An arthropod is a species that has a skeleton on the outside of its body. Invertebrates, such as insects, arachnids, crustaceans and centipedes all have their skeletons on the outside. All arthropods breathe air, have segmented bodies, and many have antennae and wings. Arthropods make up 80% of all known animal species.

Our Arthropods

Our Arthropod collection is used for outreach programs and are not currently on exhibit.

• Costa Rican Tarantula
• Mexican Red-kneed Tarantula
• Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Outreach)
• Emperor Scorpions (Outreach)

The Red River Zoo features birds on exhibit in multiple areas.  Aside from main animal exhibits like the Eagle exhibit, Brown Eared Pheasant exhibit, and White Naped Crane exhibit, we have the Asian Aviary, North American Marsh, and our new Children’s Zoo Farm.

The Asian Aviary offers a feeding station.  The Red River Zoo also has an assortment of birds in our Outreach Animal program.

Note: The residents of the North American Marsh are off exhibit during the winter. They’re enjoying a warm winter behind the scenes, but they’ll return to the marsh in the spring.

Our Birds On Exhibit:

• Bald Eagle
• Western Cattle Egret (Asian Aviary)
• Madarin Duck (Asian Aviary)
• White-naped Crane
• Harris’ Hawk
• Laughing Kookaburra (Discovery Barn)
• Raven

Mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates (animals with backbones), who breathe air, grow hair at some stage of their lives, and nourish their babies with milk. There are over 4,000 mammal species on earth, living in the air, on the land, or in the sea.

Our Mammals

Children’s Zoo Farm

• Nigerian Dwarf Goats
• Domesticated Rabbits
• Dutch Belted Cow
• Gypsy Vanner Horse
• Alpaca
• Jacob’s Four Horned Sheep

South American Exhibit

• White-faced Saki Monkeys

Main Zoo Area

• Bactrian Camels
• Black-tailed Prairie Dogs
• Black-footed Ferrets
• Swift Fox
• Grey Wolves
• North American Porcupines
• North American River Otter
• Pallas’ Cats
• Red Pandas
• Sichuan Takin
• Whitetailed Deer
• Eurasian Lynx
• American Bison

Surprisingly, some reptiles are actually more closely related to birds than they are to other reptiles. Reptiles usually lay eggs, their body is covered with scales or scutes (as are the feet of birds) and their lungs are their primary breathing organ. Unlike warm-blooded birds though, reptiles are ectotherms, which means that their body temperature varies with that of their environment. There are over 6,500 reptile species, ranging from tiny lizards, snakes, tuatara, turtles, tortoises, to alligators and giant crocodiles.

Our Reptiles

• Blanding’s Turtle
• Bull Snake
• Mississippi Map Turtle
• Northern Blue-tongued Skink
• Three-toed Box Turtle
• Ball Python
• Corn Snake
• Leopard Gecko
• Crested Gecko
• African Spurred Tortoise
• Savannah Monitor

The Red River Zoo animals can even come to you! Animal Outreach programs connect people with nature through hands-on animal encounter classroom presentations, assemblies, and information booths. Every program can be adapted for any age or grade and can focus on a specific topic: Animal Basics, Night and Day, Survival of the Fittest, Animal Tales and many more!

For more information call our Education Department today! (701) 277-9240 extension:307

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Our Outreach Animals

• Ball Python
• Bull Snake
• Cornsnake/Red Ratsnake
• Crested Gecko
• Domestic Chickens
• Domestic Rabbits
• Leopard Gecko
• Madagascar Hissing Cockroach
• Northern Blue-tongued Skink
• Three-toed Box Turtle
• Virginia Opossum
• Savanna Monitor
• Blandings Turtle
• Map Turtle
• Domestic Ferret
• Black-tailed Prairie Dog
• Emperor Scorpion
• Tiger Salamander
• African Spurred Tortoise