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Animal Encounters

 

Our cheetahs, Shomari and Mandisa have now moved out of the zoo.

But don't fret - we've got some fantastic new additions coming in 2008.

 

In the meantime - here are some other animals to visit. They are organized by the region of the world that they are native to.

NORTH AMERICA

Badger, American / Bear, Grizzly / Bear, Polar / Bear, Black / Bison, Plains* / Bobcat / Caribou, Woodland / Cougar* / Deer, White-tailed / Deer, Mule / Elk, American* / Prairie Dog, Black-tailed / Porcupine, North American / Raccoon / Lynx, Canadian* / Sheep, Stone’s / Muskox / Wolverine

Blackbird, Red-winged / Bluebird, Eastern / Cardinal, Virginian / Cardinal, Red-crested / Crane, Sandhill* / Dove, Mourning / Dove, White-winged / Duck, Fulvous Tree* / Duck, Mallard

Duck, Wood*  / Eagle, Golden* / Eagle, Bald* / Golden Eye, American / Goose, Bar-headed

Goose, Barnacle / 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, Great Grey / Owl, Long-eared / Owl, Short-eared / Owl, Tawny / Owl, Screech / Pelican, American White / Thrush, Swainson’s / Junco, Slate-coloured / 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

Cooter, Common / Turtle, Red-eared Slider / Snake, Rat / Snake, Hognose

 

CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA

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

Cicique, Yellow-rumped / Conure, Patagonian / Flamingo, American / Pelican, West Indian Brown Heron / Honduran Boat-billed / 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

Boa, Common / Iguana, Green / Tortoise, Red-footed / Tortoise, Yellow-footed

Catfish, Hoplo / Catfish, Plecostomus / Catfish, Red-tailed / Catfish, Talking / Catfish, Tiger Shovel-nose / Piranha

Cockroach, Giant Brazilian

 

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

Lemur, Black & White Ruffed* / Lemur, Red Ruffed* / Lemur, Ring-tailed* / Meerkat, Slender-tailed / Zebra, Grant’s / Goat, Pygmy

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

Lungfish, African / Cichlid, Jewel / Cichlid, Temporalis

Crocodiles, West African Dwarf*

 

ASIA & THE MIDDLE EAST

Camel, Arabian / Camel, Bactrian / Gibbon, Javan (Silvery)* / Gibbon, White-handed (Lar)* / Leopard, Afghanistan (Persian)* / Leopard, Amur* / Leopard, Snow*

Lynx, Irkutsk* / Macaque, Lion-tailed* / Markhor, Afghanistan* / Panda, Red* / Pig, Vietnamese Pot-bellied / Reindeer / Tiger, Siberian* / Takin* / Zebu, Dwarf

Bluebird, Fairy / Crane, Red Crowned (Manchurian/Japanese) / Duck, Mandarin

Eagle, Stellar’s Sea / Eagle, Golden / Owl, Turkmenian Eagle / Owl, Ural / Peafowl, Indian

Pheasant, Brown Eared* / Pheasant, Golden / Pheasant, Lady Amherst / Pheasant, Reeves’ / Pheasant, Silver / Quail, Chinese Painted / Pheasant, Himalayan (Impeyan)*

Pigeon, Common Crowned* / Pigeon, Pied Imperial / Tragopan, Satyr* / Tragopan, Temminck’s

Python, Burmese / Snake, Russian Rat / Tortoise, Star* / Tortoise, Elongated / Gecko, Leopard

Goldfish / Koi / Gourami, Blue / Shark, Bala / Shark, Rainbow

 

EUROPE

Bison, European* / Donkey, Sardinian / Ibex, Alpine / Reindeer

Crane, European* / Jackdaw / Jay, Eurasian / Rook / Stork, European White*

Tortoise, Spur-thighed

 

Past Successes

 

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: Shomari and Mandisa the cheetahs

 

Shomari (left) and Mandisa (right)

Cheetah two year Catch Me advertisement

2006: Blizzard the white buffalo (bison)

Blizzard has now become a permanent member of the zoo collection.

2005 (summer): African lions

Female lion with cubs on den

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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