Animals A-Z
Browse the full collection of animals at the San Francisco Zoo & Gardens. Filter by animal group, region, or conservation status to find the species you’re looking for.
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Use the filters to browse by animal group, region, or conservation status, or explore the full directory to discover species you may want to visit next.
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Green-winged macaw
This long-lived giant parrot is known for their incredibly loud screeches, helping them communicate across dense forest canopies.
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Grizzly bear
This subspecies of the brown bear is native to North America. Our pair of female siblings were orphaned as cubs and came here in 2004.
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Guatemalan Spiny-tailed iguana
Motagua spiny-tailed iguana
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Honey bee
The western honey bee is found from Europe, African, Asia and the Middle East.
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Hyacinth macaw
The world’s largest flying parrot has cobalt-blue feathers and yellow lined eyes. They have the mightiest absolute beak force of any flying bird.
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Koala
Koalas are not bears! They are a marsupial, or pouched animal, closely related to wombats and kangaroos.
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Komodo dragon
As the world’s largest lizard, males can weigh up to 200 pounds and reach nine-feet long.
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KuneKune pig
Known for their gentle nature, their name translates to “fat and round” in Māori.
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Land hermit crab
As the hermit crab grows in size, it has to find a larger shell and abandon the previous one. This habit of living in a second hand shell gives rise to the popular name “hermit crab”, by analogy to a hermit who lives alone.
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