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Roosevelt park zoo animals
Roosevelt Park Zoo is home to over 160 animals and over 50 species.
African Penguin
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 15 years
Weight – 5 to 9 pounds
Height – 24 to 28 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; fish, crustaceans, squid, worms
African Lion
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 14 years
Weight – 300 to 600 pounds
Head to rump length – 8 to 9 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; antelope, giraffe, zebra, wildebeest, impala
African Spurred Tortoise
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 30 to 50 years
Weight – 90 to 100 pounds
Body Length – 20 to 30 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; grasses, leaves, cacti, flowers
African Warthog
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 7 to 18 years
Weight – 100 to 300 pounds
Head to rump length – 3 to 5 feet
Wild Diet – herbivore; grasses, roots, tubers, berries, bark
American Bison
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 18 to 22 years
Weight – 1,000 to 2,000 pounds
Height – 9 to 12 feet
Wild Diet – herbivore; grasses, sedges, shrubs
Amur Leopard
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 15 years
Weight – 55 to 105 pounds
Head to rump length – 5 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; deer, boar, badgers, hares
Amur Tiger
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 15 years
Weight – 400 to 675 pounds
Head to rump length – 5 to 9 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; deer, pigs, water buffalo, antelope
Asian Giant Toad
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 4 to 10 years
Weight – 2 to 3 ounces
Body Length – 5 inches (male); 8 inches (female)
Wild Diet – carnivore; insects and other terrestrial invertebrates
Bactrian Camel
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20 to 40 years
Weight – 1,000 to 2,000 pounds
Head to rump length – 9.5 feet
Wild Diet – herbivore; grasses, shrubs, leaves
Bald Eagle
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 15 to 20 years
Weight – 10 to 14 pounds
Height – 30 to 37 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; fish, ducks, carrion, other birds
Ball Python
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 30 to 35 years
Weight – 5 to 8 pounds
Body Length – 3 to 5 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; small mammals, lizards, birds
Black & white Ruffed Lemur
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 14 to 16 years
Weight – 7 to 10 pounds
Body Length – 20 to 22 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; fruits, leaves, seeds, nectar, flowers
Black Footed Ferret
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 1 to 3 years
Weight – 1.5 to 2.5 pounds
Head to rump length – 18 to 20 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; prairie dogs, rats, squirrels, rabbits, birds, reptiles, insects
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 5 to 7 years
Weight – 1 to 3 pounds
Body Length – 11 to 13 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; grasses, sedges, flowering plants, roots, seeds
Blue Bellied Roller
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 5 to 10 years
Weight – 3.8 to 5.3 ounces
Body length – 11 to 12 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; insects, invertebrates, small snakes, reptiles, oil-palm fruits
Brown Bear
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20 to 25 years
Weight – 200 to 1,000 pounds
Height – 6 to 9 feet
Wild Diet – omnivore; grass, leaves, berries, fruit, small mammals, fish, and insects
Burrowing Owl
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 6 to 9 years
Weight – 5.3 ounces
Body Length – 7 to 10 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; small rodents, insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles
Chicken
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 2 to 4 years
Weight – 2 to 7 pounds
Height – 11 to 18 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; seeds, insects, small mice, lizards, grasses, berries, fruit
Chiliean Rose Tarantula
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 15 to 20 years (female); 5 to 8 years (male)
Weight – 2 to 3 ounces
Body Length – 4 to 6 inches
Wild Diet – insectivore; beetles, crickets, worms, cockroaches
Diamond Dove
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 3 to 20 years
Weight – 1 to 1.5 ounces
Body Length – 9 to 11 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; seeds, fruits, vegetables, animal based protein
Eastern Indigo Snake
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 8 to 12 years
Weight – 1 to 9 pounds
Length – 5 to 8 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; small mammals, birds, frogs, turtles, eggs, lizards, other snakes
Finch
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 4 to 17 years
Weight – 0.3 to 1.3 ounces
Length – 3 to 6 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; insects, larvae, nectar, buds, leaves
Giant Cave Cockroaches
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 1 to 2 years
Weight – up to 5 to 6 ounces
Length – 3 to 4 inches
Wild Diet – detritivore; dead plants, fruit, dead, guano insects
golden Eagle
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 30 years
Weight – 6 to 15 pounds
Height – 33 to 38 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; reptiles, birds, fish, carrion, large insects, small mammals
Great Horned Owl
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 15 to 20 years
Weight – 10 to 14 pounds
Height – 30 to 37 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; fish, ducks, carrion, other birds
Green Aracari
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 7 to 8 years
Weight – 55 to 130 pounds
Nose to rump length – 4.5 to 6.5 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; elk, caribou, deer, sheep, small mammals
Green Winged Dove
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 15 years
Weight – 3 to 5 ounces
Body Length – 9 to 11 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; plants, seeds, fruits, invertebrates
Hedgehog
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 2 to 3 years
Weight – 1 to 2 pounds
Length – 5 to 8 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; insects, small vertebrates, plant matter
Laughing Kookaburra
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 11 to 15 years
Weight – 13 to 16 ounces
Height – 11 to 18 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; small mammals, reptiles, insects, snakes
Linne's Two-Toed Sloth
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – up to 20 years
Weight – 9 to 18 pounds
Length – 20 to 30 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; leaves, fruit, vegetables
Kenyan Sand Boa
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 13 years
Weight – 2 to 3 pounds
Length – 15 to 36 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; lizards, nesting mammals, birds
New Caledmia Gecko
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20+ years
Weight – 8 to 18 ounces
Length – 14 to 20 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; insects, spiders, small vertebrates, fruit, nectar, sap
Nigerian Pygmy Goat
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 15 years
Weight – 40 to 60 pounds
Height – 16 to 20 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; grasses, browse, blackberry, weedy plants, ivy
North American River Otter
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 9 to 14 years
Weight – 11 to 30 pounds
Length – 2.5 to 5 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; fish, birds, small mammals, amphibians, invertebrates
Okapi
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20 to 30 years
Weight – 440 to 770 pounds
Height – 5 feet (at shoulder)
Wild Diet – herbivore; leaves, grasses, vegetation
Pied Imperial Pigeon
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – up to 20 years
Weight – 3.8 to 5.3 ounces
Height – 14 to 18 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; fruits, berries
Poison Dart Frog
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 4 to 6 years
Weight – 0.2 to 0.4 ounces
Length – 1 to 1.5 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; insects, ants, termites, beetles
Prehensile-Tailed Skink
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 15+ years
Weight – 1.5 to 2 pounds
Length – 2.5 to 3 feet
Wild Diet – herbivore; leaves, flowers, fruit
Pueblan Milksnake
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20+ years
Weight – 1 to 3 pounds
Length – 2 to 4 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; rodents, lizards, birds, eggs, other snakes
Red Eyed Tree Frog
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 5 years
Weight – 0.2 to 0.5 ounces
Length – 2 to 3 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; crickets, moths, flies, grasshoppers
Red Panda
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 8 to 14 years
Weight – 8 to 18 pounds
Length – 20 to 25 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; leaves, bamboo, grasses, roots, berries, insects, eggs, lizards
Reticulated Giraffe
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20 to 25 years
Weight – 1,500 to 4,250 pounds
Height – 16 to 18 feet
Wild Diet – herbivore; leaves
Ring-tailed lemur
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 16 to 19 years
Weight – 4 to 7 pounds
Body length – 3 to 3.5 feet
Wild Diet – herbivore; fruits, leaves, tree sap, flowers, tree bark
Russian Tortoise
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 40+ years
Weight – 1 to 1.5 pounds
Length – 8 to 10 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; grasses
Screech Owl
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 8 to 10 years
Weight – 5 to 7 ounces
Height – 6 to 10 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; small rodents, song birds, insects, crayfish, amphibians, lizards
Southern Ground Hornbill
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 40 to 50 years
Weight – 5 to 13 pounds
Body length – 3 to 4 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; arthropods, amphibians, lizards, snakes, small rodents
Superb Starling
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 15 years
Weight – 2.5 to 3.5 ounces
Height – 7 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; insects, berries, fruit, seeds
Taveta golden Weaver
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20 years
Weight – 0.6 to 0.8 ounces
Height – 5 to 6 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; seeds, grasses, insects
Three-banded Armadillo
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 15 to 20 years
Weight – 2 to 3.5 pounds
Body length – 8 to 12 inches
Wild Diet – insectivore; insects, termites, larva
Three-toed Box Turtle
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 25 to 50 years
Weight – 1 to 2 pounds
Length – 4 to 6 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; insects, worms, berries, plants, mushrooms
Timber Wolf
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 7 to 8 years
Weight – 55 to 130 pounds
Nose to rump length – 4.5 to 6.5 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; elk, caribou, deer, sheep, small mammals
Trumpeter Hornbill
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20 years
Weight – 1.5 pounds
Height – 23 to 26 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; fruits, insects, small mammals
Western Hognose Snake
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10+ years
Weight – < 1 pound
Length – 1 to 3 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; rodents, lizards, eggs, amphibians
White-handed gibbon
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 35 years
Weight – 16 to 25 pounds
Height – 16.5 to 23 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; fruit, leaves, flowers, insects, birds, eggs
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