Keystone Safari Keystone Safari Species List (Walk-thru Only)

[CleZooMan]

Today was my first visit to Keystone Safari in Grove City, PA. While I had been to the "sister park" Living Treasures Animal Park in New Castle, PA, before, this was my first visit to Keystone Safari and I was very impressed! I only went to the walk-thru portion and absolutely loved it. I thought the exhibits were more than adequate for pretty much all the animals, especially for non-AZA. It is a bit of a drive for me (1 1/2 hours) but I will definitely be back.

As there are no defined sections of the park, I have chosen to organize this list by alphabetical order, placing (DNS) next to animals I did not see and (CS) for the animals coming soon to the park.

Addax

African Lion (Barbary)

African Penguin (CS)

African Pygmy Hedgehog

Aldabra Tortoise

Alpaca

Bactrian Camel

Barn Owl

Bat-Eared Fox

Black Swan

Black-and-White Colobus Monkey

Corn Snake

Domestic Chicken (various breeds)

Domestic Duck (various breeds)

Domestic Pony (breed unspecified)

Domestic Rabbit (breed unspecified)

Dromedary Camel

Emu

Giant Anteater (CS)

Golden Pheasant

Great Pyrenees Dog (DNS)

Grévy's Zebra

Guinea Hen

Guinea Pig

Highpark Cow

Keel-billed Toucan

King Vulture

Kookaburra

Kunekune Pig

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

Llama

Mandrill

Mute Swan

Nigerian Dwarf Goat

North American Black Bear

Ostrich

Peter's Banded Skink

Pony

Reindeer

Reticulated Giraffe

Ring-Tailed Lemur

Scarlet Macaw

Scottish Highland Cow

Southern Ground Hornbill (DNS)

Southern Double-wattled Cassowary

Spotted Hyena

Sulcata Tortoise

Temminck's Tragopan

Turquoise-Fronted Amazon

White-naped Crane

White-necked Raven

Yak (DNS)

 

[CleZooMan]

Whoops... "Guinea Hen" (what they're called on the Keystone Safari website) is supposed to be "Helmeted Guineafowl." I also forgot Koi. Since I can't edit on here, here's the corrected species list.

Addax

African Lion (Barbary)

African Penguin (CS)

African Pygmy Hedgehog

Aldabra Tortoise

Alpaca

Bactrian Camel

Barn Owl

Bat-Eared Fox

Black Swan

Black-and-White Colobus Monkey

Corn Snake

Domestic Chicken (various breeds)

Domestic Duck (various breeds)

Domestic Pony (breed unspecified)

Domestic Rabbit (breed unspecified)

Dromedary Camel

Emu

Giant Anteater (CS)

Golden Pheasant

Great Pyrenees Dog (DNS)

Grévy's Zebra

Guinea Pig

Helmeted Guineafowl

Highpark Cow

Keel-billed Toucan

King Vulture

Koi

Kookaburra

Kunekune Pig

Lady Amherst's Pheasant

Llama

Mandrill

Mute Swan

Nigerian Dwarf Goat

North American Black Bear

Ostrich

Peter's Banded Skink

Pony

Reindeer

Reticulated Giraffe

Ring-Tailed Lemur

Scarlet Macaw

Scottish Highland Cow

Southern Double-wattled Cassowary

Southern Ground Hornbill (DNS)

Spotted Hyena

Sulcata Tortoise

Temminck's Tragopan

Turquoise-Fronted Amazon

White-naped Crane

White-necked Raven

Yak (DNS)

 

[TinoPup]

Species they had when I visited late 2020 that you didn't mention, I assume they no longer have?
Striped skunk
East African crowned crane
Green-winged macaw
Red-crested turaco
Grey peacock-pheasant

The colobus species is Guereza. The giraffes are generic mixes, not reticulated as signed.

The safari had
American Bison (regular and white)
Banteng
Blackbuck
Common eland
Elk
Emu
Fallow deer
Gayal
Grant's zebra
Greater rhea
Guanaco
Gyr cattle
Nilgai
Pere David's deer
Poitous donkey
Scimitar oryx
Waterbuck
Yak

 

[CleZooMan]

Species they had when I visited late 2020 that you didn't mention, I assume they no longer have?
Striped skunk
East African crowned crane
Green-winged macaw
Red-crested turaco
Grey peacock-pheasant

The colobus species is Guereza. The giraffes are generic mixes, not reticulated as signed.

The safari had
American Bison (regular and white)
Banteng
Blackbuck
Common eland
Elk
Emu
Fallow deer
Gayal
Grant's zebra
Greater rhea
Guanaco
Gyr cattle
Nilgai
Pere David's deer
Poitous donkey
Scimitar oryx
Waterbuck
Yak

Hi TinoPup,

Thank you for this! Where in the park were these species you mentioned? I did not see them at all or any signage for them. And thank you for the drive-thru list! The website mentions "Guanacos, Donkeys, Ponies, Highlander Cattle, Emu, Rhea, Gayal, Blackbuck, Nilgai, Pere David’s Deer, Fallow Deer, Bison, Yak, Gyr, Eland, Turkeys, Zebras, Elk and more!" And how were you able to determine that they have generic giraffe? Thank you so much!

Cheers,
CleZooMan

 

[TinoPup]

Striped skunk was next to the butterfly area. Macaw was with scarlet macaw. Crowned crane were in a big yard to the left/before reindeer barn. Turaco and peacock-pheasant were to the left of addax, across from mandrill. Should be photos of each in the media from me, as well. There likely aren't any pure reticulated giraffes in the USA at all, they're all generic zoo mixes.

 

[CleZooMan]

Striped skunk was next to the butterfly area. Macaw was with scarlet macaw. Crowned crane were in a big yard to the left/before reindeer barn. Turaco and peacock-pheasant were to the left of addax, across from mandrill. Should be photos of each in the media from me, as well. There likely aren't any pure reticulated giraffes in the USA at all, they're all generic zoo mixes.

I went to the butterfly area and there was definitely no striped skunks near it, no blue-and-gold macaws in with scarlet (turquoise-fronted Amazon were next to scarlet), no crowned crane near the reindeer (or anywhere) and no turaco and peacock-pheasant across from mandrill. All of which are species I would have loved to have seen, however, especially crowned crane since my home Cleveland Metroparks Zoo no longer has them.

I knew a lot of zoos have generic giraffe, but I wasn't aware about there likely being no pure reticulated! I wonder how many Masai giraffes are actually generic zoo mixes.

 

[TinoPup]

I went to the butterfly area and there was definitely no striped skunks near it, no blue-and-gold macaws in with scarlet (turquoise-fronted Amazon were next to scarlet), no crowned crane near the reindeer (or anywhere) and no turaco and peacock-pheasant across from mandrill. All of which are species I would have loved to have seen, however, especially crowned crane since my home Cleveland Metroparks Zoo no longer has them.

I knew a lot of zoos have generic giraffe, but I wasn't aware about there likely being no pure reticulated! I wonder how many Masai giraffes are actually generic zoo mixes.

Masai giraffes are pure.