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The '''Little Rock Zoo''' was founded in
==History==
[[File:Little Rock municipal zoo, Little Rock, Arkansas.jpg|thumb|left|Little Rock Municipal Zoo, c. 1930-1945]]
The Little Rock Zoo was started in
The first buildings at the zoo were made of local stone and built by the [[Works Progress Administration]] (WPA). These buildings were built in the 1930s and were home to primates, reptiles, birds, and big cats. They are still in use, and the cat house was renovated into a restaurant with the feel of an African style lodge.<ref name="zoo_history"/> The big cat exhibit was built in the 1980s along with other exhibits for [[great ape]]s, crocodiles, alligators, sloth bears, and river otters.
Lemur Island opened in the 1990s, and an African Lion Exhibit was also added at this time, as well as the Civitan Pavilion for special events and the Civitan Amphitheater for educational programming.<ref name="zoo_history"/> The zoo acquired a children's farm with an interactive contact yard and train station. In 2001 the board of directors approved a new Zoo Master Plan, which included a new African Veldt Exhibit. The newly restored Over the Jumps [[carousel]], a fully restored antique carousel, made its home at the Little Rock Zoo in the October 2007. An African penguin exhibit, Laura P. Nichols Penguin Pointe, opened on March 5, 2011. The Laura P. Nichols Cheetah Outpost opened on July 7, 2012. The Arkansas Heritage Farm opened on April 2, 2016. The Zoo added the Conservation Learning Center in 2020 and a new Colobus habitat and serval habitat in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hennelly |first1=Conor J. |title=Little Rock Zoo |url=https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/little-rock-zoo-2301/ |publisher=Encyclopedia of Arkansas}}</ref>
==Exhibits==
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''Other Reptiles''
[[American alligator]], [[blue-tongued skink]], [[Madagascar giant day gecko]], [[leopard gecko]], [[tokay gecko]], [[Gila monster]], [[scheltopusik]], [[frilled-neck lizard]], [[Sudan plated lizard]], [[Gekko kuhli|Kuhl's flying gecko]], [[Solomon Islands skink]], [[green iguana]], [[red tegu]], [[plumed basilisk]], [[Collared Lizard]]{{dn|date=September 2024}}, [[common snakeneck turtle]], [[spiny softshell turtle]], [[African spurred tortoise]], [[alligator snapping turtle]], and [[three-toed box turtle]].
''Amphibians''
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''Tropical Bird House''
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*'''Asian Elephants'''
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*'''Arkansas Heritage Farm'''
The Arkansas Heritage Farm exhibit features the Arkansas' Diamond Express train as well as a chicken yard for the [[araucana]], [[Barred Rock]], [[silkie]], [[Polish (chicken)|Polish crested chicken]], [[Faverolles (chicken)|salmon faverolles chicken]], [[red junglefowl]], [[wild turkey]], [[Toulouse goose]], and the [[Sebastopol goose]]. The farm's barn houses the mammals of this exhibit. The [[donkey]], and [[miniature horse]] are located on the left side of the barn,
*'''Small Carnivores'''
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[[File:Vic Snyder with giraffe.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Vic Snyder|Congressman Vic Snyder]] visiting the zoo, 2005]]
*'''African Savannah'''
The African Savannah is a mixed species enclosure that features the [[grey crowned crane]], [[ostrich]], [[reticulated giraffe]]s, and [[Grant's zebra]]s.<ref name="zoo_north">{{cite web|url=http://www.littlerockzoo.com/northzoozone|title=North Zoo Zone|work=littlerockzoo.com|publisher=Little Rock Zoo|access-date=2011-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100330154906/http://www.littlerockzoo.com/northzoozone|archive-date=2010-03-30|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*'''Africa'''
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*'''Laura P. Nichols Cheetah Outpost'''
The Laura P. Nichols Cheetah Outpost exhibit educates visitors about cheetah conservation efforts and African wildlife. Along with the [[cheetah]], [[Kirk's dik-dik]] and the [[blue crane]] can be seen in front of the outpost. Inside the outpost, the [[naked mole-rat]], [[Madagascar hissing cockroach]], [[African bullfrog]], [[Angolan python]], [[Standing's day gecko]] and the [[Indian crested porcupine]].
*'''OVERLOOK TRAIL'''
On the Overlook Trail, the [[maned wolf]], [[
==Conservation==
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==Annual Events==
==Zoo Master Plan==
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