List of animals at the Memphis Zoo

The Memphis Zoo has 19 exhibits that are located in three zones—Central, East and West. The animals on exhibit are listed here by zone and exhibit. Some listings are restricted to the more notable animals.
Central zone
Animals of the Night
*Aardvark
*Armadillos
**Three-banded armadillo
**Six-banded armadillo
*Bats
**Bulldog bat
** Jamaican fruit bat
**Sebae’s short-tailed bat
**Rousetta bat
**Vampire bat
*Binturong
*Cacomistle
*Coatimundi
*Cuscus
*Golden-rumped agouti
*Kinkajou
*Loris
**Slender loris
**Slow loris
*Naked mole rat
*Porcupines
**African crested porcupine
**Brush-tailed porcupine
**Prehensile-tailed porcupine
*Springhaas
*Striped possum
*Sugar glider
*Tamandua
*Tawny frogmouth
*Two-toed sloth
*Wombat
Bonobo exhibit
*Bonobo
China
*Asian small-clawed otter
*Birds
**Falcated duck
**Golden pheasant
**Hooded crane
**Lady Amherst pheasant
**Mandarin duck
**Reeves's pheasant
**Smew
**Temminck's tragopan
**White-naped crane
*Francois' langur
*Giant panda
*Goldfish
*Hog deer
*Koi
*Père David's deer
*White-cheeked gibbon
Commercial Appeal Cat Country
*Capybara
*Caracal
*Cheetah
*Cougar
*Crested screamer
*Great cats
**African lion
**Bengal tiger
**Sumatran tiger
**Jaguar
**Leopard
**Snow leopard
*Klipspringer
*Meerkat
*Ocelot
*Red panda
*Reeve's muntjac
Hippo exhibit
*Hippopotamus
Primate Canyon
*Eastern black-and-white colobus
*Macaques
**Lion-tailed macaque
**Sulawesi macaque
*Mona monkey
*Savanna baboon
*Siamang
*Sumatran orangutan
*Western lowland gorilla
East zone
African Veldt
*African elephant
*Antelopes
**Bongo
**Bontebok
**Lechwe
**Scimitar oryx
**Grant's gazelle
*Grant's zebra
*Grey crowned crane
*Ostrich
*Reticulated giraffe
*White rhinoceros
Birds and Bees (seasonal)
*Budgie
*Honey bee
Crocodile Cove (seasonal)
*Nile crocodile
*Tilapia
Northwest Passage
*American black bear
*Bald eagle
*California sea lion
*Polar bear
*White-necked raven
Teton Trek
*Elk
*Gray wolf
*Grizzly bear
*Sandhill crane
*Trumpeter swan
*Canvasback duck
*Ruddy duck
World of Waterfowl
*Chilean flamingo
*Mallard duck
*Mandarin duck
West zone
Aquarium
(Note: a more complete species list is provided on the Memphis Zoo's web site.)
*Alligator gar
*Archer fish
*Australian lungfish
*Banded bichir
*Electric eel
*Giant gourami
*Giant severum
*Mud skipper
*Northern snakehead
*Pearl gourami
*Red bellied piranha
*Redfin giant gourami
*Redtail catfish
*Tessellated moray eel
*Tigerfish
*Yellow tang
*Turtles
**Fly River turtle
**Mata mata
**Spotted pond turtle
**Nile softshell turtle
Dragon's Lair
*Komodo dragon
*Aldabra giant tortoise
Herpetarium
(Note: a more complete species list is provided on the Memphis Zoo's web site.)
*Amphibians
**Colorado River toad
**Mississippi gopher frog
**Three-toed amphiuma
**Tiger salamander
*Crocodilians
**American alligator
**Dwarf crocodile
*Lizards
**Beaded lizard
**Chuckwalla
**Komodo dragon—juvenile hatched at Memphis Zoo
**Eastern glass lizard
**Panther chameleon
**Spiny-tailed lizard
**Gila monster
*Non-venomous snakes
**Apalachicola king snake
**Arizona mountain king snake
**Boa constrictor
**Brazilian rainbow boa
**Cave dwelling rat snake
**Diamond backed water snake
**Emerald boa
**Gray rat snake
**Hognose snake
**Louisiana pine snake
**Mexican rosy boa
**Speckled king snake
**Yellow bellied water snake
*Venomous snakes
**Bushmaster
**Eastern cottonmouth
**Eastern green mamba
**Egyptian banded cobra
**Gaboon viper
**Southern copperhead
**Taylors cantil
**Timber rattlesnake
**Western diamondback rattlesnake
*Turtles
**Alligator snapping turtle
**Eastern box turtle
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**Radiated tortoise
**Spider tortoise
**Three-toed box turtle
Penguin Rock (and vicinity)
*African penguin
*American white pelican
Once Upon a Farm
*Black-tailed prairie dog
*Call duck
*Caspian horse
*Domestic goat
*Domestic chicken
*Domestic sheep
*Guinea hog
*Miniature cow
*Miniature donkey.
*Pekin duck
Round Barn
*Abyssinian ground-hornbill
*African ground-hornbill
*Antelopes
**Dama gazelle
**Dik dik
**Gerenuk
**Yellow-backed duiker
**Klipspringer
**Nyala
*Red river hog
*Warthog
Tropical bird house
(Note: a more complete species list is provided on the Memphis Zoo's web site.)
*African pygmy-falcon
*Azure-winged magpie
*Bali mynah
*Black-necked stilt
*Collared kingfisher
*Crested wood-partridge
*Doves
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**Beautiful fruit-dove
**Green-winged dove
**Mariana fruit-dove
**Nicobar pigeon
**Pink-headed fruit-dove
**Pink pigeon
**White-throated ground-dove
**Wompoo fruit dove
*Golden pheasant
*Goldie's lorikeet
*Hooded pitta
*Laughing kookaburra
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*White-crested laughing thrush
*Red-billed blue magpie
*Ringed teal
*Toco toucan
*Violet-backed starling
*Von der Decken's hornbill
 
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