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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
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 – 50 to 70 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
AMUR LEOPARD
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 15 years
Weight – 50 to 90 pounds
Height – 24 to 28 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; fish, crustaceans, squid, worms
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 pounds
Body Length – 5 inches (male); 8 inches (female)
Wild Diet – carnivore; insects, 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
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
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
CHILEAN 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; seeds, 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
GREEN ARACARI
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 12 – 20 years
Weight – 3.9 to 5.7 ounces
Height – 12 to 16 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; fruit, insects
GREEN WINGED DOVE
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 10 to 15 years
Weight – 3 to 5 ounces
Height – 13 to 15 cm
Wild Diet – omnivore; fruit, seeds, insects
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
okapi
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 20 to 30 years
Weight – 440 to 770 pounds
Height – 5 feet (at shoulder)
Wild Diet – herbivore; leaves, grasses, vegetation
Opposum
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 2 – 3 years
Weight – 5 – 15 pounds
Body Length – 2 -3 feet
Wild Diet – omnivores; insects, berries, fruites, seeds
pied imperial pigeon
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – up to 20 years
Weight – 12 to 18 ounces
Height – 14 to 18 inches
Wild Diet – herbivore; fruits, berries
peublan 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
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
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
RINGTAILED 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 – 50 – 80 years
Weight – 1 to 2 pounds
Body length – 4.5 to 6 inches
Wild Diet – omnivores; insects, leaves, fruit
tomato frog
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 6 to 10 years
Weight – 1.6 to 7.8 ounces
Length- 2.5 to 3.5 inches
Wild Diet – insectivore; insects like crickets, locust, worms, cockroaches
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 – .5 to 1.5 pounds
Length – 1 to 3 feet
Wild Diet – carnivore; rodents, lizards, eggs, amphibians
WHITE-HANDED GIBBON
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 30 to 50 years
Weight – 16 to 25 pounds
Height – 16.5 to 23 inches
Wild Diet – omnivore; fruit, leaves, flowers, insects, birds, eggs
WHITE’S TREE FROG
QUICK FACTS:
Lifespan – 7 to 10 years
Weight – 1.8 to 3.2 ounces
Length- 3 to 5 inches
Wild Diet – carnivore; crickets, roaches, mealworms, waxworms
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