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Aldabra Giant Tortoise

Habitat: Primley
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Habitat: Crocodile Swamp
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Asiatic Lion

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Endangered

Azara's Agouti

Habitat: Savannah
 Named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara, agoutis are found in forests across countries in South America, such as Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay.

Black Crowned Crane

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Black Howler Monkey

Habitat: Forest
 Howler monkeys live in the forests across central regions of South America. Males have black fur while females and youngsters are more sandy in colour.

Black Rhinoceros

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Blue Peafowl

Habitat: Primley
 Blue peafowls make their homes in open and tropical forests, in India and Sri Lanka.

Bornean orang-utan

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Bourke's Parrot

Habitat: Desert House
 The Bourke's parrot is native to Australia.

Brazilian Tapir

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Brown Spider Monkey

Habitat: Primley
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Budgerigar

Habitat: Desert House
 The budgie is native in the wild to Australia, but is also now a nomadic species. We have around 60 individuals in our Desert House.

Bush Thick-Knee

Habitat: Desert House
 The bush thick-knee is a ground dwelling bird native to the grasslands of Australia.

Cheetah

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Cherry-Crowned Mangabey

Habitat: Monkey Heights
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Chilean Flamingo

Habitat: Wetland
 Brackish or saltwater lakes and lagoons.

Collared Peccary

Habitat: Savannah
 Tropical forest and grassland.

Common Shelduck

Habitat: Wetland
 Coasts and estuaries.

Cotton-Top Tamarin

Habitat: Wetland
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Crested Pigeon

Habitat: Desert House
 The crested pigeon is native to lightly wooded grasslands of Australia.

Cuban Crocodile

Habitat: Crocodile Swamp
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Dalmatian Pelican

Habitat: Wetland
 Lakes and large inland marshlands and wetlands.

Diana Monkey

Habitat: Monkey Heights
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

East African Crowned Crane

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Endangered

Eastern Bongo

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Emerald Tree Boa

Habitat: Reptile Tropics
 The emerald tree boa is found in the rainforests of South America.

Emperor Tamarin

Habitat: Monkey Heights

Emu

Habitat: Savannah
 Grasslands and wooded areas.

False gharial

Habitat: Crocodile Swamp
 Conservation Status Endangered

Fea's tree frog

Habitat: Amphibian Ark
 Also known as the Thao whipping frog and Fea’s flying frog, the Fea’s tree frog is native tropical forests in parts of China, Laos, Vietnam,…

Goeldi's Monkey

Habitat: Primley
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Golden Pheasant

Habitat: Forest

Greater Roadrunner

Habitat: Avian Breeding Centre
 The greater roadrunner lives in dry scrubland areas in Northern Mexico and the South Western USA.

Greylag Goose

Habitat: Wetland
 Flood plains, estuaries.

Guineafowl

Habitat: Primley
 Forests and dry bush.

Hamadryas Baboon

Habitat: Primley
 Dry, rocky areas and thorn bushes.

Hamerkop

Habitat: Avian Breeding Centre
 Tree-lined streams.

Hartmann's Mountain Zebra

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Hyacinth Macaw

Habitat: Primley
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Komodo Dragon

Habitat: Crocodile Swamp
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Lar Gibbon

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Endangered

Lesser Tenrec

Habitat: Nocturnal House
 Subtropical or tropical dry forests, shrubland and savannah grassland.

Little Egret

Habitat: Wetland

Luzon Bleeding Heart Dove

Habitat: Desert House
 This bird is only found in the wild in primary and secondary forests on the island of Luzon, Phillipines.

Mandarin Duck

Habitat: Wetland
 Swamps, lakes and pools.

Marabou Stork

Habitat: Wetland
 Grassy plains, swampy areas, rivers with sandbanks, shores of lakes.

Mishmi Takin

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Nguru spiny pygmy chameleon

Habitat: Amphibian Ark
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Northern Giraffe

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Oriental stork

Habitat:
Conservation Status Endangered

Pied Tamarin

Habitat: Monkey Heights
 Conservation Status Endangered

Pileated Gibbon

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Endangered

Princess of Wales Parakeet

Habitat: Desert House
 This bird is native to the sandy deserts and open scrubland of Australia.

Pygmy Goat

Habitat: The Ranch
 The original ancestors of this breed came from Africa and are now fully domesticated, wiht many living in manmade habitats.

Pygmy Marmoset

Habitat: Forest
 Tropical forest, near rivers.

Pygmy Slow Loris

Habitat: Monkey Heights
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Red Crowned Crane

Habitat: Wetland
 Conservation Status Endangered

Red Panda

Habitat: Primley
 Conservation Status Endangered

Red River Hog

Habitat: Savannah
 Thickets, forests, savannahs and swamps.

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

Habitat: Amphibian Ark
 Rainforests near rivers and ponds.

Red-Fronted Lemur

Habitat: Lemur Wood
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Red-Necked Ostrich

Habitat: Savannah
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Red-ruffed Lemur

Habitat: Lemur Wood
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Reticulated Python

Habitat: Crocodile Swamp
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Ring-tailed Lemur

Habitat: Lemur Wood
 Conservation Status Endangered

Saltwater Crocodile

Habitat: Crocodile Swamp
 This magnificent reptile lives in saltwater coastal areas, freshwater rivers and swamps in Australia, South East Asia and Sri Lanka.

Sarus Crane

Habitat: Wetland
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Scarlet Ibis

Habitat: Avian Breeding Centre
 Tropical and subtropical regions and rainforests.

Short-beaked Echidna

Habitat: Nocturnal House
 The echidna originates throughout Australia and Southern New Guinea and can be found in a range of habitatis including forests, deserts, shrublands and…

Slender-Tailed Meerkat

Habitat: Primley
 Desert, scrub and rocky grassland across Africa.

Snowy Owl

Habitat: Primley
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Soay Sheep

Habitat: Primley
 The Soay sheep is a primitive breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from a population of feral sheep on the 250-acre (100 ha) island of Soay…

Socorro Dove

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

South American Coati

Habitat: Forest
 Wide-ranging, including tropical lowlands, dry high-altitude forests, oak forests, mesquite grassland, and forest edges.

Southern Cassowary

Habitat: Forest
 Rainforest, swamp forest, mountain forest.

Southern Screamer

Habitat: Avian Breeding Centre
 Tropical and sub-tropical swamps, estuaries and watersides.

Squirrel Monkey

Habitat: Monkey Heights
 Tropical forests of Central and South America. They spend most of their time in the canopy, and rarely come down to the forest floor.

Sulawesi Crested Macaque

Habitat: Monkey Heights
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Sumatran Tiger

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Swamp Wallaby

Habitat:
Swamp wallabies prefer dense forests, woodlands and swampy areas and are found on the eastern coast of Australia.

Three-banded armadillo

Habitat: Monkey Heights
 They live in the Grand Chaco; a huge area of tropical grassland that covers parts of Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and Brazil.

Toco toucan

Habitat: Avian Breeding Centre
 Coastal forest edges, stream sides, scrub and plantations.

Vietnamese Mossy Frog

Habitat: Amphibian Ark
 Flooded caves and rocky banks of mountain streams.

Wattled Crane

Habitat: Primley
 Conservation Status Vulnerable

Western Grey Kangaroo

Habitat: Savannah
 Scrub, woodland, edges of desert and grassland.

Western Lowland Gorilla

Habitat: Forest
 Conservation Status Critically Endangered

Wood Duck

Habitat: Wetland
 Wetland.

Wrinkled hornbill

Habitat: Avian Breeding Centre
 Conservation Status Endangered
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