- Florida Aquarium, Tampa, FL
- Denver Zoo
- Seattle Zoo
- St. Louis Zoo
- Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita, KS
- Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo
- Wonders of Wildlife Museum, Springfield, MO
- Tulsa Zoo
- Oklahoma City Zoo
- Dallas Zoo
- Dallas World Aquarium
- San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park
- Monterey Bay Aquarium
- Coyote Point Museum, San Mateo, CA
- Milwaukee Zoo
- Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, IL
- Chicago Zoo
- Cleveland Zoo
- Toronto Zoo
- Detroit Zoo
- Albuquerque Zoo
- Wildlife World Zoo, Litchfield Park, AZ
- Sonoran Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
- El Paso Zoo
- San Antonio Zoo
- Cincinnati Zoo
- Duke Primate Center (not a zoo)
- Philadelphia Zoo
- Bronx Zoo
- Baltimore Aquarium
- Smithsonian National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C.
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Many orders of animals have no representatives living in North America north of Mexico. If any of these animals are to be "experienced" in North America, it must be at a zoo.
Some species naturally exotic to North America or difficult to experience in the wild (search ISIS):
- Petromyzontiformes: Sea Lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) - Milwaukee Zoo
- Gymnophiona: Aquatic Caecilian (Typhlonectes natans) - SCZ
- Pleurodira: Side-Necked Turtles (Chelodina spp.) - San Diego, SCZ, Baltimore
- Chelonioidea: Sea Turtles (Chelonia spp.) - Monterey
- Trionychoidea: Soft-Shelled Turtles (various) - San Diego, Omaha, Baltimore
- Sphenodontia: Tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri) - San Diego
- Iguania: Iguanas (Iguana spp.) - San Diego, Omaha, Baltimore
- Gekkota: Geckos (Gekko spp.) - San Diego, Omaha, WAP, SCZ
- Apterygiformes: Kiwis (Apteryx sp.) - San Diego, WAP
- Casuariiformes: Emu (Dromaius sp.) - San Diego, Omaha, SCZ
- Rheiformes: Rheas (Rhea spp.) - Omaha
- Struthioniformes: Ostrich (Struthio camelus) - Omaha, SCZ
- Tinamiformes: Elegant Crested Tinamou (Eudromia elegans) - WAP
- Trogoniformes: White-Tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis) - Baltimore
- Coliiformes: Speckled Mousebird (Colius striatus) - WAP, Omaha, SCZ
- Psittaciformes: Cockatoos (Cacatua spp.) - San Diego, Omaha, SCZ
- Psittaciformes: Lories (Lorius spp.) - San Diego, SCZ
- Psittaciformes: Parrots (various) - San Diego, Omaha, SCZ
- Bucerotiformes: Hornbills (Tockus spp.) - WAP, Omaha
- Musophagiformes: Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) - San Diego, WAP
- Musophagiformes: Go-Away-Birds (Corythaixoides spp.) - San Diego, WAP, SCZ
- Turniciformes: Madagascar Button Quail (Turnix nigricollis) - San Diego, SCZ
- Upupiformes: Common Hoopoe (Upupa epops) - WAP
- Sphenisciformes: Penguins (various) - Omaha, Monterey Bay
- Prototheria: Echidna (Tachyglossus sp.) - San Diego
- Dasyuromorphia: Tasmanian Devil (Sarcophilus laniarius) - San Diego
- Didelphimorphia: Opposums (Didelphis spp.) - San Diego, WAP, Omaha
- Diprotodontia: Kangaroos/Wallabys (Macropus spp.) - San Diego, Omaha, SCZ
- Diprotodontia: Lesser Gliding Possums (Petaurus spp.) - San Diego, Omaha
- Macroscelidea: Short-Eared Elephant Shrew (Macroscelides proboscideus) - Omaha, Philadelphia
- Insectivora: Hedgehogs (Atelerix sp.) - San Diego, Omaha, SCZ
- Tubulidentata: Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) - WAP, Omaha
- Hyracoidea: Hyraxes (Procavia spp.) - San Diego, Omaha
- Proboscidea: Elephants (Loxodonta & Elephas spp.) - San Diego, WAP, Omaha, SCZ
- Viverridae: Civets (various) - San Diego, WAP, Omaha
- Strepsirhini: Lemurs (Lemur sp.) - San Diego, Omaha, SCZ
- Strepsirhini: Lorises (Loris sp.) - San Diego
Major Groups not found in San Diego, Omaha or Sedgwick County zoos:
- Archaeobatrachia: Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei) - Vancouver Aquarium
- Opisthocomiformes: Hoatzin - NY Bronx
- Scandentia: Tree Shrews - National Zoo (Washington), Philadelphia
- Tarsii: Tarsiers - Cleveland
Major Groups not found in North American zoos:
- Amphisbaenia (Worm Lizards) - Parque Zoologico "Benito Juarez", Mexico
- Apodiformes (Swifts) - none?
- Galbuliformes (Puffbirds, Jacamars) - none?
- Microbiotheria (Monito del Monte) - none?
- Notoryctemorphia (Marsupial Moles) - none?
- Paucituberculata (Shrew Opposums) - none?
- Peramelemorphia (Bandicoots) - Australia
- Pholidota (Pangolins) - Taipei, Taiwan
- Dermoptera (Flying Lemurs) - none?
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