My Little Garden Zoo: 2022 ZONE 7) AFRICA

 I think that the mother load of nearly all zoos in North America is the depth of their African animals' collection.  African holds so many of the iconic creatures and looses them into our imaginations.  This year, however, I left a couple of the heavy hitters up to Asia: Elephants and Rhinoceros.  With that said, here are the animals in my collection that are NOT on exhibit this year.  Blue Wildebeest, Thompson's Gazelle, Eastern Mountain Bongo, Lesser Kudu, Sable Antelope, Impala, Scimitar Oryx, Gemsbok, African Leopard, Four-toed Hedgehog, Honey Badger, Giant Pangolin, African Elephants, Eastern Black Rhinoceros, Southern White Rhinoceros, Dromedary, Somalian Ass, Red River Hog, Diana Monkey, Aldabra Tortoise, Eastern Green Mamba, Black Mamba, Nile Crocodile, and Saddle-billed Stork.

And here are the animals that are on exhibit: 

MUELLER'S CHAMELEON, Trioceros melleri

WHITE & BLACK RUFFED LEMUR, Varecia variegata

WESTERN LOWLAND GORILLA, Gorilla gorilla

SERVAL, Leptailurus serval

RING-TAILED LEMUR, Lemur catta

RETICULATED GIRAFFE, Giraffa reticulata

OKAPI, Okapia johnstoni

SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT, Suricata suricatta

MANDRILL, Mandrillus sphinx

HIROLA, Beatragus hunteri

GRIFFON VULTURE, Gyps fulvus

GIANT ELAND, Taurotragus durbainus

COMMON WARTHOG, Phacochoerus africanus

COMMON HIPPOPOTAMUS, Hippopotamus amphibius

COMMON CHIMPANZEE, Pan troglodytes

CHEETAH, Acinonyx jubatus

CAPE BUFFALO, Syncerus caffer

BURCHELL'S PLAINS ZEBRA, Equus quagga burchellii

AFRICAN SPURRED TORTOISE, Centrochelys sulcata

AFRICAN WILD DOG, Lycaon pictus

AFRICAN LION, Panthera leo

AFRICAN CIVET, Civettictis civetta

ADDRA GAZELLE, Nanger Dama