Riyadh Zoo

Biodiversity

Step into a world where the wild embraces the urban, as we invite you to embark on a journey of discovery, education, and conservation. From majestic lions to playful primates, and from colorful avian wonders to aquatic marvels, our diverse collection of creatures awaits your eager exploration.

Black and White Colobus

The Colobus are divided into several sub-species, each of which exhibits a unique appearance. However, all of these sub-species have characteristic mantles - long, white colored fringe of fur, stretching across both sides of the trunk, giving these animals their common name, Black and White Colobus.

Lar Gibbon

The Lar gibbon is a beautiful and captivating primate and a master of agility, being remarkably fast when swinging through the trees from branch to branch. It has long arms and hands, perfectly adapted to this means of locomotion.

African Elephant

Savanna elephant, or otherwise known as African bush elephant, is the largest elephant in Africa. Considerably large ears help the animal radiate excess heat. The hind limbs are shorter than the fore-limbs.

Brown Bear

The Brown bear is a large mammal with a notable hump of muscles over its shoulders. This animal is the second largest species of bear. The legs of Brown bear are strong with huge paws.

Wallaby

The wallaby is a medium-sized macropod marsupia, common in the more temperate and fertile parts of eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Its name is due to the reddish fur on its shoulders and nape.

Sand Cat

The Sand cat looks a bit like a domestic cat, though with the addition of furry paws, giant ears, and a very curious personality. These cats are small and stocky, with short legs and a tail that is relatively long.

Channel-Billed Toucan

The channel-billed toucan (Ramphastos vitellinus) is a near-passerine bird in the family Ramphastidae found on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad and in tropical South America as far south as southern Brazil and central Bolivia.

Dorcas Gazelle (Desert Gazelle)

Dorcas gazelles are small and common gazelles adapted to semidesert climates of Africa and Arabia. They have long ears and strongly curved horns, which bow outwards then turn inwards and forwards at the tips.

Greater Flamingo

The Greater flamingo is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It was described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. The Greater flamingo was previously thought to be the same species as the American flamingo, but because of coloring differences of its head, neck, body, and bill.

Cheetah

The cheetah is a large cat with a dotted coat. This animal is identified by black marks (so-called "tear marks"), running down from the inner eye along the nose to the outside of the mouth. This feline is an extremely agile animal, having powerful hind legs and very flexible, muscular spine.

Ring-Tailed Lemur

The Ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is a large strepsirrhine primate and the most recognized lemur. It belongs to Lemuridae, one of five lemur families, and is the only member of the Lemur genus. Like all lemurs it is endemic to the island of Madagascar and endangered.

Giraffe

Giraffes are the tallest animals, known for their long necks and legs. They have large eyes, upright manes, long tails with dark tips, and sandy coats with brown markings. Both sexes have bony horns (ossicones); males’ are thicker and may have an extra pair.

Jaguarundi

The Jaguarundi is a slender, weasel-like wild cat with a long body, short legs, small head, and long tail. It has two color types: dark (black, gray, or brown) and red (yellow to chestnut). The dark morph is often mistaken for a tayra but lacks its throat spot.

Sun Bear

The Sun bear is the smallest and one of the rarest bear species. It is also known as the "honey bear", for its love of honeycombs and honey. Sun bears have jet-black, short, and sleek fur with some under-wool; some individuals are reddish or gray in color.

Sun Conure

The sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis), also known in aviculture as the sun conure, is a medium-sized, vibrantly colored parrot native to northeastern South America.