Animals
137 animals and 49 species call the Riverview Park and Zoo their home. Each of these animals have different nutritional requirements, living conditions, and needs for animal enrichment. We keep track of all these details by keeping an Animal Inventory. Click on an animal's name below to view its FACT SHEET and to learn more about Riverview's animal collection. Check back often as we continue to add new FACT SHEETS.
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HERPTILES African plated lizard Ball python Box turtle Budgett's frog Burmese rock python California kingsnake Cuban boa Cuban tree frog New Guinea tree frog Ornate horned frog Red-eared slider Sambava tomato frog Surinam toad Veiled chameleon Yellow-bellied slider Yellow-footed tortoise
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MAMMALS Bactrian camel |
BIRDS Barnacle Goose |
Factsheets have been researched using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as a resource with conservation status of each animal being based on IUCN Red list of Threatened Species. Some local native species have been listed according to Species At Risk Ontario (SARO) by the Committee on the Status of Species at Risk in Ontario (COSARRO) as protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Animal Announcements!
January 11, 2010
Back in November 2006, Riverview welcomed 'Lucius', a nine-month old male Dhole (Cuon alpinus) to live in our seasonal exhibit. After spending just over two years here, Lucius moved to a new home at The Wilds in Ohio, USA. In March 2009, Lucius was selected as part of a Population Management Plan (PMP) with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) to pair with a female at the San Diego Wild Animal Park. The San Diego Wild Animal Park is happy to announce that Lucius has just become a father to four healthy pups and is doing a great job of listening to his female companion by letting her care for the young.
Adopt-an-Animal
What is your favourite animal at the Riverview Park and Zoo? 
Help to support an animal friend of your choice through our Animal Adoption program. Adoption fees will help contribute to animal care, nutrition, and enrichment for the animal that you adopt.
Adoptions last for a one-year term which can be renewed annually. Special individualized adoption certificates are issued for each adoption and tax receipts are provided for fee amounts. Adoption fees over $100.00 and over are announced for the duration of the year on the adoption sign located at the centre of the zoo.
Animal Adoptions make great gifts!
Consider making an adoption in someone else's name as a thoughtful birthday or holiday gift.
Adoptions are great ways for families, classes and community groups to get involved locally with wildlife conservation.
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Adopt an animal today! |
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Revised:2010-01-14| Revised by: Peterborough Utilities Group Login