Mammals

Click on a mammal to learn more about them! 

 

African Lion - SSP

African Straw-Colored Fruit Bat* - SSP

Amur Tiger

Andean Bear

Arctic Fox

Barbados Sheep

Black-Handed Spider Monkey - SSP

Cape Porcupine

Canada Lynx - SSP

Common Wallaroo - SSP

Eastern Black Rhinoceros - SSP

Emperor Tamarin - SSP

Fennec Fox - SSP

Ferret

Fossa - SSP

Hartmann's Mountain Zebra

Lesser Madagascar Tenrec*

Long-Tailed Chinchilla

Masai Giraffe - SSP

Nigerian Dwarf Goat

Nubian Goat

Orangutan - SSP

Prehensile Tailed Porcupine

Red Kangaroo - SSP

Southern 3-banded Armadillo

Western Grey Kangaroo

Western Tufted Deer - SSP

White-Handed Gibbon - SSP

Wild Boar

 

*Denotes animal ambassador used for conservation education programs. May not be on exhibit.

 

SSP = Species Survival Plan
The American Species Survival Plan or SSP program was developed in 1981 by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums to help ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered in the wild.