The Houston Zoo is home to over 6,000 animal residents, with more than 600 different species. These are just a few of the many animals we care for here and help save in the wild. Come out to the Zoo to see them all!

African Painted Dog

African Spurred Tortoise

American Alligator

Amur Leopard

Green Anaconda

Ankole Cattle

Giant Anteater

Bald Eagle

Sebas’s Short-Tailed Bat

Black Bear

Blue Duiker

Bobwhite Quail

Eastern Bongo

Bonnethead Shark

Capybara

Cheetah

Chimpanzee

Common Clownfish

Cougar

Cownose Ray

Blue-Billed Curassow

Wattled Curassow

Domestic Goat

Asian Elephant

Chilean Flamingo

Fossa

Amazon Milk Frog

Panamanian Golden Frog

Galápagos Tortoise

Giant River Otter

Northern White-Cheeked Gibbon

Masai Giraffe

Grey Crowned Crane

Hamerkop

Houston Toad

Black-and-Gold Howler Monkey

Humboldt Penguin

Jaguar

King Cobra

Komodo Dragon

Ring-tailed Lemur

Clouded Leopard

African Lion

Blue-Throated Macaw

Black Mamba

Meerkat

Moon Jellyfish

Naked Mole Rat

Ocelot

Okapi

Orangutan

Ostrich

Asian Small-Clawed Otter

North American River Otter

Malaysian Painted River Terrapin

Patas Monkey

Red-Bellied Piranha

Reticulated Python

Red Panda

Red River Hog

Southern White Rhinoceros

Roseate Spoonbill

White-faced Saki Monkey

California Sea Lion

Sea Turtle

Siamang

Coquerel’s Sifaka

Songbird

St. Vincent Amazon Parrot

Golden-Headed Lion Tamarin

Golden Lion Tamarin

Baird’s Tapir

Malayan Tiger

Vulture

Gorilla

Whooping Cranes
