Nesher
Member
Hello everyone!
I am a big fan of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, hands down my favorite zoo in the world, and I am not biased at all. But it has been open for about 100 years now, and I as trying to see if there were any good records for the historic species, and guess what, there isn't. So using the Way Back Machine to access tons of old websites and records, we have a very incomplete list. If there are any that any of y'all know of let me know! There were some surprises on this list for me, as I did not expect chamois or takin at all, but was very excited to see that they used to be at CMZ.
Historic Species of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
BIRDS
African Gray Parrot
American Kestrel
Andean Condor
Bali mynah
Bamboo Partridge
Bar-headed Goose
Black-Naped Fruit Dove
Burrowing owl
Eurasian Griffon vulture
Cinereous vulture
Common Barn Owl
Common Screech Owl
D'arnaud's Barbet
Eastern Crested Guinea Fowl
European White Stork
Fairy Bluebird
Gambel’s Quail
Golden Eagle
Gouldian finch
Green Aracari
Grey-necked Wood Rail
Himalayan Griffon Vulture
Homing Pigeon
Hooded Merganser
Kea
Kori bustard
Lady-Amherst’s Pheasant
Lilac-Breasted roller
Little Button Quail
North American Wood Duck
Painted Stork
Prairie Falcon
Raven
Red-crested Cardinal
Red Junglefowl
Ringed Teal
Rio Grande Turkey
Rockhopper Penguin
Sarus Crane
Silver-Beaked Tanager
Snowy Owl
Southern Ground Hornbill
Tawny Frogmouth
Temminck's Tragopan
Superb Starling
Wedge-Tailed Eagle
White-cheecked turaco
White-naped crane
White Tailed Sea Eagle
MAMMALS
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Aardvark
Alpine Chamois
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Bengal Tiger
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Black-crested Mangabey
Black Howler Monkey
Bobcat
Brown-nosed Coati
Common Vampire Bat
Eastern Bongo
Emperor Tamarin
Geoffroy's Marmoset
Goeldi's Monkey
Grant's Zebra
Grevy’s zebra
Hamster
Koala
Lesser Kudu
Lesser spotted-nosed guenon
Lion-tailed macaque
Mandrill
Mayotte Brown Lemur
Miniature Horse
Pallas' Cat
Pygmy Marmoset
Red Panda
Red Ruffed lemur
Ruwenzori Long-Haired Fruit Bat
Sable Antelope
Siamang
Sichuan Takin
Snow Leopard
Spectacled bear
Syke's Guenon
Wolf's Guenon
Zebra Mouse
REPTILES
Ackies Monitor
African Plated Lizard
Andean Milk Snake
Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
Asian Brown Tortoise
Bearded Dragon
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Black Rat Snake
California Kingsnake
Cave Rat Snake
Corn snake
Desert Iguana
Desert tortoise
Eastern Fence Lizard
Emerald Tree Monitor
Flower Snake
Green Tree Python
Honduran Milk snake
Komodo dragon
Long-tailed Grass Lizard
Northern Leopard Tortoise
Round-nosed Plated Lizard
South-American Red Footed Tortoise
South American Yellow Footed Tortoise
Standing's Day Gecko
Western Banded Gecko
AMPHIBIANS
African Clawed Frog
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Boreal Toad
Tiger Salamander
Southern Leopard Frog
Ornate Horned Frog
Panamanian Golden Frog
Giant Marine Toad
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
FISH
Yellow Tang
Pajama Cardinalfish
Hippo Tang Fish
Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-pua'a
Freshwater Angelfish
INSECTS
Giant Stick Insect
I am a big fan of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, hands down my favorite zoo in the world, and I am not biased at all. But it has been open for about 100 years now, and I as trying to see if there were any good records for the historic species, and guess what, there isn't. So using the Way Back Machine to access tons of old websites and records, we have a very incomplete list. If there are any that any of y'all know of let me know! There were some surprises on this list for me, as I did not expect chamois or takin at all, but was very excited to see that they used to be at CMZ.
Historic Species of the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
BIRDS
African Gray Parrot
American Kestrel
Andean Condor
Bali mynah
Bamboo Partridge
Bar-headed Goose
Black-Naped Fruit Dove
Burrowing owl
Eurasian Griffon vulture
Cinereous vulture
Common Barn Owl
Common Screech Owl
D'arnaud's Barbet
Eastern Crested Guinea Fowl
European White Stork
Fairy Bluebird
Gambel’s Quail
Golden Eagle
Gouldian finch
Green Aracari
Grey-necked Wood Rail
Himalayan Griffon Vulture
Homing Pigeon
Hooded Merganser
Kea
Kori bustard
Lady-Amherst’s Pheasant
Lilac-Breasted roller
Little Button Quail
North American Wood Duck
Painted Stork
Prairie Falcon
Raven
Red-crested Cardinal
Red Junglefowl
Ringed Teal
Rio Grande Turkey
Rockhopper Penguin
Sarus Crane
Silver-Beaked Tanager
Snowy Owl
Southern Ground Hornbill
Tawny Frogmouth
Temminck's Tragopan
Superb Starling
Wedge-Tailed Eagle
White-cheecked turaco
White-naped crane
White Tailed Sea Eagle
MAMMALS
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Aardvark
Alpine Chamois
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Bengal Tiger
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Black-crested Mangabey
Black Howler Monkey
Bobcat
Brown-nosed Coati
Common Vampire Bat
Eastern Bongo
Emperor Tamarin
Geoffroy's Marmoset
Goeldi's Monkey
Grant's Zebra
Grevy’s zebra
Hamster
Koala
Lesser Kudu
Lesser spotted-nosed guenon
Lion-tailed macaque
Mandrill
Mayotte Brown Lemur
Miniature Horse
Pallas' Cat
Pygmy Marmoset
Red Panda
Red Ruffed lemur
Ruwenzori Long-Haired Fruit Bat
Sable Antelope
Siamang
Sichuan Takin
Snow Leopard
Spectacled bear
Syke's Guenon
Wolf's Guenon
Zebra Mouse
REPTILES
Ackies Monitor
African Plated Lizard
Andean Milk Snake
Arizona Mountain Kingsnake
Asian Brown Tortoise
Bearded Dragon
Black-knobbed Map Turtle
Black Rat Snake
California Kingsnake
Cave Rat Snake
Corn snake
Desert Iguana
Desert tortoise
Eastern Fence Lizard
Emerald Tree Monitor
Flower Snake
Green Tree Python
Honduran Milk snake
Komodo dragon
Long-tailed Grass Lizard
Northern Leopard Tortoise
Round-nosed Plated Lizard
South-American Red Footed Tortoise
South American Yellow Footed Tortoise
Standing's Day Gecko
Western Banded Gecko
AMPHIBIANS
African Clawed Frog
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Boreal Toad
Tiger Salamander
Southern Leopard Frog
Ornate Horned Frog
Panamanian Golden Frog
Giant Marine Toad
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog
FISH
Yellow Tang
Pajama Cardinalfish
Hippo Tang Fish
Humu-humu-nuku-nuku-a-pua'a
Freshwater Angelfish
INSECTS
Giant Stick Insect
