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Aggregate anemone Class: Zoantharia Status: IUCN: Not listed; CITES: Not listed	American alligator Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Lower Risk/least concern; CITES: Not listed
Axolotl Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Critically Endangered; CITES: Vulnerable	Baltimore oriole Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
Beaver Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed.	Black-footed ferret Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Endangered ; CITES: Appendix I ; COSEWIC: They were listed as extirpated in Canada in 1978 by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada but have recently been reintroduced in Canada
Black-tailed prairie dog Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Special Concern	Black-widow spider Class: Arachnida Status: IUCN: Not Listed: CITES: Not Listed: COSEWIC: Not Listed
Blind cave characin Class: Osteichthyes Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Not Listed.	Blue dacnis Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
Blue poison dart frog Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Appendix ll	Blue-crowned motmot Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
Blue-grey tanager Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed	Boa constrictor Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Appendix II
Brazilian agouti Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not listed	Brazilian giant cockroach Class: Insecta Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed
Burrowing owl Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least concern; CITES: Appendix II; COSEWIC: Endangered	Butterfly goodeid Class: Actinopterygii Status: IUCN: Extinct in the wild; CITES: Not Listed
Cardinal tetra Class: Actinopterygii Status: IUCN: Not listed; CITES: Not listed	Common Marmoset or White-eared marmoset Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Appendix II.
Crested tinamou Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Cuvier's smooth-fronted caiman Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Appendix II
Desert grassland whiptail Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Desert hairy scorpion Class: Arachnida Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed
Double-striped thicknee Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Dyeing poison dart frog Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Least concern; CITES: Appendix II
Eastern bluebird Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Electric eel Class: Osteichthyes Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed.
Eyelash viper Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed	Florida gar Class: Osteichthyes Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed
Florida lubber Class: Insecta Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed	Giant bird-eating spider Class: Arachnida Status: IUCN: Not listed; CITES: Not listed
Giant Pacific octopus Class: Cephalopoda Status: IUCN: Not Listed ; CITES: Not Listed	Golden lion tamarin Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Endangered; CITES: Appendix l
Great horned owl Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed.	Green and black poison dart frog Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Least Concern ; CITES: Not listed.
Green surf anemone Class: Zoantharia Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed	Greenbottle blue tarantula Class: Arachnida Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed
Grey-winged trumpeter Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Hyacinth Macaw Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Endangered; CITES: Appendix I.
Largemouth bass Class: Osteichthyes Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed	Leather sea star Class: Asteroidea Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Not Listed
Lemur leaf frog Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Critically Endangered; CITES: Not Listed	Massasauga rattlesnake Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Threatened.
Mata mata turtle Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Not listed; CITES: Not listed.	Mexican beaded lizard Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Appendix II
Midland painted turtle Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed	Mudpuppy Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Least concern; COSEWIC: Not at risk; CITES: Not Listed. Toronto Zoo’s Adopt-A-Pond programme coordinates a province wide survey to find salamanders.
North American River Otter Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Northern Pacific rattlesnake Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
Panamanian golden frog Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Listed as Critically Endangered because of a drastic population decline, of over 80% over the last three generations, mostly due to chytridiomycosis. CITES: Appendix 1.	Piping Guan Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed;
Plush crested jay Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not listed	Prehensile-tailed porcupine Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
Pumpkinseed sunfish Class: Osteichthyes Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed.	Purple gallinule Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not listed
Pygmy marmoset Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Appendix II;	Red spotted newt Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed.
Red-breasted piranha Class: Osteichthyes Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed;	Red-crested finch Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
Red-legged honeycreeper Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Redside dace Class: Actinopterygii Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Endangered
Reticulate gila monster Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Near Threatened; CITES: Appendix II.	Sabana Surinam toad Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
San Estaban Island chuckwalla Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Appendix I	Saw-whet owl Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Appendix 11; COSEWIC: Threatened
Scarlet ibis Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Appendix II	Scarlet-headed blackbird Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed
Silver beak tanager Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Snapping turtle Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Special Concern
Spectacled owl Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed	Spiny softshelled turtle Class: Reptilia Status: Not listed ; CITES: No special status. COSEWIC: Threatened
Spotted turtle Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Vulnerable; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Endangered	Sunbittern Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not listed
Tiger rat snake Class: Reptilia Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed	Tiger salamander Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed; COSEWIC: Tiger Salamanders were last seen in Ontario in 1915. Because of this, the Great Lakes population was designated as Extirpated (locally extinct) in November 2001.
Two-toed sloth Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: No special status	Vinegaroon Class: Arachnida Status: IUCN: Not Listed; CITES: Not Listed
Waxy monkey tree frog Class: Amphibia Status: IUCN: Least Concern ; CITES: Not listed	White-faced saki Class: Mammalia Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed.
White-lined tanager Class: Aves Status: IUCN: Least Concern; CITES: Not Listed

*Please note that some of these animals may not be part of our current collection.