Greenville Zoo Greenville Zoo Species List - June 2025

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Greenville Zoo Species List as of 06/07/2025

Accreditation with the Association Of Zoos And Aquariums. The zoo is 65 years old.
The zoo occupies only 14 acres. For such a small zoo it is well maintained with plenty of mature plantings.
I’ve read negative comments that they don’t have many large mammals such as elephants or hoof stock. Well, as members of the AZA, they just don’t have any existing exhibits that are large enough to properly care for those larger animals. I also read of negative comments that there were many closed exhibits because of renovation. My question is, how can you renovate exhibits without closing them temporarily. Many of those exhibits have reopened in the past few months. A zoo's primary function is no longer entertainment but is now conservation.
Some of the exhibits are a bit older, but in the past several years they have been updating several of their exhibits and are planning on adding some new exhibits. They have plans to completely renovate their entrance plaza, concessions and gift shop area. They are also planning to completely remake their farmyard area.

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Because I am a member of this zoo, I go often, and I will try to update this list with any changes during the year.
I also have been putting together a pictorial tour of the zoo, and I shall post it hopefully soon.

PAMPAS EXHIBIT
Large open outdoor yard with a small waterfall and pond.
Greater Rhea
Southern Screamer

PRIMATE ROW
(Each Have Indoor and Outdoor Exhibits-Indoor have glass viewing panels)
Columbian Black Spider Monkey

Black and White Ruffed Lemur

Angolan Colobus Monkey

Schmidt’s Red-Tailed Guenon

EKTOPIA!
(Small Reptile And Amphibian Building)
The Following Are Exhibited In Large Glass Enclosures
Giant Madagascar Day Gecko
Spider Tortoise

Timber Rattlesnake
Northern Copperhead

The Following Are Exhibited In Various Sized Terrariums
Amazon Basin Emerald Tree Boa

Eastern Box Turtle

Blue-Tongued Skink

Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle

Royal or Ball Python

Madagascar Hissing Cockroach

Chilean Rose Tarantula

Spotted Turtle

Oriente Knight Anole

Emperor Scorpion

Golfodulcean Poison Frog

Solomon Islands Leaf Frog

Empty Terrarium

The Following Are Exhibited In Large Glass Enclosures
Prehensile-Tailed Skink

Burmese Python (Albino)

Red-Footed Tortoise
Rhinoceros Iguana

Eastern Rat Snake
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake

AFRICA
Open outdoor exhibit with large glass viewing panels.
African Painted Dog

Moderate sized paddock
Masai Giraffe

Open outdoor yard with glass-fronted indoor viewing.
Aldabra Giant Tortoise (Outdoor/Indoor Exhibits)
Cape Porcupine (Outdoor/Indoor Exhibits)

Screened outdoor exhibit with large glass viewing panels
Bat-Eared Fox
Rüppell’s Griffon Vulture

ASIA
Bornean Orangutan (Has covered viewing of the outside exhibit with very large glass panels)

Amur Leopard (Outdoor/Indoor Exhibits with glass viewing panels)

Red Panda (Outdoor/Indoor Exhibits)

Eurasian Eagle Owl (Flight Aviary)

SOUTH AMERICA
Flight Aviary
Harris’s Hawk

Ocelot (Outdoor/Indoor Exhibits)

Flight Aviary
Sun Conure
Northern Helmeted Curassow
Plush-Crested Jay

THE LAGOON

Small pond fed by a natural stream
Chilean Flamingo
Mallard Duck (Wild Resident)

Medium sized yard with a pond. The exhibit has both above and below water viewing.
American Alligator

This exhibit is currently scheduled to be completely renovated by summers 2026.
BARN EXHIBIT
Open Outdoor Yards
African Dwarf Goat (Temporarily moved to the Africa Plaza Area)

Kunekune Pig

Several unoccupied exhibits

Medium Flight Aviary
Barred Owl

I was told that they also have numerous ambassador animals that are not on exhibit to the public.

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Total Animals
Mammals: 14
Birds: 10
Reptiles: 21
Amphibians: 2
Invertebrates: 3
 

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When I asked one of the keepers, they sent them to another facility based on an AZA breeding recommendation.
Whether or not it was related to accreditation, I won't speculate. I try to stick to what I was told.
If it was that, then they did a good thing, what we all want is zoos to do their absolute best for the animals in their care.
They moved the Eurasian Eagle Owl to the Siamangs old exhibit, because they completely renovated the Red Panda exhibit and gave them more space.
 
I have a quick update for the Greenville Zoo.
They had to send the Cape Porcupines to another facility.
They tried to create a mixed exhibit for them and the Aldabra Tortoises.
But unffortunately the Porcupines were "sharpening their teeth" using the shells of the Tortoises.
And because they had no empty exhibits available they decided to move the Porcupines.
 
6f5e4d said:
While the zoo used to have Bornean orangutans, nowadays they have Sumatran orangutans instead. The signage wasn't updated for a while, but they did eventually fix that to more accurately reflect which species was inside.
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Yes, that is correct. I forgot to update my list.
 
The unoccupied area of the farm used to belong to chickens. But the chickens were phased out due to predation from red-tailed hawks.
 
In the lagoon, there are also some red-bellied sliders and yellow-bellied sliders. Might be the last noteworthy addition for now.
 
Nah, that's supposed to be an Amur leopard. Jaguars and leopards are kind of hard to tell apart sometimes.
 
The eastern rat snake in Ektopia, worth noting, isn't the naturally light-colored species with stripes on its body, but the species that is also known as a black rat snake. It's leucistic, hence why it is lighter in color.
 
If I want to update my species list, do I have to resubmit the whole list or is there a way to modify the one already posted?
 
As covered in the news threads, the helmeted curassow died, and currently, there are no more pygmy goats, as the last one left the zoo. Those might be the only other updates of note right now.
 
Real shame that the goats are gone, freeing up the former tortoise enclosure, just after they got rid of the porcupines due to not having a free enclosure.
 
6f5e4d said:
Nah, that's supposed to be an Amur leopard. Jaguars and leopards are kind of hard to tell apart sometimes.
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I guess I'm so use to going to zoos, I don't find it hard to tell the difference. The body shape and heads are much different and the rosettes are different.
 
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