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INTRODUCTION TO ZOOKEEPING LAB

Species Identification at The ZOO Northwest Florida*

I. FRONT PONDS

black swan

Egyptian goose

Nene (Hawaiian Goose)

bar-headed goose

barnacle goose

Greylag goose

magpie goose

Cereopsis goose

Australian shelduck

Radjah shelduck

canvasback
Hartlaub’s duck

rosybill
Northern pintail

red-crested pochard

chestnut teal

scarlet macaw

military macaw

Buffon’s macaw

blue & gold macaw

lesser sulphur-crested

cockatoo

stork

lemur

gibbon

Common fly-ins:

mallard

Mandarin

ibis

II. ZOO CENTRAL

zebu hybrid

lovebird

jungle fowl

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otter
turkey vulture

giraffe

tamarin/marmoset
sloth

muntjac

mandrill

siamang

coyote

leopard

condor

Thomson’s gazelle

impala

sitatunga

kangaroo

bobcat

cougar

lion

serval

caracal

tiger

alligator

black bear

screech owl

barn owl

raccoon

grey fox

red-tailed hawk

screamer
Harris hawk

King vulture

kookaburra

toucan

guenons

Howler monkey

spider monkey
orangutan

flying fox

Seba’s short-tailed bat

vampire bat

green iguana
rhino iguana

Komodo dragon

III. PRESERVE

Boardwalk exhibits:

African wild dog

alligator

hornbill

kudu

marabou stork

Free range:

ostrich
crowned crane
Egyptian goose

zebra

llama

wildebeest

eland
waterbuck

blackbuck

Barasingha deer

fallow deer

axis deer

chimpanzee

gorilla

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(sable antelope

hippopotamus

emus)
IV. TRAIN, GS, CC

Train area exhibits:

tortoise

rollers

guineafowl

turaco

camel

cockatiel

Giant snakes (a few):

hognose snake

rat snake

Dumeril’s ground

boa

green tree python

Indian python

Creepy Crawly House (a few):

kookaburra

Gala cockatoo

gecko

prehensile-tailed

skink

red tegu

spotted python

California kingsnake

poison dart frog

Emperor scorpion

tarantula

*NOTE: This is NOT a complete list of all the animals at the zoo!

Good references:

Steve Madge & Hilary Burn, Waterfowl: An Identification Guide to the Ducks, Geese, and Swans of the World, 1988. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Jonathan Kingdon, The Kingdon Field Guide to African Mammals, 1997. Academic Press.

Noel Rowe, The Pictorial Guide to the Living Primates, 1996. Pogonias Press.