Here at Colchester Zoo we take great pride in our
educational resources. This feature enables you as a user to find
out much more about the animals that live here at the Zoo. Use the
dropdown list to view the animals we have information on; alternatively
use the search facility for more specific information. E.g. a search
for "savannah" will return a list of animals that live
in the savannah.
View:
Select an animal..
Aardvark
African Lion
African Elephant
African Hunting Dog
African Rock Python
African Spurred Tortoise
African White-backed Vulture
Amur Leopard
Amur Tiger
Andean condor
Asian Black Hornbill
Asian short-clawed Otter
Banded Mongoose
Barn Owl
Bearded Dragon
Bennett's Wallaby
Binturong
Black and White Eastern Colobus Monkey
Black and White Ruffed Lemur
Black Backed Jackal
Black Headed Vulture
Black Headed Weaver Bird
Black Kite
Blue and Yellow Macaw
Blue Crane
Blue magpie
Blue-eyed Black Lemur
Box Turtle
Buffy-headed Capuchin
Burmese Python
Cattle Egret
Chattering Lory
Cheetah
Cherry Crowned Mangabeys
Chilean Flamingo
Chimpanzee
Columbian Black Spider Monkey
Common Buzzard
Corn Snake
Cuban Crocodile
Cuckoo Cochin Chicken
Dalmatian Pelican
Damara Zebra
East African Crowned Crane
Emperor Tamarin
Essex Pig
Eurasian Curlew
Eurasian Eagle Owl
Eurasian Kestrel
Fennec Fox
Gelada Baboon
Geoffroy's cat
Geoffroy's Tufted Eared Marmoset
Giant African Land Snail
Giant Anteater
Giant Asian Pond Turtle
Giant Spiny Stick Insect
Giraffe
Goeldi’s monkey
Golden Headed Lion Tamarin
Golden Lion Tamarin
Great Grey Owl
Greater Kudu
Green Iguana
Grey Wolf
Griffon Vulture
Ground Hornbill
Hammerkop
Harbour Seal
Harris Hawk
Helmeted Guineafowl
Homes hingeback tortoise
Humboldt Penguin
Imperial Scorpion
Indian Star Tortoise
King Vulture
Kirk's Dik-dik
Komodo dragon
Lanner falcon
Leafcutter Ants
Leopard Tortoise
Lesser Malayan Chevrotain
L'hoest Monkey
Linnes Two Toed Sloth
Lion-Tailed Macaque
Llama
Lung fish
Madagascan Hissing Cockroach
Madagascan tree boa
Mandrill
Mediterranean Spur-Thighed Tortoise
Moluccan Cockatoo
Montserrat Oriole
Nile Monitor Lizard
Orangutan
Ostrich
Pacu
Pancake Tortoise
Patagonian Sealion
Patas Monkey
Philippine Sail-fin Lizard
Philippine Spotted Deer
Pied Tamarin
Purple swamp hen
Pygmy Glider
Pygmy Goat
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Pygmy Marmoset
Quaker Parakeet
Red panda
Red River Hog
Red Ruffed Lemur
Rhinoceros Iguana
Ring-tailed Lemur
Rose Beetle
Rove goat
Royal python
Ruppell's Griffon Vulture
Sabah Spiny Stick Insect
Saharan Spiny Tailed Lizard
Scarlet Ibis
Scarlet Macaw
Silvered Leaf Monkey
Silvery Marmoset
Slender Snouted Crocodile
Slender Tailed Meerkat
Somali fat- tailed sheep
Southdown Sheep
Southern Tamandua
Southern White Rhinoceros
Spotted Assassin bug
Spotted Hyena
Squirrel Monkey
Striped Hyaena
Turkish Spiny Mouse
Waldrapp ibis
Warthog
White Faced Scops Owl
White Nosed Coati
White tiger
Yellow Billed Stork
Yellow Footed Tortoise
Yellow Margined Box Turtle
These profiles summarise everything children need to know about
the species to be found at Colchester Zoo and are particularly suitable
for GCSE and A level students.
To find out more about the species on the UmPhafa Private Nature
Reserve - Colchester Zoo Action for the Wild’s reserve in
KwaZulu Natal, South Africa click
here