My Zoo From a To Z

Alligators, Aardvarks; Arctic fox and hare. Also Armadillos and Asses will be there! Bobcats, Beavers, Boars; One Blue whale will do! Bovines and a Booby (maybe 2)! Caribou & Camels; *Cavies & a *Coot; Cottontails, Chipmunks, Chinchillas looking cute. Dingoes, Deer & *Dik-diks; Dolphins doing tricks! Elephants, an *Emu; Egrets and a Ewe. Flying squirrels & Frogs you will find; Ferrets & Flamingos, Felines, every kind. Goats & Gophers, swift Gazelles & Gnus; Grizzlies & Gorillas; Gibbons to amuse. Humpbacks;Hyenas,also Harbor seals; Hummingbirds need little; Hippos need huge meals! *Ibex & an Ibis, and there’s some Iguanas Jaguars & Jackals & wading birds, Jacanas. Killer whale; a Kangaroo; Kingbirds and the Koala too. Ligers, Lynxes, Leopards, Langers; Llamas, Lemmings, Loons & Lemurs. Manatees & Manxes & some Muskrats; Mustangs, Moose, Macaws ; Mountain cats. Nightingales & Newts; and a big Naked mole rat! Otters & Opossums; the Ozark Big-eared bat; Ocelots and Orca too. imagine that! Pumas, Panthers, Penguins, Polar Bears & *Pipits; Puffins, Peacocks, Pelicans & *Peewits. *Qhetzals, such bright birds to see; also a Queen snake, Queen rat & Queen bee. Rhinos, Rams & Reindeer need a look! Racoons too, & have you seen the Rook? Sable, Sloth & Skunks & Snowy owl, Snipes & Swifts & *Squabs are other fowl. Tigers, Toucans, *Tapirs; and just now born. . . Utah prairie dogs, Uganda Kob and the only one around, the Unicorn! Vultures, Vipers, Vixens, and more than that; a Vole & Vervet & the Vampire bat! Walruses, a Weasel, & the silly *Wallaroo; Woodchucks, Wolverines, Warthog too. *Xenopus & *Xerus; *Xenarthra & *Xantus. *Yaffles & a Yellow belly lizard; a Yeti (found naked in a blizzard). *Zanzibar and Zebra & the *Zebu; Finally a *Zigzag and a *Zoo-zoo! Definitions of the uncommon animal names in this poem: Cavies - Hoofed animals Coots -diving birds Dik-diks - type of Antelopes Emu - like Ostrich Ibex - wild goat Langurs -Long tailed Monkeys Pipits - small songbirds Peewits -shore birds Qhetzals -jungle bird Squabs -Birds Tapirs -S. American Swine Wallaroo -large Water buffalo Xenopus -Frog Xerus - Ground squirrel Xenarthra -Anteaters Xantus - Bird Yaffles - Green woodpeckers Zanzibar -Gecko Zebu - Ox Zigzag - Salamander Zoo-zoo -Wood pigeon