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599 relations: Acacia, Acrantophis madagascariensis, Adelphobates galactonotus, Africa, African bush elephant, African forest buffalo, African leopard, African penguin, African pygmy goose, African silverbill, African softshell turtle, African spoonbill, African spurred tortoise, African wild dog, Allen's swamp monkey, Allspice, Amazilia, American Alliance of Museums, American flamingo, American Institute of Architects, American lion, Amur leopard, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, Andean cock-of-the-rock, Andean condor, Angola colobus, Animal, Animal control service, Anna's hummingbird, Antilles pinktoe tarantula, Ape, Araceae, Archispirostreptus gigas, Arctic, Arctic fox, Arctodus, Argentine snake-necked turtle, Asian elephant, Asian fairy-bluebird, Asian forest tortoise, Association of Zoos and Aquariums, Atheris squamigera, Audubon Nature Institute, Australasia, Australia, Australian Aboriginal languages, Aviary, Axolotl, Aye-aye, Bai Yun, ... Expand index (549 more) »
- 1916 establishments in California
- Educational organizations established in 1916
- Parks in San Diego
- Zoos established in the 1910s
- Zoos in California
Acacia
Acacia, commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae.
Acrantophis madagascariensis
Acrantophis madagascariensis is a species of boid snake in the subfamily Sanziniinae that is endemic to the island of Madagascar.
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Adelphobates galactonotus
Adelphobates galactonotus (splash-backed poison frog or splashback poison frog) is a species of poison dart frog.
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Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.
African bush elephant
The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two extant African elephant species and one of three extant elephant species.
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African forest buffalo
The African forest buffalo (Syncerus caffer nanus), also known as the dwarf buffalo or the Congo buffalo, is the smallest subspecies of the African buffalo.
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African leopard
The African leopard (Panthera pardus pardus) is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa.
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African penguin
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters.
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African pygmy goose
The African pygmy goose (Nettapus auritus) is a perching duck from sub-Saharan Africa.
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African silverbill
The African silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica).
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African softshell turtle
The African softshell turtle, or Nile softshell turtle (Trionyx triunguis), is a large species of softshell turtle from freshwater and brackish-water habitats in Africa (larger parts of Eastern, Northeastern, Western and Middle Africa) and the Near East (Israel, Lebanon, Syria and Turkey).
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African spoonbill
The African spoonbill (Platalea alba) is a long-legged wading bird.
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African spurred tortoise
The African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata), also called the sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert, the Sahel, in Africa.
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African wild dog
The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus), also known as the painted dog or Cape hunting dog, is a wild canine native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Allen's swamp monkey
The Allen's swamp monkey (Allenopithecus nigroviridis) is a species of Old World monkey and the only member of the genus Allenopithecus.
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Allspice
Allspice, also known as Jamaica pepper, myrtle pepper, pimenta, or pimento, is the dried unripe berry of Pimenta dioica, a midcanopy tree native to the Greater Antilles, southern Mexico, and Central America, now cultivated in many warm parts of the world.
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Amazilia
Amazilia is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.
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American Alliance of Museums
The American Alliance of Museums (AAM), formerly the American Association of Museums, is a non-profit association whose goal is to bring museums together.
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American flamingo
The American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) is a large species of flamingo native to the West Indies, northern South America (including the Galápagos Islands) and the Yucatán Peninsula.
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American Institute of Architects
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States.
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American lion
The American lion (Panthera atrox, with the species name meaning "savage" or "cruel", also called the North American lion) is an extinct pantherine cat native to North America during the Late Pleistocene from around 130,000 to 12,800 years ago.
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Amur leopard
The Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) is a leopard subspecies native to the Primorye region of southeastern Russia and northern China.
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy is a 2004 American satirical comedy film directed by Adam McKay in his directorial debut, produced by Judd Apatow, starring Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate and written by McKay and Ferrell.
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Andean cock-of-the-rock
The Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), also known as tunki (Quechua), is a large passerine bird of the cotinga family native to Andean cloud forests in South America.
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Andean condor
The Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) is a South American New World vulture and is the only member of the genus Vultur.
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Angola colobus
The Angola colobus (Colobus angolensis), Angolan black-and-white colobus, or Angolan colobus is a primate species of Old World monkey belonging to the genus Colobus.
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Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the biological kingdom Animalia.
Animal control service
An animal control service or animal control agency is an entity charged with responding to requests for help with animals, including wild animals, dangerous animals, and animals in distress.
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Anna's hummingbird
Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a North American species of hummingbird.
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Antilles pinktoe tarantula
Previously placed in the genus Avicularia, C. versicolor is native to Martinique in the Caribbean Sea.
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Ape
Apes (collectively Hominoidea) are a clade of Old World simians native to sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia (though they were more widespread in Africa, most of Asia, and Europe in prehistory), which together with its sister group Cercopithecidae form the catarrhine clade, cladistically making them monkeys.
Araceae
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix.
Archispirostreptus gigas
Archispirostreptus gigas, known as the giant African millipede or shongololo, is the largest extant species of millipede, growing up to in length, in circumference.
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Arctic
The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.
Arctic fox
The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome.
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Arctodus
Arctodus is an extinct genus of short-faced bear that inhabited North America during the Pleistocene (~2.5 Mya until 12,800 years ago).
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Argentine snake-necked turtle
The Argentine snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa tectifera), URL accessed March 24, 2007.
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Asian elephant
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is a species of elephant distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west to Borneo in the east, and Nepal in the north to Sumatra in the south.
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Asian fairy-bluebird
The Asian fairy-bluebird (Irena puella) is a medium-sized, arboreal passerine bird.
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Asian forest tortoise
The Asian forest tortoise (Manouria emys), also known commonly as the Mountain tortoise or Burmese Brown Mountain tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
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Association of Zoos and Aquariums
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1924 and dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.
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Atheris squamigera
Atheris squamigera (common names: green bush viper,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003). True Vipers: Natural History and Toxinology of Old World Vipers. Malabar, Florida: Krieger Publishing Company. 359 pp..Spawls S, Branch B (1995). The Dangerous Snakes of Africa. Dubai: Oriental Press/Ralph Curtis Books.
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Audubon Nature Institute
The Audubon Nature Institute (American English) is a family of museums and parks dedicated to nature based in New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Australasia
Australasia is a subregion of Oceania, comprising Australia, New Zealand, and some neighbouring islands in the Pacific Ocean.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.
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Australian Aboriginal languages
The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intelligible varieties) up to possibly 363.
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Aviary
An aviary is a large enclosure for confining birds, although bats may also be considered for display.
Axolotl
The axolotl (from āxōlōtl) (Ambystoma mexicanum) is a paedomorphic salamander closely related to the tiger salamander.
Aye-aye
The aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis) is a long-fingered lemur, a strepsirrhine primate native to Madagascar with rodent-like teeth that perpetually grow and a special thin middle finger that they can use to catch grubs and larvae out of tree trunks.
Bai Yun
Bai Yun (born September 7, 1991) was the first female giant panda who was born at the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center in China.
Baikal teal
The Baikal teal (Sibirionetta formosa), also called the bimaculate duck or squawk duck, is a dabbling duck that breeds in eastern Russia and winters in East Asia.
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Baird's tapir
The Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii), also known as the Central American tapir, is a species of tapir native to Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America.
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Baja California pronghorn
The Baja California pronghorn or peninsular pronghorn (Antilocapra americana peninsularis) is a subspecies of pronghorn, endemic to Baja California in Mexico.
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Baja California rat snake
The Baja California rat snake (Bogertophis rosaliae) is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae.
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Balboa Park (San Diego)
Balboa Park is a historic urban cultural park in San Diego, California. San Diego Zoo and Balboa Park (San Diego) are culture of San Diego, Landmarks in San Diego and parks in San Diego.
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Bali myna
The Bali myna (Leucopsar rothschildi), also known as Rothschild's mynah, Bali starling, or Bali mynah, locally known as jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to long), stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tips on the wings and tail.
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Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.
Bananaquit
The bananaquit (Coereba flaveola) is a species of passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
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Banyan
A banyan, also spelled banian, is a fig that develops accessory trunks from adjacent prop roots, allowing the tree to spread outwards indefinitely.
Bateleur
The bateleur (Terathopius ecaudatus), also known as the bateleur eagle, is a medium-sized eagle in the family Accipitridae.
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Beautiful fruit dove
The beautiful fruit dove (Ptilinopus pulchellus), also known as the rose-fronted pigeon or crimson-capped fruit dove, is a small, approximately long, mainly green fruit dove.
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Bee-eater
The bee-eaters are a group of birds in the family Meropidae, containing three genera and thirty species.
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Belle Benchley
Belle Jennings Benchley (August 28, 1882 – December 17, 1973), known as “The Zoo Lady,” was the director of the San Diego Zoo from 1927 to 1953, guiding its expansion from a small collection of animals to an innovative, world-class zoo. San Diego Zoo and Belle Benchley are Balboa Park (San Diego).
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Bern
Bern, or Berne,Bärn; Bèrna; Berna; Berna.
Binturong
The binturong (Arctictis binturong), also known as the bearcat, is a viverrid native to South and Southeast Asia.
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Bird-of-paradise
The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes.
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Bischofia javanica
Bischofia javanica, or bishop wood, is a plant species of the family Phyllanthaceae.
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Bitis parviocula
Bitis parviocula is a venomous viper species found only in Ethiopia.
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Bitis rhinoceros
Bitis rhinoceros is a viper species endemic to West Africa.
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Blaberus giganteus
Blaberus giganteus, the Central American giant cave cockroach or Brazilian cockroach, is a cockroach belonging to the family Blaberidae.
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Black crested mangabey
The black crested mangabey (Lophocebus aterrimus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Black duiker
The black duiker (Cephalophus niger), also known as tuba in Dyula, is a forest-dwelling duiker found in the southern parts of Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria.
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Black panther
A black panther is the melanistic colour variant of the leopard (Panthera pardus) and the jaguar (Panthera onca).
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Black rhinoceros
The black rhinoceros, black rhino or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern Africa and southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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Black tree monitor
The black tree monitor or Beccari's monitor (Varanus beccarii) is a species of lizard in the family Varanidae.
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Black-headed weaver
The black-headed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus), also known as yellow-backed weaver, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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Black-naped fruit dove
The black-naped fruit dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus), also known as the black-headed fruit dove, is a medium-sized, up to long, green fruit dove with yellowish bill and iris.
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Black-tailed prairie dog
The black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) is a rodent of the family Sciuridae (the squirrels) found in the Great Plains of North America from about the United States–Canada border to the United States–Mexico border.
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Blue iguana
The blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi), also known as the Grand Cayman ground iguana, Grand Cayman blue iguana or Cayman Island rock iguana, is an endangered species of lizard which is endemic to the island of Grand Cayman.
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Blue lorikeet
The blue lorikeet (Vini peruviana) is a small lorikeet from French Polynesia and the Cook Islands.
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Blue-bellied roller
The blue-bellied roller (Coracias cyanogaster) is a member of the roller family of birds which breeds across Africa in a narrow belt from Senegal to northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Blue-capped motmot
The blue-capped motmot or blue-crowned motmot (Momotus coeruliceps) is a colorful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico.
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Blue-crowned laughingthrush
The blue-crowned laughingthrush or Courtois's laughingbird (Pterorhinus courtoisi) is a species of bird in the family Leiothrichidae.
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Blue-crowned lorikeet
The blue-crowned lorikeet (Vini australis), also known as the blue-crowned lory, blue-crested lory, Solomon lory or Samoan lory, is a parrot found throughout the Lau Islands (Fiji), Tonga, Samoa, Niue and adjacent islands, including: ʻAlofi, Fotuhaʻa, Fulago, Futuna, Haʻafeva, Niuafoʻou, Moce, Niue, Ofu, Olosega, Samoa, Savaiʻi, Tafahi, Taʻu, Tofua, Tonga, Tungua, ʻUiha, ʻUpolu, Varoa, Vavaʻu, and Voleva.
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Blue-eyed black lemur
The blue-eyed black lemur (Eulemur flavifrons), also known as the Sclater's lemur, is a species of true lemur.
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Blue-faced honeyeater
The blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon cyanotis), also colloquially known as the Bananabird, is a passerine bird of the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae.
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Blue-headed macaw
The blue-headed macaw or Coulon's macaw (Primolius couloni) is a macaw native to eastern Peru, northwestern Bolivia (mainly in Pando), and far western Brazil (in Acre).
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Blue-naped mousebird
The blue-naped mousebird (Urocolius macrourus), also formerly called the blue-naped coly (Colius macrourus) is a species of bird belonging to the family Coliidae within the order Coliiformes.
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Blue-necked tanager
The blue-necked tanager (Stilpnia cyanicollis) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Bonobo
The bonobo (Pan paniscus), also historically called the pygmy chimpanzee (less often the dwarf chimpanzee or gracile chimpanzee), is an endangered great ape and one of the two species making up the genus Pan (the other being the common chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes).
Bontebok
The bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus) is an antelope found in South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia.
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Bornean orangutan
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan endemic to the island of Borneo.
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Borneo
Borneo (also known as Kalimantan in the Indonesian language) is the third-largest island in the world, with an area of.
Bothriechis aurifer
Bothriechis aurifer is a venomous pit viper species found in Mexico and Guatemala.
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Bothriechis lateralis
Bothriechis lateralis is a venomous pit viper species found in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.
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Bothriechis schlegelii
Bothriechis schlegelii, known commonly as the eyelash viper, is a species of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae.
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Boulders Beach
Boulders Beach is a sheltered beach made up of inlets between granite boulders, from which the name originated.
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Brachylophus bulabula
Brachylophus bulabula, commonly known as the Central Fijian Banded Iguana is a species of iguanid lizard endemic to some of the larger central and northwestern islands of Fiji (Ovalau, Kadavu and Viti Levu), where it occurs in Fijian wet forest.
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Brachypelma boehmei
Brachypelma boehmei (also known as the Mexican fireleg, or the Mexican rustleg tarantula) is a tarantula native to Mexico in Guerrero state.
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Brazilian porcupine
The Brazilian porcupine (Coendou prehensilis) is a porcupine found in Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, Paraguay, Suriname, Bolivia and Trinidad, with a single record from Ecuador.
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Brevard Zoo
Brevard Zoo is a 75-acre nonprofit facility located in Melbourne, Florida, United States, that is home to more than 800 animals representing more than 170 species from Florida, South America, Africa, Asia, and Australia.
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Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York.
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Brown mantella
The brown mantella (Mantella betsileo) is a species of frog in the family Mantellidae.
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Burmese star tortoise
The Burmese star tortoise (Geochelone platynota) is a critically endangered tortoise species, native to the dry, deciduous forests of Myanmar (Burma).
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Burrowing owl
The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), also called the shoco, is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America.
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Buteogallus daggetti
Buteogallus daggetti, occasionally called "Daggett's eagle" or the "walking eagle", is an extinct species of long-legged hawk which lived in southwest North America during the Pleistocene.
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California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
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California condor
The California condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is a New World vulture and the largest North American land bird.
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California kingsnake
The California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae) is a nonvenomous colubrid snake endemic to the western United States and northern Mexico, and is found in a variety of habitats.
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California State Route 163
State Route 163 (SR 163), or the Cabrillo Freeway, is a state highway in San Diego, California. San Diego Zoo and California State Route 163 are Balboa Park (San Diego).
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Canidae
Canidae (from Latin, canis, "dog") is a biological family of dog-like carnivorans, colloquially referred to as dogs, and constitutes a clade.
Cape porcupine
The Cape porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis), Cape crested porcupine or South African porcupine, is a species of Old World porcupine native to central and southern Africa.
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Capromeryx
Capromeryx (dwarf pronghorn) was a genus of dwarf pronghorns (Antilocapridae) that originated in North America during the Pliocene about 5 million years ago (the exact range of their presence on the landscape is still not known, but the most recent fossils found are dated to 11,000 years ago).
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Capybara
The capybara or greater capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a giant cavy rodent native to South America.
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Caracal
The caracal (Caracal caracal) is a medium-sized wild cat native to Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and arid areas of Pakistan and northwestern India.
Carnivorous plant
Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or protozoans, typically insects and other arthropods, and occasionally small mammals and birds.
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Cenote
A cenote is a natural pit, or sinkhole, resulting when a collapse of limestone bedrock exposes groundwater.
Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens
The Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a zoo and botanical garden located north of Orlando, Florida in Sanford.
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Chacoan peccary
The Chacoan peccary or tagua (Catagonus wagneri or Parachoerus wagneri) is the last extant species of the genus Catagonus; it is a peccary found in the Gran Chaco of Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.
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Chelodina expansa
Chelodina (Chelydera) expansa, commonly known as the broad-shelled river turtle or the broad-shelled snake-necked turtle, is a pleurodiran freshwater turtle and is the largest of the long-necked turtles.
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Chengdu Zoo
Chengdu Zoo is a zoo located in Chengdu, China.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chinese alligator
The Chinese alligator (Alligator sinensis), also known as the Yangtze alligator, China alligator, or historically the muddy dragon, is a crocodilian endemic to China.
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Chinese crocodile lizard
The Chinese crocodile lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) is a semiaquatic anguimorph lizard found only in cool forests in southeastern China and northeastern Vietnam.
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Chinese giant salamander
The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is one of the largest salamanders and one of the largest amphibians in the world.
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Chinese hwamei
The Chinese hwamei or melodious laughingthrush (Garrulax canorus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.
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Cichlid
Cichlids are fish from the family Cichlidae in the order Cichliformes.
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden
The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the sixth oldest zoo in the United States, founded in 1873 and officially opening in 1875.
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Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Orson Welles.
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Clapper rail
The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans) is a member of the rail family, Rallidae.
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Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo (Cleveland Zoological Park) is a zoo in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Clivia
Clivia is a genus of monocot flowering plants native to southern Africa.
Clouded leopard
The clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), also called mainland clouded leopard, is a wild cat inhabiting dense forests from the foothills of the Himalayas through Northeast India and Bhutan to mainland Southeast Asia into South China.
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Coconut crab
The coconut crab (Birgus latro) is a terrestrial species of giant hermit crab, and is also known as the robber crab or palm thief.
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Collared brown lemur
The collared brown lemur (Eulemur collaris), also known as the red-collared brown lemur or red-collared lemur, is a medium-sized strepsirrhine primate and one of twelve species of brown lemur in the family Lemuridae.
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Colorado River toad
The Colorado River toad (Incilius alvarius), also known as the Sonoran Desert toad, is a toad species found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States.
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Columbian mammoth
The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) is an extinct species of mammoth that inhabited North America from southern Canada to Costa Rica during the Pleistocene epoch.
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Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a non-profit zoo located near Powell in Liberty Township, Delaware County, Ohio, United States, north of the city of Columbus.
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Common dwarf mongoose
The common dwarf mongoose (Helogale parvula) is a mongoose species native to Angola, northern Namibia, KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa, Zambia and East Africa.
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Common emerald dove
The emerald dove or common emerald dove (Chalcophaps indica), also called Asian emerald dove and grey-capped emerald dove, is a widespread resident breeding pigeon native to the tropical and subtropical parts of the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
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Common ringtail possum
The common ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus peregrinus, Greek for "false hand" and Latin for "pilgrim" or "alien") is an Australian marsupial.
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Common waxbill
The common waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family.
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Congolian rainforests
The Congolian rainforests (French: Forêts tropicales congolaises) are a broad belt of lowland tropical moist broadleaf forests which extend across the basin of the Congo River and its tributaries in Central Africa.
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Conservation movement
The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental, and social movement that seeks to manage and protect natural resources, including animal, fungus, and plant species as well as their habitat for the future.
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Coquerel's sifaka
Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli) is a diurnal, medium-sized lemur of the sifaka genus Propithecus.
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Corallus annulatus
Corallus annulatus, known as the ringed tree boa,Mehrtens JM.
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Costa's hummingbird
Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) is a bird species in the hummingbird family Trochilidae.
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Crested oropendola
The crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus), also known as the Suriname crested oropendola or the cornbird, is a New World tropical icterid bird.
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Crested partridge
The crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) also known as the crested wood partridge, roul-roul, red-crowned wood partridge, green wood quail or green wood partridge is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds.
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Crested quail-dove
The crested quail-dove (Geotrygon versicolor) is a species of bird in the family Columbidae.
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Crevasse
A crevasse is a deep crack that forms in a glacier or ice sheet.
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Critically Endangered
An IUCN Red List Critically Endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.
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Crotalus catalinensis
The Santa Catalina rattlesnake (Crotalus catalinensis) is a species of pit viper endemic to Isla Santa Catalina in the Gulf of California just off the east coast of the state of Baja California Sur, Mexico.
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Crotalus lepidus klauberi
Crotalus lepidus klauberi is a venomous pitviper subspecies endemic to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.
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Crotalus pricei
Crotalus pricei is a species of venomous snake, a pit viper in the family Viperidae.
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Crotalus willardi
Crotalus willardi is a venomous pit viper species found in the southwestern United States and Mexico.
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Crowned eagle
The crowned eagle, also known as the African crowned eagle or the crowned hawk-eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus), is a large bird of prey found in sub-Saharan Africa; in Southern Africa, it is restricted to more easterly areas.
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Crustacean
Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.
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Cryopreservation
Cryopreservation or cryoconservation is a process where biological material - cells, tissues, or organs - are frozen to preserve the material for an extended period of time.
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Cupaniopsis anacardioides
Cupaniopsis anacardioides, with common names tuckeroo, carrotwood, beach tamarind and green-leaved tamarind, is a species of flowering tree in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, that is native to eastern and northern Australia.
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Cuvier's dwarf caiman
Cuvier's dwarf caiman (Paleosuchus palpebrosus) is a small crocodilian in the alligator family from northern and central South America.
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Cuvier's gazelle
Cuvier's gazelle (Gazella cuvieri) is a species of gazelle native to Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara, and Tunisia.
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Cycad
Cycads are seed plants that typically have a stout and woody (ligneous) trunk with a crown of large, hard, stiff, evergreen and (usually) pinnate leaves.
Cyclura
Cyclura is a genus of lizards in the family Iguanidae.
Dama gazelle
The dama gazelle (Nanger dama), also known as the addra gazelle or mhorr gazelle, is a species of gazelle.
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De Brazza's monkey
De Brazza's monkey (Cercopithecus neglectus) is an Old World monkey endemic to the riverine and swamp forests of central Africa.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.
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Deroplatys desiccata
Deroplatys desiccata, known by the common name giant dead leaf mantis, is a praying mantis from Southeast Asia.
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Desert tortoise
The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
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Dhole
The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a canid native to Central, South, East and Southeast Asia.
Dire wolf
The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) is an extinct canine.
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Diving duck
The diving ducks, commonly called pochards or scaups, are a category of duck which feed by diving beneath the surface of the water.
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Donkey
The donkey or ass is a domesticated equine.
Dromedary
The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius or), also known as the dromedary camel, Arabian camel, or one-humped camel, is a large camel, of the genus Camelus, with one hump on its back.
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Drosera
Drosera, which is commonly known as the sundews, is one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species.
Dryococelus australis
Dryococelus australis, commonly known as the Lord Howe Island stick insect or tree lobster, is a species of stick insect that lives on the Lord Howe Island Group.
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Dung beetle
Dung beetles are beetles that feed on feces.
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Dwarf crocodile
The dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis), also known as the African dwarf crocodile, broad-snouted crocodile (a name more often used for the Asian mugger crocodile) or bony crocodile, is an African crocodile that is also the smallest extant (living) species of crocodile.
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Dyeing poison dart frog
The dyeing poison dart frog (Dendrobates tinctorius), also known as the cobalt poison frog, tinc (a nickname given by those in the hobby of keeping dart frogs), or dyeing poison frog, is a species of poison dart frog.
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Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
The eastern diamondback rattlesnake (Crotalus adamanteus) is a species of pit viper in the family Viperidae.
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Eclectus
Eclectus is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of four known extant species known as eclectus parrots and the extinct Eclectus infectus, the oceanic eclectus parrot.
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Edwards's pheasant
Edwards's pheasant (Lophura edwardsi) is a bird of the pheasant family Phasianidae and is endemic to the seasonal tropical forests of central Vietnam.
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Elaphe moellendorffi
Elaphe moellendorffi, commonly called the flower snake or Moellendorf's rat snake, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae.
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Elephant
Elephants are the largest living land animals.
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Ellen Browning Scripps
Ellen Browning Scripps (October 18, 1836 – August 3, 1932) was an American journalist and philanthropist who was the founding donor of several major institutions in Southern California.
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Emerald tree monitor
The emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus) or green tree monitor, is a small to medium-sized arboreal monitor lizard.
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Emerald-spotted wood dove
The emerald-spotted wood dove or emerald-spotted dove (Turtur chalcospilos) is a bird of the family Columbidae, resident across eastern and southern Africa.
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Endangered species
An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.
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Erythrina
Erythrina is a genus of plants in the pea family, Fabaceae.
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Escondido, California
Escondido (Spanish for "Hidden") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States.
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Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae.
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Eurasian lynx
The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is one of the four extant species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx.
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European pond turtle
The European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis), also called commonly the European pond terrapin and the European pond tortoise, is a species of long-living freshwater turtle in the family Emydidae.
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Eurycantha calcarata
Eurycantha calcarata (common names thorny devil stick insect and giant spiny stick insect) is a species of phasmid endemic to Australasia.
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Eurycnema goliath
Eurycnema goliath, commonly known as the goliath stick insect, or the regal stick insect, is a large species of stick insect in the family Phasmatidae, endemic to Australia and considered one of the largest species of stick insects in the country.
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Exclamatory paradise whydah
The exclamatory paradise whydah or Uelle paradise whydah (Vidua interjecta) is a species of bird in the family Viduidae.
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Fathead minnow
Fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas), also known as fathead or tuffy, is a species of temperate freshwater fish belonging to the genus Pimephales of the cyprinid family.
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Fawn-breasted bowerbird
The fawn-breasted bowerbird (Chlamydera cerviniventris) is a medium-sized, up to long, bowerbird with a greyish brown spotted white plumage, a black bill, dark brown iris, yellow mouth and an orange buff below.
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Felidae
Felidae is the family of mammals in the order Carnivora colloquially referred to as cats.
Fennec fox
The fennec fox (Vulpes zerda) is a small crepuscular fox native to the deserts of North Africa, ranging from Western Sahara and Mauritania to the Sinai Peninsula.
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Fern
The ferns (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta) are a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers.
Ficus
Ficus is a genus of about 850 species of woody trees, shrubs, vines, epiphytes and hemiepiphytes in the family Moraceae.
Ficus ingens
Ficus ingens, the red-leaved fig, is a fig species with an extensive range in the subtropical to dry tropical regions of Africa and southern Arabia.
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Fiji crested iguana
The Fiji crested iguana or Fijian crested iguana (Brachylophus vitiensis) is a critically endangered species of iguana native to some of the northwestern islands of the Fijiian archipelago, where it is found in dry forest on Yaduataba (west of Vanua Levu), Yadua, Macuata, Yaquaga, Devuilau (Goat island), Malolo, Monu and Monuriki.
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Fire salamander
The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is a common species of salamander found in Europe.
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Fish
A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.
Fishing cat
The fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus) is a medium-sized wild cat of South and Southeast Asia.
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Fort Worth Zoo
The Fort Worth Zoo is a zoo in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, and is home to 7,000 native and exotic animals.
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Fossa (animal)
The fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox; or) is a slender, long-tailed, cat-like mammal that is endemic to Madagascar.
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François' langur
François' langur (Trachypithecus francoisi), also known as Francois' leaf monkey, the Tonkin leaf monkey, or the white side-burned black langur is a species of Old World monkey and the type species of its species group.
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Francis Parker School (San Diego)
Francis Parker School (Parker) is a college preparatory independent day school in San Diego, California, serving students from junior kindergarten through twelfth grade.
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Frank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck (March 17, 1884 – March 25, 1950) was an American hunter, animal collector, and author, as well as a film actor, director, and producer.
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Frozen zoo
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals (e.g. DNA, sperm, eggs, embryos and live tissue) are stored at very low temperatures (−196 °C) in tanks of liquid nitrogen.
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Galápagos tortoise
The Galápagos tortoise or Galápagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis niger) is a very large species of tortoise in the genus Chelonoidis (which also contains three smaller species from mainland South America).
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Gao Gao
Gao Gao is a male giant panda formerly at the San Diego Zoo from 2003 to 2018 and was then returned to China.
Gelada
The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, translit, Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of above sea level.
Gerenuk
The gerenuk (garanuug; Litocranius walleri), also known as the giraffe gazelle, is a long-necked, medium-sized antelope found in parts of East Africa.
Gharial
The gharial (Gavialis gangeticus), also known as gavial or fish-eating crocodile, is a crocodilian in the family Gavialidae and among the longest of all living crocodilians.
Giant anteater
The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America.
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Giant danio
The giant danio (Devario aequipinnatus) is a tropical fish belonging to the minnow family Cyprinidae.
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Giant horned lizard
The giant horned lizard (Phrynosoma asio) is a species of phrynosomatid lizard which is endemic to the Pacific coast of southern Mexico.
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Gila monster
The Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum) is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora.
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Giraffe
The giraffe is a large African hoofed mammal belonging to the genus Giraffa.
Gladys Porter Zoo
Gladys Porter Zoo is a zoological and botanical park located in Brownsville, Texas, United States.
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Goat
The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a species of domesticated goat-antelope that is mostly kept as livestock.
Golden lion tamarin
The golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia; mico-leão-dourado), also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae.
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Golden takin
The golden takin (Budorcas taxicolor bedfordi) is a threatened subspecies of takin, native to the Qin Mountains in the south of China's Shaanxi province.
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Golden-breasted starling
The golden-breasted starling (Lamprotornis regius), also known as royal starling, is a medium-sized passerine in the starling family.
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Golden-collared manakin
The golden-collared manakin (Manacus vitellinus) is a species of bird in the family Pipridae.
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Goliathus
The Goliath beetles (named after the biblical giant Goliath) are any of the six species in the genus Goliathus.
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Gondola lift
A gondola lift is a means of cable transport and type of aerial lift which is supported and propelled by cables from above.
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Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo
Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi), also called the ornate tree-kangaroo, is an endangered, long-tailed mammal native to rainforests of New Guinea.
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Gorilla
Gorillas are herbivorous, predominantly ground-dwelling great apes that inhabit the tropical forests of equatorial Africa.
Gouldian finch
The Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae), also known as the Gould's finch or the rainbow finch, is a colourful passerine bird that is native to Australia.
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Grammostola pulchra
Grammostola pulchra is a species of tarantula (family Theraphosidae), native to Brazil.
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Granite
Granite is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase.
Grant's zebra
Grant's zebra (Equus quagga boehmi) is the smallest of the seven subspecies of the plains zebra.
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Gray's monitor
The Gray's monitor (Varanus olivaceus) is a large (180 cm, >9 kg) monitor lizard known only from lowland dipterocarp forest in southern Luzon, Catanduanes, and Polillo Island, all islands in the Philippines.
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Grévy's zebra
Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi), also known as the imperial zebra, is the largest living wild equid and the most threatened of the three species of zebra, the other two being the plains zebra and the mountain zebra.
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Great argus
The great argus (Argusianus argus), or greater argus, is a large species of pheasant from Southeast Asia.
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Great blue turaco
The great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) is a bird species of the family Musophagidae.
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Greater lophorina
The greater lophorina (Lophorina superba), also known as superb bird-of-paradise or greater superb bird-of-paradise, is a species of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family.
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Green and black poison dart frog
The green-and-black poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus), also known as the green-and-black poison arrow frog and green poison frog (among others), is a brightly-colored member of the order Anura native to southern Central America and Colombia.
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Green honeycreeper
The green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) is a small bird in the tanager family.
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Green tree python
The Green tree Python (Morelia viridis), is a species of snake in the family Pythonidae.
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Green-backed trogon
The green-backed trogon (Trogon viridis), also known as the Amazonian white-tailed trogon, is a bird in the trogon family Trogonidae.
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Grey parrot
The grey parrot (Psittacus erithacus), also known as the Congo grey parrot, Congo African grey parrot or African grey parrot, is an Old World parrot in the family Psittacidae.
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Grizzly bear
The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America.
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Guam kingfisher
The Guam kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus) is a species of kingfisher from the United States Territory of Guam.
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Guanaco
The guanaco (Lama guanicoe) is a camelid native to South America, closely related to the llama.
Habitat
In ecology, habitat refers to the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species.
Hadrurus arizonensis
Hadrurus arizonensis, the giant desert hairy scorpion, giant hairy scorpion, or Arizona Desert hairy scorpion is a large scorpion found in North America.
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Hamadryas baboon
The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas; ጋውና gawina;Aerts 2019 الرُبَّاح, Al Robah) is a species of baboon within the Old World monkey family.
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Hamerkop
The hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) is a medium-sized wading bird.
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Harpy eagle
The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is a large neotropical species of eagle.
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Harry M. Wegeforth
Harry Milton Wegeforth (born Harry Milton Wegefarth, January 7, 1882 – June 25, 1941) was an American physician who founded the Zoological Society of San Diego and the San Diego Zoo. San Diego Zoo and Harry M. Wegeforth are Balboa Park (San Diego).
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Hawaiian crow
The Hawaiian crow or alalā (Corvus hawaiiensis) is a species of bird in the crow family, Corvidae, that is currently extinct in the wild, though reintroduction programs are underway.
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Health effects of sunlight exposure
Exposing skin to the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight has both positive and negative health effects.
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Helen Palmer (writer)
Helen Marion Palmer Geisel (September 16, 1898 – October 23, 1967), known professionally as Helen Palmer, was an American children's writer, editor, and philanthropist.
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Heloderma alvarezi
Heloderma alvarezi, the Chiapan beaded lizard or black beaded lizard, is a species of lizard of the Helodermatidae family.
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Heteropteryx
Heteropteryx is a monotypic genus of stick insects containing Heteropteryx dilatata as the only described species.
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Himalayan monal
The Himalayan monal (Lophophorus impejanus), also called Impeyan monal and Impeyan pheasant, is a pheasant native to Himalayan forests and shrublands at elevations of.
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Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus (hippopotamuses or hippopotami; Hippopotamus amphibius), also shortened to hippo (hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus, or river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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History of the United States
The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC.
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Honey badger
The honey badger (Mellivora capensis), also known as the ratel, is a mammal widely distributed in Africa, Southwest Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
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Horse
The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is a domesticated, one-toed, hoofed mammal.
Horticulture
Horticulture is the art and science of growing plants.
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Hua Mei
Hua Mei (intended meaning: "China/USA") (born August 21, 1999) is a female giant panda.
Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae.
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Inca tern
The Inca tern (Larosterna inca) is a near-threatened species of tern in the subfamily Sterninae of the family Laridae (the gulls, terns, and skimmers).
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Indian flapshell turtle
The Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata) is a freshwater species of turtle found in South Asia.
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Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle
The Indian narrow-headed softshell turtle (Chitra indica), also known as the small-headed softshell turtle or the Indo-Gangetic softshell turtle, is an endangered species of softshell turtle native to waterways and rivers of the Indian subcontinent.
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Indian peafowl
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), also known as the common peafowl or blue peafowl, is a peafowl species native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Indian python
The Indian python (Python molurus) is a large python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
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Indian rhinoceros
The Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros, or Indian rhino for short, is a rhinoceros species native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Indianapolis Zoo
The Indianapolis Zoo is a non-profit zoo, public aquarium, and botanical garden in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
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Inselberg
An inselberg or monadnock is an isolated rock hill, knob, ridge, or small mountain that rises abruptly from a gently sloping or virtually level surrounding plain.
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International Brotherhood of Teamsters
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) is a labor union in the United States and Canada.
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Ituri Rainforest
The Ituri Rainforest (French: Forêt tropicale de l’Ituri) is a rainforest located in the Ituri Province of northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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IUCN Red List
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.
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J. D. Roth
James David Weinroth (born April 20, 1968), known professionally as J.D. Roth, is an American television producer, actor, voice actor, game show host, and television personality.
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Jaguar
The jaguar (Panthera onca) is a large cat species and the only living member of the genus Panthera native to the Americas.
Jamaican iguana
The Jamaican iguana (Cyclura collei), also known commonly as Colley's iguana, is a large species of lizard in the family Iguanidae.
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Jawed Karim
Jawed Karim (born October 28, 1979) is an American software engineer and Internet entrepreneur.
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Joan Embery
Joan Marie Embery is an American animal and environmental advocate, notable for her appearances on television programs such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
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Kagu
The kagu or cagou (Rhynochetos jubatus) is a crested, long-legged, and bluish-grey bird endemic to the dense mountain forests of New Caledonia.
Karen (orangutan)
Karen (born 11 June 1992) is a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii), who on 27 August 1994 at San Diego Zoo was the first orangutan to have open heart surgery and in 2021 was among the first non-humans to receive a vaccine for COVID-19.
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Keel-billed toucan
The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan, keel toucan, or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family.
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Ken Allen
Ken Allen (February 13, 1971 – December 1, 2000) was a Bornean orangutan at the San Diego Zoo.
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KGTV
KGTV (channel 10) is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by the E. W. Scripps Company.
King cobra
The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a venomous snake endemic to Asia.
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Klipspringer
The klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) is a small antelope found in eastern and southern Africa.
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KNSD
KNSD (channel 39) is a television station in San Diego, California, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet.
Koala
The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus), sometimes called the koala bear, is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia.
Komodo dragon
The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang.
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Kurt Benirschke
Kurt Benirschke (May 26, 1924 – September 10, 2018) was a German-American pathologist, geneticist and expert on the placenta and reproduction in humans and myriad mammalian species.
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Lachesis melanocephala
Lachesis melanocephala is a species of venomous pit viper in the family Viperidae.
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Lake Malawi
Lake Malawi, also known as Lake Nyasa in Tanzania and Lago Niassa in Mozambique, (Ziwa Nyasa) is an African Great Lake and the southernmost lake in the East African Rift system, located between Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania.
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Laughing kookaburra
The laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) is a bird in the kingfisher subfamily Halcyoninae.
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Leafcutter ant
Leafcutter ants, a non-generic name, are any of 47 species of leaf-chewing ants belonging to the two genera Atta and Acromyrmex, within the tribe Attini.
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Lemur
Lemurs (from Latin lemures – "ghosts" or "spirits") are wet-nosed primates of the superfamily Lemuroidea, divided into 8 families and consisting of 15 genera and around 100 existing species.
Leopard
The leopard (Panthera pardus) is one of the five extant species in the genus Panthera.
Leopard gecko
The leopard gecko or common leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius) is a ground-dwelling gecko native to the rocky dry grassland and desert regions of Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, India, and Nepal.
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Leopard shark
The leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata) is a species of houndshark, in the family Triakidae.
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Leopard tortoise
The leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) is a large and attractively marked tortoise found in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa, from Sudan to the southern Cape Province.
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Lesser kudu
The lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) is a medium-sized bushland antelope found in East Africa.
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Lesser spot-nosed monkey
The lesser spot-nosed monkey (Cercopithecus petaurista), also known as the lesser spot-nosed guenon, lesser white-nosed guenon, or lesser white-nosed monkey, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Lichanura orcutti
Lichanura orcutti, also known as the rosy boa, the coastal rosy boa, or the northern three-lined boa, is a species of snake in the family Boidae.
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Linnaeus's two-toed sloth
Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus), also known as the southern two-toed sloth, unau, or Linne's two-toed sloth is a species of sloth from South America, found in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil north of the Amazon River.
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Lion
The lion (Panthera leo) is a large cat of the genus Panthera, native to Africa and India.
Lion-tailed macaque
The lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus), also known as the wanderoo, is an Old World monkey endemic to the Western Ghats of South India.
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Living Coast Discovery Center
The Living Coast Discovery Center is a zoo and public aquarium in Chula Vista, California.
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Llama
The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the pre-Columbian era.
Lockdown
A lockdown is a restriction policy for people, community or a country to stay where they are, usually due to specific risks that could possibly harm the people if they move and interact freely.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Los Angeles Zoo
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens is a zoo founded in 1966 and located in Los Angeles, California, United States. San Diego Zoo and los Angeles Zoo are zoos in California.
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Louis John Gill
Louis John Gill (May 9, 1885 – August 19, 1969) was a San Diego-based architect and the nephew and one-time business partner of another famous San Diego architect, Irving Gill.
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Madagascan big-headed turtle
The Madagascan big-headed turtle (Erymnochelys madagascariensis) is a turtle native to the waters of permanent slow moving rivers and lakes in western Madagascar.
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Madagascar hissing cockroach
The Madagascar hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa), also known as the hissing cockroach or simply hisser, is one of the largest species of cockroach, reaching at maturity.
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Madagascar ibis
The Madagascar ibis (Lophotibis cristata), also known as the Madagascar crested ibis, white-winged ibis or crested wood ibis, is a medium-sized (approximately 50 cm long), brown-plumaged ibis.
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Magnificent bird-of-paradise
The magnificent bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus) is a species of bird-of-paradise.
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Magnificent tree frog
The magnificent tree frog (Ranoidea splendida), also known as the splendid tree frog, is a species of tree frog first described in 1977.
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Magpie mannikin
The magpie mannikin or magpie munia (Spermestes fringilloides) is a species of estrildid finch, sparsely present across Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Malayan snail-eating turtle
The Malayan snail-eating turtle (Malayemys macrocephala) is a species of turtle in Malayemys genus of the family Geoemydidae.
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Malayan tapir
The Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus), also called Asian tapir, Asiatic tapir, oriental tapir, Indian tapir, piebald tapir, or black-and-white tapir, is the only living tapir species outside of the Americas.
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Malayan tiger
The Malayan tiger is a tiger from a specific population of the Panthera tigris tigris subspecies that is native to Peninsular Malaysia.
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Maleo
The maleo (Macrocephalon maleo) is a large megapode and the only member of the monotypic genus Macrocephalon.
Mandrill
The mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) is a large Old World monkey native to west central Africa.
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Maned wolf
The maned wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) is a large canine of South America.
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Manzanita
Manzanita is a common name for many species of the genus Arctostaphylos.
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Marginated tortoise
The marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
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Markhamia lutea
Markhamia lutea, the Nile tulip, Nile trumpet or siala tree is a tree species of the family Bignoniaceae, native to eastern Africa and cultivated for its large bright yellow flowers.
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Mary River turtle
The Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) is an endangered species of short-necked turtle in the family Chelidae.
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Masai giraffe
The Masai giraffe (Giraffa tippelskirchi), also spelled Maasai giraffe, and sometimes called the Kilimanjaro giraffe, is a species or subspecies of giraffe.
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Masked lapwing
The masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) is a large, common and conspicuous bird native to Australia (particularly the northern and eastern parts of the continent), New Zealand and New Guinea.
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Mata mata
The mata mata, mata-mata, or matamata (Chelus fimbriata) is a South American species of freshwater turtle found in the Amazon basin and river system of the eastern Guianas.
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Maylandia lombardoi
Maylandia lombardoi, is a long freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae.
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Mbuti people
The Mbuti people, or Bambuti, are one of several indigenous pygmy groups in the Congo region of Africa.
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Me at the zoo
"Me at the zoo" is a YouTube video uploaded on April 23, 2005; the first video to be uploaded to the platform.
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Meerkat
The meerkat (Suricata suricatta) or suricate is a small mongoose found in southern Africa.
Megalonyx
Megalonyx (Greek, "great-claw") is an extinct genus of ground sloths of the family Megalonychidae, native to North America.
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Mei Sheng
Mei Sheng (lit. "Beautiful Life" or "Born in the USA"; born August 19, 2003) is a male giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo.
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Mertens' water monitor
Mertens' water monitor (Varanus mertensi), often misspelled Mertin's water monitor, is a species of monitor lizard.
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Metallic starling
The metallic starling (Aplonis metallica), also known as the shining starling, is a bird in the starling family native to the Moluccas, New Guinea, Queensland and the Solomon Islands.
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Mexican beaded lizard
The Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) is a species of lizard in the family Helodermatidae, one of the two species of venomous beaded lizards found principally in Mexico and southern Guatemala.
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Milwaukee County Zoo
The Milwaukee County Zoo is a zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, operated by the Milwaukee County Parks Commission and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
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Mindanao bleeding-heart
The Mindanao bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba crinigera), also known as Bartlett's bleeding heart dove, Barlett's bleeding heart pigeon and the hair-breasted bleeding heart, is a species of bird in the pigeon family.
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Minnesota Zoo
The Minnesota Zoo (formerly the Minnesota Zoological Garden) is an AZA-accredited zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota.
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Mission golden-eyed tree frog
The Mission golden-eyed tree frog or Amazon milk frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix) is a large species of arboreal frog native to the Amazon Rainforest in South America.
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Monocled cobra
The monocled cobra (Naja kaouthia), also called monocellate cobra and Indian spitting cobra, is a venomous cobra species widespread across South and Southeast Asia and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
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Monotreme
Monotremes are mammals of the order Monotremata.
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Monstera deliciosa
Monstera deliciosa, the Swiss cheese plant or split-leaf philodendron is a species of flowering plant native to tropical forests of southern Mexico, south to Panama.
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Mound-building termites
Mound-building termites are a group of termite species that live in mounds which are made of a combination of soil, termite saliva and dung.
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Mountain peacock-pheasant
The mountain peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron inopinatum), also known as Rothschild's peacock-pheasant or mirror pheasant, is a medium-sized, up to 65 cm long, blackish brown pheasant with small ocelli and long graduated tail feathers.
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Mountain yellow-legged frog
The mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana muscosa), also known as the southern mountain yellow-legged frog, is a species of true frog endemic to California in the United States.
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Mozambique girdled lizard
The Mozambique girdled lizard or flame-bellied armadillo lizard (Smaug mossambicus) is a large, flattened, girdled lizard found on Mount Gorongosa in Mozambique and low elevations in the Chimanimani Mountains at the border of Zimbabwe and Mozambique.
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Musk deer
Musk deer can refer to any one, or all seven, of the species that make up Moschus, the only extant genus of the family Moschidae.
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Naja annulata
Naja annulata (formerly Boulengerina annulata), commonly known as the banded water cobra or the ringed water cobra, is a species of water cobra native to western and central Africa.
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Naked mole-rat
The naked mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber), also known as the sand puppy, is a burrowing rodent native to the Horn of Africa and parts of Kenya, notably in Somali regions.
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Namaqua dove
The Namaqua dove (Oena capensis) is a small pigeon.
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National Zoological Park (United States)
The National Zoological Park, commonly known as the National Zoo, is one of the oldest zoos in the United States.
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Nephila
Nephila is a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave.
Neurergus kaiseri
Neurergus kaiseri, the Luristan newt, Kaiser's mountain newt, Kaiser's spotted newt or emperor spotted newt (not to be confused with Tylototriton shanjing), is a species of very colourful salamander in the family Salamandridae.
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Nicobar pigeon
The Nicobar pigeon or Nicobar dove (Caloenas nicobarica, Car: ma-kūö-kö) is a bird found on small islands and in coastal regions from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India, east through the Indonesian Archipelago, to the Solomons and Palau.
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Nomascus
Nomascus is the second-most speciose genus of the gibbon family, Hylobatidae.
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North American cougar
The North American cougar (Puma concolor couguar) is a cougar subspecies in North America.
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North American donkeys
North American donkeys constitute approximately 0.1% of the worldwide donkey population.
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North American river otter
The North American river otter (Lontra canadensis), also known as the northern river otter and river otter, is a semiaquatic mammal that lives only on the North American continent throughout most of Canada, along the coasts of the United States and its inland waterways.
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North Sulawesi babirusa
The North Sulawesi babirusa (Babyrousa celebensis) is a pig-like animal native to Sulawesi and some nearby islands (Lembeh, Buton and Muna) in Indonesia.
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Northern river terrapin
The northern river terrapin (Batagur baska) is a species of riverine turtle native to Southeast Asia.
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Nubian ibex
The Nubian ibex (Capra nubiana) is a desert-dwelling goat species (Genus Capra) found in mountainous areas of northern and northeast Africa, and the Middle East.
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Oceania
Oceania is a geographical region including Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Ocellated lizard
The ocellated lizard or jewelled lizard (Timon lepidus) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae (wall lizards).
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Ocelot
The ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches at the shoulders and weighs between on average.
Okapi
The okapi (Okapia johnstoni), also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe and zebra giraffe, is an artiodactyl mammal that is endemic to the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa.
Opal-rumped tanager
The opal-rumped tanager (Tangara velia) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Orange-breasted waxbill
The orange-breasted waxbill (Amandava subflava), also known as the zebra waxbill, is a small (approximately 9 cm long) sparrow-like bird with a reddish iris, orange breast, red bill and dark olive-green plumage.
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Orangutan
Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia.
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Oregon Zoo
The Oregon Zoo, originally the Portland Zoo and later the Washington Park Zoo, is a zoo located in Washington Park, Portland, Oregon, approximately southwest of downtown Portland.
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Ornate hawk-eagle
The ornate hawk-eagle (Spizaetus ornatus) is a fairly large bird of prey from the tropical Americas.
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Orson Welles
George Orson Welles (May 6, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was an American director, actor, writer, producer, and magician who is remembered for his innovative work in film, radio, and theatre.
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Pacific pocket mouse
The Pacific pocket mouse, Perognathus longimembris pacificus, is endemic to California.
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Painted terrapin
The painted terrapin, painted batagur, or saw-jawed turtle (Batagur borneoensis) is a species of turtles in the family Geoemydidae.
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Pallas's cat
The Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul), also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur, and rounded ears set low on the sides of the head.
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Palm cockatoo
The palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus), also known as the goliath cockatoo or great black cockatoo, is a large, smoky-grey/black parrot of the cockatoo family native to New Guinea, the Aru Islands and the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland, Australia.
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Paludarium
A paludarium is a type of vivarium that incorporates both terrestrial and aquatic elements.
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Panama–California Exposition
The Panama–California Exposition was a world exposition held in San Diego, California, between January 1, 1915, and January 1, 1917. San Diego Zoo and Panama–California Exposition are Balboa Park (San Diego).
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Panamanian golden frog
The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki), also known as Cerro Campana stubfoot toad and other names, is a species of toad endemic to Panama.
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Pancake tortoise
The pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri) is a species of flat-shelled tortoise in the family Testudinidae.
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Panda diplomacy
Panda diplomacy is the practice of sending giant pandas from China to other countries as a tool of diplomacy and wildlife conservation.
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Pangolin
Pangolins, sometimes known as scaly anteaters, are mammals of the order Pholidota.
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia (a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia).
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Paradise tanager
The paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) is a brilliantly multicolored, medium-sized songbird whose length varies between 13.5 and 15 cm (5.3 to 6").
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Parker's snake-necked turtle
Parker's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri) is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.
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Parma wallaby
The parma wallaby (Notamacropus parma) is a small marsupial macropod mammal native to forests and densely-vegetated areas of northeastern New South Wales, Australia, close to the border with Queensland.
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Pascagoula map turtle
The Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) is a species of turtle in the family Emydidae.
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Patagonian mara
The Patagonian mara (Dolichotis patagonum) is a relatively large rodent in the mara genus Dolichotis.
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Peruphasma schultei
Peruphasma schultei, known as the black beauty stick insect and the golden-eyed stick insect, is a species of phasmid found in the Cordillera del Condor region of northern Peru.
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Pet Sounds
Pet Sounds is the eleventh studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys, released on May 16, 1966, by Capitol Records.
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Philippine sailfin lizard
Hydrosaurus pustulatus, or the Philippine sailfin lizard or Philippine sailfin dragon, is a large, semiaquatic species of agamid lizard that is endemic to all of the major island groups of the Philippines (with the exception of a few, including Palawan).
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Philodryas baroni
Philodryas baroni, common name Baron's green racer,"Philodryas baroni ". is a species of rear-fanged venomous snake in the family Colubridae.
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Phyllobates bicolor
Phyllobates bicolor, or more commonly referred to as the black-legged poison dart frog, is the world's second-most toxic dart frog.
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Phyllocrania paradoxa
Phyllocrania paradoxa, common name ghost mantis, is a small species of mantis from Africa remarkable for its leaf-like body.
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Pig-nosed turtle
The pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta), also known commonly as the Fly River turtle, the pitted-shelled turtle, and the Warrajan is a species of turtle in the family Carettochelyidae.
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Pin-tailed whydah
The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males.
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Pine
A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.
Pinktail chalceus
The pinktail chalceus (Chalceus macrolepidotus),U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Pituophis
Pituophis is a genus of nonvenomous colubrid snakes, commonly referred to as gopher snakes, pine snakes, and bullsnakes, which are endemic to North America.
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Platymeris biguttatus
Platymeris biguttatus or two-spotted assassin bug is a venomous predatory true bug of west and southwest African origin ranging in size from 10–40 mm.
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Playground
A playground, playpark, or play area is a place designed to provide an environment for children that facilitates play, typically outdoors.
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Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
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Poison dart frog
Poison dart frog (also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog) is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae which are native to tropical Central and South America.
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Polar bear
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas.
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Pompadour cotinga
The pompadour cotinga (Xipholena punicea) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae.
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Primate
Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.
Proboscis monkey
The proboscis monkey or long-nosed monkey (Nasalis larvatus) is an arboreal Old World monkey with an unusually large nose, a reddish-brown skin color and a long tail.
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Pronghorn
The pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America.
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Protobothrops mangshanensis
Protobothrops mangshanensis, commonly known as the Mangshan pit viper, Mangshan pitviper, Mt.
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Przewalski's horse
Przewalski's horse ((Пржевальский);; Equus ferus przewalskii or Equus przewalskii), also called the takhi (Тахь), Mongolian wild horse or Dzungarian horse, is a rare and endangered subspecies of horse originally native to the steppes of Central Asia.
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Pterophyllum scalare
Pterophyllum scalare, most commonly referred to as angelfish or freshwater angelfish, is the most common species of Pterophyllum kept in captivity.
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Puff adder
The puff adder (Bitis arietans) is a highly venomous viper species found in savannahs and grasslands from Morocco and western Arabia throughout Africa except for the Sahara and rainforest regions.
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Purple grenadier
The purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa.
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Purple honeycreeper
The purple honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) is a small Neotropical bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
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Pygmy hippopotamus
The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) is a small hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.
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Python anchietae
Python anchietae (with common names Angolan python and Anchieta's dwarf python)Mehrtens JM (1987).
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Quino checkerspot
The Quino checkerspot (Euphydryas editha quino) is a butterfly native to southern California and northwestern Baja California.
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Raccoon
The raccoon (or, Procyon lotor), also spelled racoon and sometimes called the common raccoon or northern raccoon to distinguish it from the other species, is a mammal native to North America.
Radiated tortoise
The radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) is a tortoise species in the family Testudinidae.
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Raggiana bird-of-paradise
The Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana), also known as Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise, is a large bird in the bird-of-paradise family Paradisaeidae.
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Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire.
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Rattlesnake
Rattlesnakes are venomous snakes that form the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus of the subfamily Crotalinae (the pit vipers).
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Red kangaroo
The red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos, the largest terrestrial mammal native to Australia, and the largest extant marsupial.
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Red panda
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.
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Red pileated finch
The red pileated finch (Coryphospingus cucullatus), also known as the red-crested finch, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.
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Red river hog
The red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus) or bushpig (a name also used for Potamochoerus larvatus) is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests.
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Red ruffed lemur
The red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra) is one of two species in the genus Varecia, the ruffed lemurs; the other is the black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata).
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Red-bellied short-necked turtle
The red-bellied short-necked turtle (Emydura subglobosa), also known commonly as the pink-bellied side-necked turtle and the Jardine River turtle, is a species of turtle in the family Chelidae.
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Red-billed firefinch
The red-billed firefinch or Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae.
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Red-billed leiothrix
The red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) is a member of the family Leiothrichidae, native to southern China and the Himalayas.
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Red-cheeked cordon-bleu
The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae.
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Red-headed Amazon River turtle
The red-headed Amazon side-necked turtle, red-headed river turtle or red-headed sideneck (Podocnemis erythrocephala) is a species of turtle in the family Podocnemididae.
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Red-tailed black cockatoo
The red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii) also known as Banksian- or Banks' black cockatoo, is a large black cockatoo native to Australia.
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Red-tailed monkey
The red-tailed monkey (Cercopithecus ascanius), also known as the black-cheeked white-nosed monkey, red-tailed guenon, redtail monkey, or Schmidt's guenon, is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Reid Park Zoo
The Reid Park Zoo, founded in 1967, is a city-owned and -operated nonprofit zoo located within Reid Park in Tucson, Arizona.
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Reindeer
The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.
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Rhinoceros iguana
The rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta) is an endangered species of iguana that is endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and its surrounding islands.
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Ring-tailed lemur
The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a medium- to larger-sized strepsirrhine (wet-nosed) primate and the most internationally recognized lemur species, owing to its long, black-and-white, ringed tail.
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Ringed teal
The ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys) is a small duck of South American forests.
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Riverbanks Zoo
The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is a zoo, aquarium, and botanical garden located along the Saluda River in Columbia, South Carolina, United States.
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Rock hyrax
The rock hyrax (Procavia capensis), also called dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and (from some interpretations of a word used in the King James Bible) coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East.
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Roger Williams Park Zoo
The Roger Williams Park Zoo of Providence, Rhode Island, contains more than 800 animals in natural settings from a total of 160 species from around the world.
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Roti Island snake-necked turtle
The Roti Island snake-necked turtle (Chelodina mccordi), also commonly known as McCord's snakeneck turtle, is a critically endangered turtle species.
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Ruffed lemur
The ruffed lemurs of the genus Varecia are strepsirrhine primates and are the largest extant lemurs within the family Lemuridae.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.
Saint Louis Zoo
The Saint Louis Zoo, officially known as the Saint Louis Zoological Park, is a zoo in Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri.
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San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
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San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS or often simply MTS) is a public transit service provider for the metropolitan area of San Diego.
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San Diego Zoo Safari Park
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park is a zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Safari Park are zoos in California.
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San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is a nonprofit organization headquartered in San Diego that operates the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. San Diego Zoo and San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance are 1916 establishments in California.
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Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo
The Santa Fe College Teaching Zoo is a zoo in Gainesville, Florida.
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Sanzinia madagascariensis
Sanzinia madagascariensis, also known as the Madagascar tree boa or Malagasy tree boa,Mehrtens JM.
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Sarracenia
Sarracenia is a genus comprising 8 to 11 species of North American pitcher plants, commonly called trumpet pitchers.
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Sauromalus ater
Sauromalus ater, also known as the common chuckwalla or northern chuckwalla, is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae.
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Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt is a 1979 American comedy film with a large ensemble cast which includes Richard Benjamin, James Coco, Scatman Crothers, Ruth Gordon, Cloris Leachman, Cleavon Little, Roddy McDowall, Robert Morley, Richard Mulligan, Tony Randall, Dirk Benedict, Willie Aames, Stephanie Faracy, Stephen Furst and Richard Masur.
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Screaming piha
The screaming piha (Lipaugus vociferans) is a species of passerine bird in the family Cotingidae.
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SeaWorld San Diego
SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park located in Mission Bay Park, San Diego, California. San Diego Zoo and SeaWorld San Diego are Landmarks in San Diego and zoos in California.
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Secretarybird
The secretarybird or secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is a large bird of prey that is endemic to Africa.
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Sedgwick County Zoo
The Sedgwick County Zoo is an AZA-accredited wildlife park and major attraction in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
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Sequoioideae
Sequoioideae, commonly referred to as redwoods, is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae, that range in the northern hemisphere.
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Serval
The serval (Leptailurus serval) is a wild cat native to Africa.
Sheltopusik
The sheltopusik (Pseudopus apodus), also commonly called Pallas's glass lizard, the European legless lizard, or the European glass lizard, is a species of large glass lizard found from Southern Europe to Central Asia.
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Shi Shi (giant panda)
Shi Shi (c. 1970s – d. July 5, 2008), or "Rock", was a male giant panda who briefly stayed at the San Diego Zoo.
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Short-beaked echidna
The short-beaked echidna (Tachyglossus aculeatus), also called the short-nosed echidna, is one of four living species of echidna, and the only member of the genus Tachyglossus.
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Siamang
The siamang (.
Silvery lutung
The silvery lutung (Trachypithecus cristatus), also known as the silvered leaf monkey or the silvery langur, is an Old World monkey.
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Simalia boeleni
Simalia boeleni is a species of python, a nonvenomous snake in the family Pythonidae.
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Sloth
Sloths are a Neotropical group of xenarthran mammals constituting the suborder Folivora, including the extant arboreal tree sloths and extinct terrestrial ground sloths.
Sloth bear
The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), also known as the Indian bear, is a myrmecophagous bear species native to the Indian subcontinent.
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Smilodon
Smilodon is a genus of felids belonging to the extinct subfamily Machairodontinae.
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Snouted cobra
The snouted cobra (Naja annulifera), also called the banded Egyptian cobra, is a highly venomous species of cobra found in Southern Africa.
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Snow leopard
The snow leopard (Panthera uncia), occasionally called ounce, is a species of large cat in the genus Panthera of the family Felidae.
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Snowy-crowned robin-chat
The snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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Soemmerring's gazelle
Soemmerring's gazelle (Nanger soemmerringii), also known as the Abyssinian mohr, is a gazelle species native to the Horn of Africa (Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan).
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Solomon Islands skink
The Solomon Islands skink (Corucia zebrata), also known as prehensile-tailed skink, monkey-tailed skink, giant skink, zebra skink, and monkey skink, is an arboreal species of skink endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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South American coati
The South American coati (Nasua nasua), also known as the ring-tailed coati, is a coati species and a member of the raccoon family (Procyonidae), found in the tropical and subtropical parts of South America.
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South American lungfish
The South American lungfish (Lepidosiren paradoxa), also known as the American mud-fish and scaly salamanderfish, is the single species of lungfish found in swamps and slow-moving waters of the Amazon, Paraguay, and lower Paraná River basins in South America.
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Southeast African cheetah
The Southeast African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus) is the nominate cheetah subspecies native to East and Southern Africa.
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Southern bald ibis
The southern bald ibis (Geronticus calvus) is a large bird found in open grassland or semi-desert in the mountains of southern Africa.
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Southern ground hornbill
The southern ground hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri; formerly known as Bucorvus cafer) is one of two species of ground hornbill, both of which are found solely within Africa, and is the largest species in the hornbill order worldwide.
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Southern tamandua
The southern tamandua (Tamandua tetradactyla), also called the collared anteater or lesser anteater, is a species of anteater from South America and the island of Trinidad in the Caribbean.
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Spangled cotinga
The spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas.
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Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
The Spanish Colonial Revival style (Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas.
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Spathodea
Spathodea is a genus in the plant family Bignoniaceae.
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Species
A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
Species Survival Plan
The American Species Survival Plan or SSP program was developed in 1981 by the (American) Association of Zoos and Aquariums to help ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered in the wild.
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Spectacled bear
The spectacled bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the South American bear, Andean bear, Andean short-faced bear or mountain bear and locally as jukumari (Aymara and Quechua), ukumari (Quechua) or ukuku, is a species of bear native to the Andes Mountains in northern and western South America.
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Speke's gazelle
Speke's gazelle (Gazella spekei) is the smallest of the gazelle species.
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Spider tortoise
The spider tortoise (Pyxis arachnoides) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae that is endemic to Madagascar and is one of only two species in the genus Pyxis.
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Splendid sunbird
The splendid sunbird (Cinnyris coccinigastrus) is a sunbird.
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Spotted hyena
The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Spotted-necked otter
The spotted-necked otter (Hydrictis maculicollis), or speckle-throated otter, is an otter native to sub-Saharan Africa.
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Squirrel monkey
Squirrel monkeys are New World monkeys of the genus Saimiri. Saimiri is the only genus in the subfamily Saimirinae. The name of the genus is of Tupi origin (sai-mirím or çai-mbirín, with sai meaning 'monkey' and mirím meaning 'small') and was also used as an English name by early researchers.
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State school
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge.
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Steller's sea eagle
Steller's sea eagle (Haliaeetus pelagicus), also known as Pacific sea eagle or white-shouldered eagle, is a very large diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
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Stream
A stream is a continuous body of surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel.
Striped hyena
The striped hyena (Hyaena hyaena) is a species of hyena native to North and East Africa, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and the Indian subcontinent.
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Su Lin (giant panda, born 2005)
Su Lin is a female giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo on August 2, 2005.
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Subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.
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Sudan plated lizard
The Sudan plated lizard (Broadleysaurus major), also known as the western plated lizard, great plated lizard, or Broadley's rough-scaled plated lizard, is a medium-sized, diurnal African lizard.
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Sulawesi forest turtle
The Sulawesi forest turtle (Leucocephalon yuwonoi) is a critically endangered species of turtle in the family Geoemydidae.
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Sumatran orangutan
The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans.
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Sumatran rhinoceros
The Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), also known as the Sumatran rhino, hairy rhinoceros or Asian two-horned rhinoceros, is a rare member of the family Rhinocerotidae and one of five extant species of rhinoceros; it is the only extant species of the genus Dicerorhinus.
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Sun bear
The sun bear (Helarctos malayanus) is a species in the family Ursidae (the only species in the genus Helarctos) occurring in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia.
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Sunbelt Publications
Sunbelt Publications is an American publication company that was incorporated in 1988.
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Sunbittern
The sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) is a bittern-like bird of tropical regions of the Americas, and the sole member of the family Eurypygidae (sometimes spelled Eurypigidae) and genus Eurypyga.
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Superb starling
The superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) is a member of the starling family of birds.
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Swallow tanager
The swallow tanager (Tersina viridis) is a species of Neotropic bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
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Taiga
Taiga (p), also known as boreal forest or snow forest, is a biome characterized by coniferous forests consisting mostly of pines, spruces, and larches.
Tambourine dove
The tambourine dove (Turtur tympanistria) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in woodlands and other thick vegetation in Africa south of the Sahara Desert.
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Tar pit
Tar pits, sometimes referred to as asphalt pits, are large asphalt deposits.
Tasmanian devil
The Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) (palawa kani: purinina) is a carnivorous marsupial of the family Dasyuridae.
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Teratornis
Teratornis (Greek: "wonder" (teratos), "bird" (ornis)) was a genus of huge North American birds of prey—the best-known of the teratorns—of which, two species are known to have existed: Teratornis merriami and Teratornis woodburnensis.
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Terrarium
A terrarium (terraria or terrariums) is usually a sealable glass container containing soil and plants that can be opened for maintenance to access the plants inside; however, terraria can also be open to the atmosphere.
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Thaumatophyllum
Thaumatophyllum (formerly Meconostigma) is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae.
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The 6ths
The 6ths is a band created by Stephin Merritt, also the primary songwriter and instrumentalist behind The Magnetic Fields, The Gothic Archies, and Future Bible Heroes.
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The Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961.
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The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Johnny Carson on NBC, the third iteration of the ''Tonight Show'' franchise.
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The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that first aired from May 25, 1992, to May 29, 2009.
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Thermonectus marmoratus
Thermonectus marmoratus is a relatively colorful North American species of diving beetle known by the common names sunburst diving beetle and yellow-spotted diving beetle.
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Thick-billed parrot
The thick-billed parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha) is a medium-sized parrot endemic to Mexico that formerly ranged into the southwestern United States.
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Threadfin acara
The threadfin acara (Acarichthys heckelii), also known as Heckel's thread-finned acara, is a South American species of cichlid fish.
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Tiger
The tiger (Panthera tigris) is a member of the genus Panthera and the largest living cat species native to Asia.
Tilapia
Tilapia is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlid fish from the coelotilapine, coptodonine, heterotilapine, oreochromine, pelmatolapiine, and tilapiine tribes (formerly all were "Tilapiini"), with the economically most important species placed in the Coptodonini and Oreochromini.
Tiliqua gigas
The Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas) is a lizard in the family Scincidae.
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Tiliqua rugosa
Tiliqua rugosa, most commonly known as the shingleback skink or bobtail lizard, is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus Tiliqua) endemic to Australia.
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Timber rattlesnake
The timber rattlesnake, canebrake rattlesnake, or banded rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)Wright AH, Wright AA (1957).
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Toco toucan
The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco) is a species of bird in the toucan family Ramphastidae.
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Toledo Zoo & Aquarium
The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium, located in Toledo, Ohio, is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), valid through September 2028.
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Tour bus service
A tour bus service is an escorted tour (sometimes a package holiday) or bus service that takes visitors sightseeing, with routes around tourist attractions.
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Tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves.
Tricolored parrotfinch
The tricolored parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor) is a species of estrildid finch found in Timor and the southern Moluccas.
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Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus
Trimeresurus purpureomaculatus is a venomous pit viper species native to India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia.
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Trumpeter hornbill
The trumpeter hornbill (Bycanistes bucinator) is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between, characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females.
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Tufted capuchin
The tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella), also known as brown capuchin, black-capped capuchin, or pin monkey, is a New World primate from South America and the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Margarita.
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Tufted deer
The tufted deer (Elaphodus cephalophus) is a small species of deer characterized by a prominent tuft of black hair on its forehead and fang-like canines for the males.
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Tulsa Zoo
The Tulsa Zoo is an zoo located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
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Tundra
In physical geography, tundra is a type of biome where tree growth is hindered by frigid temperatures and short growing seasons.
Turquoise tanager
The turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) is a medium-sized passerine bird in the tanager family Thraupidae.
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United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS or FWS) is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the United States.
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Varanus macraei
Varanus macraei, the blue-spotted tree monitor or blue tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia.
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Venus flytrap
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States.
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Vervet monkey
The vervet monkey (Chlorocebus pygerythrus), or simply vervet, is an Old World monkey of the family Cercopithecidae native to Africa.
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Victoria crowned pigeon
The Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) is a large, bluish-grey pigeon with elegant blue lace-like crests, maroon breast and red irises.
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Village indigobird
The village indigobird (Vidua chalybeata), also known as the steelblue widowfinch or (in U.S. aviculture) the Combassou finch, is a small songbird belonging to the family Viduidae.
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Violaceous euphonia
The violaceous euphonia (Euphonia violacea) is a small passerine bird in the true finch family.
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Violet-backed starling
The violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the plum-coloured starling or amethyst starling, or Ndambamukula in the Luvenḓa (Venḓa) language, is a relatively small species (17 cm) of starling in the family Sturnidae.
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Vivarium
A vivarium (Latin, literally for "place of life";: vivaria or vivariums) is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research.
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Von Roll Holding
Von Roll Holding AG is a Swiss industrial group that operates worldwide that was founded in 1803.
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Wasps' Nests
Wasps' Nests is the 1995 debut album by the 6ths, a side-project created by Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields.
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Wattled jacana
The wattled jacana (Jacana jacana) is a wader in the family Jacanidae found throughout much of South America east of the Andes, as well as western Panama and Trinidad.
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West African mud turtle
The West African mud turtle (Pelusios castaneus), also known as the West African side-necked turtle or swamp terrapin, is a species of turtle in the family Pelomedusidae.
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West African slender-snouted crocodile
The West African slender-snouted crocodile (Mecistops cataphractus), or slender-snouted crocodile, is a critically endangered species of African crocodile.
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Western crowned pigeon
The western crowned pigeon (Goura cristata), also known as the common crowned pigeon or blue crowned pigeon, is a large, blue-grey pigeon with blue lacy crests over the head and dark blue mask feathers around its eyes.
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Western diamondback rattlesnake
The western diamondback rattlesnake or Texas diamond-backWright AH, Wright AA.
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Western green mamba
The western green mamba (Dendroaspis viridis) is a long, thin, and highly venomous snake species of the mamba genus, Dendroaspis.
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Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is the half of the planet Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian—which crosses Greenwich, London, England—and east of the 180th meridian.
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Western honey bee
The western honey bee or European honey bee (Apis mellifera) is the most common of the 7–12 species of honey bees worldwide.
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Western lowland gorilla
The western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) is one of two Critically Endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) that lives in montane, primary and secondary forest and lowland swampland in central Africa in Angola (Cabinda Province), Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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Western pond turtle
The western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata), also known commonly as the Pacific pond turtle is a species of small to medium-sized turtle in the family Emydidae.
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White-bellied go-away-bird
The white-bellied go-away-bird (Crinifer leucogaster) is a bird of eastern Africa in the family Musophagidae, commonly known as turacos.
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White-faced whistling duck
The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America.
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White-fronted bee-eater
The white-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) is a species of bee-eater widely distributed in sub-equatorial Africa.
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White-headed buffalo weaver
The white-headed buffalo weaver or white-faced buffalo-weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to East Africa.
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White-rumped shama
The white-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus) is a small passerine bird of the family Muscicapidae.
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White-throated bee-eater
The white-throated bee-eater (Merops albicollis) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae.
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Wildlife Conservation Society
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a global 501(c)(3) non-governmental organization headquartered at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, that states its mission as saving "wildlife and wild places across the globe".
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Wilhelma
Wilhelma is a zoological-botanical garden in Stuttgart, southern Germany, located in the Bad Cannstatt district in the north of the city on the grounds of a historic castle.
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William Temple Hornaday
William Temple Hornaday, Sc.D. (December 1, 1854 – March 6, 1937) was an American zoologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author.
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Wolf's mona monkey
Wolf's mona monkey (Cercopithecus wolfi), also called Wolf's guenon, is a colourful Old World monkey in the family Cercopithecidae.
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Woma python
The woma python (Aspidites ramsayi), also known commonly as Ramsay's python, the sand python,O'Connor F (2008).
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Wombat
Wombats are short-legged, muscular quadrupedal marsupials of the family Vombatidae that are native to Australia.
Wonderland Amusement Park (San Diego)
Wonderland was a beachfront amusement park in the Ocean Beach neighborhood of San Diego, California from 1913 to 1916.
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Woodland Park Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo is a wildlife conservation organization and zoological garden located in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
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World Association of Zoos and Aquariums
The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the "umbrella" organization for the world zoo and aquarium community.
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Woylie
The woylie or brush-tailed bettong (Bettongia penicillata) is a small, critically endangered mammal native to forests and shrubland of Australia.
Xanadu (Citizen Kane)
Xanadu is the fictional estate of Charles Foster Kane, the title character of the film Citizen Kane (1941).
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Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping (or often;, pronounced; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012.
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Xiao Liwu
Xiao Liwu (meaning: "Little Gift") is a male giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo on July 29, 2012.
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Yellow-crowned bishop
The yellow-crowned bishop (Euplectes afer) is a species of passerine bird in the family Ploceidae native to Africa south of the Sahara.
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Yellow-mantled widowbird
The yellow-mantled widowbird (Euplectes macroura), also known as the yellow-backed widow, is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae.
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Yellow-spotted monitor
The yellow-spotted monitor (Varanus panoptes), also known as the Argus monitor, is a monitor lizard found in northern and western regions of Australia and southern New Guinea.
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Yellow-spotted river turtle
The yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis), also known commonly as the yellow-headed sideneck turtle and the yellow-spotted river turtle, and locally as the taricaya, is one of the largest South American river turtles.
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Yellow-throated plated lizard
The yellow-throated plated lizard or plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus flavigularis) is a species of lizard, which is about 45½ cm (18 inches) in total length (including tail) and lives in the grassland and scrub of Sudan, Ethiopia and along Eastern Africa down to South Africa.
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Yun Zi
Yun Zi is a male giant panda born at the San Diego Zoo on August 5, 2009.
Zhen Zhen
Zhen Zhen is a female giant panda born on August 3, 2007, to Bai Yun and Gao Gao at the San Diego Zoo.
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Zoo
A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
Zoorama
Zoorama is an American television show that focused on wildlife and nature.
See also
1916 establishments in California
- Artichoke Joe's Casino
- Blackstone Building (Los Angeles)
- Blythe, California
- Buena Vista Cafe
- Carmel Highlands, California
- Castagnola's
- Christie Film Company
- Coachella Valley High School
- El Dorado Elementary School
- Fageol
- Famous Players–Lasky
- Fillmore Towne Theatre
- Fort MacArthur
- Frances Packing House
- Franklin High School (Los Angeles)
- Goldwyn Pictures
- Grass Valley Public Library
- Hovden Cannery
- Immaculate Heart College
- Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)
- Lassen Volcanic National Park
- Lone Pine High School
- Milpitas Grammar School
- Monterey Park, California
- Mount Zion Cemetery (Los Angeles, California)
- Mustang Band
- New Mission Theater, San Francisco
- Oakland Assembly
- Oregon and California Railroad Revested Lands
- Park Central Building
- Riverside City College
- Riverside Community College District
- Sacramento City College
- San Carlos School District
- San Diego Zoo
- San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
- Santa Monica Looff Hippodrome
- Santa Monica Pier
- Sonoma Grammar School
- Sonoma Valley Woman's Club
- Tuna Club of Avalon
- Walter L. Dodge House
- Weeks and Day
Educational organizations established in 1916
- Brookings Institution
- Honolulu Zoo
- Karnatak Lingayat Education Society
- San Diego Zoo
- Slater Park Zoo
- Taronga Zoo
Parks in San Diego
- Amici Park
- Balboa Park (San Diego)
- Balboa Park Gardens
- Belmont Park (San Diego)
- Black Mountain Open Space Park
- Cabrillo National Monument
- Cancer Survivors Park
- Chicano Park
- Children's Park (San Diego)
- Children's Pool Beach
- Coast Walk Trail La Jolla
- Cowles Mountain
- Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Park
- Embarcadero Marina Park North
- Embarcadero Marina Park South
- Eucalyptus County Park
- Fortuna Mountain
- Gallagher Square
- Heritage Park (San Diego)
- Horton Plaza Park
- Johnson House, Old Town San Diego
- Kate Sessions Memorial Park
- La Jolla Cove
- La Jolla Shores
- List of beaches in San Diego County
- List of parks in San Diego
- Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
- Marine Street Beach
- Martin Luther King Jr. Promenade
- Mission Bay (San Diego)
- Mission Trails Regional Park
- Mount Soledad
- Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
- Pantoja Park
- Potato Chip Rock
- Presidio Park
- Presidio of San Diego
- Ruocco Park
- San Clemente Canyon
- San Diego County Administration Center
- San Diego River
- San Diego Zoo
- San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park
- San Diego-Scripps Coastal Marine Conservation Area
- Spanish Landing Park
- Switzer Canyon
- Torrey Pines Gliderport
- Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve
- Windansea Beach
Zoos established in the 1910s
- Alexandra Park Zoo
- Audubon Zoo
- Bioparco di Roma
- Bowmanville Zoo
- Bramble Park Zoo
- Edinburgh Zoo
- Griffith Park Zoo
- Honolulu Zoo
- Philadelphia Aquarium
- San Antonio Zoo
- San Diego Zoo
- Slater Park Zoo
- Surabaya Zoo
- Taipei Zoo
- Taronga Zoo
- Tennōji Zoo
- Universal City Zoo
- Utica Zoo
- Zamość Zoo
- Zoo of Brescia Castle
- ZooAmerica
Zoos in California
- Big Bear Alpine Zoo
- California Living Museum
- Catalina Bird Park
- Charles Paddock Zoo
- CuriOdyssey
- Feather Hill Zoo
- Folsom City Zoo Sanctuary
- Fresno Chaffee Zoo
- Gay's Lion Farm
- Happy Hollow Park & Zoo
- Jungleland USA
- Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
- Los Angeles Alligator Farm
- Los Angeles Zoo
- Marine World/Africa USA
- Micke Grove Zoo
- Oakland Zoo
- Orange County Zoo
- OstrichLand USA
- Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo
- Sacramento Zoo
- Safari West
- San Diego Zoo
- San Diego Zoo Safari Park
- San Francisco Zoo
- San Francisco Zoo tiger attacks
- Santa Ana Zoo
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center
- Santa Barbara Zoo
- SeaWorld San Diego
- Selig Zoo
- Sequoia Park Zoo
- Shambala Preserve
- The Reptile Zoo
- Universal City Zoo
- Woodward's Gardens
References
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