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Adopt a California sea lion.

Visit the Smithsonian's American Indian Museum.

Birds

American black duck
American wigeon
Bahama pintail
Bald eagle
Barrow's goldeneye
Blue-winged teal
Brown pelican
Cinnamon teal
Common merganser
Costa's hummingbird
Double-crested cormorant
Flamingo
Gadwall
Green-winged teal
Harris's hawk
Hooded merganser
Little blue heron
Northern pintail
Northern shoveler
Redhead
Red-tailed hawk
Ring-necked duck
Roseate spoonbill
Ruddy duck
Scarlet ibis
White-faced ibis
Wood duck

Where can you find these North American animals at the Zoo?

Amphibians

Greater siren
Three-toed amphiuma (not at the Zoo)

Mammals

American beaver
American bison (not at the Zoo)
Black-footed ferret
Bobcat (not at the Zoo)
Coati
Collared peccary
Gray seal
North American river otter
Black-tailed prairie dog

Reptiles

Alligator snapping turtle
American alligator
Black rat snake
Cornsnake
Cottonmouth
Eastern box turtle
Florida softshelled turtle
Gila monster
Knight anole

 

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