grey Tanager, Southern Lapwing , Cattle Egret, Guira Cuckoo, Peruvian Pigeon, Yellow-crowned Cacique, Red-capped Cardinal, Golden Conure, Blue-crowned Mot-Mot, Sunbittern, Scarlet Ibis, Tri-colored Heron, Yellow-billed Pintail Exit Two tall, adjacent cages - they can connect to the next aviary 1. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha 2. Asian Fairy Bluebird (Male) Australasia Double sliding doors lead you into another semi large, walk-in atrium: Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Asian Fairy Blue Bird (female), Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise, Black-collared Fruit Pigeon, White-breasted Woodswallow, Nicobar Pigeon, White-rumped Shama, Indian Flying Fox, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Bali Mynah, Collared Finch-billed Bulbul, Masked Lapwing Exit Montane Medium sized, rocky/mountainous themed habitat - viewing is open fronted Thick-billed Parrot, Masked Bobwhite Quail Grasslands Medium sized, floor to ceiling aviary - fencing is harp wire Magpie Shrike, Buff-crested Bustard, Golden-breasted Starling, Crested Coua, Red-and-Yellow Barbet Chick Nursery (Formerly known as The Wetlands) Floor to ceiling wetlands themed exhibit - viewing is glass fronted but in a form of a short fence, making it open fronted Hooded Merganser, Northern Red-bellied Cooter The next section is a small, low lit room with three small glass fronted habitats 1. Yellow-fronted Canary, Southern Red Bishop 2. African Pygmy Falcon 3. Empty Arctic Islands Medium sized rocky coast themed exhibit with both above and underwater viewing - exhibit features timed simulated waves Atlantic Puffin, Crested Auklet, Whiskered Auklet, Smew Arctic Sea Cliffs Medium sized, tall rocky shores habitat with underwater viewing - the walls are complete with nesting opportunities Horned Puffin, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot Sub-Antarctic Coast Larger, similar tank with above and underwater views King Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Megallanic Penguin, Incan Tern, Chiloe Wigeon, Black-faced Ibis Exit outside onto a small boardwalk and head towards a large aviary in sight. Since the 60's, this has been walkthrough flight cage. Because of it's inhabitants, it is only open to guests (as a walkthrough) on the weekend summer months. In three years, I have only ever seen this open once. Recently, to fix this issue, one of the bottom of the walls was converted into a large viewing window. This contains: Kea, Magpie Goose, Cape Barren Goose Opposite to this flight is the train station, along with a newly revived gift shop. As you pass over the tracks, pass the gift shop, you are met with two hidden attractions. Your first stop presents two elevated overlooks, that gives you the view of a shore themed habitat. Half of it is a large pool while the other half is a rocky outcropped beach. To the left, is an underwater viewing. California Sea Lion Continuing into this lesser known area, you meet the tracks once more, and above it is a sign that reads: Wolf Woods This is the heart of the zoo, and is the least popular attraction. The theming of course is woodlands, but the area is quite small. Medium sized, all around meshed habitat Grey Fox Medium sized exhibit with glass viewing - further down the path is an underwater viewing North American River Otter A boardwalk begins and in it's short distance you are met with a large open view of woodlands. Immediately following, is a cabin. Inside features a glass, and den viewing of this wooded space. There is also a third open view after exiting the cabin. Mexican Wolf Next to that viewing is a small wooden hut with a waistline glass window. It looks into a small sloped aviary Barred Owl Although you don't have to, it is custom to backtrack towards the train station and back onto the main path. At this point, you have a choice to follow three paths to the left, ahead, and right. I'll take you to the left. On the left side of the main path is the large and newer Base Camp Café. There's quality food with indoor and outdoor seating. The deck outdoors gives a very nice view of: Africa There are two entrances to this complex, one that enters to the right side and the other that goes into the center. The Base Camp Café trail is best known as the main entrance. In a short distance, you are met with your first habitat. Medium sized yard enclosed by mesh, a waterfall, and a small body of water between the animals and the viewing Cheetah The stream from that waterfall flows underneath the path and into two other exhibits. After the cheetahs, there are paths to the right and the left. Looking ahead (and continuing to the left), this is the: Plains Very large, grassland yard with a waterhole and a predator and prey theme on its right side. This exhibit can be viewed from nearly every angle other than its backside. Impala, Ruppell's Vulture, Lappet-faced Vulture, Pink-backed Pelican, Thomson's Gazelle, Ostrich, East African Crowned Crane, Ruddy Shelduck, Lesser Kudu, White-bearded Wildebeest, Kenyan Crested Guineafowl As you continue to the left, as you follow and view the Plains exhibit, you are met with another section - the final two phases of Africa. The first that you see: Painted Dog Valley Large, 10,000 yard with two pools on either side connected by a single stream. It has a large up-close window viewing shelter at one end, and open viewing at the other African Painted Dog In the center of the path is an open, medium sized habitat with a crawl through bubble, fenced with ground floor windows, and offers nearly 360° viewing. There is a window allowing guests to see them indoors as well. Meerkat The last phase of Africa is also located at the very end of the path, creating a dead end. This is: Hippo Cove Smaller, 3,500 sq. ft. sized exhibit with viewing mainly designed for underwater viewing. This area can be viewed from the right, the center, and the left (open view) Common Hippopotamus, Nile Tilapia Because this is a dead end, you must backtrack to the cheetah area, and you continue on. At this point there is a new path. There are three exhibits in view. Medium sized yard, moated in with the stream flowing (waterfall) from the cheetah exhibit. On this wall it makes it appear that this habitat is barrier-less. This gives an open view of the Plains. Southeast African Lion The path continues towards a more hidden section but within view is a sign that states: Cheetah Encounter Very large, 150 ft long savanna with upclose mesh viewing Cheetah (At least one gets the yard to themselves pre and post shows) Features: Red River Hog, Ocelot, Serval, and Cheetah runs Backtrack on the same path and go beyond the lions. You are met with: Smaller wetlands exhibit placed in front of the larger animals behind them in an immersive fashion Greater Flamingo Semi large savanna fenced with low mounds. It can be viewed at ground level, but most famously viewed from the boardwalk. Connected to the right of this boardwalk is the indoor quarters, which has windows at the boardwalk level - of which you can view the animals inside. Masai Giraffe Exit Africa from it's other side and you are met with Swan Lake. Head back towards the right and you are met with another path. The first thing in view is the: Children's Zoo Enter immediately onto a boardwalk with exhibits on either side. The two are somewhat connected by a pool that goes underneath the path 1. African Penguin 2. Little Penguin Nursery From outside, you can peer into four indoor habitats. Each year, the exhibits contain random young animals that are typically in need of assistant growth. However, most of the animals are just here for public display as their permanent home. The main attraction were the Malayan tiger cubs. As of December 2017, you would find: 1. Bat-eared Fox 2. Blue Runner Duck 3. Southern Tamandua 4. Bearcat Over to the right side is the play area along with the back entrance to the gift shot. There you would also find two small, low (rock) fenced exhibits. 1. Radiated Tortoise 2. Southern Three-banded Armadillo Backtrack to the remaining of the Children's Zoo Petting Zoo - a typical paddock where guests may enter into the exhibit to interact with the animals Nigerian Dwarf Goat Children's Zoo Show Most atypical animal is Miniature Julian Pigs The path comes to an end but at this dead end, is a barn. It is no longer accessibly to guests however, it still features animals that are frequently walked around zoo grounds at random times. 1. Miniature Donkey 2. Llama, Alpaca Backtrack all the way and exit from where you entered and immediately in short distance is the next attraction Gibbon Islands Two small sized islands set on a lake. They can viewed from the outside of the lake barrier or guests may venture on a boardwalk through the lake, coming within feet of the animals 1. Siamang 2. Buff-cheeked Gibbon Going down the same path is a noticeable forested area. Here is a small attraction on its own. Two similar medium sized temperate themed yard filled with many real trees for climbing Red Pandas Depending on how you reach the red pandas, the path to them from the other side is surrounded by an abundance of bamboo. From the point of which I am leading you, you are taken back to Monkey Island. However, we will backtrack the path that leads to Africa, and continue down the path of Swan Lake. Going as far as you can to the other corner of the zoo, is a tall atrium in view: Discovery Forest This attraction is a smaller sized, multi leveled 30,000 Sq ft atrium that's main use is to display very rare plants from the tropical forest along with its many educational programs for children. There are two levels but the animals are placed on the bottom half. Very small and up-close island Miligold Macaw Small, windowed hut Boa Constrictor Medium sized barrier-less trees connected together to form a canopy like exhibit. Can be viewed from both floors. Linnaeus's Two toed Sloth As you exit the building, and head straight, you are given the first look at the next attraction. However, the main entrance is located at the opposite side of this viewing. Elephant Reserve As you enter into a slightly well vegetated area, in a short distance you are met with very small amphitheater seating looking into a medium sized exhibit. It is fenced with with a 60,000 gallon pool, wooded fencing, and low brick. The exhibit is approximately 21,000 sq. ft. and is well surrounded by trees. Indian Elephant Sumatran Elephant Within the middle of the complex is a large doorway to the Taj Mahal inspired Elephant House. You can enter it at any time of day but chances are you won't see any animals. It is one small pen that goes along the length of nearly the entire building. It also only displays the female elephants. As you exit, take a right down a dead end path. There you'll meet the city's largest animal in a small, heavy barred/wired exhibit. This is the male: Sumatran Elephant Swan Lake As you exit, you are back at the Historic Vine Street Entrance Plaza. In view however, is Swan Lake. 95% of the animals you see are actually wild, however, a couple of the species are displayed by the zoo. The swans are exhibited in the main lake, and the cranes have their own island. 1. Red-crowned Crane 2. Trumpeter Swan List of Animals Taken Off Display/Passed Away Since November 2015 1. Rhinoceros Viper 2. Kwangtang River Turtle 3. Pueblan Milk Snake 4. Aruba Island Rattlesnake 5. Beaded Lizard 6. Eastern Newt 7. Long-tailed Salamander 8. Cave Salamander 9. Spotted Salamander 10. Alligator Snapping Turtle 11. Banded Palm Civet 12. Micronesian Kingfisher 13. Golden Poison Dart Frog 14. Green Leaf Katydid 15. Goliath Birdeater 16. Jambu Fruit Dove 17. Spangled Cotinga 18. Crocodile Monitor 19. Baltimore Oriole 20. Hermit Crab 21. Green Tree Frog 22. Brown Anole 23. Yellow Rat Snake 24. Red-tailed Cockatoo 25. Scarlet Macaw 26. Saddle-billed Stork 27. Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur 28. Lion-tailed Macaque 29. Andean Cock-of-the-Rock 30. Capuchinbird 31. Bufflehead 32. Guam Rail 33. Red-flanked Lorikeet 34. Gouldian Finch 35. White-breasted Ground Dove 36. Violet-backed Starling 37. Chestnut Teal 38. Harlequin Duck 39. Gopher Tortoise 40. Red-footed Tortoise 41. Eastern Box Turtle 42. Blue Tree Monitor 43. Flat Rock Scorpion List of Returning Animals and Their Former Homes 1. Yellow Pond Turtle - Original: Reptile House - Today: Reptile House - was taken off display for a year 2. Indian Star Tortoise - Original: Reptile House - Today: Reptile House - hasn't been at the zoo for many, many years 3. Antilles Tree Spider - Original: World of the Insect - Today: World of the Insect - taken off display for a year 4. Giant African Millipede - Original: World of the Insect - Today: World of the Insect - taken off display for a year 5. Rhinoceros Katydid - Original: World of the Insect - Today: World of the Insect - taken off display for three years 6. Amazon Milk Frog - Original: Reptile House - Today: Manatee Springs, and off display for three years 7. Golden-headed Lion Tamarin - Original: World of the Insect - Today: Jungle Trails, species gone from the zoo for nearly 10 years 8. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise - Original: Wings of the World - Today: Wings of the World, taken off display for two years for breeding purposes. They succeeded. 9. Golden-breasted Starling - Original: Wings of the World - Today: Wings of the World, off display for a couple of years 10. Bat-eared Fox - Original: Night Hunters and Africa - Today: Children's Zoo, off display for two years List of Animals Displayed in a New Attraction and Their Last Home 1. Warthog - Original: Came to the zoo in 2014 as an ambassador and could only be seen if he was talked around the zoo - Today: Wildlife Canyon, replaced Harapan 2. Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake - Original: Manatee Springs - Today: Reptile House 3. Corn Snake - Original: Manatee Springs - Today: Reptile House 4. Victoria Crowned Pigeon - Original: Wings of the World - Today: World of the Insect, here during WotW renovation 5. Burmese Python - Original: Night Hunters - Today: Manatee Springs 6. Crested Screamer (Second exhibit) - Original: Wildlife Canyon (Still there), and Wings of the World - Today: Jungle Trails 7. Lady Ross's Turaco - Original: Wings of the World - Today: Jungle Trails 8. African Pygmy Goose [B][B][B]- Original: World of the Insect - Today: Jungle Trails[/B][/B][/B] 9. Chestnut Breasted Malkoha - Original: Jungle Trails - Today: Wings of the World (closed for renovation) 10. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - Original: Reptile House - Today: Wings of the World (closed) 11. Helmeted Currasow (Second exhibit) - Original: Jungle Trails (still there) - Today: Wings of the World The next species list will be ready in December of 2019
where was Sam the bald eagle rescued from? also, does the zoo specify what type of plains zebra it has? Chapmans, Burchells, grants?
2019 Full Species List of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Red = A New Species to the Zoo Orange = Animals Once Absent to the Zoo/Off Display Green = An Already Displayed Species New to That Area Reminder, these are differences between December 2019 to November 2017 Wildlife Canyon [Closed] Currently being constructed into Roo Valley, set to open in the spring of 2020. Species known so far are Red Kangaroos and Little Penguins Eagle Eyrie [Closed Temporarily for Roo Valley Construction] 1. Andean Condor 2. Steller's Sea Eagle Reptile House 1. Outdoor Island (Former Cockatoo Exhibit): Northern Red-bellied Cooter, Mississippi Map Turtle, River Cooter Start of the Indoor Exhibits 2. Chinese Alligator 3. Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Yellow Rat Snake 4. Lace Monitor 5. Jamaican Boa 6. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko 7. [Empty] 8. Turquoise Dwarf Gecko 9. Black Rat Snake 10. Northern Copperhead 11. Timber Rattlesnake 12. Aruba Island Rattlesnake 13. Florida Pine Snake 14. Yellow-tailed Cribo 15. Corn Snake 16. [Empty] 17. King Cobra 18. Western Diamondback Rattlesnake 19. Angolan Python, Pancake Tortoise 20. Indian Star Tortoise 21. Pascagoula Map Turtle 22. Indochinese Spitting Cobra 23. Emerald Tree Boa, Boa Constrictor, Dyeing Poison Dart Frog, Golden Dart Frog, Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog 24. Green Tree Python 25. Eastern Hellbender 26. Ornate Monitor Outdoor Exhibits Continued (Former Monkey Island): 27. Bald Eagle 28. Galapagos Tortoise Gorilla World 1. Ring-tailed Lemur 2. Western Lowland Gorilla Night Hunters 1. Tawny Frogmouth 2. Pallas' Cat 3. Pallas' Cat (Replaced Fossa) 4. Aardwolf 5. Bearcat (Switched Exhibits With Clouded Leopard) 6. Potto 7. Potto 8. Common Vampire Bat 9. Aardvark, Greater Bushbaby, Indian Flying Fox 10. Ocelot 11. Southern Three-banded Armadillo 12. Black-footed Cat 13. Arabian Sand Cat 14. Caracal 15. Clouded Leopard 16. Large-spotted Genet 17. Fennec Fox 18. [Empty/Fennec Fox] 19. Fishing Cat 20. Ring-tailed Cat One Outdoor Exhibit 21. Bobcat Cat Canyon 1. Cougar 2. Malayan Tiger 3. Malayan Tiger 4. Eurasian Eagle Owl 5. Snow Leopard World of the Insect Section 1: What Is an Insect? 1. Green-leaf Cockroach 2. Blue Death Feigning Beetle 3. Brown Recluse Spider 4. Black Widow 5. Desert Rainworm 6. Antilles Treespider 7. Zebra Bug 8. Emperor Scorpion 9. Hissing Cockroach 10. Taxicab Beetle, Magnificent Flower Beetle, Emerald Beetle, Yellow-bellied Beetle, Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle 11. Cave Whip Spider Section 2: Success of the Insect 12. Giant African Millipede 13. Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle 14. Thorny Devil Stick Insect 15. Magnificent Flower Beetle Section 3: What Insects Eat 16. Taxicab Beetle 17. Red-eyed Assassin Bug 18. Bat Cave Cockroach 19. Zophabos Darkling Beetle 20. Dead Leaf Mantis 21. Red-knee Tarantula Section 4: Insects as Food 22. Texas Bullet Ant 23. Chuckwalla 24. Chinese Crocodile Lizard 25. Madagascar Giant Day Gecko 26. Ornate Horned Frog 27. Rough Green snake 28. Fire-bellied Newt 29. Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Section 5: Defense & Escape 30. Indian Ornamental Tarantula 31. Giant Spiny Leaf Insect 32. Giant Jumping Stick Section 6: Insects in Water 33. Marbled Crayfish 34. Giant Water bug 35. Common Diving Beetle, Sunburst Diving Beetle 36. Water Scorpion 37. Water Strider Section 7: Naked Mole Rats Section 8: Egg to Adult 39. White-eyed Assassin Bug 40. Emerald Beetle Section 9: Insect Lifestyles 41. Yellow-bellied Beetle 42. Rhinoceos Katydid 43. Giant Cockroach 44. Giant Walking Stick 45. Brazilian Salmon Pink Birdeater 46. Eastern Lubber Grasshopper 47. Tin Foil Beetle 48. Leaf-cutter Ant Section 10: Butterfly Aviary 49. Blue Tilapia (Tank), White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Zebra Longwing Butterfly Lemur Lookout & Dragons! 1. Ring-tailed Lemur 2. Ackie Dwarf Monitor 3. Blue Tree Monitor 4. Green Tree Monitor 5. Quince Monitor 6. Komodo Dragon (Indoor) 7. Komodo Dragon (Outdoor - Was a Temporary Bald Eagle Home) Rhino Reserve 1. Indian Rhinoceros 2. Okapi, Yellow-backed Duiker 3. Eastern Bongo 4. Greater Flamingo 5. Plains Zebra 6. Eastern Black Rhinoceros 7. Eastern Black Rhinoceros Manatee Springs Greenhouse 1. American Alligator 2. [Pond - Empty] 3. American Crocodile Normal Room Displays 4. Alligator Snapping Turtle 5. Green Basilisk 6. Amazon Milk Frog 7. Florida Manatee, Emperor Cichlid, Channel Catfish, Lake Malawi Cichlid, Largemouth Bass, Bluegill Sunfish, Florida Gar, Alligator Gar, Longnose Gar 8. Channel Catfish, River Cooter, Azuerus Cichlid, Red-bellied Cooter 9. Apalachicola Kingsnake 10. Two-toed Amphiuma 11. Dollar Sunfish 12. Grey Ratsnake 13. Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake 14. Greater Siren 15. Loggerhead Musk Turtle, Western Mosquitofish 16. Burmese Python White Lions of Timbavati (Southeast African Lions) Lords of the Arctic 1. Arctic Fox 2. Polar Bear 3. Andean Bear 4. Andean Bear Jungle Trails 1. Mueller's Grey Gibbon 2. Scarlet Macaw, Helmeted Curassow 3. Sumatran Orangutan, White-handed gibbon (Outdoor) Building #1 4. Pygmy Slow Loris 5. Pygmy Slow Loris 6. [Empty... Still] 7. Sumatran Orangutan, White-handed gibbon (Indoor) 8. Indoor Exhibit For: Black Howler Monkey rotates with White-faced Saki/Golden-headed Lion Tamarin Outdoor Continue 9. Black Howler Monkey (Outdoor) 10. Asian Forest Tortoise 11. Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Laughing Kookaburra 12. Bonobo (Outdoor) 13. Coquerel's Sifaka rotates outdoors with Angolan Colobus Building #2 14. Potto 15. Potto 16. [Empty/Grey Bamboo Lemur - Taken Off Display Often] 17. Coquerel's Sifaka (Indoor) 18. Lady Ross's Turaco, Red-and-Yellow Barbet, Spur-winged Plover, Hammerkop, Congo Peafowl. Marbled Teal 19. Zophobas Darkling Beetle 20. Bonobo (Indoor) 21. Aye-Aye 22. Henkel's Leaf-tailed Gecko, Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko Wings of the World Outdoor 1. Major Mitchell's Cockatoo Indoor 2. South America: Scarlet Ibis, Sunbittern, Boat-billed Heron, Southern Lapwing, Peruvian Pigeon, Red-crested Finch, Cattle Egret, Blue-grey Tanager, Red-capped Cardinal, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Inca Tern, Guira Cuckoo, Mata Mata Turtle (Tank) 3. Blue-faced Honeyeater, Asian Fairy Bluebird 4. Australasia: Bali Mynah, White-breasted Woodswallow, Guam Rail, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Masked Lapwing, Shama Trush, Collared Finch-bulbil, Blue-crowned Laughing Thrush 5. Mexico: Thick-billed Parrot 6. African Savannah: Buff-crested Bustard, Golden-breasted Starling, Red-and-Yellow Barbet, Yellow-fronted Canary, Crested Coua, Yellow-backed Starling 7. Southeast Asia: Rhinoceros Hornbill 8. Northern Oceans #1: Atlantic Puffin, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Murre, Smew, Common Eider 9. Northern Oceans #2: Horned Puffin, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Murre 10. Southern Oceans: King Penguin, Magellanic Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Chiloe Wigeon, Black-faced Ibis Free Flight Aviary (Winter) Kea (Spring/Summer - Over 2018 to '19 - List changed over time) Red-legged Seriema, Ring-billed Gull, White Ibis, Laughing Kookaburra, Lady Ross's Turaco, Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Scarlet Ibis, Inca Tern, Nicobar Pigeon, Magpie Goose, Ruddy Shelduck Sea Lion Falls (Closed) & Wolf Woods The Zoo's last Sea Lion passed away, and they're converting the habitat to be one big complex for African Penguins 1. Grey Fox 2. North American River Otter 3. Mexican Wolf 4. Barred Owl Spaulding Children's Zoo 1. African Penguin [Will be moved to replace their sea lion, unsure if some will stay here] 2. Little Penguin [Will be moved to Roo Valley in 2020, also unsure if some will stay] Animal Ambassador Center (Formerly known as the Nursery, though it still acts as such) 3. Bat-eared Fox 4. Tawny Frogmouth 5. Southern Tamandua 6. Bearcat Continue outdoor exhibits 7. Radiated Tortoise 8. Southern Three-banded Armadillo [May have been moved to Discovery Forest] 9. Domestic Duck 10. Petting Zoo: Nigerian Dwarf Goat 11. Barnyard (This area has been closed off for years but still has animals in the back who get frequent walks - only guessing what's back there): Miniature Donkey, Llama, Alpaca Gibbon Islands & Red Pandas 1. Siamang 2. Buff-cheeked gibbon 1. Red Panda 2. Red Panda Africa 1. Masai Giraffe 2. Greater Flamingo 3. Southeast African Lion 4. Cheetah Encounter (Haven't seen the show in a couple years, only guessing): Cheetah, Red River Hog, Serval 5. Cheetah 6. African Plains: Lesser Kudu, Thomson's Gazelle, White-bearded Wildebeest, Lappet-faced Vulture, Impala, Ostrich, Pink-backed Pelican, Kenyan Crested Guineafowl, Grey Crowned Crane, Ruppell's Vulture, Saddle-billed Stork, Warthog 7. Slender-tailed Meerkat 8. African Painted Dog 9. Common Hippopotamos, Nile Tilapia Swan Lake Trumpeter Swan, Red-crowned Crane, various wildlife Elephant Reserve 1, 2. Indian Elephant, Sumatran Elephant (need reconfirmation on whether or not this is true) Discovery Forest 1. Blue-and-Gold/Military Macaw (hybrid) 2. Linnaeus's Two-toed Sloth (newly expanded habitat), Southern Three-banded Armadillo (rotates), Six-banded Armadillo (rotates), Screaming Hairy Armadillo (rotates) List of Animals Taken Off Display/Transferred/Passed Away Since 2017/18 1. Capybara (exhibit closed for Roo Valley) 2. Crested Screamer (exhibit closed) 3. Visayan Warty Pig (exhibit closed) 4. Sichuan Takin (exhibit closed) 5. Przewalsk'is Horse (exhibit closed) 6. Bactrian Camel (exhibit closed) 7. Salmon-crested Cockatoo (exhibit renovated for turtles) 8. Yellow Pond Turtle (exhibit empty) 9. California Kingsnake (exhibit combined with another) 10. Gaboon Viper (replaced) 11. Everglades Ratsnake (replaced) 12. Black Kingsnake (replaced) 13. Terciopelo (replaced) 14. Japanese Macaque (exhibit renovated for bald eagles, and Galapagos tortoises) 15. Spectacled Owl (replaced with tawny frogmouth) 16. Fossa (replaced/may have passed) 17. Eastern Black-and-White Colobus (replaced with lemurs/may be temporary?) 18. Chinese Mantis (replaced by feigning beetles) 19. Green June Beetle (replaced by emperor scorpions) 20. Carolina Mantis (replaced) 21. Big-headed Ant (temporarily off) 22. Black Tree Monitor (replaced with crocodile lizard) 23. Grey Bird Grasshopper (replaced with lubber grasshoppers) 24. African Helmeted Turtle (replaced with tilapia/may have passed) 25. Passion Flower Butterfly (replaced with another species of butterfly) 26. Western Pond Turtle (exhibit remains empty) 27. Cane Toad (replaced with pygmy rattlesnake) 28. American Black Bear (transferred to make room for polar bear expansion) 29. African Pygmy Goose 30. Dumeril's Ground Boa (replaced with geckos in Jungle Trails) 31. Blue-crowned Mot-Mot 32. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (replaced with fairy bluebird) 33. Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise (wasn't on display for long/may be breeding behind the scenes) 34. Black-collared Fruit Pigeon 35. Magpie Shrike 36. Hooded Merganser (replaced with Rhinoceros hornbills) 37. Southern Red Bishop (exhibit closed permanently) 38. African Pygmy Falcon (exhibit closed permanently) 39. Crested Auklet 40. Whiskered Auklet 41. California Sea Lion (remaining male Duke, passed away) 42. Cape Barren Goose 43. Tri-colored Heron Compared Species Lost Between 2015-2017: 43 Species Gained Between 2018-19: 15 New Individuals Exhibits Built Between 2018-19: 4 Notable Species Moved to Other Attraction/Came Back on Display 1. Northern Red-bellied Cooter (example - Today: Reptile House/From: Wings of the World) 2. Mississippi Map Turtle (Reptile House - Manatee Springs) 3. Boa Constrictor (Reptile House - Discovery Forest) 4. Dying Poison Dart Frog (Reptile House - World of the Insect) 5. Golden Poison Dart Frog (Reptile House - World of the Insect) 6. Bald Eagle (New specimens but has been presented in the Bird Show for decades prior) 7. Eurasian Eagle Owl (Cat Canyon - Night Hunters/Animal Ambassador) 8. Blue Tree Monitor (Dragons! to Reptile House to Dragons! once more) 9. Laughing Kookaburra (Jungle Trails - Wings of Wonder Bird Show) 10. Saddle-billed Stork (Africa - Jungle Trails) 11. Warthog (Africa - Wildlife Canyon) Next Species List Will Be Up in December 2021
Ring-Tailed Lemurs are only in the Colobus exhibit for the winter months in holding. That is not a permanent exhibit change. The Zoo's last Fossa "Willy" died in 2018 Miniature Donkeys are no longer at the zoo
The zoo still has a solid collection, but it's a slight downgrade from what it use to be like. Seems to be a common trend with zoos these days.
The species list I put out every two years is finally here! November 26, 2021 Full Species List of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden Red = A New Species to the Zoo (To my knowledge) Orange = Animals Once Absent to the Zoo, Now Back on Display in the Same Area Green = An Already Displayed Species New to That Area Blue = Animals Once Absent, Now in Another Part of the Zoo These are the differences between December 2019 to November 2021 Roo Valley (New in 2020!) Red Kangaroo, Western Grey Kangaroo Little Blue Penguin, New Zealand Scaup, Australian Wood Ducks, Freckled Ducks (Walk-thru) Eagle Eyrie Andean Condor Steller’s Sea Eagle Reptile House Outdoor Northern Red-bellied Cooter, Mississippi Map Turtle, River Cooter Indoor Chinese Alligator Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Florida Pine Snake, Yellow Rat Snake Black Rat Snake, Northern Copperhead, Timber Rattlesnake Green Tree Monitor Madagascar Giant Day Gecko Armadillo Lizard Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog Corn Snake Gaboon Viper Emerald Tree Boa (Juvenile) Aruba Island Rattlesnake Empty Sheltopusik, Northern Spider Tortoise King Cobra Gila Monster Angolan Python, Pancake Tortoise Indian Star Tortoise Pascagoula Map Turtle Indochinese Spitting Cobra Emerald Tree Boa, Boa Constrictor, Dyeing Dart Frog, Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog Lake Titicaca Water Frog Eastern Hellbender Quince Monitor Outdoor Behind the Building Asian Forest Tortoise Galapagos Tortoise Bald Eagle Gorilla World Eastern-black-and-white Colobus Western Lowland Gorilla Cat Canyon Cougar Malayan Tiger Malayan Tiger Eurasian Eagle Owl Snow Leopard Night Hunters Tawny Frogmouth Pallas’ Cat Pallas’ Cat Aardwolf Bearcat Potto Potto Common Vampire Bat Aardvark, Greater Bushbaby, Indian Flying Fox Ocelot Southern Three-banded Armadillo Black-footed Cat Arabian Sand Cat Ringtail Ocelot Large-spotted Genet Fennec Fox Large-spotted Genet Southern Brazilian Ocelot (Allegedly now contains the Clouded Leopard, yet they were not signed. The clouded leopard is quite old, but I'm not confirming any bad news...) Ringtail Canada Lynx (Outdoor, but they were not signed on last visit) World of the Insect What is an Insect? Green-leaf Cockroach Dead Leaf Mantid Desert Rainworm Zophobas Darkling Beetle Brown Recluse Spider Antilles Tree Spider Zebra Bug Emperor Scorpion White-eyed Assassin Bug Magnificent Flower Beetle, Taxicab Beetle, Jade-headed Buffalo Beetle, Emerald Beetle, Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Cave Whip Spider Success of the Insect Giant African Millipede Rhinoceros Beetle Thorny Spiny Devil Stick Insect Derby's Flower Beetle (Double-sided Exhibit) Red-eyed Assassin Bug Taxicab Beetle What Insects Eat Redknee Tarantula Striped Love Beetle Domino Roach Brazilian White-knee Tarantula Insects as Food Texas Bullet Ant Chuckwalla Chinese Crocodile Lizard Madagascar Giant Day Gecko Ornate Horned Frog Rough Green Snake Fire-bellied Newt Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Defense & Escape Derby's Flower Beetle (Other side of Double-sided Exhibit) Bat Cave Cockroach Dragon Headed Katydid Hercules Beetle, Giant Jumping Stick, Giant Cockroach Insects in Water Marbled Crayfish Giant Water Bug Sunburst Diving Beetle Water Scorpion Water Strider Naked Mole Rats Egg to Adult Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Emerald Beetle Insect Lifestyles Florida Orb Weaver Salmon-pink Birdeater Grey Bird Grasshopper, Blue Death Feigning Beetle Yellowbellied Beetle Eastern Lubber Grasshopper Peruvian Firestick Peppered Roach Giant Walking Stick Leaf-cutter Ant Butterfly Aviary Blue Tilapia (Tank), White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Zebra Longwing Butterfly, Monarch Butterfly, Julia Butterfly, Spicebush Swallowtail Lemur Lookout and Dragons Ring-tailed Lemur Armadillo Lizard Blue Tree Monitor Solomons Island Skink, Solomons Island Leaf Frog Nile Monitor (May be the formerly labelled Ornate Monitor... When the Ornate monitor was first exhibited, it was first labelled as a 'Nile') Komodo Dragon, Timor Zebra Finch Komodo Dragon (Outdoor) Rhino Reserve Visayan Warty Pig Okapi, Yellow-backed Duiker Eastern Bongo Greater Flamingo Plains Zebra Eastern Black Rhinoceros Eastern Black Rhinoceros Manatee Springs American Alligator Pond is still empty… American Crocodile Alligator Snapping Turtle, Bluegill Green Basilisk Amazon Milk Frog Florida Manatee, Alligator Gar, Florida Gar, Longnose Gar, Spotted Gar Channel Catfish, Azuerus Cichlid, Red-belied Cooter, River Cooter Apalachicola Kingsnake Greater siren Two-toed Amphiuma Grey Ratsnake Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake Everglades Pygmy Sunfish Loggerhead Musk Turtle Burmese Python White Lions of Timbavati Bear Hill (There are no longer signs labeled ‘Lords of the Arctic’) Arctic Fox Great White Pelican (Meant to be displayed with the African penguins but they kept escaping) Andean Bear Andean Bear Empty Jungle Trails Salmon-crested Cockatoo Blue-throated Macaw, Scarlet Macaw, Helmeted Curassow Sumatran Orangutan, White-handed Gibbon, Mueller’s Gibbon (The gibbons rotate) Building #1 Pygmy Slow Loris Pygmy Slow Loris Empty… still Orangutan and Gibbon Indoor Exhibit Golden-headed Lion Tamarin, White-faced Saki (Rotates with Black Howlers) Continues Outdoors Black Howler Asian Forest Tortoise Angolan Colobus (May rotate with the Saki) Victoria Crowned Pigeon, Laughing, Kookaburra Bonobo Coquerel’s Sifaka Building #2 Moholi Bushbaby Moholi Bushbaby Potto Coquerel’s Sifaka Indoor Exhibit (Had Grey Crowned Guenon’s over the summer) Lady Ross’s Turaco, Congo Peafowl, Spur-winged Plover, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Marbled Teal Zophobos Darkling Beetle Bonobo Indoor Exhibit Aye-Aye Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko, Mossy Leaf-tailed Gecko Wings of the World Separate Free Flight Aviary: Kea (Winter), Red-legged Seriema, Ruddy Shelduck, Hammerkop, Ring-billed Gull, Pied Imperial Pigeon (Warmer Weather) Outdoor Island Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Main Building South America: Boat-billed Heron, Sunbittern, Southern Lapwing, Yellow-rumped Cacique, Scarlet Ibis, Peruvian Pigeon, Blue-grey Tanager, Red-crested Cardinal, Inca Tern, Saffron Finch, Mata-Mata (Separate Tank) Australasia: Nicobar Pigeon, Masked Lapwing, Shama Thrush, Colored Finch-billed Bulbul, Blue-crowned Laughingthrush, White-cheeked Bulbul, White-naped Pheasant Pigeon, Guam Rail, White-breasted Wood Swallow, Bali Mynah, Asian Fairy Bluebird Mexico: Thick-billed Parrot African Savannah: Buff-crested Bustard, Golden-breasted Starling, White-headed Buffalo Weaver, Speckled Mousebird, Violet-backed Starling Southeast Asia: Rhinoceros Hornbill Northern Oceans #1: Atlantic Puffin, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Eider Northern Oceans #2: Horned Puffin, Common Murre Sub-Antarctic Coast: King Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Magellanic penguin, Chiloe Wigeon African Penguin Point (New!) & Wolf Woods African Penguin, White-breasted Cormorant, Yellow-billed Duck Grey Fox North American River Otter Mexican Wolf Barred Owl Children’s Zoo Southern Tamandua (Only visible behind the second exhibit) Brazilian Porcupine Southern Three-banded Armadillo Linne’s Two-toed Sloth Bearcat Radiated Tortoise Southern Three-banded Armadillo Domestic Duck Nigerian Dwarf Goat Barnyard (Has been closed to the public for years, but you can still see some species from the Red Pandas. They also get walks around the zoo. Last I saw, there was a Llama and an Alpaca but I can no longer say they're there now) Red Pandas & Gibbon Islands Red Panda Siamang Buff-cheeked Gibbon Swan Lake Trumpeter Swan (and various wildlife and waterfowl the zoo cares for such as Ruddy Ducks, Northern Pintails, Mallards, Redheads, and a lot more) Red-crowned Crane Africa Masai Giraffe Greater Flamingo Cheetah Encounter Show (I haven't attended in years, but I do know they show off these species are at least did in recent past): Cheetah (on display even after the show), Red River Hog, Serval, Domestic Cat, African Crested Porcupine Cheetah (Separate exhibit) White-bearded Wildebeest, Lesser Kudu, Impala, Thomson’s Gazelle, Common Ostrich, Pink-backed Pelican, Grey Crowned Crane, Saddle-billed Stork, Lappet-faced Vulture, Ruppell’s Vulture, Kenyan Crested Guineafowl African Painted Dog Meerkat Common Hippopotamus Discovery Forest (Opened only on the weekends, I never went in this year, but I assume it still contains these species) Blue-and-gold Macaw Linne’s Two Toed Sloth, Southern Three-banded Armadillo, Six-banded Armadillo, Screaming Hairy Armadillo (armadillos rotates) Elephant Reserve Sumatran Elephant, Indian Elephant (Two exhibits) List of Animals No Longer Displayed to the Public/at the Zoo as of November 2021 Polar Bear Caracal California Sea Lion Bobcat Bat-eared Fox (Still an ambassador animal) Warthog Lace Monitor Jamaican Boa Turquoise Dwarf Gecko Yellow-tailed Cribo Western Diamondback Rattlesnake Green Tree Python Golden Dart Frog Black Widow Magnificent Flower Beetle Indian Ornamental Tarantula Giant Spiny Leaf Insect Common Diving Beetle Tin Foil Beetle Ackie Dwarf Monitor Dollar Sunfish Cattle Egret Crested Coua Yellow-fronted Canary Smew Black-faced Ibis List of Returned Species Moved to Other Attractions Red and Grey Kangaroos (example: Were once displayed in the Children’s Zoo and at other points in the zoo’s history) Green Tree Monitor (Came from Dragons!) Quince Monitor (Dragons!) Little Penguin (Children's Zoo) Solomon Island Skink (Possibly once displayed in the Reptile House) Visayan Warty Pig (One of two species from the now closed Wildlife Canyon that is still at the zoo) Hammerkop (Jungle Trails) Yellow-billed Duck (Wings of the World) Brazilian Porcupine (Wasn’t displayed, but is and was one of the zoo’s most known ambassador animals) Confirmed Species Gained Since 2019: 23 This list will be updated at the end of 2023