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NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia 20013 — Po Box 37012/Mrc 5508

License: 10-F-0010 Type: F Last Inspected: Dec 17, 2025 Address: Po Box 37012/Mrc 5508
29 Inspections
4 Total Violations
0 Critical
0 Repeat Violations

Animals on Record

NAKED MOLE-RAT: 239 BLACK-FOOTED FERRET: 95 ASIAN ELEPHANT: 71 CHEETAH: 68 SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX: 56 AMERICAN FLAMINGO: 54 WESTERN GORILLA: 53 BORNEAN ORANGUTAN: 49 BROW-ANTLERED DEER / ELD'S DEER: 48 LESSER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 43 CAT ADULT: 39 SLENDER-TAILED MEERKAT: 38 ORIENTAL SMALL-CLAWED OTTER: 36 RED RUFFED LEMUR: 36 RED PANDA: 36 GIANT PANDA: 34 PRZWALSKI'S WILD HORSE: 33 MANED WOLF: 31 ADDRA GAZELLE: 31 LION: 31 SANDERLING: 31 GOLDEN LION TAMARIN: 26 CLOUDED LEOPARD: 26 CALIFORNIA SEA LION: 26 GREY SEAL: 25 ONAGER: 22 PREVOST'S SQUIRREL / TRI-COLORED SQUIRREL: 21 DEGU: 21 LESSER KUDU: 21 DWARF MONGOOSE: 20 GOLDEN-HEADED TAMARIN: 20 FENNEC FOX: 20 BLACK-TAILED PRAIRIE DOG: 20 PREHENSILE-TAILED PORCUPINE: 19 ROCK HYRAX: 19 SOUTHERN THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO: 19 TIGER: 19 SCARLET IBIS: 19 LOGGERHEAD SHRIKE: 19 LINNAEUS'S TWO-TOED SLOTH: 18 INDIGO BUNTING: 18 WHITE-FACED SAKI: 17 NORTHERN TREE SHREW: 17 REDHEAD: 17 AMERICAN BISON: 16 DOMESTIC GOAT: 16 BRUSH-TAILED RAT-KANGAROO: 15 CHINCHILLA: 15 SCREAMING ARMADILLO: 15 PATAGONIAN CAVY / MARA: 15 BRAZILIAN AGOUTI: 14 ALLEN'S SWAMP MONKEY: 14 WOOD THRUSH: 14 PYGMY SLOW LORIS: 14 SAND CAT: 13 STRIPED SKUNK: 13 FISHING CAT: 13 NORTH AMERICAN RIVER OTTER: 13 SOUTHERN TAMANDUA: 13 RED RIVER HOG: 12 BOBCAT: 12 NORTH ISLAND BROWN KIWI: 12 DOMESTIC FERRET: 12 SLOTH BEAR: 11 AMERICAN BEAVER: 11 BENNETT'S WALLABY / RED-NECKED WALLABY: 11 GOELDI'S MONKEY: 10 WHITE-FRONTED MARMOSET: 10 TUFTED DEER: 10 ORCHARD ORIOLE: 10 WHOOPING CRANE: 10 BANDED MONGOOSE: 9 DOMESTIC GUINEA PIG: 9 SEMIPALMATED PLOVER: 9 DUNLIN: 9 BAND-TAILED PIGEON: 9 ALPACA: 8 BLACK HOWLER: 8 DAMARALAND MOLE RAT: 8 SUMATRAN ORANGUTAN: 8 WHITE-NOSED COATI: 8 BINTURONG: 8 GRASSHOPPER SPARROW: 8 RUDDY DUCK: 8 SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER: 8 RED-CROWNED CRANE / JAPANESE CRANE: 8 SHORT-EARED ELEPHANT SHREW: 7 CATTLE / COW / OX / WATUSI: 7 GREVY'S ZEBRA: 7 NORTH AMERICAN PORCUPINE: 7 ROSEATE SPOONBILL: 7 BALTIMORE ORIOLE / NORTHERN ORIOLE: 7 CEDAR WAXWING: 7 WILD TURKEY: 7 HOODED CRANE: 7 GREATER MALAYAN CHEVROTAIN: 6 RING-TAILED LEMUR: 6 WHITE-CHEEKED GIBBON: 6 GRAY CATBIRD: 6 NORTHERN PINTAIL: 6 RUDDY QUAIL-DOVE: 6 EMPEROR TAMARIN: 6 RED-COLLARED BROWN LEMUR: 6 SENEGAL BUSHBABY: 6 GOLDEN-HEADED LION TAMARIN: 6 SIAMANG: 5 GRAY WOLF / GREY WOLF / TIMBER WOLF: 5 HARBOR SEAL: 5 DOMESTIC PIG / POTBELLY PIG / MICRO PIG: 5 PRZEWALSKI'S WILD HORSE: 5 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET VARIETY): 5 ADDAX: 5 MOUNTAIN ZEBRA / HARTMANN'S ZEBRA: 5 AMERICAN WIGEON: 5 BUFFLEHEAD: 5 BARRED PARAKEET / LINEOLATED PARAKEET: 5 BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK: 5 BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER: 5 CANVASBACK: 5 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 5 GADWALL: 5 YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT: 5 VOTSOVOTSA: 4 GREATER MADAGASCAR HEDGEHOG TENREC: 4 SITATUNGA: 4 DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 4 DAMARA / DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT / DAMARALAND BLESMOL: 4 PALLAS'S CAT: 4 BALD EAGLE: 4 EASTERN SCREECH-OWL: 4 GREEN ARACARI: 4 YELLOW-RUMPED CACIQUE: 4 RED-FAN PARROT: 4 KORI BUSTARD: 4 BARRED OWL: 4 BLUE-WINGED TEAL: 4 GREEN-WINGED TEAL / COMMON TEAL: 4 ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK: 4 NORTHERN SHOVELER: 4 SANDHILL CRANE: 4 OVENBIRD: 4 SONG SPARROW: 4 ROSS'S GOOSE: 4 SCARLET TANAGER: 4 WOOD DUCK / CAROLINA DUCK: 4 GUAM RAIL: 4 COTTON-TOP TAMARIN: 4 BAT-EARED FOX: 4 ROCK CAVY: 3 DUSKY TITI: 3 REED TITI: 3 RED-TAILED MONKEY: 3 CHINCHILLA (DOMESTICATED): 3 COMMON RAVEN: 3 RED WOLF: 3 BLUE-BILLED CURASSOW: 3 GREATER RHEA / AMERICAN RHEA: 3 RED-LEGGED SERIEMA: 3 RUDDY TURNSTONE: 3 SWAINSON'S THRUSH: 3 WHITE-CHEEKED PINTAIL: 3 VIRGINIA OPOSSUM: 3 NORWAY RAT / LAB RAT (COMMON RESEARCH/PET: 3 COMMON BROWN LEMUR: 2 GIANT ANTEATER: 2 CARACAL: 2 SPECTACLED BEAR: 2 SOUTHERN OPOSSUM: 2 BLACK-AND-WHITE RUFFED LEMUR: 2 OLDFIELD MOUSE: 2 NORTHERN LUZON PHLOEOMYS: 2 ABYSSINIAN GROUND-HORNBILL: 2 RÜPPELL'S GRIFFON: 2 PALM WARBLER: 2 AMERICAN AVOCET: 2 BLUE JAY: 2 BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER: 2 CAROLINA WREN: 2 MAGNOLIA WARBLER: 2 KING VULTURE: 2 NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD: 2 SOUTHERN CASSOWARY / DOUBLE-WATTLED CASSOWARY: 2 RED KNOT: 2 WHITE-THROATED SPARROW: 2 SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER: 2 RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD: 2 YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER: 2 WHITE-NAPED CRANE: 2 LLAMA: 2 COPPERY TITI: 1 LARGER HAIRY ARMADILLO: 1 RED ACOUCHI: 1 COMMON OSTRICH: 1 AMERICAN BLACK DUCK: 1 AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVER / LESSER GOLDEN-PLOVER: 1 AMERICAN OYSTERCATCHER: 1 BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE: 1 BLUE GROUND DOVE: 1 AMERICAN REDSTART: 1 AMERICAN ROBIN: 1 BLACK-NECKED STILT: 1 BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER: 1 BLUE GROSBEAK: 1 CLAPPER RAIL: 1 GUAM KINGFISHER: 1 NORTHERN PARULA: 1 RED-EYED VIREO: 1 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD: 1 TENNESSEE WARBLER: 1 YELLOW WARBLER: 1

What's in This Report

29
USDA Inspections on Record
Latest: Dec 17, 2025
4
Violations Documented
4 Non-Critical

The full report includes:

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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