Zoo Vocabularyby

zoo A park or institution in

which living animals are kept and usually exhibited to the public.

habitatThe place where a person

or thing is most likely to be found.

endangered speciesA species present in such

small numbers that it is at risk of extinction.

zookeeperOne who takes care of

animals in a zoo.

reptilesAny of various cold-

blooded, usually egg-laying vertebrates of the class Reptilia, such as a snake, lizard, crocodile, turtle, or dinosaur, having an external covering of scales or horny plates and breathing by means of lungs.

mammalsAny of various warm-

blooded vertebrate animals of the class Mammalia, including humans, characterized by a covering of hair on the skin and, in the female, milk-producing mammary glands for nourishing the young.

herbivoreAn animal that feeds

chiefly on plants.

carnivoreA flesh-eating animal.

omnivoreAn omnivorous person or

animal. One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.

speciesA fundamental category

of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus and consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding.