The total area of Indore zoo is full of greenery where different variety of trees and other plants gives natural feeling of forest to the wild animals.

Carnivorans at the zoo include the Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, Indian leopard, striped hyena, jungle cat, Indian wolf, golden jackal, Asian palm civet, raccoon, sloth bear and the Bengal fox.

Other species of mammals include the squirrel monkey,[specify] Hanuman langur,[specify] Rhesus macaque, hedgehog,[specify] and the Indian crested porcupine.

Indore Zoo has a variety of birds like peacock, white peacock, sarus crane, Lady Amherst's pheasant, Egyptian vulture, various species of lovebird, larger ratites like the emu and South African ostrich, barn owl, turkey,[specify] duck,[specify] helmeted guineafowl, rosy pelican, various species of parakeet, painted stork, black swan and mute swan.

Tourists were to install a free app named Accio – which showed interesting information about the animals.