Creature Feature: Red Panda

MEET TAIJI!
Taiji is a one-year-old male Red Panda that came to us from the Red River Zoo in Fargo, North Dakota. He arrived on March 27 and has spent the last month or so in quarantine.

His name, Taiji, means "birthmark" in Mandarin. This name was given to him due to the unique black spot on his otherwise white muzzle.

Taiji will be on exhibit in Animal Discovery beginning Wednesday, May 8 at 1:00pm. Taiji's new home will be in the former lorikeet exhibit across from the gibbons. Stop by and welcome him to his new home!

Click here for more pictures of our new Red Panda!

Click here to watch a video of Taiji exploring his new environment.

Mammals

Asian Small Clawed Otters (Animal Discovery)
Aonyx cinerea
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Bennett's Wallaby (Animal Discovery)
Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus
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Black Howler Monkeys (Animal Discovery)
Alouatta caraya
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Chinchillas (Animal Discovery)
Chinchilla lanigera
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Giant Anteater (Animal Discovery)
Myrmecophaga tridactyla
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Guinea Hogs (Animal Discovery)
Sus scrofa
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Javan Gibbons (Animal Discovery)
Hylobates moloch

Maned Wolves (Animal Discovery)
Chrysocyon brachyurus

Meerkats (Animal Discovery)
Suricata suricatta
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Mongoose Lemur (Animal Discovery)
Eulemur mongoz

Nine-Banded Armadillo (Animal Discovery)
Dasypus novemcinctus

Prehensile Tailed Porcupine (Animal Discovery)
Coendou prehensilis

Red Ruffed Lemurs (Animal Discovery)
Varencia variegata rubra

Ring Tailed Lemurs (Animal Discovery)
Lemur catta
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Screaming Hairy Armadillo (Animal Discovery)
Chaetophractus vellerosus

Striped Skunk (Animal Discovery)
Mephitis mephitis

Tamandua (Animal Discovery)
Tamandua tetradactyla

Tigers (Animal Discovery)
Panthera tigris
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Two-Toed Sloth (Animal Discovery)
Choloepus didactylus

White Nosed Coatis (Animal Discovery)
Nasua narica

Insects & Spiders

Black Widow Spider (Animal Discovery)
Latrodectus hesperus
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Mexican Fireleg Tarantula (Animal Discovery)
Brachypelma boehmei

Peruvian Giant Tarantula (Animal Discovery)
Pamphobeteus sp.

Whip Scorpion (Animal Discovery)
Mastigoproctus giganteus

Amphibians

Hellbender (Herpetarium)
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis

Tomato Frog (Herpetarium)
Dyscophus guineti
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REPTILES

Aldabra Tortoise (Animal Discovery)
Aldabrachelys gigantea
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Alligator Snapping Turtle (Herpetarium)
Macrochelys temminckii
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Bearded Dragon (Animal Discovery)
Pogona Vitticeps

Black Rat Snake (Herpetarium)
Elaphe obsoleta obsolete

Blue Tongued Skink (Animal Discovery)
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides

Burmese Python (Animal Discovery)
Python molurus bivittatus

Canebrake Rattlesnake (Herpetarium)
Crotalus horridus

Carpet Python (Herpetarium)
Morelia spilota

Copperhead (Herpetarium)
Agkistrodon contortrix
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Diamondback Terrapin (Herpetarium)
Malaclemys terrapin

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake (Herpetarium)
Crotalus adamanteus

Eastern Kingsnake (Herpetarium)
Lampropeltis getula

Emerald Tree Boa (Herpetarium)
Corallus caninus

Giant Day Gecko (Herpetarium)
Phelsuma madagascariensis grandis
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Gila Monster (Herpetarium)
Heloderma suspectum

Green Anaconda (Herpetarium)
Eunectes Murinus
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Nile Crocodile (Animal Discovery)
Crocodylus niloticul
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Prehensile Tailed Skink (Animal Discovery)
Corucia zebrata
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Pygmy Rattlesnake (Herpetarium)
Sistrurus miliarius

Rhinoceros Iguana (Herpetarium)
Cyclura cornuta
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2-Headed Yellow Belly Slider (Herpetarium)
Trachemys scripta scripta

Sidewinder (Herpetarium)
Crotalus cerastes

Western Hognose Snake (Herpetarium)
Heterodon nasicus

BIRDS

Eastern Bluebird (Animal Discovery)
Sialia sialis
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Green-Winged Macaw (Animal Discovery)
Ara chloroptera

Harlequin Macaw (Animal Discovery)
(hybrid)

Moluccan Cockatoo (Animal Discovery)
Cacatua moluccensis

Peacock (Animal Discovery)
Polyplectron emphanum
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Screech Owl (Animal Discovery)
Megascops kennicoti

Silky Bantam Chicken (Animal Discovery)
Gallus gallus domesticus bantam