Black-footed Ferret / Giraffe

Historical marker location:

3001 Connecticut Ave NW, Smithsonian National Zoo, District of Columbia

( Marker can be reached from Olmsted Walk, 0.2 miles west of North Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Grassland

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