Smithsonian National Zoo Smithsonian National Zoo species list Dec 2019

Thanks to contributors, an updated list:

Asia
Sloth Bear
Clouded Leopard
Fishing Cat
Asian Small-Clawed Otter
Red Panda
Giant Panda
Asian Elephant

African Loop
Maned Wolf
Cheetah
Grevy’s Zebra
Scimitar-horned Oryx
Lesser Kudu
Sitatunga
Dama Gazelle
Red River Hog

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill
Ruppell’s Griffon Vulture

Small Mammal House (Indoor)
Common Opossum
Woylie (Brush-tailed Bettong)
Northern Treeshrew
Lesser Hedgehog Tenrec
Prehensile-tailed Porcupine
Chinchilla
Degu
Red-rumped Agouti
Naked Mole Rat
North Luzon Giant Cloud Rat
Prevost’s Squirrel
Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth
Southern Tamandua
Southern Three-banded Armadillo
Screaming Hairy Armadillo
Rock Hyrax
Red Ruffed Lemur
Geoffroy’s Marmoset
Goeldi’s Monkey
Golden Lion Tamarin
Golden-headed Lion Tamarin
White-faced Saki
Fennec Fox
Sand Cat
Dwarf Mongoose
Meerkat
Black-footed Ferret
Striped Skunk

Green Aracari
Von der Decken’s Hornbill

Small Mammal House (Outdoor)
Black Howler Monkey
White-nosed Coati
Red-necked/Bennett’s Wallaby

Gibbon Ridge
Northern White-cheeked Gibbon
Siamang

Great Ape House
Western Lowland Gorilla
Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan

Reptile Discovery Center (Building)
Spiny-tailed Monitor
Emerald Tree Monitor
Caiman Lizard
Plumed Basilisk
Fiji Banded Iguana
Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Common Blue-Tongued Skink
Prehensile-tailed Skink
Sheltopusik
Gila Monster
Giant Plated Lizard
Mexican Alligator Lizard
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Meller’s Chameleon
Smallwood’s Anole
Iranian Fat-tailed Gecko
Madagascar Day Gecko
Henkel’s Leaf-tailed Gecko
Tokay Gecko
New Caledonian Giant Gecko
Green Anaconda
Green Tree Python
Timor Python
Black-headed Python
Northern Pine Snake
Comon Kingsnake
Eastern Indigo Snake
Corn Snake
Western Hognose Snake
False Water Cobra
Rhinoceros Ratsnake
Mangrove Snake
Tentacled Snake
Gaboon Viper
Eyelash Palm-pitviper
King Cobra
Taylor’s Cantil
Bushmaster (labeled as South American but Latin name is for Central American)
Timber Rattler
Copperhead
Lance-headed Rattlesnake
Banded Rock Rattlesnake
Cuban Crocodile
Philippine Crocodile
Gharial
Stinkpot (Common Musk Turtle)
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Spotted Turtle
Indochinese Box Turtle
McCord’s Box Turtle
Golden Coin Turtle
Painted Terrapin
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle
Matamata
Northern Red-faced Turtle
Eastern Long-necked Turtle
Fly River Turtle
Home’s Hingeback Tortoise
Pancake Tortoise
Spider Tortoise
Aldabra Tortoise

Red-bellied Salamander
Shenandoah Salamander
Hellbender
Emperor Newt
Lemur Leaf Frog
Coronated Tree Frog
Green-and-Black Poison Dart Frog
Blue Poison Dart Frog
Splashback Poison Dart Frog
Harlequin Poison Dart Frog
Panamanian Golden Frog
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad
Sambava Tomato Frog
Vietnamese Mossy Frog
Japanese Giant Salamander (currently off-exhibit)

Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Front)
Aldabra Tortoise
American Alligator

Reptile Discovery Center (Outside-Back)
Crocodile Monitor
Komodo Dragon
Chinese Alligator
Tomistoma

Think Tank
Bornean & Hybrid Orangutan
Allen’s Swamp Monkey
Brown Rat

Hermit Crab

Big Cats
Tiger (2 subspecies)
African Lion

Lemurs
Ring-tailed Lemur
Black-and-White Ruffed Lemur

American Trail
American Beaver
Spectacled Bear
Gray Wolf
North American River Otter
Gray Seal
Harbor Seal
California Sea Lion

Bald Eagle
Wood Duck
Brown Pelican
Common Raven

Amazonia
Emperor Tamarin
Bolivian Gray Titi
Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth

Roseate Spoonbill
Sunbittern
Ringed Teal
Hawk-headed Parrot
Green Aracari
Yellow-rumped Cacique
Blue-gray Tanager*
Silver-beaked Tanager*

Brazilian Rainbow Boa
Yellow-spotted Amazon River Turtle
Arrau River Turtle
Matamata
Red-footed Tortoise

Amazon Milk Frog
Phantasmal Poison Dart Frog*
Smooth-sided Toad*

Largespot River Stingray
White-blotched River Stingray
Vermiculate River Stingray (unclear if this is still considered distinct species or now grouped with P. falkneri)
South American Lungfish
Shovelnose Catfish
Ripsaw Catfish
Redtail Catfish
Suckermouth Catfish
Pseudoplatystoma sp. (Catfish)
Panda Cory
Golden Whiptail Catfish
Marbled Whiptail Catfish
Chocolate-colored Catfish
Twig Catfish
Electric Eel
Black Ghost Knifefish
Bluntnose Knifefish
Elephant-nosed Knifefish
Glass Knifefish
Blue Whale Catfish (Cetopsis coecutiens)
Tambaqui (Pacu)
Red-bellied Piranha
Violet Line Piranha
Redhook Myleus
Arapaima (A. gigas)
Silver Arowana
Banded Leporinus
Brycon sp.
Peacock Cichlid
Oscar
Neon Tetra
Kitty Tetra
Lemon Tetra
Silver Hatchetfish
Emerald Catfish
Slender Hemiodus
Sunshine Pleco
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Flagtail Characin
Pictus Catfish
Porthole Catfish
Pinktail Chalceus
Turquoise Severum
Adonis Catfish
Redheaded Eartheater
Redhook Pacu
Silver Dollar
Spotted Metynnis

Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula

Education/Labs in Amazonia Building
Rubber Eel
Eastern Red Newt
California Tiger Salamander
Fowler’s Toad
Panamanian Golden Frog
African Clawed Frog
Blue & Dyeing Poison Dart Frog
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog
Yellow-banded Poison Dart Frog
Green-and-black Poison Dart Frog
Bicolor Poison Dart Frog
Golden Poison Dart Frog (currently off-exhibit)

Multiple species of coral

Other Exhibits
Patagonian Mara
American Bison
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
North American Porcupine

Indian Peafowl (in the former Bobcat/Caracal area)

Totals
Mammals: 69
Birds: 14*
Reptiles: 68
Amphibians: 27*
Fish: 48**
Invertebrates: 2 (excl. coral lab)

Total: 228

*2 unconfirmed for each
**some of the fish in the big Amazonia tanks may not be present anymore, couldn't confirm all of them

Can you list the animals by individual enclosure rather than area in general?
 
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