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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Pink-backed pelican
You can find the Pink-backed pelicans in the lake surrounding Eagle Island, near Bear Country.
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Pinnacate beetle
Known as the “skunk bug” of the beetle world, these beetles fires a foul-tasting and foul-smelling odor when disturbed.
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Poison dart frog
Poison dart frogs get their toxicity from some of the insects they eat. The insects feed on plants that have toxins and those toxins build up within the frog.
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Przewalski’s horse
Once on the brink of extinction, they are known as the last truly wild horse species.
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Red footed tortoise
Known for their red, orange and yellow scales on their legs and head, they camouflage well in their forest habitat.
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Red harvester ant
Red harvester ants are often mistaken for fire ants, but are not related to any fire ant species, native or introduced.
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Red panda
Nature’s firefox, these tree dwellers are not related to Giant pandas, instead are in their own family, Ailuridae.
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Red ruffed lemur
The critically endangered red ruffed lemurs is one of the largest living lemurs and the world’s largest pollinator.
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