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Baird's tapirs

Baird's Tapirs

Species Survival Plans

Zoos and aquariums play a leading role in preserving animal populations across the globe. Zoo New England is an active participant in a number of Species Survival Plans (SSP), aimed at managing and conserving typically threatened or endangered animal populations.

In cooperation with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), each SSP carefully manages the breeding of species --maintaining population Studbooks and Breeding and Transfer Plans-- to maintain a genetically healthy and demographically stable captive population. Public education, research and partnerships with scientists in the field are vital components in any potential reintroduction program.

By sharing research and knowledge, participating institutions work together to establish guidelines that best ensure the health of captive populations, and with success, the survival of endangered species.

Zoo New England participates in the following SSPs:

African pygmy falcon
Andean condor
Azure-winged magpie
Baird's tapir
Bali mynah
Black crake
Black-naped fruit dove
Blanding's turtle
Blue-bellied roller
Boat-billed heron
Brazilian agouti
Brown kiwi
Burrowing owl
Cabot's tragopan
Canada lynx
Cape porcupine
Caribbean flamingo
Chacoan peccary
Cotton-top tamarin
DeBrazza's monkey
Fennec fox
Giant anteater
Golden-breasted starling
Great hornbill
Greater roadrunner
Green aracari
Grevy's zebra
Guereza colobus
Hadada ibis
Hamerkop
Hartmann's mountain zebra
Hooded crane
Hyacinth macaw
Inca tern
Jaguar
Jamaican iguana
Kea
Kori bustard
Laughing kookaburra
Linne's two-toed sloth
Lion
Marbled teal duck
Markhor
Masai giraffe
Mexican gray wolf
North American porcupine
North American river otter
Ocelot
Orinoco goose
Palm cockatoo
Panamanian Golden Frog (Sora)
Prehensile-tailed porcupine
Prehensile-tailed skink
Puma
Pygmy hippopotamus
Red kangaroo
Red panda (fulgens)
Red panda (refulgens)
Red river hog
Red-breasted goose
Red-crested turaco
Reeve's muntjac
Rhinoceros hornbill
Ringtail
Ring-tailed lemur
Rock hyrax
Saddle-billed stork
Scaly-sided merganser
Scarlet ibis
Snow leopard
Somali wild ass
Spotted hyena
Spotted turtle
Steller’s sea eagle
Straw-colored fruit bat
Sunbittern
Tawny frogmouth
Violet turaco
Warthog
Wattled crane
Western lowland gorilla
White-bearded wildebeest
White-cheeked gibbon
White-naped crane
White-nosed coati
Whooping crane
Yellow-billed stork
Yellow-rumped cacique

Candidate Species:

African dwarf crocodile
Bactrian camel
Bush dog
Green anaconda
Seba's short-tailed fruit bat