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= Atokese Park Zoo and Aquarium =

The Atokese Park Zoo is the largest zoo in Oregon. It is located in the Oregon Hill neighborhood of Hillsboro, Oregon. It originally began with 64.5 acres (26.5 ha) in the middle of the city, but has spread into the neighboring blocks and several reserves in Cincinnati's outer suburbs. It was appointed as a National Historic Landmark in 1987.

History
The Atokese Park Zoo, also known as Atokese Zoo, is a zoological park near Portland and is the second largest zoo in Oregon. Atokese Zoo houses over 1005 animals on nearly 324 acres (131ha).

Oregon Trail
The Virginia Trail is designed to emulate the wildlife of the state of Virginia. It features native animals such as the Canadian lynx, white-tailed deer, American black bear, cougar, North American river otter, green-winged teal and the sandhill crane.

Expedition Africa!
Opened in 1998,"" became the zoo's largest expansion in history. The Savanna combined with the African Savanna and the Xhosa Giraffe Reserve encompasses most of the southern third of the zoo. "Expedition Africa!" featured species include meerkats, Hamadryas baboons, African lions, African wild dogs, Grévy's zebra, southern white rhinoceroses and rock hyraxes.

African Aviary
The African Aviary is home to many African birds such as the superb starling, African olive pigeons, African spoonbills, grey crowned cranes and marbled ducks. The African Aviary is also home to to a family of naked mole rats, and a family of Lowland streaked tenrecs, the only tenrecs of their species in the Americas.

African Savvana
The "African Savanna" features animals who live in the savannas of Sub-Saharan Africa. It opened in 2005 and houses the blue wildebeest, greater kudu, Southern ostrich, warthog, crested guineafowl and the Thomson's gazelle.

African Forests
This exhibit features animals who live in the jungles of Africa and Madagascar. In the southwestern part of Expedition Africa!, African Forests is a 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) rainforest that is home to 7 or so chimpanzees in the zoo. Mantled guerezas, western bongos, red river hogs, ring-tailed lemurs, red ruffed lemurs and mandrills also call this area home.

The African Forests opened in 2010. Since 2010, 6 chimps, 23 red river hogs and 7 mandrills have been born in the exhibit.

Xhosa Giraffe Reserve
Home to the reticulated giraffes and the watusi cattle.

Reptile House
The Reptile House has been an attraction at the zoo since it first opened. The building's first curator was Raymond Lee Ditmars, who had kept multiple species of reptiles in his home, before being hired at the zoo. The exhibit is a building with various terrariums and an open desert exhibit in the middle of the building. The zoo also features a nursery area in the corner of the zoo, which exhibits newborn herptiles born at the zoo, as well as a window into the off-show breeding and caring facilities. In the building, the zoo breeds and exhibits a wide range of endangered species, including the Cuban crocodile, pig-nosed turtle, Komodo dragons and Galapagos tortoises. Other species held include Burmese pythons, veiled chameleons, ocellated lizards, false water combra, African spurred tortoise and common collared lizard.

Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey is a row of cages for multiple rare raptor species. The exhibit is home to bald eagles, Egyptian vultures, Bateleurs, Eurasian eagle-owls, spectacled owls, snowy owls and harpy eagles.In February 2011, the zoo received two bald eagles rescued in Alaska.