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Zoo Boise - Species List (August 2025)
This is the first comprehensive species list for Zoo Boise to be posted on ZooChat! Zoo Boise, located in Julia Davis Park in downtown Boise, first opened in 1916 and is currently owned and operated by the City of Boise Parks and Recreation Department. I’ve put together a comprehensive species list for the collection, noting subspecies where appropriate to provide more taxonomic detail. With the exception of the invertebrates, I have followed the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species for all common and scientific names. For clarity, I have divided the collection based on the Zoo's major exhibitions. All mixed-species exhibits are grouped together as well.
Red Panda Passage
In an exhibit not accessible to the public, the Zoo also houses 1.0 variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) who shares a habitat with 0.1 Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi).
This is the first comprehensive species list for Zoo Boise to be posted on ZooChat! Zoo Boise, located in Julia Davis Park in downtown Boise, first opened in 1916 and is currently owned and operated by the City of Boise Parks and Recreation Department. I’ve put together a comprehensive species list for the collection, noting subspecies where appropriate to provide more taxonomic detail. With the exception of the invertebrates, I have followed the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species for all common and scientific names. For clarity, I have divided the collection based on the Zoo's major exhibitions. All mixed-species exhibits are grouped together as well.
Red Panda Passage
- Himalayan red panda (Ailurus fulgens fulgens)
- Chinese red panda (Ailurus fulgens styani)
- Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
- Sarus crane (Grus antigone)
- Serval (Leptailurus serval)
- Patas monkey (Erythrocebus patas)
- Giraffe (Giraffa sp.)
- Lion (Panthera leo)
- Bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis)
- Blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
- Spotted thick-knee (Burhinus capensis)
- Taveta golden weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
- Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)
- Southern ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
- Grevy's zebra (Equus grevyi)
- Kenyan sand boa (Eryx colubrinus)
- Lesser hedgehog tenrec (Echinops telfairi)
- Crested gecko (Correlophus ciliatus)
- Argentinean horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
- Mission golden-eyed treefrog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix)
- Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
- Inca tern (Larosterna inca)
- Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
- Great horned owl (Bubo virginianus)
- Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
- Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum)
- Pied crow (Corvus albus)
- Palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
- Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus)
- Speckled mousebird (Colius striatus)
- Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
- Zebra waxbill (Amandava subflava)
- Spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis)
- Vervet (Chlorocebus pygerythrus)
- Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
- Olive baboon (Papio anubis)
- Gorongosa girdled lizard (Smaug mossambicus)
- Common tropical house gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)
- Rough-scaled plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major)
- Red-legged kassina (Hylambates maculatus)
- White-spotted assassin bug (Platymeris biguttatus)
- African wild dog (Lycaon pictus)
- Common warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
- Southern ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri)
- Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
- Sloth bear (Melursus ursinus)
- Steller's sea-eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
- Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
- Maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus)
- Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
- Greater rhea (Rhea americana)
- Cydno longwing (Heliconius cydno)
- Red postman (Heliconius erato)
- Tiger longwing (Heliconius hecale)
- Ismenius tiger (Heliconius ismenius)
- Postman (Heliconius melpomene)
- Sara longwing (Heliconius sara)
- Ruby-spotted swallowtail (Heraclides anchisiades)
- King swallowtail (Heraclides thoas)
- Jazzy leafwing (Hypna clytemnestra)
- Disturbed tigerwing (Mechanitis polymnia)
- Tiger leafwing (Memphis eurypyle)
- Blue morpho (Morpho peleides)
- Blue wave (Myscelia cyaniris)
- Arcas cattleheart (Parides arcas)
- Iphidamas cattleheart (Parides iphidamas)
- Cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
- Giant silkworm moth (Rothschildia lebeau)
- Rusty-tipped page (Siproeta epaphus)
- Malachite (Siproeta stelenes)
- Tarricina longwing (Tithorea tarricina)
- Mexican sister (Adelpha fessonia)
- Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
- Banded peacock (Anartia fatima)
- White-angled sulphur (Anteos clorinde)
- Belus swallowtail (Battus belus)
- Yellow-edged giant owl (Caligo atreus)
- Forest giant owl (Caligo eurilochus)
- Pale owl (Caligo memnon)
- Blue-frosted banner (Catonephele numilia)
- Zebra mosaic (Colobura dirce)
- Tiger leafwing (Consul fabius)
- Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
- Banded orange heliconian (Dryadula phaetusa)
- Julia (Dryas iulia)
- Isabella longwing (Eueides isabella)
- Glasswing (Greta oto)
- Red cracker (Hamadryas amphinome)
- Variable cracker (Hamadryas feronia)
- Starry night cracker (Hamadryas laodamia)
- Zebra longwing (Heliconius charitonius)
- Domestic goat (Capra hircus)
In an exhibit not accessible to the public, the Zoo also houses 1.0 variegated spider monkey (Ateles hybridus) who shares a habitat with 0.1 Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi).
