For the past few days, I have been on a road trip from Kansas City all the way to North Carolina on the east coast, where I will be living for the next few years. I had time to stop at one zoo of my choice, on the way there, so I chose Cincinnati. And as much as I wanted to, I couldn't stay there all day since we had to get back on the road. I was only able to stay there for 4 hours, so yet again, there are some exhibits or areas of the zoo that I have excluded on this list.
Roo Valley: The line to this place was absolutely ridiculous, and it probably would've taken about an hour just to see the animals. I know they had Red and Western Gray Kangaroos, along with Little Blue Penguins and multiple species of ducks. The long wait combined with the low number of species present in this area made me move on to other areas that weren't so crowded.
Cat Canyon, Elephant Reserve, Spaulding Children's Zoo, & Blakely's Barnyard Bonanza: I had to skip these areas of the zoo due to time restraints. I wanted to visit them, but since I got to these areas only a few hours away from closing time, I walked past them so I had time to see other parts of the zoo.
P&G Discovery Forest & Harold C. Schott Education Center: To be honest, I didn't even see this part of the zoo until I was looking over the map while making this thread. Are there any animals exhibited here?
Miscellaneous Exhibits: These are the exhibits that I missed by mistake or ones that I had to gloss over due to time restraints. According to the map, they don't seem to be part of any major sections and as far as I know, seem to be placed in random spots around the zoo. They include:
- Galápagos Tortoise exhibit behind Bald Eagle exhibit.
- Wolf Woods
- African Penguin exhibit
- Red Panda exhibit
- Okapi, Bongo, Zebra, and (Greater?) Flamingo exhibit
Excluding the exhibits I mentioned above, every other exhibit will be included on this list. On another note, I'm sorry if I miss any species. I try to write down every single species I see, but sometimes I forget to write down animals I don't see.
Red Text: Animal Off-Exhibit/No-Show
Blue Text: Present, but missing signage
Regular Text: Animal present on my visit
Species sharing an exhibit will be written on the same line.
These animals are listed in order from when you first enter the exhibit, from when you exit.
This list is accurate as of 7/2/21.
Reptile House:
Large Center Exhibit: Chinese Alligator
Terrariums:
Quince Monitor
Hellbender
Lake Titicaca Frog
Boa Constrictor, Emerald Tree Boa, Dyeing Dart Frog, Green-And-Black Poison Dart Frog
Pascagoula Map Turtle
Angolan Python
Gila Monster
Indian Star Tortoise
King Cobra
Sheltopusik
Northern Spider Tortoise
Aruba Island Rattlesnake
Armadillo Lizard
Gaboon Viper
Corn Snake
Madagascar Day Gecko
Yellow-Banded Poison Dart Frog
Green Tree Python
Timber Rattlesnake, Florida Pine Snake
Western Ratsnake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Northern Copperhead
Small Turtle Pond On Side Of Reptile House:
I forgot what kind of turtles are here
Eagle Eyrie
Andean Condor
Steller's Sea Eagle
Bald Eagle Exhibit:
Bald Eagle
Night Hunters:
Tawny Frogmouth
Pallas's Cat
Aardwolf
Binturong
Common Vampire Bat
Potto
Aardvark, Giant Indian Fruit Bat, Garnett's Galago
Southern-Three Banded Armadillo
Black-Footed Cat
Sand Cat
Rotunda Exhibits:
Ringtail
Clouded Leopard
Cape Genet (signed as Large-Spotted Genet)
Fennec Fox
Small Exhibit Outside On The Side Of Night Hunters:
Bobcat
Gorilla World:
Mantled Guereza
Western Lowland Gorilla
World Of The Insect:
Note: Animals listed as their scientific name have no official English name to differentiate it from the other members of its genus, or at least none that I'm aware of.
Cuban Cockroach
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis
Desert Rainworm sp.
Superworm
Antilles Pinktoe Tarantula
Eurycotis decipiens
Emperor Scorpion
Two-Spotted Assassin Bug
Polyphemus Beetle
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Damon variegatus
Sun Beetle
Jade-Headed Buffalo Beetle
Thorny Devil Stick Insect
Red-Eyed Assassin Bug
Brachypelma smithi
Flamboyant Flower Beetle
Rhinoceros Katydid
Neoponera villosa (incorrectly signed as from the genus Pachycondyla)
Giant Cave Cockroach
Four-Spotted Cockroach
Lesina intermedia
Common Chuckwalla
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Argentine Horned Frog
Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
Slough Crayfish (incorrectly signed as Marbled Crayfish)
Giant Water Bug
Sunburst Diving Beetle
Cherry Shrimp
Brown Water Scorpion
Gerris marginatus
Naked Mole Rat
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (again)
Smaragdesthes orzinzi
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis (again)
Brazillian Salmon Pink Bird-Eating Tarantula
Gray Bird Grasshopper, Blue Death Feigning Beetle
Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris
Peruvian Firestick
Peppered Cockroach
Spiny Leaf Insect, Phobaeticus serratipes
Atta cephalotes (across two exhibits)
Golden Silk-Orb Weaver
Butterfly Aviary
This part of the exhibit was currently closed on my visit. I saw several butterflies through the glass sliding door, but I was not able to identify them.
Wings Of Wonder Theater Bird Show:
Note: The birds are listed in order of appearance throughout the show.
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Green-Winged Macaw
Yellow-Headed Amazon
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Hyacinth Macaw
Domestic Duck (Khaki Campbell breed)
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
Domestic White Pigeon (unspecified breed)
Lemur Lookout:
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Dragons:
Armadillo Lizard
Solomon Islands Skink
Emerald Tree Monitor
Nile Monitor
Komodo Dragon, Timor Zebra Finch
Otto M. Budig Manatee Springs:
American Alligator
American Crocodile
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Plumed Basilisk
Amazon Milk Frog
Florida Manatee, Alligator Gar, Florida Gar, Spotted Gar
Spotted Gar (again), Azureus Cichlid, several other unsigned cichlids
Apalachicola Kingsnake
Greater Siren
Two-Toed Amphiuma
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
Mosquitofish
Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Burmese Python
Visayan Warty Pig Exhibit:
Visayan Warty Pig
Black Rhinoceros Exhibit:
Black Rhinoceros
Seigfried & Roy's White Lions Exhibit:
Southern African Lion
Rock Wall Exhibits across from Jungle Trails:
Great White Pelican
Arctic Fox
Andean Bear
Jungle Trails:
Northern Helmeted Curassow, Blue-Throated Macaw
Sumatran Orangutan, Müller's Gibbon's
Tropical Asian Animals Building:
Pygmy Slow Loris
Sumatran Orangutan (again), White-Handed Gibbon
Golden Headed-Lion Tamarin
Black Howler Monkey
Angolan Colobus
Bonobo
Coquerel's Sifaka
Tropical African Animals Building
Mohol Bushbaby
Potto
Gray's Crested Mona Monkey, Coquerel's Sifaka (again)
Congo Peafowl, Spur-Winged Lapwing, Marbled Teal, Lady Ross's Turaco, Red-And-Yellow Barbet
Bonobo (again)
Aye-Aye
Henkel's Leaf-Tailed Gecko, Mossy Leaf Tailed Gecko
Wings Of The World:
South America Aviary:
Scarlet Ibis, Inca Tern, Boat-Billed Heron, Sunbittern, Southern Lapwing, Yellow-Rumped Cacique, Peruvian Pigeon, Blue-Gray Tanager, Saffron Finch, Cattle Egret, Red-Capped Cardinal
Australasia Aviary:
Note: This aviary was closed, so I will just list off all the species I saw from the outside.
Masked Lapwing, White-Naped Pheasant Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Bali Mynah, White-Breasted Woodswallow, Collared Finchbill, Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush, White-Rumped Shama
Thick-Billed Parrot
Buff-Crested Bustard, Speckled Mousebird, Golden-Breasted Starling, Violet-Backed Starling, White-Headed Buffalo Weaver
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Atlantic Puffin, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Eider
Common Murre (again), Horned Puffin
King Penguin, Magellanic Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Chiloé Wigeon
Outside Aviary:
Red-Legged Seriema, Magpie Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, American White Ibis, Hammerkop, Ring-Billed Gull, Pied Imperial Pigeon
Africa:
Cheetah
White-Bearded Wildebeest, Lesser Kudu, Impala, Thomson's Gazelle, Common Ostrich, Pink-Backed Pelican, Gray-Crowned Crane, Saddle-Billed Stork, Lappet-Faced Vulture, Rüppell's Vulture, Crested Guineafowl
African Wild Dog
Meerkat
Hippopotamus, Nile Tilapia
African Lion
Masai Giraffe
Gibbon Islands:
Siamang
Buff-Cheeked Gibbon
Swan Lake:
Note: The path I took along the lake had no signage for any of the animals there, so I will just list off the animals I saw.
Trumpeter Swan, Redhead, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Duck, Mallard (wild)
And that is a full list of the animals in the exhibits I had time to visit. Sorry that I couldn't include everything, but I was only able to stay for 4 hours before I had to continue the road trip. Nevertheless, I hope this complete-(ish) updated species list has helped anyone who needed it
Roo Valley: The line to this place was absolutely ridiculous, and it probably would've taken about an hour just to see the animals. I know they had Red and Western Gray Kangaroos, along with Little Blue Penguins and multiple species of ducks. The long wait combined with the low number of species present in this area made me move on to other areas that weren't so crowded.
Cat Canyon, Elephant Reserve, Spaulding Children's Zoo, & Blakely's Barnyard Bonanza: I had to skip these areas of the zoo due to time restraints. I wanted to visit them, but since I got to these areas only a few hours away from closing time, I walked past them so I had time to see other parts of the zoo.
P&G Discovery Forest & Harold C. Schott Education Center: To be honest, I didn't even see this part of the zoo until I was looking over the map while making this thread. Are there any animals exhibited here?
Miscellaneous Exhibits: These are the exhibits that I missed by mistake or ones that I had to gloss over due to time restraints. According to the map, they don't seem to be part of any major sections and as far as I know, seem to be placed in random spots around the zoo. They include:
- Galápagos Tortoise exhibit behind Bald Eagle exhibit.
- Wolf Woods
- African Penguin exhibit
- Red Panda exhibit
- Okapi, Bongo, Zebra, and (Greater?) Flamingo exhibit
Excluding the exhibits I mentioned above, every other exhibit will be included on this list. On another note, I'm sorry if I miss any species. I try to write down every single species I see, but sometimes I forget to write down animals I don't see.
Red Text: Animal Off-Exhibit/No-Show
Blue Text: Present, but missing signage
Regular Text: Animal present on my visit
Species sharing an exhibit will be written on the same line.
These animals are listed in order from when you first enter the exhibit, from when you exit.
This list is accurate as of 7/2/21.
Reptile House:
Large Center Exhibit: Chinese Alligator
Terrariums:
Quince Monitor
Hellbender
Lake Titicaca Frog
Boa Constrictor, Emerald Tree Boa, Dyeing Dart Frog, Green-And-Black Poison Dart Frog
Pascagoula Map Turtle
Angolan Python
Gila Monster
Indian Star Tortoise
King Cobra
Sheltopusik
Northern Spider Tortoise
Aruba Island Rattlesnake
Armadillo Lizard
Gaboon Viper
Corn Snake
Madagascar Day Gecko
Yellow-Banded Poison Dart Frog
Green Tree Python
Timber Rattlesnake, Florida Pine Snake
Western Ratsnake, Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake, Northern Copperhead
Small Turtle Pond On Side Of Reptile House:
I forgot what kind of turtles are here
Eagle Eyrie
Andean Condor
Steller's Sea Eagle
Bald Eagle Exhibit:
Bald Eagle
Night Hunters:
Tawny Frogmouth
Pallas's Cat
Aardwolf
Binturong
Common Vampire Bat
Potto
Aardvark, Giant Indian Fruit Bat, Garnett's Galago
Southern-Three Banded Armadillo
Black-Footed Cat
Sand Cat
Rotunda Exhibits:
Ringtail
Clouded Leopard
Cape Genet (signed as Large-Spotted Genet)
Fennec Fox
Small Exhibit Outside On The Side Of Night Hunters:
Bobcat
Gorilla World:
Mantled Guereza
Western Lowland Gorilla
World Of The Insect:
Note: Animals listed as their scientific name have no official English name to differentiate it from the other members of its genus, or at least none that I'm aware of.
Cuban Cockroach
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis
Desert Rainworm sp.
Superworm
Antilles Pinktoe Tarantula
Eurycotis decipiens
Emperor Scorpion
Two-Spotted Assassin Bug
Polyphemus Beetle
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
Damon variegatus
Sun Beetle
Jade-Headed Buffalo Beetle
Thorny Devil Stick Insect
Red-Eyed Assassin Bug
Brachypelma smithi
Flamboyant Flower Beetle
Rhinoceros Katydid
Neoponera villosa (incorrectly signed as from the genus Pachycondyla)
Giant Cave Cockroach
Four-Spotted Cockroach
Lesina intermedia
Common Chuckwalla
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Argentine Horned Frog
Black-Breasted Leaf Turtle
Slough Crayfish (incorrectly signed as Marbled Crayfish)
Giant Water Bug
Sunburst Diving Beetle
Cherry Shrimp
Brown Water Scorpion
Gerris marginatus
Naked Mole Rat
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (again)
Smaragdesthes orzinzi
Giant Dead Leaf Mantis (again)
Brazillian Salmon Pink Bird-Eating Tarantula
Gray Bird Grasshopper, Blue Death Feigning Beetle
Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris
Peruvian Firestick
Peppered Cockroach
Spiny Leaf Insect, Phobaeticus serratipes
Atta cephalotes (across two exhibits)
Golden Silk-Orb Weaver
Butterfly Aviary
This part of the exhibit was currently closed on my visit. I saw several butterflies through the glass sliding door, but I was not able to identify them.
Wings Of Wonder Theater Bird Show:
Note: The birds are listed in order of appearance throughout the show.
Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo
Green-Winged Macaw
Yellow-Headed Amazon
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Hyacinth Macaw
Domestic Duck (Khaki Campbell breed)
Black Vulture
Bald Eagle
Domestic White Pigeon (unspecified breed)
Lemur Lookout:
Ring-Tailed Lemur
Dragons:
Armadillo Lizard
Solomon Islands Skink
Emerald Tree Monitor
Nile Monitor
Komodo Dragon, Timor Zebra Finch
Otto M. Budig Manatee Springs:
American Alligator
American Crocodile
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Plumed Basilisk
Amazon Milk Frog
Florida Manatee, Alligator Gar, Florida Gar, Spotted Gar
Spotted Gar (again), Azureus Cichlid, several other unsigned cichlids
Apalachicola Kingsnake
Greater Siren
Two-Toed Amphiuma
Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake
Mosquitofish
Loggerhead Musk Turtle
Burmese Python
Visayan Warty Pig Exhibit:
Visayan Warty Pig
Black Rhinoceros Exhibit:
Black Rhinoceros
Seigfried & Roy's White Lions Exhibit:
Southern African Lion
Rock Wall Exhibits across from Jungle Trails:
Great White Pelican
Arctic Fox
Andean Bear
Jungle Trails:
Northern Helmeted Curassow, Blue-Throated Macaw
Sumatran Orangutan, Müller's Gibbon's
Tropical Asian Animals Building:
Pygmy Slow Loris
Sumatran Orangutan (again), White-Handed Gibbon
Golden Headed-Lion Tamarin
Black Howler Monkey
Angolan Colobus
Bonobo
Coquerel's Sifaka
Tropical African Animals Building
Mohol Bushbaby
Potto
Gray's Crested Mona Monkey, Coquerel's Sifaka (again)
Congo Peafowl, Spur-Winged Lapwing, Marbled Teal, Lady Ross's Turaco, Red-And-Yellow Barbet
Bonobo (again)
Aye-Aye
Henkel's Leaf-Tailed Gecko, Mossy Leaf Tailed Gecko
Wings Of The World:
South America Aviary:
Scarlet Ibis, Inca Tern, Boat-Billed Heron, Sunbittern, Southern Lapwing, Yellow-Rumped Cacique, Peruvian Pigeon, Blue-Gray Tanager, Saffron Finch, Cattle Egret, Red-Capped Cardinal
Australasia Aviary:
Note: This aviary was closed, so I will just list off all the species I saw from the outside.
Masked Lapwing, White-Naped Pheasant Pigeon, Nicobar Pigeon, Bali Mynah, White-Breasted Woodswallow, Collared Finchbill, Blue-Crowned Laughingthrush, White-Rumped Shama
Thick-Billed Parrot
Buff-Crested Bustard, Speckled Mousebird, Golden-Breasted Starling, Violet-Backed Starling, White-Headed Buffalo Weaver
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Atlantic Puffin, Common Murre, Pigeon Guillemot, Common Eider
Common Murre (again), Horned Puffin
King Penguin, Magellanic Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Chiloé Wigeon
Outside Aviary:
Red-Legged Seriema, Magpie Goose, Ruddy Shelduck, American White Ibis, Hammerkop, Ring-Billed Gull, Pied Imperial Pigeon
Africa:
Cheetah
White-Bearded Wildebeest, Lesser Kudu, Impala, Thomson's Gazelle, Common Ostrich, Pink-Backed Pelican, Gray-Crowned Crane, Saddle-Billed Stork, Lappet-Faced Vulture, Rüppell's Vulture, Crested Guineafowl
African Wild Dog
Meerkat
Hippopotamus, Nile Tilapia
African Lion
Masai Giraffe
Gibbon Islands:
Siamang
Buff-Cheeked Gibbon
Swan Lake:
Note: The path I took along the lake had no signage for any of the animals there, so I will just list off the animals I saw.
Trumpeter Swan, Redhead, Northern Pintail, Ruddy Duck, Mallard (wild)
And that is a full list of the animals in the exhibits I had time to visit. Sorry that I couldn't include everything, but I was only able to stay for 4 hours before I had to continue the road trip. Nevertheless, I hope this complete-(ish) updated species list has helped anyone who needed it
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