We haven't gotten a full species list for this place since 2018 (link: San Diego Zoo Complete Species List [San Diego Zoo]), so I hope this is a useful resource for people who want to know if personal target species for them are still present or not. I did my best to get a complete list; however, I did not do Elephant Odyssey and I also missed a couple small portions elsewhere in the zoo. I was able to fill some gaps thanks to our local forum members; hopefully more can be filled in the future.
Unlike how I normally do it, this thread will be multiple posts (mainly to protect against data loss in case something happens while drafting). All posts will be made today, hopefully in rapid succession. The posts will be as follows:
2) Northern Frontier, Horn and Hoof Mesa, Eagle Canyon, Sun Bear Forest, Center Street, Asia Passage, and nearby exhibits;
3) Lost Forest & Monkey Trails (minus the 3 walk-through aviaries);
4) walk-through aviaries in Lost Forest (Owens, Scripps, and Parker);
5) Front Street, Wildlife Explorers Basecamp, and nearby exhibits;
6) Reptile House and Reptile Walk;
7) Outback, Urban Jungle, Africa Rocks, and Elephant Odyssey
Format: each line is an enclosure, unless preceded by a colon and separated by a forward slash. Latin names are used for nearly all fish and inverts, as well as for select vertebrates when deemed appropriate. Signage was the primary source, supplemented by visuals of unsigned species and confirmations by forum members of lineup changes.
Due to the sheer number of species present (especially birds in walk-through aviaries), I will generally not indicate what species I saw or didn't see unless it was a noteworthy absence. In that case it will be marked in italics. Unsigned species are preceded by (unsigned). Subspecies are noted only when they were listed and I judged them to be noteworthy. Spoilers have been added to ease length.
I will hopefully do some comparison of lost/gained species later.
Unlike how I normally do it, this thread will be multiple posts (mainly to protect against data loss in case something happens while drafting). All posts will be made today, hopefully in rapid succession. The posts will be as follows:
2) Northern Frontier, Horn and Hoof Mesa, Eagle Canyon, Sun Bear Forest, Center Street, Asia Passage, and nearby exhibits;
3) Lost Forest & Monkey Trails (minus the 3 walk-through aviaries);
4) walk-through aviaries in Lost Forest (Owens, Scripps, and Parker);
5) Front Street, Wildlife Explorers Basecamp, and nearby exhibits;
6) Reptile House and Reptile Walk;
7) Outback, Urban Jungle, Africa Rocks, and Elephant Odyssey
Format: each line is an enclosure, unless preceded by a colon and separated by a forward slash. Latin names are used for nearly all fish and inverts, as well as for select vertebrates when deemed appropriate. Signage was the primary source, supplemented by visuals of unsigned species and confirmations by forum members of lineup changes.
Due to the sheer number of species present (especially birds in walk-through aviaries), I will generally not indicate what species I saw or didn't see unless it was a noteworthy absence. In that case it will be marked in italics. Unsigned species are preceded by (unsigned). Subspecies are noted only when they were listed and I judged them to be noteworthy. Spoilers have been added to ease length.
I will hopefully do some comparison of lost/gained species later.
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