Lion Country Safari, West Palm Beach, Florida

LION COUNTRY SAFARI, West Palm Beach, Florida


Llama (Lama glama) - South America from Peru to Argentina.

Rhea (Rhea americana) - South America: Northeastern Brazil to Argentina, and Peru to Patagonia. The Rhea is the fourth largest bird. They are about 4 feet tall and weigh about 50 pounds.

Aldabra Tortoise

Impala (Aepyceros melampus) - Southern Africa to Northern limits of East Africa. The females do not have horns, but the males have long, narrow horns that arch up and out, then back and up. They have black on their ear tips.

Gemsbok (Oryx gazella gazella) - Southwest Africa.

Nilgai (Boselaphus tragocamelus) - Eastern Pakistan, India. These Asian antelope are the largest antelope. Because of their slate-gray coat, they are called "blue bulls". The Females are brown and do not have horns.



Water Buffalo (Bubalus arnee) - Southeast Asia.

Ostrich (Struthio camelus) - Africa south of the Sahara desert.

Eland (Taurotragus oryx) - Eastern Africa south to South Africa.

Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) - Eastern to Southern Africa in the open grasslands.

Addra Gazelle (Gazella dama ruficollis) - North Central Africa. The males are the only ones with horns.

Mouflon (Ovis musimon) - Mediterranean Islands of Corsica and Sardinia. Only the males have the spiraling horns.



Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) - Africa south of the Sahara Desert. The males are the only ones with horns. Both male and female have a "target-like" circle on their rump.

The target-like rump can be seen here on these female Waterbuck.

African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) The elephant on the right is named Stumpy and was born in 1965.

Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) - Eastern and Southern Africa.

This female Ostrich decided to peek in this car.	Flamingo

Grant's Zebra (Equus burchelli bohmi) - East African Plains.

Grant's Zebra - A young Zebra grazes with it's mother by the rest of the herd.

Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simun) - Southern Africa.

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - Southeast Africa. There were four baby giraffes among this herd.

These Giraffes were gathered around a branch with leaves - at least there used to be leaves.



Marabou Stork(Leptoptilos crumeniferus) - Africa south of the Sahara.

Common Iguana (Iguana iguana) - North Mexico to Paraguay. The Iguana will use their tails to defend themselves along with their sharp teeth and claws. When the males are breeding they have an orange color to their skin.

	Blue and Gold Macaw (Ara Ararauna) and Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) - Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia. In flight they are noisy, but when feeding they are silent.

Florida Cooter (Chrysemys floridana) - United States. The clutches these turtles lay can range from 4 to 22 or more. The backbone of the turtle is in the upper part of the shell. They seem to enjoy sunning themselves.

Aldabra Tortoise

Red-Footed Tortoise (Geochelone carbonaria) - Panama through South America. They are named for the red spots on their front legs. Also the Iguana got in the picture.

Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - Africa south of the Sahara Desert. This Giraffe was being fed at the look-out. The Giraffe is the tallest mammal in the world. They have amazingly long tongues to help them eat the leaves off of trees, even with thorns. The giraffe usually give birth to one calf already 6 feet tall, as amazing as that seems. An adult male can reach 18 feet tall.

Blue-Streaked Lory (Eos reticulata) - Australia, Aru Islands and New Guinea. The tip of their tongues soak up large quantities of nectar. They only eat softer fruits, berries, pollen and nectar, since their beak is not as strong as other parrots.

Forsten's Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus forsteni) - Australia, Aru Islands and New Guinea.

Black-Crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) - United States and parts of Canada. They are stocker than other herons, having short legs and short necks. The black crown and the white plummage in the back identifies this heron. As pictured here, they have gray feathers along with the black ones, with a white front. The legs are yellow.

Caribbean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus Ruber) - Central America, Caribbean Islands and South America. Carotenoids which are found in the food they eat gives them their pink color. These Caribbean Flamingos were incubated and hatched out at



Spider Monkey (Atelespaniscus) - Central and South America. The Spider Monkey has extremely long arms and legs and is very agile and acrobatic in trees. The rough portion of the end of their tail help grip to branches. They can use their tail to aid them in gathering food.