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MEMPHIS ZOO AND AQUARIUM

MEMPHIS, Tennessee 38112 — 2000 Prentiss Place

License: 63-C-0004 Type: C Last Inspected: Mar 3, 2026 Address: 2000 Prentiss Place
22 Inspections
19 Total Violations
6 Critical
3 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

SEBA'S SHORT-TAILED BAT: 4,216 GREATER BULLDOG BAT: 1,495 COMMON VAMPIRE BAT: 1,018 EGYPTIAN FRUIT BAT: 738 NAKED MOLE-RAT: 418 CHILEAN FLAMINGO: 272 LESSER FLAMINGO: 214 AFRICAN PENGUIN / CAPE PENGUIN: 126 GIRAFFE: 124 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 116 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 108 FRANCOIS'S LANGUR: 101 SULAWESI CRESTED MACAQUE: 93 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 91 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 90 DOMESTIC GOAT: 89 SHEEP INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS: 88 PYGMY CHIMPANZEE / BONOBO: 88 BONGO: 76 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 72 WHITE-FACED WHISTLING-DUCK: 72 RED PANDA: 71 AFRICAN ELEPHANT: 70 PERE DAVID'S DEER: 65 AZURE-WINGED MAGPIE: 65 EASTERN BLACK-AND-WHITE COLOBUS / GUEREZA: 63 TIGER: 63 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 60 HIPPOPOTAMUS: 60 WESTERN GORILLA: 58 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 57 LION: 56 NICOBAR PIGEON: 55 RED-BREASTED GOOSE: 52 DOMESTIC CHICKEN (INCLUDING ALL DOMESTIC BREEDS /: 52 KINKAJOU: 50 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 50 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 49 BROWN BEAR: 47 BAT-EARED FOX: 47 MARBLED TEAL: 46 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 45 SNOW LEOPARD: 45 LESSER SPOT-NOSED GUENON: 45 KIRK'S DIKDIK / KIRKS DIK-DIK: 44 NORTH AMERICAN BLACK BEAR: 44 RED RIVER HOG: 41 PUMA / MOUNTAIN LION / COUGAR: 41 BEAUTIFUL FRUIT-DOVE: 41 MANDRILL: 40 CHEETAH: 38 LARGE-SPOTTED GENET: 38 ASIAN EMERALD DOVE / GREY-CAPPED EMERALD DOVE: 38 BLUE-CROWNED HANGING-PARROT: 38 CAPE PORCUPINE: 37 GERENUK: 37 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 37 AARDVARK: 37 ELK / WAPITI: 37 CARACAL: 36 BONTEBOK / BLESBOK: 36 SMALL-EARED BUSHBABY / NORTHERN GREATER GALAGO: 36 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 36 CAPYBARA: 35 SIAMANG: 35 BLUE-NECKED TANAGER: 35 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 34 SLENDER LORIS: 34 PATAS MONKEY: 33 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 33 ELK: 32 BURCHELL’S / GRANT’S / CHAPMAN’S / PLAINS ZEBRA: 32 JAGUAR: 32 POLAR BEAR: 32 FISHING CAT: 32 BALD EAGLE: 31 EMERALD STARLING: 31 LEOPARD: 30 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 29 KLIPSPRINGER: 28 WHITE RHINOCEROS: 27 PLUSH-CRESTED JAY: 27 GIANT KINGFISHER: 27 RUDDY DUCK: 26 RED-BILLED BLUE-MAGPIE: 26 GOLDEN-BREASTED STARLING: 26 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 25 YELLOW ARMADILLO: 25 AFRICAN PYGMY-GOOSE: 25 RED-CRESTED CARDINAL: 25 RED JUNGLEFOWL: 24 SOUTHERN GROUND-HORNBILL: 24 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 23 GRANT'S GAZELLE: 23 RED-AND-YELLOW BARBET: 23 GREEN ARACARI: 23 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 22 ADDRA GAZELLE: 21 MAGPIE SHRIKE / SOUTHERN GREY SHRIKE: 21 GOLDIE'S LORIKEET: 21 ZANZIBAR RED BISHOP: 21 WHITE-CRESTED LAUGHINGTHRUSH: 21 BINTURONG: 20 VIOLACEOUS EUPHONIA: 20 AMERICAN WHITE PELICAN: 20 GIANT PANDA: 19 CRESTED PARTRIDGE: 19 RINGED TEAL: 19 GREEN HONEYCREEPER: 19 GRAY-BELLIED NIGHT MONKEY / LEMURINE NIGHT MONKEY: 18 OKAPI: 18 ZEBU: 18 RINGTAIL: 18 BANDED PALM CIVET: 18 BAIKAL TEAL: 18 SILVER-BEAKED TANAGER: 18 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 17 POTTO: 17 OCELOT: 16 NILE LECHWE: 16 POMPADOUR COTINGA: 16 HAMERKOP: 16 BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD: 16 BALI MYNA: 16 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 15 EDWARDS'S PHEASANT / VIETNAM PHEASANT: 15 SOUTHERN SCREAMER / CRESTED SCREAMER: 15 YELLOW-CASQUED HORNBILL: 15 PYGMY FALCON: 15 COMMON OSTRICH: 14 BAR-HEADED GOOSE: 14 BLACK CROWNED-CRANE: 14 GRAY CROWNED-CRANE / AFRICAN CROWNED-CRANE /: 14 WHITE STORK: 14 CANVASBACK: 14 WHITE-THROATED GROUND DOVE: 14 WHITE-NAPED CRANE: 14 GRAY-WINGED TRUMPETER: 14 PIED IMPERIAL-PIGEON: 14 SANDHILL CRANE: 14 NORTHERN RED-BILLED HORNBILL: 14 RED-CAPPED CARDINAL: 14 SOUTHERN HAIRY-NOSED WOMBAT: 13 WARTHOG: 13 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 13 TEMMINCK'S TRAGOPAN: 13 BURROWING OWL: 13 VENEZUELAN TROUPIAL: 13 YELLOW-HOODED BLACKBIRD: 13 PARADISE TANAGER: 13 STRIPED SKUNK: 12 RED-CHEEKED CORDONBLEU: 12 TURQUOISE TANAGER: 12 EASTERN PARADISE-WHYDAH / LONG-TAILED PARADISE-: 12 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 11 NYALA: 11 ORINOCO GOOSE: 11 GREEN JAY: 11 MONGOOSE LEMUR: 10 BRAZILIAN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 10 DROMEDARY CAMEL: 10 CRESTED COUA: 10 BLUE-BILLED TEAL / HOTTENTOT TEAL: 10 PHEASANT PIGEON: 10 BLUE DACNIS: 10 WOMPOO FRUIT-DOVE: 10 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 10 SOUTHERN GIANT POUCHED RAT / EAST AFRICAN: 10 RED-FLANKED DUIKER: 9 YELLOW-BACKED DUIKER: 9 SULAWESI BEAR CUSCUS: 9 PURPLE-THROATED FRUITCROW: 9 VIOLET-BACKED STARLING: 9 SABLE ANTELOPE: 8 NINE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 8 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 8 RED-TAILED HAWK: 8 TURKEY VULTURE: 8 GUAM KINGFISHER: 8 PURPLE HONEYCREEPER: 8 MONA MONKEY: 7 TREE PANGOLIN: 7 GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM: 7 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 7 WHITE-NECKED RAVEN: 7 CATTLE EGRET: 7 TRUMPETER SWAN: 7 RED-CRESTED POCHARD: 7 MALLARD: 7 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN: 7 RED-AND-GREEN MACAW / GREEN-WINGED MACAW: 7 JAMAICAN FRUIT-EATING BAT / JAMAICAN FRUIT BAT: 6 CENTRAL AMERICAN CACOMISTLE: 6 CHINCHILLA: 6 SERVAL: 6 HAMADRYAS BABOON: 6 GRIZZLY BEAR: 6 GOLDEN PHEASANT: 6 BUFFLEHEAD: 6 DEMOISELLE CRANE: 6 VON DER DECKEN'S HORNBILL: 6 GREEN-WINGED TEAL / COMMON TEAL: 6 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 6 SCARLET MACAW: 6 GREEN-CHEEKED PARAKEET / GREEN-CHEEKED CONURE: 6 AFRICAN BRUSH-TAILED PORCUPINE: 5 LION-TAILED MACAQUE *MALE: 5 REINDEER: 5 DOMESTIC RABBIT / EUROPEAN RABBIT: 5 SPRINGHAAS: 4 IMPALA: 4 INDIAN MUNTJAC: 4 WILD BOAR: 4 EMU: 4 BARN OWL / WESTERN BARN OWL / AMERICAN BARN OWL /: 4 BARRED OWL: 4 RACCOON: 4 MISSISSIPPI KITE: 4 HEDGEHOG: 3 HOG DEER: 3 BLACK LEMUR: 3 REEVE'S MUNTJAC: 3 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 3 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 3 SHORT-TAILED CHINCHILLA: 3 CAT ADULT: 3 LAR GIBBON: 3 AFRICAN CRESTED PORCUPINE: 3 WILD TURKEY: 3 HARRIS'S HAWK: 3 MANDARIN DUCK: 3 EASTERN COTTONTAIL RABBIT: 3 RED-SHOULDERED HAWK: 3 FOUR-TOED HEDGEHOG (MOST COMMON PET HEDGEHOG): 2 ALGERIAN HEDGEHOG: 2 BACTRIAN CAMEL: 2 GREY CUSCUS: 2 RED FOX (INCLUDES SILVER FOX & CROSS FOX): 2 WESTERN GREY SQUIRREL: 2 NORTHERN LUZON PHLOEOMYS: 2 GREEN-BACKED TROGON: 2 THREE-STRIPED NIGHT MONKEY / OWL MONKEY: 1 HIMALAYAN TAHR: 1 ROAN ANTELOPE: 1 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 1 DALL SHEEP WHITE SHEEP: 1 MONGOLIAN GAZELLE: 1 GREATER KUDU: 1 LESSER MALAYAN CHEVROTAIN: 1 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 1 LION-TAILED MACAQUE: 1 BEAR CUSCUS: 1 COOPER'S HAWK: 1 AMERICAN KESTREL: 1 BLACK VULTURE / MEXICAN VULTURE: 1 LADY AMHERST'S PHEASANT: 1 AMERICAN ROBIN: 1

What's in This Report

22
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Mar 3, 2026
19
Violations Documented
6 Critical · 13 Non-Critical

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Complete inspection timeline with dates
Every violation code and description
Inspector narratives — what they saw
Severity ratings for each violation
Repeat offense flags
Links to original USDA reports

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