The Dallas Zoo and The Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park actively participate in Species Survival Plans (SSPs) organized by AZA in which participating institutions agree to manage all captive members of a species as a single population to maintain genetic diversity in captive animals and to prevent inbreeding and overcrowding. An essential tool of each SSP is the studbook for the species containing the history of the entire captive population of a species, living and dead.

 

The Dallas Zoo and The Dallas Aquarium at Fair Park actively participate in the following SSPs:

  • Addax
    (Addax nasomaculatus)
  • Alligator,Chinese
    (Alligator sinensis)
  • Baboon, Mandrill
    (Mandrillus sphinx)
  • Bongo
    (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
  • Bustard, Kori
    (Ardeotis kori)
  • Cat, Fishing (Prionailurus viverrinus)
  • Cheetah
    (Acinonyx jubatus)
  • Chimpanzee
    (Pan troglodytes)
  • Cichlids, Lake Victoria
    (Haplochromis spp.)
  • Colobus, Black-and-White
    (Colobus guereza)
  • Condor, Andean
    (Vulture gryphus)
  • Crane, Red-Crowned
    (Grus japonesis)
  • Crane, Wattled
    (Bugeranus carunculatus)
  • Elephant, African
    (Loxodonta africana)
  • Gazelle, Addra
    (Gazella dama ruficollis)
  • Gibbon, White-cheeked
    (Hylobates concolor leucogenys)
  • Gorilla
    (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
  • Hornbill, Great
    (Buceros bicornis)
  • Hornbill, Rhinoceros
    (Buceros rhinoceros)
  • Langur, Spectacled (Trachypithecus obscurus)
  • Lemur, Ring-tailed
    (Lemur catta)
  • Lemur, Ruffed
    (Varecia variegata)
  • Monkey, Mona (Cercopithecus mona)
  • Monkey, Swamp (Allenopithecus nigroviridis)
  • Mynah, Bali
    (Leucopsar rothschildi)
  • Ocelot
    (Leopardus pardalis)
  • Okapi
    (Okapi johnstoni)
  • Oryx, Arabian
    (Oryx leucoryx)
  • Oryx, Scimitar-Horned
    (Oryx dammah)
  • Otter, Asian Small-clawed (Amblonyx cinereus)
  • Parrot, Thick-billed
    (Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha)
  • Penguin, African (Spheniscus demersus)
  • Pigeon, Mauritius Pink
    (Columba mayeri)
  • Rattlesnake, Aruba Island
    (Crotalus durissus unicolor)
  • Rhinoceros, Black
    (Diceros bicornis)
  • Snake, Louisiana Pine
    (Pituophis ruthveni)
  • Spider Monkey, Black-handed
    (Ateles geoffroyi)
  • Tamarin, Cotton Top (Sagunius oedipus)
  • Tamarin, Golden Lion (Leontopithecus rosalia)
  • Tiger, Indochinese
    (Panthera tigris corbetti)
  • Tiger, Sumatran
    (Panthera tigris sumatrae)
  • Toad, Puerto
  • Rican Crested (Bufo lemur)
  • Tortoise, Radiated
    (Geochelone radiata)
  • Toucan, Swanson’s
    (Ramphastos swainsonii)
  • Zebra, Grevy's
    (Equus grevyi)

SSP species on loan to other zoos:

  • Cockatoo, Palm
    (Probosciger aterrimus)
  • Panda, Red
    (Ailurus fulgens)