Oregon Zoo Oregon Zoo Species List (4/1/2024)

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A full species list of the Oregon Zoo. Visited April 1, 2024.


Great Northwest

Northwest Trail
  • Rocky Mountain Goat
  • American Black Bear
  • Snowy Owl
  • Bald Eagle, White Sturgeon, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
  • Pacific Lamprey
  • Western Painted Turtle, Northwestern Pond Turtle
  • North American River Otter
  • American Beaver, Hooded Merganser, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck
  • Northwestern Garter Snake
  • Northern Alligator Lizard
  • Western Toad
  • Northern Rough-Skinned Newt
  • California Kingsnake
  • Green-Winged Teal, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Redhead, Hooded Merganser, Northern Shoveler, Ring-Necked Duck, Northern Pintail
  • Cougar

Condors Of The Columbia
  • California Condor

Family Farm
  • Domestic Goat
  • Domestic Guinea Pig
  • Desert Tortoise
  • Domestic Rabbit
  • Desert Tortoise
  • Western Screech Ow
  • Domestic Rabbit
  • Desert Tortoise
  • Leopard Tortoise

Pacific Shores

Polar Passage
  • Polar Bear
  • Polar Bear

Steller Cove
  • Harbor Seal
  • Sea Otter
  • Canary Rockfish, China Rockfish, Blue Rockfish, Brown Rockfish, Striped Surfperch, Tiger Rockfish, Bat Sea Star, Vermillion Sea Star, Giant Green Anemone, Spotted Red Anemone, Painted Anemone, Fish Eating Anemone, Red Sea Urchin

Penguinarium
  • Humboldt Penguin, Inca Tern, Grey Gull

Discovery Zone

Old Grottoes
  • Red Panda
  • Amur Tiger

Nature Exploration Station
  • Western Pond Turtle

Insect Zoo

  • Empty

  • Curly Hair Tarantula
  • Australian Walking Stick
  • Giant Hairy Scorpion, Blue Death Feigning Beetle
  • Darkling Beetle, Velvet Ant
  • Mexican Redknee Tarantula
  • Giant Thorny Walking Stick
  • White-Eyed Assassin Bug
  • Emperor Scorpion
  • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
  • Giant Malayan Stick Insect, Australian Walking Stick
  • Black Beauty Stick Insect
  • Vinegaroon
  • Pampas Tawny Red Tarantula
  • Tanzanian Giant Tailless Whip Scorpion
  • African Giant Millipede
  • Yellow-Bellied Flower Beetle
  • Pink Beauty Zebra Tarantula
  • Domino Roach
  • Empty
  • Empty
  • Giant Hairy Scorpion

Primate Forest
  • Bornean Orangutan, Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon
  • Chimpanzee

Elephant Lands
  • Asian Elephant
  • Asian Elephant
  • Asian Elephant

Africa

Predators Of The Serengeti
  • Lion
  • Ring-Tailed Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur
  • African Wild Dog
  • Cheetah
  • Crocodile Monitor
  • Black Tree Monitor
  • Common Dwarf Mongoose

Vollum Aviary
  • Great Argus, Blue-Bellied Roller, Crested Coua, Emerald Starling, Violet-Backed Staring, Golden-Breasted Starling, Nicobar Pigeon, Sihek Kingfisher, Hadada Ibis, African Pygmy Goose, Speckled Mousebird, Hamerkop, Spur-Winged Lapwing, Allen’s Gallinule

Rhino Ridge
  • Black Rhinoceros

African Savannah
  • Bontebok, Southern Ground Hornbill
  • African Spurred Tortoise
  • Masai Giraffe, Generic Giraffe, Speke’s Gazelle, Southern Ground Hornbill
  • Red-Tailed Monkey
  • Beautiful Fruit Dove, Black-Naped Fruit Dove, Blue-Bellied Roller, Crested Coua, Luzon Bleeding-Heart, Purple Glossy Starling, Tambourine Dove, Taveta Golden Weaver
  • Baja Blue Rock Lizard, African Pancake Tortoise, Egyptian Tortoise
  • African House Snake
  • Naked Mole-Rat

African Rainforest
  • African Crested Porcupine
  • Red-Bellied Piranha
  • African Burrowing Bullfrog
  • African Slender-Snouted Crocodile
  • Red-Footed Tortoise, African Plated Lizard
  • African Lungfish
  • Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Fulvous Whistling Duck, White Faced Whistling Duck, Waldrapp Ibis, African Spoonbill
  • Philippine Sailfin Lizard
  • Spotted Necked Otter
  • Rodriguez Bat, Egyptian Fruit Bat, Straw-Colored Fruit Bat
 
LycaonSekowei said:
A full species list of the Oregon Zoo. Visited April 1, 2024.


Great Northwest

Northwest Trail
  • Rocky Mountain Goat
  • American Black Bear
  • Snowy Owl
  • Bald Eagle, White Sturgeon, Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon
  • Pacific Lamprey
  • Western Painted Turtle, Northwestern Pond Turtle
  • North American River Otter
  • American Beaver, Hooded Merganser, Bufflehead, Ruddy Duck
  • Northwestern Garter Snake
  • Northern Alligator Lizard
  • Western Toad
  • Northern Rough-Skinned Newt
  • California Kingsnake
  • Green-Winged Teal, Wood Duck, Gadwall, Redhead, Hooded Merganser, Northern Shoveler, Ring-Necked Duck, Northern Pintail
  • Cougar

Condors Of The Columbia
  • California Condor

Family Farm
  • Domestic Goat
  • Domestic Guinea Pig
  • Desert Tortoise
  • Domestic Rabbit
  • Desert Tortoise
  • Western Screech Ow
  • Domestic Rabbit
  • Desert Tortoise
  • Leopard Tortoise

Pacific Shores

Polar Passage
  • Polar Bear
  • Polar Bear

Steller Cove
  • Harbor Seal
  • Sea Otter
  • Canary Rockfish, China Rockfish, Blue Rockfish, Brown Rockfish, Striped Surfperch, Tiger Rockfish, Bat Sea Star, Vermillion Sea Star, Giant Green Anemone, Spotted Red Anemone, Painted Anemone, Fish Eating Anemone, Red Sea Urchin

Penguinarium
  • Humboldt Penguin, Inca Tern, Grey Gull

Discovery Zone

Old Grottoes
  • Red Panda
  • Amur Tiger

Nature Exploration Station
  • Western Pond Turtle

Insect Zoo

  • Empty

  • Curly Hair Tarantula
  • Australian Walking Stick
  • Giant Hairy Scorpion, Blue Death Feigning Beetle
  • Darkling Beetle, Velvet Ant
  • Mexican Redknee Tarantula
  • Giant Thorny Walking Stick
  • White-Eyed Assassin Bug
  • Emperor Scorpion
  • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
  • Giant Malayan Stick Insect, Australian Walking Stick
  • Black Beauty Stick Insect
  • Vinegaroon
  • Pampas Tawny Red Tarantula
  • Tanzanian Giant Tailless Whip Scorpion
  • African Giant Millipede
  • Yellow-Bellied Flower Beetle
  • Pink Beauty Zebra Tarantula
  • Domino Roach
  • Empty
  • Empty
  • Giant Hairy Scorpion

Primate Forest
  • Bornean Orangutan, Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon
  • Chimpanzee

Elephant Lands
  • Asian Elephant
  • Asian Elephant
  • Asian Elephant

Africa

Predators Of The Serengeti
  • Lion
  • Ring-Tailed Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur
  • African Wild Dog
  • Cheetah
  • Crocodile Monitor
  • Black Tree Monitor
  • Common Dwarf Mongoose

Vollum Aviary
  • Great Argus, Blue-Bellied Roller, Crested Coua, Emerald Starling, Violet-Backed Staring, Golden-Breasted Starling, Nicobar Pigeon, Sihek Kingfisher, Hadada Ibis, African Pygmy Goose, Speckled Mousebird, Hamerkop, Spur-Winged Lapwing, Allen’s Gallinule

Rhino Ridge
  • Black Rhinoceros

African Savannah
  • Bontebok, Southern Ground Hornbill
  • African Spurred Tortoise
  • Masai Giraffe, Generic Giraffe, Speke’s Gazelle, Southern Ground Hornbill
  • Red-Tailed Monkey
  • Beautiful Fruit Dove, Black-Naped Fruit Dove, Blue-Bellied Roller, Crested Coua, Luzon Bleeding-Heart, Purple Glossy Starling, Tambourine Dove, Taveta Golden Weaver
  • Baja Blue Rock Lizard, African Pancake Tortoise, Egyptian Tortoise
  • African House Snake
  • Naked Mole-Rat

African Rainforest
  • African Crested Porcupine
  • Red-Bellied Piranha
  • African Burrowing Bullfrog
  • African Slender-Snouted Crocodile
  • Red-Footed Tortoise, African Plated Lizard
  • African Lungfish
  • Greater Flamingo, Lesser Flamingo, Fulvous Whistling Duck, White Faced Whistling Duck, Waldrapp Ibis, African Spoonbill
  • Philippine Sailfin Lizard
  • Spotted Necked Otter
  • Rodriguez Bat, Egyptian Fruit Bat, Straw-Colored Fruit Bat
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Thanks for posting this list! I used to visit the Oregon Zoo when I lived in the Portland area, but haven't been there since 2003. It's interesting to note the species no longer kept at the zoo two decades later. Back then I didn't keep a detailed list, but these are some animals that I remember the zoo used to have that are not there anymore:

  • Sun Bear
  • Hippopotamus
  • Reticulated Giraffe
  • Damara Zebra
  • Amur Leopard
  • Gray Wolf
  • Musk Ox
  • Roosevelt Elk
  • Marabou Stork
  • African Pygmy Goat
There also used to be an Elephant Museum with a fantastic mastodon skeleton dating back 7,000 years!
 
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Lori Patton said:
Thanks for posting this list! I used to visit the Oregon Zoo when I lived in the Portland area, but haven't been there since 2003. It's interesting to note the species no longer kept at the zoo two decades later. Back then I didn't keep a detailed list, but these are some animals that I remember the zoo used to have that are not there anymore:

  • Sun Bear
  • Hippopotamus
  • Reticulated Giraffe
  • Damara Zebra
  • Amur Leopard
  • Gray Wolf
  • Musk Ox
  • Roosevelt Elk
  • Marabou Stork
  • African Pygmy Goat
There also used to be an Elephant Museum with a fantastic mastodon skeleton dating back 7,000 years!
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There was signage for reticulated giraffes. I just listed “generic giraffe” because there’s no purebred reticulated (or rothschild’s) giraffes in the US, only Masai giraffe have a purebred population.

And I only listed “Domestic Goat” and not the breed of goat, they could’ve possibly been African Pygmies.
 
LycaonSekowei said:
There was signage for reticulated giraffes. I just listed “generic giraffe” because there’s no purebred reticulated (or rothschild’s) giraffes in the US, only Masai giraffe have a purebred population.

And I only listed “Domestic Goat” and not the breed of goat, they could’ve possibly been African Pygmies.
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That is interesting about there not being any purebred reticulated giraffes. I last saw them at the Oregon Zoo in 2001 so I don't know if the breeding status was different back then. At that time, the zoo only had reticulated giraffes and the marabou storks were also kept in the same yard for a mixed species exhibit.

Also, there was no family farm section as of the last time I visited in 2003. The African pygmy goats were located in the Africa area in an exhibit called a "kraal." There were no other animals housed with them and visitors could enter to interact with the goats. Once I went to the zoo on a weekday in the off-season when there weren't many people and I was able to go in with the goats all by myself. I was really surprised that there wasn't any staff present to oversee guests. I was alone with about a dozen little goats coming up to me wanting food, but alas I had none to give them!

The Predators of the Serengeti exhibit in your list sounds great. That was added since I moved away, but it would be my top pick to see if I came for a return visit!
 
Lori Patton said:
Thanks for posting this list! I used to visit the Oregon Zoo when I lived in the Portland area, but haven't been there since 2003. It's interesting to note the species no longer kept at the zoo two decades later. Back then I didn't keep a detailed list, but these are some animals that I remember the zoo used to have that are not there anymore:

  • Sun Bear
  • Hippopotamus
  • Reticulated Giraffe
  • Damara Zebra
  • Amur Leopard
  • Gray Wolf
  • Musk Ox
  • Roosevelt Elk
  • Marabou Stork
  • African Pygmy Goat
There also used to be an Elephant Museum with a fantastic mastodon skeleton dating back 7,000 years!
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They have also phased out Sumatran Orangutan and Caracal in the past few years.
 
Lori Patton said:
That is interesting about there not being any purebred reticulated giraffes. I last saw them at the Oregon Zoo in 2001 so I don't know if the breeding status was different back then
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Zoos often sign generic giraffes as either Reticulated or Rothschild's Giraffes, so those giraffes were likely generic as well.
 
Thanks very much for the list. These days Oregon Zoo has just over 130 different species not including domestics or a few anemones. There's certainly been a lot less species kept compared to past years, and I once compared Oregon Zoo to Phoenix Zoo. Both have geographical loops of native species that are arguably the best part of each zoo, both zoos can take approximately 4-5 hours to walk around, and both are major attractions with impressive annual visitor numbers.

However, Phoenix Zoo has a comprehensive Arizona Trail loop that contains approximately 105 species just in that one section of the zoo. Overall, Phoenix has more than double the number of species in comparison to Oregon, and a larger acreage, and seems to pack a lot into its grounds. I still like Oregon Zoo a great deal and the following can come across as a little harsh, but here's what I wrote on my Snowleopard's 2023 Road Trip thread:

I suppose that Oregon is a representation of modern zoos in general. Elephant Lands is 6 acres of the zoo for a single species, and the construction of Polar Passage saw the disappearance of Sun Bears, Visayan Warty Pigs and Babirusa from the collection. Rhino Ridge saw Common Hippos depart. The addition of Spotted-necked Otters saw two primate species leave. The overhaul of the Primate Forest complex has left the zoo with three species and gone are Mandrills, assorted Tamarins, Northern Tree Shrews and the entire Amazon Flooded Forest complex that held species such as Ocelot, White-faced Saki, Pygmy Marmoset, Green Anaconda, Agouti, and quite a few turtles and fish.

Oregon Zoo is a bit of an enigma. There’s been a tremendous amount of construction during the past 15 years, and a huge turnover in staff, and for sure it’s a solid ABC zoo. My big complaint would be that the Great Northwest zone is still the best thing there in terms of the quality and immersive feel of the animal habitats. It’s not a surprise that Oregon failed to make the cut in the thread ‘America’s 50 Must See Zoos’ or have anything in the ‘America’s 100 Must See Exhibits’ because most of the new stuff at Oregon Zoo has a cookie-cutter, generic feel to it. The Insect Zoo is the smallest room out of the 10 or so in the whole Education Center complex, smaller than even the classrooms. Why not make it double the size and actually incorporate some interesting exhibits and graphics? The Polar Bear area is a mish-mash of styles and is okay for the bears but really isn’t large enough if one looks to the long-term. Rhino Ridge is a bust and will likely be overhauled if an African Savanna gets the greenlight. The Chimpanzees benefited the most, but even their new outdoor enclosure is very utilitarian with its steel beams and ladders. Oregon Zoo was an enjoyable 4 hours for me, and I hate to be too critical, but it does feel a little bit watered-down these days and has gone the way of Woodland Park in Seattle. I’m guessing that the average Muggle will walk around Oregon and see the elephants, bears, rhinos and plethora of ice cream stands and be enthralled, but from a veteran zoo nerd’s perspective it’s definitely lost some of its mojo. Good zoo? Yes! Great zoo? No way.
 
Yeah, while it's not a bad zoo, it's not an exceptional one. It's just a fine zoo to visit if you wanna see some cool animals. It was a blast seeing the baby orangutan swing around her exhibit, and seeing one of the elephants playing in the large pool was a highlight.
 
Lori Patton said:
Thanks for posting this list! I used to visit the Oregon Zoo when I lived in the Portland area, but haven't been there since 2003. It's interesting to note the species no longer kept at the zoo two decades later. Back then I didn't keep a detailed list, but these are some animals that I remember the zoo used to have that are not there anymore:

  • Sun Bear
  • Hippopotamus
  • Reticulated Giraffe
  • Damara Zebra
  • Amur Leopard
  • Gray Wolf
  • Musk Ox
  • Roosevelt Elk
  • Marabou Stork
  • African Pygmy Goat
There also used to be an Elephant Museum with a fantastic mastodon skeleton dating back 7,000 years!
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Don't forget the free-roaming Indian Peafowl they used to have these too.
 
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