Kinsmen Discovery Centre

The Kinsmen Discovery Centre is closed for maintenance and expected to re-open in mid-February. Please check back for updates.

The Kinsmen Discovery Centre is a place where children and adults can get in touch with nature! Since it’s opening in 1990, the Kinsmen Discovery Centre has delighted people of all ages.

Animals

Fish, Crustaceans, and Insects

  • Bubble-tip Anemone (Entacmaea quadricolor) 
  • Pink-tipped Anemone (Condylactis)
  • Tricolor Hermit Crab (Clibanarius tricolor) 
  • Crowned Astrea Snail (Astraea)  
  • Zebra Nerite Snail (Neritina natalensis) 
  • Giant West African Land Snails (Archachatina ventricosa)
  • Central American Giant Cave Cockroach/Brazilian Cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
  • Peacock Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
  • Pink Skunk Clownfish (Amphiprion ocellaris)
  • Tomato Clownfish (Amphiprion frenatus)
  • Blue Regal (Hippo) Tang (Paracanthurus hepatus) 
  • Purple (Yellow-tailed) Tang (Zebrasoma xanthurum) 
  • Striated Surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus striatus)
  • Yellowtail Damselfish/Goldtail Damselfish (Chrysiptera parasema)
  • Banded Archerfish (Toxotes jaculatrix) 
  • Leopard Bush Fish/Leopard Ctenopoma (Ctenopoma acutirostre) 
  • Congo Tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus)
  • Madagascar Rainbowfish (Bedotia geayi)
  • Saddled Bichir (Polypterus endlicheri) 
  • Featherfin Squeaker Catfish (Synodontis eupterus) 
  • Angel Squeaker Catfish (Synodontis angelicus)
  • Blotched Upside-down Catfish (Synodontis nigriventris) 
  • Evenspotted Catfish/Cuckoo Catfish/Pygmy Leopard Catfish (Synodontis petricola)
  • Corydoras Catfish (Corydoras)
  • Mexican Blind Cave Fish (Astyanax jordani) 

Reptiles and Amphibians

  • Indian Star Tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
  • New Caledonia Bumpy (Gargoyle) Gecko (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
  • Red-footed Tortoise (Chelonoidis carbonarius)
  • South American Yellow-footed Tortoise (Geochelone denticulata)

Birds 

  • Black-naped Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus melanospilus) 
  • Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
  • Superb Starlings (Lamprotornis superbus superbus)

Mammals

  • Prehensile-tailed Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis)
  • Slender-tailed Meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
  • Naked Mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber)
  • Kinkajou (Potos flavus)

*currently off display

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Taveta Golden Weaver

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Meerkat

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