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dcpandafan

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Hello everyone! Panda here (or Andrew since that's my real name).

I've seen people do this for other facilities and I thought why not do one for the National Zoo? So, that's exactly what i'm doing! Just a warning. I will only include ones that i'm confident I can complete, so the Bird house and Reptiles will not be included. But if anyone does believe they can complete those two then let me know. Also. Please let me know if I missed anything.

& = I don't know the exact species.

^ = Not 100% the zoo still has this species or if they've gone on exhibit yet.


Amazonia

Arapaima

Pacu &

Red-Bellied Piranha

Discus

Whiptail Catfish

Blue Whale Catfish

Panda Cory

Red Footed Tortoise

Roseate Spoonbill

Red-Bellied Titi ^

Goeldi's Monkey

Panamanian Golden Frogs

Various Poison Frogs

Rubber Eel (Typhlonectes natans)

Tiger Salamander

Eastern Red-Spotted Newt

Brazilian Rainbow Boa

River Stingrays &

Mata Mata

Arrau Turtle

Goliath Birdeater

Multiple other Tarantulas &

Sunbittern

American Trail


California Sea Lion

Gray Seal

Harbor Seal

Bald Eagle

Gray Wolf

Hooded Merganser

North American Beaver

Common Raven

North American River Otter

Asia Trail

Asian Elephant

Giant Panda

Red Pandas (Temporarily at the Small Mammal House)

Japanese Giant Salamander

Asian Small Clawed Otter

Fishing Cat

Clouded Leopard

Sloth Bear

Cheetah Conservation Station

Cheetah

Grevys Zebra

Scimitar Horned Oryx

Dama Gazelle

Ruffles Griffon Vulture

Sitatunga

Red River Hogs

Lesser Kudu

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill

Great Apes


Western Lowland Gorilla

Bornean Orangutan

Hybrid Orangutan

Great Cats


African Lion

Sumatran Tiger

Caracal

Bobcat

Kids Farm (currently closed to the public)

Alpacas

Holstein Cow

Hereford Cow

Miniature Mediterranean Donkey

Nigerian Dwarf goat

San Clemente Island goat

Ossabaw Island hog

Chickens

Small Mammal House

Northern Tree Shrew

Golden Lion Tamarin

Golden Headed Lion Tamarin

Meerkat

Fennec Fox

Sand Cat

Degu

Short-Eared Elephant Shrew

Southern Tamandua

Rock Hyrax

Chinchilla

Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec ^

Agouti &

Dwarf Mongoose

Banded Mongoose

Prevost's Squirrel

Striped Skunk

Rock Cavy ^

Pale-Headed Saki

Naked Mole-Rat

Damaraland Mole-Rat

Greater Hedgehog Tenrec

Southern Three-Banded Armadillo

Screaming Hairy Armadillo

Greater Mouse Deer

Malagasy Jumping Rat

Woylie

Black-Footed Ferret

Black-Tailed Prairie Dog

Red Ruffed Lemur

Prehensile-Tailed Porcupine

Coppery Titi

Black Howler Monkey

Geoffroy's Marmoset

Red Pandas (temporary)

Lemur Island

Ring-Tailed Lemur

Black and White Ruffed Lemur ^

Red-Fronted Lemur ^

Gibbon Ridge

White Cheeked Gibbon

Siamang

Think Tank


Bornean Orangutan

Hybrid Orangutan

Red-Tailed Monkeys

Allens Swamp Monkeys

Brown Rat

Hermit Crabs

American Bison

American Bison (Who would've guessed that? :p)

Animals not included in any specific exhibit

Giant Anteater

North American Porcupine

Spectacled Bear

Przewalski's Horse

Thank you for taking a look and have a good day!

Also please let me know if I missed any species or if you can do the Bird House and Reptiles because I can't! Thank you in advance.

Also sorry for any grammar mistakes.
 
Red-bellied titi are on exhibit. Lesser hedgehog tenrec are on exhibit but greater are not. Both lemurs you list as ^ are on exhibit. You missed some of the amphibians, coral, invertebrates, and fish in the exit to Amazonia. I'll do the reptile and bird house for you tomorrow. Great list!
 
jayjds2 said:
Red-bellied titi are on exhibit. Lesser hedgehog tenrec are on exhibit but greater are not. Both lemurs you list as ^ are on exhibit. You missed some of the amphibians, coral, invertebrates, and fish in the exit to Amazonia. I'll do the reptile and bird house for you tomorrow. Great list!
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You saw the Black and white and Red Fronted Lemurs? Well nice to know the zoo still has them.

Also. I got confused because the zoos website list both Greater and Lesser Hedgedog Tenrecs and its been a while since i've gone so I didn't which they had.

I really only know a lot about mammals. Which is why I remember them the best.

Also a thank you in advance for doing the bird and reptiles!
 
On second thought not entirely sure about red fronted, but definitely saw bw ruffed. If greater hedgehog tenrec was there, it wasn't signed, and in fact the sign said "small hedgehog tenrec" which I assume to be lesser. I'll do those two in a few minutes (well, start doing. It may take a while). Also, my lists won't be 100% accurate, I didn't take pictures of the signs. If I take a really long time to post, assume that I got to Baltimore and am at the aquarium so I'm distracted. :)
 
Bird House:

-no particular order-

Socorro dove (x2)

Cattle egret

Southern masked weaver

Blue naped mousebird

Green winged teal

Ringed teal

Coastal plain swamp sparrow

Southern swamp sparrow

Roseate spoonbill

Pheasant pigeon

Pileated woodpecker

Scarlet macaw

Blue-grey tanager

North Island brown kiwi

Red-capped Cardinal (x3)

Crested oropendola

Indian peafowl

Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill

Guira cuckoo

Mandarin duck

Whistling duck&

Baltimore oriole (x2)

White faced chickadee

White faced ibis

Elegant crested tinamou

Golden bellies grosbeak

Burrowing owl

Micronesian kingfisher (x2)

Outside the bird house:

Mallard (x5)

Kori bustard (x4)

Blue crane (x5)

Whooping crane

American flamingo

Double wattled cassowary

Greater rhea (x2)

Emu

Common Raven

Barred owl

Blue billed curassow

King vulture

I think that's all but there may be a few more.

Reptile house outdoors:

American alligator

Tomistoma

Chinese alligator

Komodo dragon

Tortoises (didn't say how many, but radiated, Galapagos, and Aldabra I believe)

Reptile house indoors:

African plated lizard

Prehensile tailed skink

Everglades ratsnake

Green crested basilisk

Ridgetail monitor

Northern blue tongued skink

Northern pine snake

False water cobra

Madagascar day gecko

Lined gecko

Taylor's cantil

Leaf tailed gecko

Indian flapshell turtle

Lemur frog

Three-banded box turtle

Indochinese box turtle

McCord's box turtle

Northern copperhead

Rhinoceros snake

Common kingsnake

Fiji island iguana

Tokay gecko

European glass lizard

Eastern indigo snake

Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle

Boa constrictor

New Caledonia giant gecko

Western diamondback rattlesnake

Eyelash palm viper

Corn snake

Black-headed Python

Mexican lance headed rattlesnake

Gray-banded kingsnake

Banded rock rattlesnake

Common musk turtle

Vietnamese mossy frog

Australian big-headed turtle

Lowland leopard frog

Emperor newt

Coronated Treefrog

Spotted turtle

Chameleon forest dragon

Veiled chameleon

Philippine crocodile

Emerald tree monitor

Painted terrapin

Alligator snapping turtle

Cuban crocodile (x3)

Gharial

Central American bushmaster

King cobra

Gila monster

Tentacled snake (and feeder goldfish)

Mata Mata

Pig nosed turtle

Australian snake-necked turtle

Gaboon viper

Timor Python

Spider tortoise (x2)

Radiated tortoise

Galapagos tortoise

Aldabra tortoise

Impressed tortoise

Pancake tortoise

Grand Cayman iguana

Golden mantella

Green and black poison frog

Panamanian golden frog

Jewels of Appalachia Exhibit and Lab:

Salamanders (four species, not signed well)

Japanese Giant Salamander Lab (seen through a window in a door):

Japanese Giant Salamander (x3, only one easily visible though)

I'll do the other part of Amazonia later, I have signs for the IDs. Now it's time for me to go see two AZA exhibit awards. Yay!
 
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jayjds2 said:
On second thought not entirely sure about red fronted, but definitely saw bw ruffed. If greater hedgehog tenrec was there, it wasn't signed, and in fact the sign said "small hedgehog tenrec" which I assume to be lesser. I'll do those two in a few minutes (well, start doing. It may take a while). Also, my lists won't be 100% accurate, I didn't take pictures of the signs. If I take a really long time to post, assume that I got to Baltimore and am at the aquarium so I'm distracted. :)
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The "smal hedgehog tenrec" is a lesser tenrec. They also still have the red fronted lemurs. They have 5 ring tail, 2 black and white, 2 red fronted and 3 or 4 red ruffed.
 
jayjds2 said:
Tortoises (didn't say how many, but radiated, Galapagos, and Aldabra I believe)
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They have impressed, radiated, aldabra and spider. Also they have more than two spider tortoise. I think the babies are the ones on display and the parents have an exhibit that's just in the wall like all the others.


Jewels of Appalachia Exhibit and Lab:

Salamanders (four species, not signed well)
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Green, Red, Eastern Red Backed and Long Tailed salamanders are the species on display.

They do have signage that tells you the species. Its a video screen that you can press an arrow and it will show the species.
 
All of those species go outside? I saw them all inside but didn't expect them outside. I didn't pay much attention to the salamanders of Appalachia- this will be my home zoo if everything goes as expected so I'd get to see them again. There were far too many children in that building and I wanted to steamroll all of them- or at least the screaming ones. As for spider tortoises, they are on display in two places. Babies are on display in the first hallway of the building. Adults are in the same "greenhouse" as radiated tortoises but are on an elevated section of their own. Will do the rest of Amazonia after I sort out a few things from today's trips.
 
jayjds2 said:
All of those species go outside? I saw them all inside but didn't expect them outside.
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If you mean the Tortoise well no the only ones that can go outside are the ones in the big enclosure.

If you mean the Lemurs well all but the Red Ruffed which live exclusively at the Small Mammal House.
 
Sorry for not being clear, I meant the tortoises. I figured that it was just the generic Galapagos/Aldabra but didn't want to give incorrect info.
 
Exit of Amazonia:

Amphibians-

African Clawed Frog

Western Tiger Caecilian

Caecilian&

Dyeing Poison Frog

Blue Poison Frog

Yellow-Banded Poison Frog

Oriental Fire-Bellied Toad

Gray Treefrog

Fowler's Toad

Newt&

Frog Lab-

Panamanian Golden Frog (many exhibits)

Coral Lab

Warty Frog Fish

Orange Cup-Anemone

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Tube Anemone

Occelaris Clownfish

Zoanthids

Thin Birdsnest Coral

Cauliflower Coral

Sinularia

Pulsing Xenia

Plate Coral

Gorgonian

Hammer Coral

Staghorn Coral

Capricornis

Smooth Cauliflower Coral

Whisker Coral

Porcelain Crab

Hermit Crab

Giant Clam

Brittle Star

Fire Shrimp

Scarlet Cleaner Shrimp

Also one more species of coral. I think that's all- between me and panda, I think we have it all covered.
 
Ok I went again today (why not? It's free and I had time) so I took photos of the signs in the reptile house. I think there's a few still missing from the bird house but I added some species there as well.
 
is Smithsonian Zoo the only zoo to exhibit Coppery Titi? ive never seen signs for this species at any other zoo that ive been to. thanks
 
jusko88 said:
is Smithsonian Zoo the only zoo to exhibit Coppery Titi? ive never seen signs for this species at any other zoo that ive been to. thanks
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There is one left, signed as coppery titi in the Small Mammal House. It's about 30 years old, according to a volunteer I spoke with. I believe it's the only one in the US.
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Jayjds2 said this.

Also a quick correction. Once again according to Jayjds2 the zoo has white eared titi in the Amazonia and not red bellied titi.
 
Ok thanks to much googling, I found out that Santa Ana Zoo has "Red Titi." Not sure how many, but they said they received it(them) in 2009.
 
jayjds2 said:
Also, you left out Von der Decken's Hornbill and Burrowing Owl in the Small Mammal House.
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I was gonna add them but its not letting me edit the post.

Also I want to apologize for putting "Ruffles" instead of "Rüppell's " for the vulture.

:o
 
jayjds2 said:
Bird House:

-no particular order-

Socorro dove (x2)

Cattle egret

Southern masked weaver

Blue naped mousebird

Green winged teal

Ringed teal

Coastal plain swamp sparrow

Southern swamp sparrow

Roseate spoonbill

Pheasant pigeon

Pileated woodpecker

Scarlet macaw

Blue-grey tanager

North Island brown kiwi

Red-capped Cardinal (x3)

Crested oropendola

Indian peafowl

Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill

Guira cuckoo

Mandarin duck

Whistling duck&

Baltimore oriole (x2)

White faced chickadee

White faced ibis

Elegant crested tinamou

Golden bellies grosbeak

Burrowing owl

Micronesian kingfisher (x2)

Outside the bird house:

Mallard (x5)

Kori bustard (x4)

Blue crane (x5)

Whooping crane

American flamingo

Double wattled cassowary

Greater rhea (x2)

Emu

Common Raven

Barred owl

Blue billed curassow

King vulture

I think that's all but there may be a few more.
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the list is almost complete:) In the Bird House there are (as of today) also labels for Silver-beaked Tanager, Sun Bittern, Blue-winged Teal, and White-cheek Pintail, though today I only saw the last two species. Also the Macaw is not Scarlet, but Green-winged. Outside the Bird House you missed Seriema, Scarlet Ibis, and Roseate Spoonbill, and also Redhead Ducks with the Flamingos. Also the Big Flight Cage only has very few species left: Northern Cardinal, Gray Catbird, Hooded Merganser, Wood Duck, and American Black Duck
 
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