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Opened in 1997, the 32,000-square-foot Regenstein Small Mammal-Reptile House features about 200 small mammals, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates and birds, coexisting in naturalistic, mixed-species habitats. While surrounded by wildlife, visitors can experience the climates, conditions and animals of four continents: South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.

The building’s two main areas, the Gallery and the Ecosystem, were designed to exhibit some of the world’s most remarkable animals and to teach people about the importance of preserving endangered species and their native habitats.

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marmosets
Learn how these peculiar primates use pheromones to control breeding.  

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The 50,000,000 Year Old Farmers  
Eons before man thought to do so, leaf-cutter ants were already cultivating their next meal.  go

 

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species
AFROSORICIDA
Lesser Madagascar hedgehog tenrecEchinops telfairi
ANURA (FROGS AND TOADS)
Dyeing poison arrow frogDendrobates tinctorius
Gray tree frogHyla versicolor
Oriental fire-bellied toadBombina orientalis
Solomon Islands leaf frogCeratobatrachus guentheri
ARANEAE
King baboon spiderCitharischius crawshayi
CARNIVORA
Dwarf mongooseHelogale parvula
Fennec foxVulpes zerda
Sand catFelis margarita
CAUDATA
AxolotlAmbystoma mexicanum
Emperor newtTylototriton shanjing
CHIROPTERA
Egyptian fruit batRousettus aegyptiacus
Straw-colored fruit batEidolon helvum
CICHLIDAE
Giant guapoteParachromis dovii
Red devil cichlidCichlasoma labiatum
CROCODYLIA
Dwarf caimanPaleosuchus palpebrosus
Dwarf crocodileOsteolaemus tetraspis
Spectacled caimanCaiman sclerops
HYMENOPTERA
Leafcutter antAtta cephalotes
MARSUPIALIA
Brush-tailed bettongBettongia penicillata
Parma wallabyMacropus eugenii
Sugar gliderPetaurus breviceps
PASSERIFORMES
Bali mynahLeucopsar rothschildi
PICIFORMES
Green aracariPteroglossus viridis
PRIMATES
Black howler monkeyAlouatta caraya
Cotton-top tamarinSaguinus oedipus
Golden-headed lion-tamarinLeontopithecus rosalia chrysomelas
Moholi bushbabyGalago moholi
Pygmy slow lorisNycticebus pygmaeus
White-faced saki monkeyPithecia pithecia
RODENTIA
Bushy-tailed jirdSekeetamys calurus
Naked mole ratHeterocephalus glaber
Patagonian cavyDolichotis patagonum
SAURIA
Black tree monitorVaranus beccari
Caiman lizardDracaena guianensis
Henkel's leaf-tailed geckoUroplatus henkeli
Mexican beaded lizardHeloderma horridum
Prehensile-tailed skinkCorucia zebrata
ScheltopusikOphisaurus apodus
Standing's day geckoPhelsuma standingi
SERPENTES
Aruba Island rattlesnakeCrotalus durissus unicolor
Eastern massasauga rattlesnakeSistrurus catenatus catenatus
Kenyan sand boaEryx colubrinus loveridgei
TESTUDINATA
McCord's snake-necked turtleChelodina mccordi
Radiated tortoiseGeochelone radiata
Red-footed tortoiseGeochelone carbonaria
Spider tortoisePyxis arachnoids arachnoids
Three-toed box turtleTerrapene carolina triunguis
Yellow-spotted Amazon River turtlePodocnemis unifilis
XENARTHRA
Hoffman's two-toed slothCholoepus hoffmanni
Southern three-banded armadilloTolypeutes matacus