Sacramento Zoo Animal Ambassadors
Species List and Fact Sheets
click on the underlined species names for fact sheets

Animal Ambassadors
(These animals off exhibit except during Wildlife Stage Shows and Animal Encounters)

Mammals

African hedgehog
African hedgehog

Bobcat                           profile
Bobcat

Kinkajou                         profile
Kinkajou

Serval                              video
Serval

Birds

American kestrel             profile
American kestral

Blue and gold macaw       video
Blue and gold macaw

Eclectus parrot               profile
Eclectis parrot


Harris' hawk                    video
Harris hawk

Laughing Kookaburra 
                                       profile/video

kookabura


Red-tailed hawk               
Red-tailed hawk

Thick-billed parrot   profile
Thick-billed parrot

White-faced whistling duck 
                                     profile
White faced whistling duck


 

Reptiles & Amphibians


Ball python                     profile
Ball python


Blue-tongued skink         profile
Blue tounged skink

Box turtle
(ornate and three-toed)
Box turtle ornate

Colombian red-tailed boa 
Columbian red-tailed boa

Desert tortoise            profile
Desert tortoise

Leopard gecko                profile
Leopard gecko

Mali spiny-tailed lizard     profile
spiny tailed lizard

Pacific gopher snake
pacific gofer snake

Western toad

Yellow rat snake

Yellow rat snake

* The Zoo determines each species extinction status level by compiling resources from the following agencies: The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendices, US Fish and Wildlife Endangered Species Act (ESA), International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List, and the European Union Wildlife Trade Regulations.

Photo credit: Lauren Kraft, Tananarive Aubert

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