Animals and Exhibits
The Zoo is home to over 3,000 animals, with collections of mammals, birds, reptiles and fish. Recent additions to the Zoo include exhibits for African elephants, gorillas and koalas. The Birdhouse at Riverbanks (opened 2002) was given a Significant Achievement Award by the AZA as one of the best new zoo exhibits in the United States and features a display of king, rockhopper and gentoo penguins.
African Plains is a 2-acre (0.81 ha) exhibit featuring giraffe, Grant's zebra, and ostrich.
The Aquarium Reptile Complex is a 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) building with a 50,000-US-gallon (190,000 L) tank for Pacific coral reef species, as well as exhibits for Galapagos tortoises, false gharials, and other reptiles.
Opened in 2002, Ndoki Forest houses two of the larger African species, the African elephant and western lowland gorilla, as well as de Brazza's monkey, slender-tailed meerkat, and various birds. The elephants live in a 1⁄2-acre (0.20 ha) yard with a 250,000-US-gallon (950,000 L) pool.
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