ungulate nerd
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In my collection of zoo and natural history books, I have a guide book from the Fresno Zoo that was written in 1962, during that time Fresno Zoo was the 3rd largest animal collection in California, so I thought you guys would be interested in a list of their collection from that time, here it is
MAMMALS:
Common chimpanzee
Western lowland gorilla
Orangutan
White handed gibbon
Hamadryas baboon
Chacma baboon
Mandrill
Patas monkey
Red uakari
Black handed spider monkey
Bengal tiger
African lion
Cheetah
Jaguar
Leopard
Canada lynx
Bobcat
Mountain lion
Sun bear
Grizzly bear
European brown bear
Polar bear
Gray fox
Spotted hyena
Indian golden jackal
African wild dog
Gray fox
Wolverine
White nosed coatimundi
Capybara
Malabar giant squirrel
Prehensile tailed porcupine
Crested porcupine
River hippopotumas
Pygmy hippopotumas
Giraffe
Axis deer
Tule elk
Reeves muntjac
Aoudad
Siberian ibex
Wildebeest
Beisa oryx
Blackbuck
American bison
Common eland
Pronghorn
Llama
Dromedary camel
Brazilian tapir
Damara zebra
Black rhinoceros
Asian elephant
African elephant
Common wallaroo
Red kangaroo
Tree kangaroo
Koala
Otter (book didnt say which species)
California sea lion
BIRDS:
Double wattled cassowary
Emu
Greater rhea
Ostrich
Suffer crested cockatoo
Blue and gold macaw
Turkey vulture
King vulture
Golden eagle
Great horned owl
Red tailed hawk
Red billed indian magpie
Montezuma oropendola
Bleeding heart dove
Victoria crowned pigeon
Nicobar pigeon
Northern nutmeg fruit pigeon
Indian blue roller
White throated magpie jay
Long tailed glossy starling
Wood duck
Mandarin duck
Great blue heron
Snowy egret
Scarlet ibis
Roseate spoonbill
Black swan
Greater snow goose
Emperor goose
Andean goose
Canada goose
Siberian red breasted goose
Ross goose
American flamingo
Humboldt penguin
American white pelican
Demoiselle crane
Black crowned crane
Stanley crane
Indian blue peafowl
Reptiles:
American alligator
American crocodile
Alligator snapping turtle
Red eared slider
Aldabra and Galapagos giant tortoises
Species not mentioned in the book that lived in the reptile house
MAMMALS:
Common chimpanzee
Western lowland gorilla
Orangutan
White handed gibbon
Hamadryas baboon
Chacma baboon
Mandrill
Patas monkey
Red uakari
Black handed spider monkey
Bengal tiger
African lion
Cheetah
Jaguar
Leopard
Canada lynx
Bobcat
Mountain lion
Sun bear
Grizzly bear
European brown bear
Polar bear
Gray fox
Spotted hyena
Indian golden jackal
African wild dog
Gray fox
Wolverine
White nosed coatimundi
Capybara
Malabar giant squirrel
Prehensile tailed porcupine
Crested porcupine
River hippopotumas
Pygmy hippopotumas
Giraffe
Axis deer
Tule elk
Reeves muntjac
Aoudad
Siberian ibex
Wildebeest
Beisa oryx
Blackbuck
American bison
Common eland
Pronghorn
Llama
Dromedary camel
Brazilian tapir
Damara zebra
Black rhinoceros
Asian elephant
African elephant
Common wallaroo
Red kangaroo
Tree kangaroo
Koala
Otter (book didnt say which species)
California sea lion
BIRDS:
Double wattled cassowary
Emu
Greater rhea
Ostrich
Suffer crested cockatoo
Blue and gold macaw
Turkey vulture
King vulture
Golden eagle
Great horned owl
Red tailed hawk
Red billed indian magpie
Montezuma oropendola
Bleeding heart dove
Victoria crowned pigeon
Nicobar pigeon
Northern nutmeg fruit pigeon
Indian blue roller
White throated magpie jay
Long tailed glossy starling
Wood duck
Mandarin duck
Great blue heron
Snowy egret
Scarlet ibis
Roseate spoonbill
Black swan
Greater snow goose
Emperor goose
Andean goose
Canada goose
Siberian red breasted goose
Ross goose
American flamingo
Humboldt penguin
American white pelican
Demoiselle crane
Black crowned crane
Stanley crane
Indian blue peafowl
Reptiles:
American alligator
American crocodile
Alligator snapping turtle
Red eared slider
Aldabra and Galapagos giant tortoises
Species not mentioned in the book that lived in the reptile house