Children's Zoo

This is an awesome area just for kids and the young at heart! Our Children's Zoo farm yard features exotic farm animals from around the world. Get right up close and personal with our sheep and goats in the contact yard, or explore what it's like to be a bird in our interactive playground the "Eggceptional Eggsplorer's Eggsperience."

Exhibit Animals


View photos of animals on exhibit at the Idaho Falls Zoo (PDF).
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Animal
Scientific Name
Alpaca Lama pacos
Barbados Black-bellied Sheep Ovis aries
Call Duck Anas platyrhynchos domestic call
Common Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Llama Lama glama
Nigerian Dwarf Goat Capra hircus domestic nigerian
Nubian Goat Capra hircus aegagrus
Sardinian Donkey Equus asinus domestic sardinian
Vietnamese Pot-bellied Pig Sus scrofa
Wyandotte Chicken Gallus gallus domestic
Yak Bos grunniens

Animal Ambassadors


These animals may be housed in our off-exhibit areas not accessible to the public. Our Animal Ambassadors can be seen in our "Animal Encounters" shows, on our traveling Zoo-to-You outreach programs, and at other presentations and events on zoo grounds.


 Animal Ambassador
 Scientific Name
African Pancake Tortoise Malacochersus tornieri
African Pygmy Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris
American Kestrel Falco sparverius
Augur Buzzard Buteo rufofuscus augur
Ball Python Python regius
Barred Owl Strix varia
Chilean Rose Tarantula Grammostola rosea
Domestic Ferret Mustela putorius
Domestic Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus domestic
Guinea Pig Cavia porcellus
Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
Long-tailed Chinchilla Chinchilla lanigera
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach Gromphadorhina portentosa
Northern Blue-tongued Skink Tiliqua scincoides intermedia
Red-tailed Boa Constrictor Boa constrictor constrictor
Rose-breasted Cockatoo Eolophus roseicapilla
White's Tree Frog Litoria caerulea