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MOG2012

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Franklin Park Zoo Species List (October 19, 2024)

Notes:
Species signed but not seen are italicized.
Species seperated by commas are in the same enclosure
My trip was rushed so I didn't have time to take photos of the enclosures.

Free-Roaming
  • Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Gorilla Grove
  • Western Lowland Gorila (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Bird's World
  • Invertebrate Hall
    • Chilean Rose Tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
    • Two-Spotted Assassin Bug (Platymeris biguttatus)
    • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
    • Dubia Roach (Blaptica dubia)
    • Flamboyant Flower Beetle (Eudicella gralli)
    • Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata)
    • Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
    • Ivory Millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus)
  • A Swamp
    • Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata), Blue-Bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster), Boat-Billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash), Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris), Red-and-Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus), Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys), White-Cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
  • A Rainforest
    • Black-Naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), Red-Crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus)
    • Brazilian Cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
  • A Scrubland
    • Australian Walking Stick (Extatosoma tiaratum)
    • Bourke's Parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii), Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
    • Common Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides)
  • A Riverbank/A Mountainside
    • Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
    • Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi), Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna), Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris), Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), Red Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus), Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), Violet Turaco (Tauraco violaceus)
  • Outdoor Exhibits
    • White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) [Off-exhibit]
    • Kea (Nestor notabilis)
    • Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
    • White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio)
  • Raptor Ridge
    • Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
    • Steller's Sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
African Wild Dog Enclosure (Stand Alone Exhibit?)
  • African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
Outback Trail
  • Kiwi House
    • North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli), Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
    • North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
  • Aussie Aviary (Closed for the season)
    • Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
  • Kangaroo Yard
    • Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus), Red-Necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
Tropical Forest
  • Enclosures
    • Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) [Were outside]
    • Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
    • Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
    • African Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)
    • Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
    • Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
  • SlitherInn
    • Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
    • Blue-Baboon Tarantula (Monocentropus balfouri)
    • Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
    • Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus)
  • Enclosures
    • West African Potto (Perodicticus potto)
    • Saddle-Billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
    • Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
    • Ball Python (Python regius)
    • Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
    • Bumblebee Cichlid (Pseudotropheus crabro), Electric Blue Hap (Sciaenochromis ahli), Electric Yellow Cichlid (Labidochromis caeruleus), Elongate Mbuna (Pseudotropheus elongatus), Golden Cichlid (Melanochromis auratus), Peacock Cichlid (Aulonocara sp.)
    • Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) [Off-exhibit]
    • Long-Haired Fruit Bat (Stenonycteris lanosa)
    • Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) [Off-exhibit], Linneaus's Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus) [Off-exhibit]
    • De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)
  • Free-Flight Animals
    • Bearded Barbet (Pogonornis dubius)
    • Blue-Bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
    • Golden-Breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius)
    • Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
    • Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
    • Hartlaub's Duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii)
    • Kenya Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani)
    • Red-Crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus)
    • Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
    • Yellow-Billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
    • Yellow-Rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
  • Outside
    • Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

Giraffe Savannah
  • Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), Somali Wild Ass (Equus africanus somaliensis)
Franklin Farm
  • Black Welsh Mountain Sheep (Ovis aries)
  • Nigerian Dwarf Goat (Capra hircus)
  • Poitou Donkey (Equus asinus)
  • Guinea Hog (Sus domesticus)
  • Dexter Cattle (Bos primigenius)
  • Nigerian Dwarf Goat (Capra hircus)
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
  • Mediterreanean Miniature Donkey (Equus asinus), Miniature Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Nature's Neighborhood
  • Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
  • Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens), Reeves's Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
  • Azure-Winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus), Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa), Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), Hooded Crane (Grus monacha), Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis), Scaly-Sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)
  • Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
  • Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Serengeti Crossing
  • Cape Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae), Ostrich (Struthio camelus), White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus)
Kalahari Kingdom
  • Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)
  • Lion (Panthera leo)
  • Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
  • African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
  • Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus) [Off-exhibit] [Seen BTS behind Nyala enclosure]
  • Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
  • Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Feel free to comment on any missing or misidentified animals. I feel like I missed the crocodile but I don't know if it's off exhibit right now.
 
Thanks for the list. Having only 27 mammal species (excluding domestics) isn't a lot, but I suppose it's not too shabby for a mid-sized zoo. Also, it will be great when African Penguin Coast and the expansion of the African Savannah both open in 2026.
 
When I visited in July I didn't attempt to make a full list of species but I do have photos of signs on my phone and I think you may have missed a few bits.

I myself very nearly missed the warthog and crested porcupine exhibits sort of in a bit of a corner opposite Nature's Neighbourhood.

I also have a picture of a sign for western grey kangaroo. Not sure if this is in addition to eastern grey that you list.

They also had a large walkthrough butterfly house with some birds and turtles as well but this is presumably seasonal. Also you list several things as off exhibit which were definitely on exhibit when I was there but this may be seasonal as well.
 
snowleopard said:
Thanks for the list. Having only 27 mammal species (excluding domestics) isn't a lot, but I suppose it's not too shabby for a mid-sized zoo. Also, it will be great when African Penguin Coast and the expansion of the African Savannah both open in 2026.
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I count 30 mammal species (excluding domestics) from the list in the original post + a few more that may have been missed. So mid-30s or about 40 including domestics.

I very nicely filled a day combining this zoo with the New England Aquarium (with an Uber between them). 3-4 hours in each place.

Also worth noting that the society that maintains Franklin Park Zoo also has a second place on the other side of town: Stone Zoo. I would perhaps suggest that while Franklin Park Zoo's collection is richer in birds, Stone Zoo has quite a few rare and interesting mammals.
 
Dassie rat said:
  • Long-Haired Fruit Bat (Stenonycteris lanosa): only kept at 4 North American zoos, according to Zootierliste
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Signed as Ruwenzori Long-haired Fruit Bat Rousettus lanosus stenonycteris - I'm not sure if this is actually supposed to correspond to a subspecies or if they've written in the new genus name as if it's a subspecies for some strange reason.
 
LaughingDove said:
When I visited in July I didn't attempt to make a full list of species but I do have photos of signs on my phone and I think you may have missed a few bits.

I myself very nearly missed the warthog and crested porcupine exhibits sort of in a bit of a corner opposite Nature's Neighbourhood.

I also have a picture of a sign for western grey kangaroo. Not sure if this is in addition to eastern grey that you list.

They also had a large walkthrough butterfly house with some birds and turtles as well but this is presumably seasonal. Also you list several things as off exhibit which were definitely on exhibit when I was there but this may be seasonal as well.
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I think I misread the sign then, it was a western grey kangaroo
 
LaughingDove said:
When I visited in July I didn't attempt to make a full list of species but I do have photos of signs on my phone and I think you may have missed a few bits.

I myself very nearly missed the warthog and crested porcupine exhibits sort of in a bit of a corner opposite Nature's Neighbourhood.

I also have a picture of a sign for western grey kangaroo. Not sure if this is in addition to eastern grey that you list.

They also had a large walkthrough butterfly house with some birds and turtles as well but this is presumably seasonal. Also you list several things as off exhibit which were definitely on exhibit when I was there but this may be seasonal as well.
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What animals did I miss? The warthog exhibit had been combined with the porcupine with only a sign for porcupines. The butterfly house is seasonal
 
MOG2012 said:
Franklin Park Zoo Species List (October 19, 2024)

Notes:
Species signed but not seen are italicized.
Species seperated by commas are in the same enclosure
My trip was rushed so I didn't have time to take photos of the enclosures.

Free-Roaming
  • Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

Gorilla Grove
  • Western Lowland Gorila (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
Bird's World
  • Invertebrate Hall
    • Chilean Rose Tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
    • Two-Spotted Assassin Bug (Platymeris biguttatus)
    • Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
    • Dubia Roach (Blaptica dubia)
    • Flamboyant Flower Beetle (Eudicella gralli)
    • Sun Beetle (Pachnoda marginata)
    • Giant African Millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)
    • Ivory Millipede (Chicobolus spinigerus)
  • A Swamp
    • Australian Wood Duck (Chenonetta jubata), Blue-Bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster), Boat-Billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash), Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris), Red-and-Yellow Barbet (Trachyphonus erythrocephalus), Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys), White-Cheeked Pintail (Anas bahamensis)
  • A Rainforest
    • Black-Naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), Red-Crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus)
    • Brazilian Cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
  • A Scrubland
    • Australian Walking Stick (Extatosoma tiaratum)
    • Bourke's Parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii), Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
    • Common Blue-Tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides)
  • A Riverbank/A Mountainside
    • Eastern Screech Owl (Megascops asio)
    • Bali Mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi), Beautiful Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), Eastern River Cooter (Pseudemys concinna concinna), Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus), Marbled Duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris), Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), Red Pileated Finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus), Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias), Violet Turaco (Tauraco violaceus)
  • Outdoor Exhibits
    • White Cockatoo (Cacatua alba) [Off-exhibit]
    • Kea (Nestor notabilis)
    • Laughing Kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae)
    • White-Naped Crane (Antigone vipio)
  • Raptor Ridge
    • Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus)
    • Steller's Sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus)
African Wild Dog Enclosure (Stand Alone Exhibit?)
  • African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
Outback Trail
  • Kiwi House
    • North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli), Tawny Frogmouth (Podargus strigoides)
    • North Island Brown Kiwi (Apteryx mantelli)
  • Aussie Aviary (Closed for the season)
    • Black Swan (Cygnus atratus), Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
  • Kangaroo Yard
    • Eastern Grey Kangaroo (Macropus giganteus), Emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae), Red Kangaroo (Osphranter rufus), Red-Necked Wallaby (Notamacropus rufogriseus)
Tropical Forest
  • Enclosures
    • Western Lowland Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) [Were outside]
    • Ring-Tailed Lemur (Lemur catta)
    • Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus)
    • African Pygmy Falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus)
    • Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
    • Pygmy Hippopotamus (Choeropsis liberiensis)
  • SlitherInn
    • Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
    • Blue-Baboon Tarantula (Monocentropus balfouri)
    • Green Anaconda (Eunectes murinus)
    • Kenyan Sand Boa (Eryx colubrinus)
  • Enclosures
    • West African Potto (Perodicticus potto)
    • Saddle-Billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
    • Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
    • Ball Python (Python regius)
    • Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
    • Bumblebee Cichlid (Pseudotropheus crabro), Electric Blue Hap (Sciaenochromis ahli), Electric Yellow Cichlid (Labidochromis caeruleus), Elongate Mbuna (Pseudotropheus elongatus), Golden Cichlid (Melanochromis auratus), Peacock Cichlid (Aulonocara sp.)
    • Amazon Milk Frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) [Off-exhibit]
    • Long-Haired Fruit Bat (Stenonycteris lanosa)
    • Cotton-Top Tamarin (Saguinus oedipus) [Off-exhibit], Linneaus's Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus didactylus) [Off-exhibit]
    • De Brazza's Monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus)
  • Free-Flight Animals
    • Bearded Barbet (Pogonornis dubius)
    • Blue-Bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster)
    • Golden-Breasted Starling (Lamprotornis regius)
    • Hadada Ibis (Bostrychia hagedash)
    • Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)
    • Hartlaub's Duck (Pteronetta hartlaubii)
    • Kenya Crested Guineafowl (Guttera pucherani)
    • Red-Crested Turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus)
    • Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
    • Yellow-Billed Stork (Mycteria ibis)
    • Yellow-Rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
  • Outside
    • Baird's Tapir (Tapirus bairdii)
Giraffe Savannah
  • Masai Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi), Somali Wild Ass (Equus africanus somaliensis)
Franklin Farm
  • Black Welsh Mountain Sheep (Ovis aries)
  • Nigerian Dwarf Goat (Capra hircus)
  • Poitou Donkey (Equus asinus)
  • Guinea Hog (Sus domesticus)
  • Dexter Cattle (Bos primigenius)
  • Nigerian Dwarf Goat (Capra hircus)
  • Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
  • Mediterreanean Miniature Donkey (Equus asinus), Miniature Horse (Equus ferus caballus)
Nature's Neighborhood
  • Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)
  • Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens), Reeves's Muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi)
  • Azure-Winged Magpie (Cyanopica cyanus), Baikal Teal (Sibirionetta formosa), Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus), Hooded Crane (Grus monacha), Red-Breasted Goose (Branta ruficollis), Scaly-Sided Merganser (Mergus squamatus)
  • Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
  • Pumpkinseed (Lepomis gibbosus), Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
Serengeti Crossing
  • Cape Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
  • Hartmann's Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae), Ostrich (Struthio camelus), White-Bearded Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus albojubatus)
Kalahari Kingdom
  • Wattled Crane (Bugeranus carunculatus)
  • Lion (Panthera leo)
  • Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
  • African Spurred Tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
  • Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii), Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus) [Off-exhibit] [Seen BTS behind Nyala enclosure]
  • Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
  • Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori)

Feel free to comment on any missing or misidentified animals. I feel like I missed the crocodile but I don't know if it's off exhibit right now.
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Can a moderator change Eastern Grey Kangaroo to Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus)?
 
LaughingDove said:
I count 30 mammal species (excluding domestics) from the list in the original post + a few more that may have been missed. So mid-30s or about 40 including domestics.

I very nicely filled a day combining this zoo with the New England Aquarium (with an Uber between them). 3-4 hours in each place.
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I re-counted and excluding all of of the Franklin Farm animals, I still get 27 different mammals and that's even including two species that were listed as being off-exhibit. :)

I totally agree with the idea of combining Franklin Park Zoo with New England Aquarium and I did exactly that in 2012. It's similar to the Maryland Zoo/National Aquarium combo day in Baltimore and the Chattanooga Zoo/Tennessee Aquarium combo day in Chattanooga.
 
MOG2012 said:
What animals did I miss? The warthog exhibit had been combined with the porcupine with only a sign for porcupines. The butterfly house is seasonal
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I just thought you may have missed the warthog and porcupine since I did the first time I went around that section. You don't include warthog in your original list. You also list porcupines as Cape porcupines, africaeaustralis. The ones in the exhibit next to warthogs were crested porcupines, cristata. Not sure if these correspond to the same animals.
 
snowleopard said:
I re-counted and excluding all of of the Franklin Farm animals, I still get 27 different mammals and that's even including two species that were listed as being off-exhibit. :)

I totally agree with the idea of combining Franklin Park Zoo with New England Aquarium and I did exactly that in 2012. It's similar to the Maryland Zoo/National Aquarium combo day in Baltimore and the Chattanooga Zoo/Tennessee Aquarium combo day in Chattanooga.
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My bad, I miscounted. So you're right of course.
 
Warthogs weren't there and the signs were whitened/painted. The only sign for the porcupines were Cape Porcupines but online it says crested porcupine.
 
MOG2012 said:
Warthogs weren't there and the signs were whitened/painted. The only sign for the porcupines were Cape Porcupines but online it says crested porcupine.
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The studbook for African crested and cape porcupines (2023) indicated that Franklin Park Zoo holds 1.1 Cape porcupines (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Kiazi and Penelope. The SSP, also from 2023, indicated the zoo wished to transfer these animals. So unless in the past year they were transferred out and replaced with crested porcupines, I think it is safe to assume they are in fact cape porcupines.
 
zoocentral said:
The studbook for African crested and cape porcupines (2023) indicated that Franklin Park Zoo holds 1.1 Cape porcupines (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Kiazi and Penelope. The SSP, also from 2023, indicated the zoo wished to transfer these animals. So unless in the past year they were transferred out and replaced with crested porcupines, I think it is safe to assume they are in fact cape porcupines.
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I don't think I have any pictures of the actual animals, but I attach a picture of the sign that describes them as crested.
 

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