Detroit Zoo Detroit Zoo Species List October 2025

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Few major updates since last year, and next year will have many more! Here’s the updated species list for the Detroit Zoo:

Polk Penguin Conservation Center-

1. King Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, Macaroni Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin

Ron Kagan Wildlife Interpretive Gallery-

Butterfly Garden-

1. Smooth-banded Sister, Mexican Sister, Belus Swallowtail, Gold Rim Swallowtail, Red Rim, Grecian Shoemaker, Mexican Shoemaker, Zebra Mosaic, Crimson Patch, Glasswing, Agalla Clearwing, Red Cracker, Starry Night Cracker, Juno Longwing, Mexican Bluewing, Orange Tiger, Gray Cracker, Variable Cracker, Orange Cracker, Blue Wave, Mexican Bluewing, Blue Morpho, White Morpho, Pale Owl, Narrow-banded Owl, Broad-banded Swallowtail, Ruby-spotted Swallowtail, Torquatus Swallowtail, Ruby-spotted Swallowtail, Arcas Cattleheart, Iphidamas Cattleheart, Pink-spotted Cattleheart, Montezuma Cattleheart, Zebra Longwing, Small Postman, Postman, Cyndo Longwing, Sapho Longwing, Hecale Longwing, Doris Longwing, Hewison's Longwing, Scarce Bamboo Page, Large Tiger, Cream-colored Tigerwing, Malachite, Rusty-tipped Page, Disturbed Tigerwing, Purple King Shoemaker, Harmonia Tigerwing, Isabella's Longwing, Julia Longwing, Mexican Longwing, Tiger Leafwing, Marbled Longwing, Scarlet Leafwing, Common Olive Wing, Apricot Sulphur

Matilda Wilson Free Flight Aviary-

1. Blue-Throated Macaw

2. Scarlet Ibis, Sunbittern, Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush, American Robin, Spur-Winged Lapwing, Common Bulbul, Oriole Warbler, Black Crake, Black-Naped Fruit Dove, Jambu Fruit Dove, Gray-Capped Emerald Dove, Bleeding-Heart Dove, Boat-Billed Heron, Green Heron, Green Woodhoopoe, White-Headed Buffalo Weaver, African Pygmy Goose, Superb Starling, Red-Billed Leiothrix, Hooded Pitta, Nicobar Pigeon, Speckled Mousebird, Violet Turaco, Tanger Hybrid, Turquoise Tanager, Blue-Gray Tanager, Taveta Golden Weaver, Crimson-Backed Tanager

Cotton Family Wetlands

1. North American River Otter

2. North American Beaver

3. Trumpeter Swan (wild cormorants, turtles, waterfowl, herons, and fish can also be seen)

National Amphibian Conservation Center

1. Anatolia Newt
2. Lake Titicaca Frog
3. Mossy Frog, Emperor Newt, Anderson’s Crocodile Newt
4. Red-Eyed Tree Frog, Northern Orange-Legged Leaf Frog
5. Axolotl
6. Empty Habitat (Smooth Sided Toad, On Construction)
7. Pumpkinseed Fish
8. Golden Mantella, Bernhard’s Mantella, Betsileo’s Mantella, Blue-Legged Mantella, Splendid Mantella
9. Blue-Spotted Salamander
10. Hellbender
11. Spiny-Headed Tree Frog
12. Emperor Spotted Newt
13. Ornate Horned Frog
14. Panamanian Golden Frog, Granular Glass Frog
15. Mimic Dart Frog
16. Yellow-Banded Poison Dart Frog, Green and Black Dart-Poison Frog, Blue Dart-Poison Frog
17. Smoky Jungle Frog
18. Guenther’s Traingle Frog
19. Fringed Leaf Frog
20. Empty Habitat (African Clawed Frog, On Construction)
21. Japanese Giant Salamander
22. Puerto Rican Crested Toad, Cuban Tree Frog
23. Striped Newt, Dwarf Siren, Cherry Shrimp
24. Kihansi Spray Toad
25. Empty Habitat (Wyoming Toad, On Construction)

Holden Reptile Conservation Center-

1. Santa Catalina Island Rattlesnake
2. Wood Turtle
3. Chinese Alligator
4. Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
5. Scheltopusik
6. Green Tree Python
7. South African Rock Python
8. Eastern Indigo Snake
9. Aruba Island Rattlesnake
10. Eastern Box Turtle, Black Rat Snake
11. Mexican Lance-Headed Rattlesnake
12. Emerald Tree Boa
13. Fiji Banded Iguana
14. Reticulated Python
15. Rhinoceros Viper
16. Fly River Turtle
17. Prehensile-Tailed Skink
18. San Esteban Island Chuckwalla
19. Sonoran Spiny-Tailed Iguana, Beaded Lizard
20. Matamata Turtle, Yellow Spotted Side Necked Turtle
21. Empty Habitat (Former Fly River Turtle)
22. Sahara Spiny-Tailed Lizard, Spider Tortoise, Egyptian Tortoise
23. Star Tortoise
24. McCord’s Box Turtle
25. Black Tree Monitor
26. Indo-Chinese Spitting Cobra
27. Pancake Tortoise, Giant Plated Lizard
28. Savu Island Python
29. Jamaican Boa
30. Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
31. Coahuila Box Turtle
32. Dwarf Caiman

Asian Forest-

1. Cinereous Vulture, Lappet-Faced Vulture
2. Domestic Bactrian Camel, White Lipped Deer
3. Nepalese Red Panda
4. Nepalese Red Panda
5. Amur Tiger

Great Apes of Harambee-

1. Allen’s Swamp Monkey, Schmidt’s Guenon
2. Western Lowland Gorilla
3. Western Lowland Gorilla (Indoor)
4. Chimpanzee (Indoor)
5. Chimpanzee

African Forest

1. Greater Rhea, Sandhill Crane
2. White-Naped Crane
3. Turkey Vulture
4. Greater Flamingo, White Stork, African Spoonbill, Chilean Flamingo
5. Miniature Donkey (Temporary)

African Grasslands-

1. Common Eland, Common Ostrich
2. African Spurred Tortoise, White Stork, American White Pelican
3. Aardvark
4. Generic Giraffe
5. Grevy’s Zebra, Eastern White Bearded Wildebeest
6. Common Warthog
7. Southern White Rhinoceros
8. Japanese Macaque
9. African Lion
10. Ring Tailed Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur, Crowned Lemur
11. Empty Habitat (former rock python)
12. Hoffman’s Two Toed Sloth, African Straw Colored Fruit Bat
13. Ring Tailed Lemur, Red Ruffed Lemur, Crowned Lemur (Indoor)
14. Speckled Mousebird

Australian Outback Adventure-

1. Southern Cassowary
2. Red Kangaroo, Red Necked Wallaby

American Grasslands-

1. Sloth Bear
2. Grey Wolf
3. Empty Habitat (former prairie dog)
4. Bald Eagle
5. American Bison
6. European Wolverine
7. Grizzly Bear

Arctic Ring of Life-

1. Polar Bear
2. Southern Sea Otter
3. Polar Bear

Free Roaming-

Indian Peafowl

 

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Schmidt’s Guenon

The two individuals (Nafis & Nhala 1.1) of Schmidt's Guenon have recently left the collection. There is two swamp monkeys (Azizi & Pepper 1.1) still in the habitat; likely the mix didn't work well.

 

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According to the Detroit Zoo's website, Japanese Macaques are kept in the Asian Forest.

 

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According to the Detroit Zoo's website, Japanese Macaques are kept in the Asian Forest.

Well yes, the website is currently a mess with the construction for the upcoming "Discovery Trails" and the recent rebrand. Many species are incorrectly labeled on both the site and geographically, with species like cinereous vultures stated to be in the americas and swamp monkeys in asia. By the zoo's locations of section; they would be in Africa.