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Virtual Tour > Primate, Cat & Aquatics Building

The Primate, Cat & Aquatics Building features one of the largest collection of primate species in North America - 34 species - including gorillas, chimpanzees and lemurs. (Some primate species are also on exhibit in other areas of the Zoo.)

Two male gorillas roam the Outdoor Gorilla Exhibit during the warm weather months. Nearby, some of the Zoo's slowest moving animals, Aldabra tortoises, spend the summer in an outdoor exhibit area across the way from the Zoo's speediest animals, the cheetahs.

Also see rare snow leopards, Madagascan fossas and 35 different displays of salt and freshwater life including sharks, piranhas, giant Pacific octopus and living coral.


Look for the following exhibits and features in Primate, Cat & Aquatics Building: