Santa Ana Zoo will be closed all day on December 25th, 2024.

Zoo rides run Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Saturday/Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting.

Winter Break Ride Hours | Dec. 21 - Jan. 5 | Sat-Sun: 11am - 4pm | Mon-Fri: 11am - 2pm | RIDES Closed Dec. 24, 25, and 31

Animals

To ensure their wellbeing, all animals have choice within their habitat spaces, and may not be visible to the public at all times.

Animals at the Zoo

Animal names marked with * participate in education programs and may not be visible to the public outside of those programs.

slothMammals

  • binturong
  • dromedary camels
  • Dexter cow
  • Guinea hog
  • domestic rabbit
  • Exmoor pony
  • Kunekune pigs
  • giant anteaters
  • guanacos
  • lesser tenrec*
  • miniature donkeys
  • Nubian and LaMancha goats
  • ocelots
  • opossum
  • prehensile-tailed porcupine
  • red-rumped agouti
  • three-banded armadillo*
  • two-toed sloth

crested capuchin

Primates

  • black and white ruffed lemurs
  • black howler monkeys
  • black and white colobus monkeys
  • brown-headed spider monkeys
  • coppery titi monkeys
  • crested capuchins
  • golden-headed lion tamarins
  • ring-tailed lemurs
  • white-faced saki monkeys
  • white-handed gibbons

sun parakeet perched in plant

Birds

  • bald eagle
  • blue and yellow macaws
  • blue crowned pigeons
  • common peafowl
  • green-cheeked amazon parrots
  • Javan peafowl
  • Laysan ducks
  • rheas
  • scarlet ibises
  • spectacled owl
  • sunbittern
  • sun parakeet
  • violet turaco
  • white-bellied caique
  • yellow-headed amazon parrot

blue-tongued skink in grassReptiles

  • ball python*
  • blue-tongued skink
  • California kingsnake*
  • gopher snake*
  • Honduran milk snake*
  • pancake tortoise*
  • prehensile-tailed skinks
  • radiated tortoises
  • rosy boa*
  • western pond turtles

golden dart frogs on plantsAmphibians

  • golden poison dart frogs
  • mountain yellow-legged frogs*
  • phantasmal poison dart frogs
  • tiger salamander

tarantula in substrateInvertebrates

  • butterflies (seasonal)
  • Chilean rose tarantula*
  • giant African millipedes*
  • giant cave cockroache
  • Hercules beetle
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