Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Colorado Springs, Colorado


Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - Sub-Saharan Africa on Savanna.
The Cheyenne Zoo has the largest herd of giraffes in the United States.

The Giraff's tongue is extremely long.

This is a Lesser Kudu. ( Tragelaphus imberbis) The males are sandy-gray with vertical white stripes. The females are rust colored with white vertical stripes. The neck has a white mark, the throat has two large white circular, semi-circular markings.

Mountain Tapir (Tapirus pinchaque) - These tapir live high in the Andes in South America. Their long nose is flexibile and has many uses. (endangered)

Okapi - Their closest relative is not the zebra, but the giraffe. Their tongue is similar to that of the giraffe - long and purple. They live in the rain forest in Central Africa.

Red-footed Tortoise - This tortoise is found in Panama to central South America.

Pallas' Cat - Southeast Asia to Western China. Could be the oldest species of cat.

Siberian Tiger (Panthera tigris) - Siberia. The Tiger is nocturnal and climb well. They also like to swim.

Mexican Grey Wolf (Canis lupus baileyi) - They live in the mountaneous area of Central Mexico, Southern Texas, Southeastern Arizona and Southern New Mexico.

Three Nile Hippopotamus are having lunch in their winter quarters. Normally they would be almost submerged in water. Their trainer really loved them.

Hippopotamus can stay under water for up to 35 minutes at a time. Their skin is up to 2 inches thick. Hippos come from the tropical park of Africa. This hippo really enjoyed getting scratched on his neck.

Kori Bustard

Yellow-billed Cardinal (Paroaria capitata). Central America in marsh lands, river edges and flooded grasslands. They live in flocks of hundreds.

Leopard (Panthera pardua) - Asia: Siberia to Korea, Sri Lanka and Java, Middle East and Africa. This leopard has a long body with rosette-shaped black spots on a tawny, or yellowish buff colored fur. Sometimes black leopards are born (called panthers) with spots hardly visable.	Snow Leopard (Uncia uncia) - Pakistan, Afghanistan, Himalayas, East of China on the mountain slopes and forests. Look at the length of that tail (3 feet). The Snow Leopard can leap over ravines with their powerful bodies. They will migrate to lower altitudes in the winter.

Snow Leopard

Baby Gorilla

Orangutan

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