Mammal List

Mammals at the Virginia Zoo

porcupine Below is a list of many of the mammals that make the Virginia Zoo their home. Most can be seen on exhibit, and some are popular Animal Ambassadors through the Education Department. You can meet Animal Ambassadors at Zoo special events, birthday parties, education programs, and private parties. If the animals have a name, it also is listed. Come see the amazing mammals at the Virginia Zoo!

African elephant
African lions
American bison
Black eared marmoset
Black-headed douroucouli
Black-tailed prairie dogs
Blue duiker
Bongo
Chinchillas
Degu
Dexter cows
Domestic goats
Domestic rabbits
Eastern grey kangaroos
Fennec foxes
Goeldi’s monkeys
Grant’s gazelle
Grant's zebra
Guinea hogs
Hedgehogs
Hoffman’s two-toed sloth
Hog Island sheep
Kinkajou
Llama
Mandrills
Masai giraffe
Mulefoot pigs
Norway rat
Ocelot
Prehensile tailed porcupines
Red pandas
Red river hogs
Rock hyrax
Sardinian dwarf donkey
Slender-tailed meerkats
Small Madagascar hedgehogs
South African bush elephant
Southern white rhinoceros
Squirrel monkeys
Three-banded armadillo
Tiger
Virginia opossum
Western grey kangaroos
Yellow armadillos