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Please feel free to browse through these fact sheets on some of the animals in the Indianapolis Zoo's collection.  The Zoo has approximately 360 different species of animals in its collection, including 14 endangered and three threatened species.

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Photo by Joe Tansey.

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Common Name Scientific Name
A  
Addra Gazelle Dama Gazelle/Gazella dama
African Elephant Loxodonta africana
African lion Panthera leo
African pygmy goat Capra hireus
African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus
Agouti Dasyprocta cristata
Alpine Goat Capra hircus
Anaconda Eunectes murinus
Australian Snake-necked Turtle Chelodina longicollis
B  
Bald Eagle Southern subspecies: Haliaeetus leucocephalus leuc
Barred Owl Strix varia
Black Swan Cygnus atratus
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
Black-necked Swan Cygnus melanocoryphus
Blacktip Reef Shark Carcharhinus melanopterus
Blue Scaled Quail Callipepla squamata
Border Leicester Sheep Ovis aries
Bottlenosed Dolphin Tursiops truncatus
C  
California Sea Lion Zalophus Californianus
Cayman Island Ground Iguana Cyclura nubila lewisi/AKA Grand Cayman Blue Iguana
Chinchilla Chinchilla laniger
Chuckwalla Sauromalus obesus
Clownfish Amphiprion perideraion
Collared Lemur Lemur fulvus collaris
Common Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor constrictor
Common Murre Uria aalge
Common Puffin Fratercula artica
Corn Snake Elaphe guttata guttata
D  
Desert Hairy Scorpion Hadrurus arizonensis
Desert Tortoise Xerobates aggassizi
Dexter Cow Bos taurus
Domestic Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
Domestic Yak Bos grunniens
Dumeril's Ground Boa Acrantophis dumerilli
Dwarf Caiman Paleosuchus palpebrosus
E  
East African Crowned Crane  
Egyptian Goose Alopochen gegyptiacus
Emerald Tree Boa Corallus caninus
F  
Ferret Mustela putoris furo
G  
Gambels Quail Callipela gambelli
Giant Cockroach Blaberus giganteus
Giant Pacific Octopus Octopus dofleini
Giant South American River Turtle Podocnemis expansa
Golden Lion Tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia
Grants Zebra Equus burchelli bohmi
Green Heron Butorides virescens
Green Moray Eel  
Guinea Baboon Papio papio
H  
Harbor Seal Phoca vitulina
Helmeted Guinea Fowl Numida meleagris
Horned Dorset Sheep Ovis aries

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