The catalog · 202 species
Species catalog
Every animal in the Zoo, the natural history wing and the sea lab, each on its own specimen plate.
Today's sampler
A few plates from each class, changing every day. Walk the zoo map to meet every animal zone by zone; teachers see the full browser with filters.
Atlantic bluefin tuna
Thunnus thynnus
LCLeast concern
Eastern newt
Notophthalmus viridescens
LCLeast concern
Indian peafowl
Pavo cristatus
LCLeast concern
Great white shark
Carcharodon carcharias
VUVulnerable
Western honey bee
Apis mellifera
NENot evaluated
African wild dog
Lycaon pictus
ENEndangered
Atlantic horseshoe crab
Limulus polyphemus
VUVulnerable
Green iguana
Iguana iguana
LCLeast concern
Common ostrich
Struthio camelus
LCLeast concern
Sumatran rhinoceros
Dicerorhinus sumatrensis
CRCritically endangered
Virginia opossum
Didelphis virginiana
LCLeast concern
American alligator
Alligator mississippiensis
LCLeast concern
The family tree
Darwin drew the tree of life as a branching sketch in his 1837 notebook. Open a branch: kingdom Animalia, then class, order and family. Teachers can open each family to its species.
KingdomAnimalia · 202
ClassActinopterygii · 2
OrderScombriformes · 1
FamilyScombridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderScorpaeniformes · 1
FamilyScorpaenidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)ClassAmphibia · 11
OrderAnura · 3
FamilyBufonidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyDendrobatidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyHylidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderCaudata · 6
FamilyAmbystomatidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyAmphiumidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyCryptobranchidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyProteidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilySalamandridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilySirenidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderGymnophiona · 1
FamilySiphonopidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderUrodela · 1
FamilyAmbystomatidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)ClassAves · 68
OrderAccipitriformes · 7
FamilyAccipitridae · 6
6 species (teacher view)FamilyPandionidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderAnseriformes · 8
FamilyAnatidae · 8
8 species (teacher view)OrderApodiformes · 1
FamilyTrochilidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderApterygiformes · 1
FamilyApterygidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderBucerotiformes · 1
FamilyBucerotidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderCasuariiformes · 2
FamilyCasuariidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyDromaiidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderCathartiformes · 4
FamilyCathartidae · 4
4 species (teacher view)OrderCharadriiformes · 3
FamilyLaridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyScolopacidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)OrderCiconiiformes · 1
FamilyCiconiidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderColumbiformes · 1
FamilyColumbidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderFalconiformes · 2
FamilyFalconidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)OrderGalliformes · 3
FamilyPhasianidae · 3
3 species (teacher view)OrderGruiformes · 1
FamilyGruidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPasseriformes · 4
FamilyCardinalidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyCorvidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyHirundinidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyParadisaeidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPelecaniformes · 1
FamilyThreskiornithidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPhoenicopteriformes · 1
FamilyPhoenicopteridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPiciformes · 1
FamilyRamphastidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPsittaciformes · 1
FamilyPsittacidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderSphenisciformes · 18
FamilySpheniscidae · 18
18 species (teacher view)OrderStrigiformes · 5
FamilyStrigidae · 4
4 species (teacher view)FamilyTytonidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderStruthioniformes · 1
FamilyStruthionidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderSuliformes · 1
FamilyFregatidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)ClassChondrichthyes · 4
OrderLamniformes · 2
FamilyLamnidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyOtodontidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderMyliobatiformes · 1
FamilyMobulidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderOrectolobiformes · 1
FamilyRhincodontidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)ClassInsecta · 2
OrderHymenoptera · 1
FamilyApidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderLepidoptera · 1
FamilyNymphalidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)ClassMammalia · 94
OrderArtiodactyla · 21
FamilyBalaenopteridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyBovidae · 8
8 species (teacher view)FamilyCamelidae · 5
5 species (teacher view)FamilyDelphinidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)FamilyGiraffidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyHippopotamidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyIniidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyPhyseteridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilySuidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderCarnivora · 29
FamilyAiluridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyCanidae · 4
4 species (teacher view)FamilyFelidae · 10
10 species (teacher view)FamilyHerpestidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyMustelidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyOdobenidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyOtariidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyPhocidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)FamilyUrsidae · 8
8 species (teacher view)OrderChiroptera · 1
FamilyMolossidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderDasyuromorphia · 2
FamilyDasyuridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyThylacinidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderDidelphimorphia · 1
FamilyDidelphidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderDiprotodontia · 4
FamilyMacropodidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyPetauridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyPhascolarctidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyVombatidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderLagomorpha · 1
FamilyLeporidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderMonotremata · 2
FamilyOrnithorhynchidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyTachyglossidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPerissodactyla · 10
FamilyEquidae · 4
4 species (teacher view)FamilyRhinocerotidae · 5
5 species (teacher view)FamilyTapiridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPholidota · 2
FamilyManidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)OrderPilosa · 3
FamilyBradypodidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyCholoepodidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyMyrmecophagidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderPrimates · 12
FamilyCallitrichidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyCercopithecidae · 3
3 species (teacher view)FamilyHominidae · 5
5 species (teacher view)FamilyHylobatidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)FamilyLemuridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderProboscidea · 3
FamilyElephantidae · 3
3 species (teacher view)OrderRodentia · 2
FamilyCaviidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)OrderSirenia · 1
FamilyTrichechidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)ClassMerostomata · 1
OrderXiphosura · 1
FamilyLimulidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)ClassReptilia · 20
OrderCrocodylia · 2
FamilyAlligatoridae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyCrocodylidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderSquamata · 6
FamilyBoidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyHelodermatidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyIguanidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyPythonidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyVaranidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)FamilyViperidae · 1
1 species (teacher view)OrderTestudines · 12
FamilyCheloniidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)FamilyChelydridae · 3
3 species (teacher view)FamilyEmydidae · 3
3 species (teacher view)FamilyTestudinidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)FamilyTrionychidae · 2
2 species (teacher view)Species pages: https://museumstoryworks.com/zoo/species/<slug>
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