Get ready for a WILD visit! 

Here are some of the animals you will meet during your journey to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, home to over 600 species.

Hint: Enhance your visit with a variety of animal experiences!

Animal Experiences Tours

Aardvark, Artie

Aardvark

African grey parrot, Shakespeare, walking on branch

African Grey Parrot

Leopard

African Leopard

Male African Lion on the savanna in the Heart of Africa at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

African Lion

African Penguin portrait

African Penguin

Aldabra tortoise

Aldabra Tortoise

American alligator

American Alligator

Female Amur Tiger

Amur Tiger

Arctic fox, full body

Arctic Fox

Asian elephant

Asian Elephant

Asian Small-clawed otter swimming

Asian Small-Clawed Otter

Bald Eagle at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Bald Eagle

bear.

Black Bear

bonobo Faith

Bonobo

Bornean orangutan sitting

Bornean Orangutan

Brown Bears

Brown Bear

Kiwi in habitat

Brown Kiwi

Pelican, Scoop

Brown Pelican

Female sea lion sitting on a rock

California Sea Lion

Canada Lynx

Canada Lynx

Capybara in pool

Capybara

Flamingo

Caribbean Flamingo

Cheetah

Cheetah

Colobus Monkey

Colobus

Common ostrich head

Common Ostrich

Warthog Randall

Common Warthog

Asian Water Monitor

Common Water Monitor

Coral from reef tract rescue project

Coral

Cougar

Cougar (Puma)

Stingray

Cownose Ray

Dama gazelle in the Savanna

Dama Gazelle

Donkey

Donkey

Crowned crane in the Savanna

East African Crowned Crane

Eastern gray kangaroo

Eastern Grey Kangaroo

Hellbender at the Columbus Zoo

Eastern Hellbender

Close-up photo of a young manatee at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium

Florida Manatee

Freshwater musself from the Watters Aquatic Conservation Center

Freshwater Mussels

Giraffe

Giraffe

Golden-Mantled Flying Fox Bat

Golden-Mantled Flying Fox

Grant's zebra

Grant's Zebra

George the kudu

Greater Kudu

Harbor seal on land

Harbor Seal

Buddy the hawksbill sea turtle

Hawksbill Sea Turtle

Humboldt Penguin

Humboldt Penguin

King cobra

King Cobra

Koala

Koala

Komodo Dragon

Komodo Dragon

Two-toed sloth

Linne’s Two-Toed Sloth

Lorikeet

Lorikeet

Malayan Flying Fox Bat

Malayan Flying Fox

Male mandrill

Mandrill

Male markhor

Markhor

Tree kangaroo eating, close up

Matschie's Tree Kangaroo

Mexican Wolf

Mexican Wolf

Moose

Moose

Paso and Catori

North American River Otter

Galago Dobby on a branch

Northern Greater Galago

Okapi

Okapi

Pallas' Cat

Pallas’ Cat

Plains gartersnake at the Columbus Zoo

Plains Gartersnake

Polar bear lying down

Polar Bear

Pygmy slow loris on branch

Pygmy Slow Loris

Radiated tortoise in AEV

Radiated Tortoise

Kangaroos in the walkabout

Red Kangaroo

Red Panda

Red Panda

Red-crowned crane

Red-crowned Crane

Reeves Muntjac

Reeves' Muntjac

Reindeer

Reindeer (Caribou)

Reticulated Python

Reticulated Python

Saddle-billed stork

Saddle-billed Stork

Siamang sitting on ledge

Siamang

Silvered-Leaf Langur

Silvered Leaf Langur

Slender-horned gazelle running

Slender-horned Gazelle

Sloth Bear

Sloth Bear

Wombat near tunnel in habitat

Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat

Southern stingray in the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Center

Southern Stingray

Hyena, Shenzi

Spotted Hyena

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil

Tawny frogmouth perched on branch

Tawny Frogmouth

Thomson's gazelle sprinting

Thomson's Gazelle

Trumpeter Swan

Trumpeter Swan

Tufted deer

Tufted Deer

Vervet Monkey

Vervet Monkey

Weedy seadragon swimming

Weedy Seadragon

Western Lowland Gorilla

Western Lowland Gorilla

Wildebeest

White Bearded Wildebeest

Gibbons, both cream and black, in a tree

White-handed Gibbon

Wolverine

Wolverine

Zebra shark

Zebra Shark