List of animals at the North Carolina Zoo
This is a list of animals on display at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina. The North Carolina Zoo has two primary zones representing the species and habitats of Africa, and North America, each with a number of exhibits. The zoo also features an aviary which is home to birds species from all over the world. The list is broken up by zone and exhibit. The Zoo is home to approximately 1,100 individual specimens representing more than 200 species. This is a partial list taken from the zoo's website.
North America
Cypress Swamp
Mammals
- North American Woodchuck
- Puma
Reptiles
- American alligator
- Chicken turtle
- Eastern river cooter
- Louisiana Pine snake
- Scarlet Kingsnake
- Spotted turtle
- Striped mud turtle
- Yellow-bellied slider
- Yellow rat snake
Birds
- Blue-winged Teal
- Canvasback
- Hooded Merganser
- Northern Pintail
- Wood Duck
- Ruddy Duck
Kids Zone
Mammals
- Southern red-sided opossum
Birds
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Barred Owl
Reptiles
- Ball python
- Common box turtle
- Macklot's Python
- Yellow rat snake
Rocky Coast
Mammals
- Arctic Fox
- Harbor seal
- Polar bear
Birds
- Horned Puffin
- Parakeet Auklet
- Peregrine Falcon
- Thick-billed Murre
Streamside
Mammals
- Bobcat
- North American River Otter
Birds
- Barred Owl
Reptiles
- Banded Watersnake
- Black rat snake
- Brown Water Snake
- Corn Snake
- Cottonmouth
- Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake
- Mole Kingsnake
- Northern Water Snake
- Scarlet Kingsnake
- Southern Copperhead
- Spotted turtle
- Timber Rattlesnake
- Yellow rat snake
Fish
- Black Crappie
- Bluegill
- Bowfin
- Brook trout
- Cape Fear Shiner
- Longnose gar
- Redbreast sunfish
- Shortnose sturgeon
Amphibians
- American green tree frog
- Barking tree frog
- Cope's Gray Tree frog
- Gray tree frog
- Two-toed Amphiuma
Northwoods Prairie
Mammals
- American bison
- American black bear
- American Elk
- Grizzly bear
- Red Wolf
Sonora Desert
Mammals
- Common Vampire Bat
- Merriam's Kangaroo Rat
- Ocelot
- White-nosed Coati
- Ringtail Cat
Reptiles
- Mexican Beaded lizard
- Black-tailed Rattlesnake
- Colorado River toad
- Common collared lizard
- Crevice Spiny lizard
- Desert iguana
- Desert Kingsnake
- Desert tortoise
- Hognose
- Night snake
- Ornate box turtle
- Reticulated Gila monster
- Rosy boa
- Sidewinder
- Sonoran Gopher snake
- Speckled Snake
- Western Banded lizard
Birds
- Abert's Towhee
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Burrowing Owl
- Gambel's Quail
- Gila Woodpecker
- Greater Roadrunner
- House Finch
- Inca Dove
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Pyrrhuloxia
- Shore Lark
- White-winged Dove
Fish
- Desert Pupfish
Invertebrates
- Desert Hairy Scorpion
- Tarantula
- Vinegaroon
Africa
Watani Grasslands
- African Elephant
African Pavilion
Mammals
- Hamadryas baboon
- Western lowland gorilla
Reptiles
- American alligator
Birds
- Bateleur Eagle
- Trumpeter Hornbill
African Plains
Mammals
- Eastern Bongo
- Fringe-eared Oryx
- Greater Kudu
- Nile Lechwe
- Sitatunga
- Thomson's Gazelle
- Waterbuck
- Southern White Rhinoceros
Birds
- Ostrich
- Spur-winged Goose
Forest Edge
Mammals
- Grant's Zebra
- Reticulated Giraffe
Birds
- Ostrich
Lemur Island
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Red ruffed lemur
Kitera Forest
- Chimpanzee
Bushlands
- African Lion
- Red River Hog
Aviary
Birds
- African Pygmy Goose
- Asian Fairy-bluebird
- Bali Starling
- Blue-crowned Hanging Parrot
- Blue-gray Tanager
- Blue-naped Mousebird
- Chilean Flamingo
- Crested Wood-partridge
- Eastern Rosella
- Eclectus Parrot
- Golden-crested MYNA
- Golden-headed Manakin
- Golden White-eye
- Green Wood Hoopoe
- Hermit Thrush
- Hooded Pitta
- Hottentot Teal
- Iris Glossy-starling
- Liocichla
- Mandarin Duck
- Nicobar Pigeon
- Red-billed Leiothrix
- Red-capped Cardinal
- Ringed Teal
- Scarlet Ibis
- Summer Tanager
- Sunbittern
- Turquoise Tanager
- Victoria Crowned Pigeon
- Violet-backed Starling
- White-backed Duck
- White-headed Mousebird
- White-rumped Shama
- Yellow-rumped Cacique
Reptiles
- Red footed Tortoise
- South American Yellow-footed Tortoise
Amphibians
- Blue Poison Dart Frog
- Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog
- Yellow and Blue Poison Dart Frog
- Panamanian Golden Frog