Sacramento Zoo Animal Ambassadors
Species List and Fact Sheets
click on the underlined species names for fact sheets

Animal Ambassadors
(These animals off exhibit except during Wildlife Stage Shows and Animal Encounters)

 

Mammals

 


African Hedgehog           profile
African Hedgehog


Bobcat                      profile
Bobcat

Greater Madagascar Hedgehog Tenrec                           profile
Greater Madagascar Hedgehog Tenrec

Grey Fox                               
Grey Fox
Kinkajou                    profile
Kinkajou
Lesser Madagascar Hedgehog Tenrec                                   
Six-banded Armadillo              
Six-banded Armadillo
   
 

Birds

 

Blue and Gold Macaw       video
Blue and Gold Macaw

Eclectus Parrot               profile
Eclectus Parrot

Harris' Hawk                    video
Harris' Hawk

Laughing Kookaburra            
                                        profile/video
Laughing Kookabura

Red-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk

Thick-billed Parrot   profile
Thick-billed Parrot

Western Screech Owl
Screech owl

White-faced Whistling Duck
                                     profile
White-faced Whistling Duck

 

 

Reptiles & Amphibians

 

American Alligator 
American Alligator

Ball Python                     profile
Ball Python

Blue-tongued Skink         profile
Blue-tonuged Skink

Box Turtles 
(Ornate and Three-toed)   profile
Ornate Box Turtle

Brazilian Rainbow Boa 
Brazilian Rainbow Boa

Colombian Red-tailed Boa
                                     profile
Columbian Red-tailed Boa

Colorado River Toad
Colorado River Toad

Desert Tortoise               profile
Desert Tortoise

Mali Spiny-tailed Lizard   profile
Mali Spiny-tailed Lizard

Pacific Gopher Snake 
Pacific Gopher Snake
   

* The Zoo determines each species extinction status level by compiling resources from the following agencies: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendices, US Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act (ESA), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List, and the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations.

Photo credit: Lauren Kraft, Tananarive Aubert, Sacramento Zoo Staff

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