Animals and Plants Archive - Louisville Zoo

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Addax at the Louisville Zoo

Addax

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

African Bull Frog

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: least concern

African Catfish

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

African Silverfish

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

Alligator Snapping Turtle

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Reptiles
Conservation Status: endangered

louie the white alligator

Alligator, American

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles

Chinese Alligator at the Louisville Zoo

Alligator, Chinese

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles
Conservation Status: endangered

American Toad

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: least concern

Armadillo at The Louisville Zoo

Armadillo, Southern Three-banded

Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Arnold’s Promise Witch Hazel

Classification: Plants

Aurora Dogwood

Classification: Plants

Autumn Brilliance Serviceberry

Classification: Plants

Babirusa at the Louisville Zoo

Babirusa

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Bald Cypress

Classification: Plants

Banded Archerfish

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

Banded Cichlid

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

Rodriguez fruit bat hanging upside down on a branch in the exhbit, staring at camera.

Bat, Rodrigues Fruit

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Bat at the Louisville Zoo

Bat, Vampire

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Brown Bear at the Louisville Zoo

Bear, Brown

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Animals, Mammal

Polar Bear at the Louisville Zoo

Bear, Polar

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

photo - side view of bearded dragon, variety of brown, green, gray highlighted blended colors over entire body, sleeping on rocks

Bearded Dragon

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles

Bongo at the Louisville Zoo

Bongo

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Mammal

Camel at The Louisville Zoo

Camel, Dromedary

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: domesticated

photo - red capped cardinal, with black feathers on back, white breast feathers, head has red feathers, sitting on a branch, background is green long stem fronds

Cardinal, Red-capped

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Red Crested Cardinal, black wing, tail feathers; white neck and breast feathers, red face, chin, hair feathers, white small beak, sitting on a branch

Cardinal, Red-crested

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Catfish

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Chameleaon side view of head and shoulder area, protruding red eye socket, variety of colors, with intricate designs all over its body, colors are browns on face, greens on head, shoulder, back, leg, red, blue, yellow outlines mouth

Chameleon, Panther

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles

Chastetree

Classification: Plants

photo - grey chinchilla, with 2 pinkish ears, long tail, very short snout, small nose, black eyes, very cute in the face, with long whiskers, eating a carrot, which is in his paws

Chinchilla

Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Chinese Fringetree

Classification: Plants

Chinese Wingnuts

Classification: Plants

Cichild

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

Colorado River Toad

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: least concern

Columnar Norway Spruce

Classification: Plants

Cope’s Gray Treefrog

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: least concern

Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

Classification: Plants

East African Crowned Crane

Crane, East African Crowned

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Birds
Conservation Status: endangered

photo - Red crowned Crane - 2 white feather cranes, neck is black, grey, head is white, wing and tail feathers have black tips, or all black feathers, background is green bushes

Crane, Red-crowned

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: endangered

Wattled Crane at the Louisville Zoo

Crane, Wattled

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Cuban Crocodile

Crocodile, Cuban

Exhibit Herpaquarium
Classification: Reptiles
Conservation Status: endangered

photo - Beautiful Fruit Dove with full frontal view, feathers are colored, orange, purple, green, breast is all white, with purple patch on front of head, beak is yellow, sitting on branch, with background of green leaves

Dove, Beautiful Fruit

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Emerald Dove, with brown breast, head feather, green wing feathers, with orange bill, sitting on a branch

Dove, Grey-capped Emerald

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Mariana Fruit Dove, with variety of very colorful feathers, green, orange, blue, brown, neck is fluffed out feathers with purple forehead, rest head is white, sitting on a tree branch

Dove, Mariana Fruit

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: near threatened

Eagle, Bald

Exhibit Cats of the Americas
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Eagle at the Louisville Zoo

Eagle, Steller’s Sea

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Birds
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Eastern Redbud

Classification: Plants

Emu at the Louisville Zoo

Emu

Exhibit Australia
Classification: Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Fernleaf Buckthorn

Classification: Plants

Black-Footed Ferret

Ferret, Black-Footed

Exhibit Not Currently on Exhibit
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

photo - domestic ferret, facing camera, body and tail are mixed colors of brown, grey, black, face has white mask, pink nose with whiskers, ears are small and rounded , standing in shavings

Ferret, Domestic

Classification: Animals, Mammal

Flamingo at the Louisville Zoo

Flamingo, Chilean

Exhibit South America
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: near threatened

Frog, Horned

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Amphibians, Animals
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Poison dart frog at Louisville Zoo

Frog, Poison Dart

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: threatened

photo - white tree frog - side view of chubby frog - all white color, back looks grey, with white specks over all body, show one round protruding eye, mouth closed, one arm with two limb extensions, sitting on tree bark

Frog, White’s Tree

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Amphibians, Animals

Gila Monster

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles

Giraffe at the Louisville Zoo

Giraffe, Masai

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Animals, Mammal

photo - Cape Barren Goose with all grey feathers tinted with shades of light brown color, beak is lime color with black spot, tip of beak is black.

Goose, Cape Barren

Exhibit Australia
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Gopher Tortoise

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Reptiles
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Gorilla at the Louisville Zoo

Gorilla, Western Lowland

Exhibit Gorilla Forest
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Green Giant Arborvitae / Western Redcedar

Classification: Plants

Hardy Orange

Classification: Plants

Hawk, Hawaiian

Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: near threatened

Heavenly Bamboo

Classification: Plants

photo - African Pygmy Hedgehog, side view of face, neck to should of body. body hairs are tan, brown spikey, face is white with brownish tint on snot of nose, neck hair is also white, dark eye, has whiskers, one ear shown, tan in color

Hedgehog, African Pygmy

Classification: Animals, Mammal

photo - hellbender lizard - face - brownish, black, wet looking colors, with 1 eye, and one sticky fingers hand, mouth is closed.

Hellbender

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Amphibians, Animals

Hippopotamus, Pygmy

Exhibit Gorilla Forest
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Hissing Cockroach at Louisville Zoo

Hissing Cockroach

Classification: Invertebrates

photo - hooded Pita bird, body has variety of green colors over all, with tint of blue on wing, head, neck is black, sitting on branch.

Hooded Pitta

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Inka Tern at the Louisville Zoo

Inca Tern

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: near threatened

Japanese Cornel Dogwood

Classification: Plants

Japanese Zelkova

Classification: Plants

Kentucky Coffeetree

Classification: Plants

Keteleeri Juniper

Classification: Plants

photo - gray koala, full face body shot, sitting on tree limb, paws holding onto the branch, has 2 large grey round ears, grey fur, with white patch on chest, 2 small black eyes, black protruding nose, has very cute face, background is green trees

Koala

Exhibit Australia
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: vulnerable

photo - side view shot of komodo dragon, greenish, brown color over body, shows leg and claws, flat had, large eye, harrow huzzle, sitting by a brown stick

Komodo Dragon

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Reptiles
Conservation Status: endangered

Lacebark Elm

Classification: Plants

Leatherleaf Mahonia

Classification: Plants

photo - Red billed Leothrix bird - with gray back feathers, and wing has colors of green, red, orange, head is green, breast is yellow with orange tint, sitting on a branch

Leiothrix, Red-billed

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

two ring tailed lemurs

Lemur, Ring-Tailed

Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Lion at the Louisville Zoo

Lion, African

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Mammal

Little Gem Magnolia

Classification: Plants

photo - small sailfin lizard - side view, body is color tan, brown, with small protruding nails along backbone, face shows one eye, mouth closed, small ear, greenish gullet, hiding among leaves and twigs

Lizard, Philippine Sailfin

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles

Lorikeet at the Louisville Zoo

Lorikeet, Rainbow

Exhibit Lorikeet Landing
Classification: Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Lynx at the Louisville Zoo, grey, brown, black marbled fur, black feather like tip on ears, yellow eyes, sitting in a tree, observing what's out there

Lynx, Canada

Exhibit South America
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Hyacinth Macaw, all blue color feathers, eye with yellow trim, yellow feathers on face at black curved beak, sitting on branch.

Macaw, Hyacinth

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Meerkat at the Louisville Zoo

Meerkat

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Mammal

photo - Giant Millipede, all black with red rings and tiny reddish legs underneath said millipede, laying in leaves

Millipedes

Classification: Animals, Invertebrates

photo - side view, with full face, pic of colobus black monkey, pronounced white circle of hair around main face, brown eyes, short, wide snout, tips of black fur has streaks of white fur among black fur, background is green leaves, seem to be sitting in a tree

Monkey, Colobus

Exhibit Africa Zone
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Myna bird, all white, with black tips on wings, tail feathers, has blue patch covering eye area, sitting on branch

Myna, Bali

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: critical

Norway Spruce

Classification: Plants

Oakleaf Hydrangea

Classification: Plants

photo - head shot of opossum, face fur is white, with black ears, touch of grey on top of head, black eyes, short snout, pink nose, with lots of whiskers, rest of body is grey fur

Opossum, Virginia

Classification: Animals, Mammal

Orangutan at the Louisville Zoo

Orangutan

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Osage Orange

Classification: Plants

Barn Owl at the Louisville Zoo

Owl, Barn

Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - head shot of great horned owl, full face, pointed black, brown feathered ears, face trimmed in brown feathers around eyes, beak, yellow eyes are large with black pupils, grey feathers around beak which is curved, black and very sharp, neck has white line of feathers, rest of head is black, grey, brown feathers, he has a very contrary stare on his face

Owl, Great Horned

Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo of red panda suny, full face

Panda, Red

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Pawpaw

Classification: Plants

photo - all white feathered pelican, with very long yellow bill, sitting in the pond.

Pelican, Dalmatian

Exhibit Flamingo
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: near threatened

photo - African penguin black, white fur on head, wings, chest and body, patch of orange over eye, short beak, background is 3-4 other african penguins

Penguin, African

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Birds
Conservation Status: endangered

photo of lil grey penguin, has bluish, black, grey feathers with brownish white breast feathers

Penguin, Little

Exhibit Penguin Cove
Classification: Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Persian Parrotia

Classification: Plants

photo - Green naped Pigeon, red back and wing feathers, with purple/black breast feathers, and head has same color with red eye, red bill sitting on plant leaf, with green leaf background

Pigeon, Green-naped Pheasant

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Nicobar Pigeon with grey feathers from head to neck, to breast area of body, to tail with wings colored with tints of yellow, ornge, red, green feathers sitting on branch,

Pigeon, Nicobar

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: near threatened

Pied Imperial Pigeon at the Louisville Zoo

Pigeon, Pied Imperial

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - Victoria Crown Pigeon with all blue color feathers, with spindly long fluff feathers with white tis on each one, has red eye sitting on branch, with brown branches, green leaves in background.

Pigeon, Victoria Crowned

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: near threatened

Pin Oak

Classification: Plants

Piranah at Louisville Zoo

Piranha, Black

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: stable

Pragense Viburnum/Prague Viburnum

Classification: Plants

Puerto Rican Crested Toad

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: critical

Puma at the Louisville Zoo

Puma

Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: least concern

photo - ball python - full face of python, looking at camera, surrounded by some of its body, colors are body dark brown, with tan circles, face is brown top of head, with white trim alongside fce, and one black eye

Python, Ball

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles

Python, Reticulated

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles
Conservation Status: stable

photo - domestic white rabbit, sideview, dark patch at nose area on face, sitting in shavings

Rabbit, Domestic

Classification: Animals, Mammal

photo - timber rattlesnack - has scale design of black ringed circles along its body, scale colors are brown, grey, black in designs over whole length of body, face of snake is almost camouflaged with body, but you can see its eye

Rattlesnake, Timber

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Red Eyed Tree Frog

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: least concern

Red Oak

Classification: Plants

Redhook Myleus

Exhibit Hep Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

Redtail Catfish

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

Rhino at at The Louisville Zoo

Rhinoceros, Southern White

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Ripsaw Catfish

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

River Birch

Classification: Plants

Sawtooth Oak

Classification: Plants

banner - California Sea Lion, swimming in its pool, face has small eyes, tiny ears, and lots of whiskers

Sea Lion, California

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Animals, Mammal

photo - head, should shot of new gray seal, with eyes that seem to ask "where am i?" handsome face, with whiskers

Seal, Gray

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: least concern

Oscar the Harbor Seal on the Glacier Run deck looking to the side.

Seal, Harbor

Exhibit Glacier Run
Classification: Animals, Mammal

Serbian Spruce

Classification: Plants

Shumard Oak

Classification: Plants

photo - Siamang monkey, black hair, face all black also, 2 black eyes, rounded short snout, tongue sticking out, sitting on tree limb

Siamang

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Snake, Eastern Indigo

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles
Conservation Status: threatened

Snow Leopard at the Louisville Zoo

Snow Leopard

Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Spotted Turtle

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Reptiles
Conservation Status: endangered

photo - Golden breasted starling, with blue wing feathers, yellow/gold breasted feathers, head is also blue/grey tint colors, with brown patch at neck area of chest, sitting on branch

Starling, Golden-breasted

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Oriental White Stork at the Louisville Zoo

Stork, Oriental

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: endangered

White Stork at the Louisville Zoo

Stork, White

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Striped Leporinus

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Fish
Conservation Status: least concern

Swamp White Oak

Classification: Plants

Sweetbay Magnolia

Classification: Plants

photo - Blue Grey Tanager, with variety of light to dark, blue colored feathers over whole body, wings and head, sitting on branch

Tanager, Blue-gray

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Tapir at the Louisville Zoo

Tapir, Malayan

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Tarantula, New World

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Invertebrates

Tawny Frogmouth at the Louisville Zoo

Tawny Frogmouth

Exhibit Australia
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Tiger Salamander

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Amphibians
Conservation Status: least concern

Tiger, Amur

Classification:
Conservation Status: endangered

Tiger, Sumatran

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Mammal
Conservation Status: endangered

Huecker Tortoise named Isabella - she is facing camera, shell is white, grey mixed color, two black blocked design flippers, face shows 2 eyes, nose snout and mouth close, and brownish extended neck, laying in muddy water

Tortoise, Aldabra

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Reptiles
Conservation Status: vulnerable

photo - Greek Tortoise, head shot with two flippers and front section of shell in photo. variety of brown, tan,, grey colors for head and flippers, shell has variety of colors in patchwork on shell, bottom of shell is gold,, brown color

Tortoise, Greek

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles
Conservation Status: endangered

photo - indian star tortoise - head shot with partial shell included, head is brown, gold, patch work on head, shell has variety of designs, black base color with tan lines blossoming out from center of design, sitting on rocks

Tortoise, Star

Exhibit Islands
Classification: Animals, Reptiles
Conservation Status: vulnerable

Toco Toucan, Lucy.

Toucan, Toco

Exhibit Americas
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Tulip Poplar

Classification: Plants

Turtle, Razor-Backed Musk

Exhibit HerpAquarium
Classification: Animals, Reptiles

Vulture Griffon at the Louisville Zoo

Vulture, Ruppell’s Griffon

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: endangered

photo - Turkey Vulture - facing camera, head and body is black feather, face is grey, pink colors, tip of the bill is white.

Vulture, Turkey

Classification: Animals, Birds
Conservation Status: least concern

Photo of a Bennett's wallaby in the clover/grass area of the Wallaroo Walkabout exhibit.

Wallaby, Bennett’s

Exhibit Wallaroo Walkabout
Classification: Animals, Mammal
Conservation Status: least concern

Warthog at the Louisville Zoo

Warthog

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Mammal

Willow Oak

Classification: Plants

Wood Turtle

Exhibit Herp Aquarium
Classification: Reptiles
Conservation Status: endangered

Yellow Groove Bamboo

Classification: Plants

Yoshino Cherry

Classification: Plants

Zebra at the Louisville Zoo

Zebra, Hartmann’s Mountain

Exhibit Africa
Classification: Mammal