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The Zoological Society is excited about our new lion exhibit and sea eagle enclosure pluse we have new pronghorn, elk, peafowl, ring-tailed lemur, Arctic fox, ibex, stone's sheep, European bison and turkey babies!

Here are some (but not all) of the animals you will see on your visit. They are organized by the region of the world that they are native to.

NORTH AMERICA

American badger/ Plains bison* / Bobcat / Woodland caribou / Cougar* / White-tailed deer / Mule deer / Elk (Wapiti) / Black-tailed prairie dog / Canadian lynx* / Stone sheep / Muskox / Wolverine

Bluebird, Eastern / Sandhill Crane* / Dove, Mourning / Dove, White-winged / Duck, Wood / Eagle, Golden* / Eagle, Bald* / Golden Eye, American / Goose, Bar-headed / Goose, Canada / Goose, Greylag / Goose, Hawaiian* / Goose, Lesser Snow / Heron, Black-crowned Night / Ibis, Scarlet* / Teal, Ringed / Turkey, Wild / Killdeer / Phalarope, Red-necked / Plover, American Golden / Plover, Spur-winged / Snipe, Common / Owl, Snowy / Owl, Burrowing / Owl, Long-eared / Owl, Short-eared / Owl, Tawny / Owl, Screech / Pelican, American White / Thrush, Swainson’s / Tanager, Palm / Yellow-throat, Common / Oriole, Baltimore / Grosbeak, Pine / Raven / Jay, Blue / Magpie, Black-billed / Warbler, Rufus-crowned / Warbler, Yellow-rumped / Waxwing, Cedar and Bohemian

Common Cooter/ Red-eared Slider / Rat snake / Hognose snake

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

Agouti, Orange-rumped* /Alpaca / Guanaco* / Llama / Monkey, Squirrel* / Marmoset, Goeldi’s* / Sloth, Two-toed  / Bat, Short-tailed leaf-nosed

Cicique, Yellow-rumped / Conure, Patagonian / Flamingo, American / Pelican, Brown / Lapwing, Southern / Manikin, Bronze-winged / Parakeet, Bourke’s / Saltator, Buff-throated / Screamer, Crested / Starling, Superb Glossy / Swan, Black-necked / Tanager, White-lined / Trumpeter, Grey-winged

Red-footed and Yellow-footed tortoises

Talking catfish / Tiger Shovel-nosed catfish / Piranha

Giant Brazilian cockroach Cockroaches consume squash

AUSTRALIA

Kangaroo, Red / Kangaroo, Matchie’s Tree / Wallaby, Bennett’s

Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested / Cockatoo, Galah/Roseate / Cockatoo, Major Mitchell / Goose, Coreopsis / Thicknee, Australian / Lorikeet, Rainbow / Lorikeet, Musk / Lorikeet, Scaly-breasted / Lorikeet, Green-napped / Lory, Blue-crowned / Lory, Solitary / Frogmouth, Tawny / Kookaburra / Finch, Gouldian / Finch, Masked / Finch, Star / Magpie, Australian White-backed / Parakeet, Rock Pebbler / Kakariki, Red-fronted / Pebbler, Rock

AFRICA and MADAGASCAR

Black & White ruffed lemur* / Red ruffed lemur* / Ring-tailed lemur* / Slender-tailed meerkat / Grant’s zebra

Bulbul, Red-whiskered / Crane, East African Crowned* / Crane, Sarus* / Hornbill, African Ground / Ibis, Scarlet* / Lovebird, Abyssinian / Touraco, Buffon’s / Touraco, Hartland’s / Fody, Madagascar Red / Vulture, Ruppell’s / Guinea fowl, Vulturine / Thicknee, Cape/Spotted / Pigeon, Triangular-spotted / Wood hoopoe, Green / Lovebird, Peach-face / Turaco, Red-crested / Whydah, Paradise / Whydah, Queen / Whydah, Long-tailed* / Bishop, Yellow-crowned / Quelea, Red-billed / Weaver, Golden / Weaver, Orange* / Weaver, Speke’s

African lungfish / Jewel cichlid / Temporalis cichlid/ West African dwarf crocodile*

Tomato frogs

 

ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST

Indian fruit bat / Arabian camel / Bactrian camel / Javan (Silvery) gibbon* / White-handed (Lar) gibbon* / Amur leopard* / Snow leopard*/ Lion-tailed macaque* / Red panda* / Afghanistan markor* / Vietnamese pot-bellied pig / Reindeer / Siberian Tiger* / Sichaun takin* / Dwarf zebu

Bluebird, Fairy / Red Crowned Crane / Steller’s sea eagle / Golden eagle / Owl, Turkmenian Eagle / Owl, Ural / Peafowl, Indian / Brown-eared pheasant* / Golden pheasant / Lady Amherst's pheasant / Reeves’ pheasant / Pheasant, Silver / Quail, Chinese Painted / Pheasant, Himalayan (Impeyan)*/ Blue crowned pigeon* / Pied imperial pigeon / Satyr tragopan* / Temminck’s tragopan

Burmese python / Russian rat snake / Star tortoise* / Elongated tortoise / Leopard gecko / Dumeril's monitor

Goldfish / Koi / Bala shark / Rainbow shark

EUROPE

European bison* / Sardinian donkey / Alpine ibex / Reindeer / Eurasian red squirrel

European crane* / Eurasian jay / Rook / European white stork* / European pigeon / Cereopsis goose

 
Past Encounters

 

Here are some of the Animal Encounters that the Zoological Society of Manitoba has partnered with the Assiniboine Park Zoo for you over the past few years. These animals were brought in for short periods (a couple of months to a couple of years).

2006 & 2007: Cheetahs

Shomari the cheetahMandis the cheetah

Shomari (left) and Mandisa (right)

Cheetah two year Catch Me advertisement

 

2005 (summer): African Lions

2005 (summer): Chimp Quest - Primate Promotion

2004 & 2005: White Bengal Tigers

1999 & 2004 (summer): Birds of Prey Free Flight Demonstrations

Owl landing on the arm of its trainer

1998 & 2002: Asian Elephant

1993: Winnipeg Down Under

(Highlighting Australian animals including koalas)

 

1989: Pandas In Person

For other exhibit information and milestones at the zoo, visit our zoo history page.

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