Lincoln Park Zoo

Infobox zoo
zoo_name=Lincoln Park Zoo

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image_caption=Two seals at the Lincoln Park Zoo
location=Chicago, Illinois, USA
date_opened=1868
num_animals= 1,250
members=AZA
website=http://www.lpzoo.com/

Lincoln Park Zoo is a free zoo located in Lincoln Park in Chicago, Illinois. The zoo was founded in 1868, when the Lincoln Park Commissioners were given a gift of a pair of swans. In 1874, the swans were joined by a bear cub, the first animal purchased for the zoo. The bear became quite adept at escaping from its home and could frequently be found roaming Lincoln Park at nightFact|date=February 2007. The first bison ever born in captivity was born in Lincoln Park. Marlin Perkins, who later gained fame as the host of the television program "Wild Kingdom", was director of the zoo from 1944 until 1962. Now, Lincoln Park Zoo is home to a wide variety of animals. The zoo includes polar bears, penguins, gorillas, reptiles, monkeys, and other species totalling nearly 1,250 animals. Also located in Lincoln Park Zoo is a burr oak tree which dates to 1830, three years before the city was founded. Lincoln Park Zoo is one of four zoos in the Chicago area, the others being the large Brookfield Zoo, and the minor Phillips Park Zoo, and Cosley Zoo. Lincoln Park Zoo is the only one within the Chicago city limits.

Two sections of Lincoln Park Zoo have been set aside for children. The first is the Pritzker Family Children's Zoo. The Children's Zoo contains an indoor structure for children to play in. People used to be able to pet animals at the Children's Zoo, but in recent years, due to health concerns, Lincoln Park Zoo has stopped this at the Children's Zoo. Also, baby animals who are rejected by their parents are no longer kept in the Children's Zoo because the zoo has found that it is harder to reintroduce them into their habitats once they grow up if they are kept away from their own species. The second area of the zoo for children in the Farm-in-the-Zoo, presented by John Deere. This small farm contains pigs, cows, horses and other animals which can be found on farms. Children can feed and pet the animals. In addition, the cows are milked in public for children to see. Regenstein Center for African Apes is home to Keo, the oldest male chimpanzee in a North American zoo.

Near the southern end of Lincoln Park Zoo, one can rent a paddle boat for a spin around the Lincoln Park Lagoon. The Lagoon is surrounded by trees and offers a relaxing time (and, of course, paddling exercise). Kayakers and canoers also take to the lagoon and one can often see scullers as well.

List of animal houses and locations

* Antelope and Zebra Area
* Blum-Kovler Penguin/Seabird House
* Helen V. Brach Primate House
* Farm-in-the-Zoo (presented by John Deere)
* Kovler Lion House
* Kovler Sea Lion Pool
* McCormick Bird House
* Hope B. McCormick Swan Pond
* Robert R. McCormick Bear Habitat
* Pritzker Family Children's Zoo
* Regenstein African Journey
* Regenstein Birds of Prey Exhibit
* Regenstein Center for African Apes
* Regenstein Small Mammal/Reptile House

List of animals A-Z

A

*Aardvark
*African Jacana
*African Lion
*African Spoonbill
*African Wild Dog
*Allen's Swamp Monkey
*Alpaca
*American Avocet
*American Beaver
*American Kestrel
*Amur Leopard
*Amur Tiger
*Andean Bear
*Arabian Oryx
*Aruba Island Rattlesnake

B

*Bactrian Camel
*Bald Eagle
*Bali Mynah
*Baringo Giraffe
*Black Howler Monkey
*Black Tree Monitor
*Black-and-white Colobus
*Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
*Blue Mbuna Cichlid
*Bluestreak Hap Cichlid
*Blyth's Hornbill
*Bolivian Gray Titi
*Bufflehead
*Brush-tailed Bettong
*Burmese Python

C
*Cape Thick-Knee
*Central America River Turtle
*Chimpanzee
*Chinstrap Penguin
*Cinereous Vulture
*Cobalt Blue Zebra Cichlid
*Common Murre
*Common Puffin
*Corn Snake
*Cotton-Top Tamarin
*Crested Wood Partridge

D

*De Brazza's Monkey
*Desert Warthog
*Diana Monkey
*Domestic Cow
*Domestic Goat
*Domestic Pony
*Drill
*Dumerial's Ground Boa
*Dyening Poison Arrow Frog
*Dwarf Caiman
*Dwarf Crocodile
*Dwarf Mongoose

E

*Eastern Black Rhinoceros
*Eastern Box Turtle
*Eastern Fox Snake
*Eastern Screech Owl
*Egyptian Goose
*Electric Blue Cichlid
*Emerald Starling
*European Rabbit
*European White Stork

F

*Fairy Bluebird
*Francois' Langur

G

*Geoffey's Mormoset
*Goeldi's Monkey
*Golden-Breasted Starling
*Golden-Headed Lion-Tamarin
*Grant's Gazelle
*Green Aracari
*Green Tree Python
*Grevy's Zebra
*Grey Seal
*Guam Micronesian Kingfisher
*Guam Rail

H

*Hammerkop
*Harbor Seal
*Hispaniolan Slider
*Hoffman's Two-Toed Sloth
*Hooded Merganser
*Hottentot Teal

I

*Inca Tern
*Iranian Leopard

J

*Jacob's Four-Horned Sheep
*Jaguar

K

*Kenyan Sand Boa
*King Penguin
*Klipspringer

L

*Lake Malawi Cichlid
*Laughing Kookaburra
*Lesser Green Broadbill

M

*Madagascarn Tree Boa
*Malayan Sun Bear
*Masked Lovebird
*Mbuna Cichlid
*Mexican Beaded Lizard
*Mouthbrooder
*Mozambique Tilapia

N

*Nicobar Pigeon
*Norway Rat
*Nyasa Golden Cichlid

O

*Orange Bishop
*Oriental Small-Clawed Otter
*Ostrich

P

*Patagonian Cavy
*Pheansant Pigeon
*Piping Plover
*Polar Bear
*Prehensile-Tailed Skink
*Prevost's Squirrel
*Puma
*Pygmy Hippopotamus
*Pygmy Slow Loris

R

*Radiated Tortoise
*Razorbill
*Red-Breasted Merganser
*Red-Footed Tortoise
*Red Junglefowl
*Red Knot
*Red-Legged Honeycreeper
*Red Titi
*Red Wolf
*Rock Hyrax
*Rockhopper Penguin
*Roseate Spoonbill
*Ruddy Duck
*Round Lake rattle snake

S

*Sable Antelope
*Sand Cat
*Scarlet Ibis
*Screaming Piha
*Scrub Wallaby
*Serval
*Sichuan Takin
*Slender-Tailed Cloud Rat
*Slender Tapir Cichlid
*Small-Spotted Genet
*Snow Leopard
*Snowy Owl
*Southern Three-banded Armadillo
*Spotted Turtle
*Standing's Day Gecko
*Straw-Colored Fruit Bat
*Sunbittern

W

*Warthog
*Western Lowland Gorilla
*White-Cheeked Gibbon
*White-Faced Saki
*White-Lipped Deer

External links

* [http://www.lpzoo.com Lincoln Park Zoo official site]