The Potawatomi Zoo is a 23-acre (9.3 ha) zoological park located in South Bend, Indiana, United States.

At the end of the Great Depression in 1940, the Works Progress Administration constructed the zoo's Cat House, its first permanent structure.

[6] The list of species housed at the zoo in 1947 included a polar bear, African lions, dwarf zebu, rhesus monkeys, peacocks and the less exotic raccoon.

In this part of the zoo you will also find southern ground hornbills, lions, plains zebra, Diana monkeys, African wild dogs, Red river hogs, greater kudu, and ostrich.

[11] Southern white rhinoceros, Okapi, Black-and-white colobus, Fennec fox, Trumpeter hornbill, Serval, Southern ground hornbill, Diana monkey, Greater kudu, Saddle-billed stork, Grey-crowned crane, American flamingo, African wild dog, African lion, Red river hog, Masai giraffe, Plains zebra, Common ostrich, Marabou stork The Potawatomi Zoo is home to numerous species that are native to parts of Asia but these exhibits are spread throughout the zoo rather than being in one section.

[12] Amur tiger, Sichuan takin, Snow leopard, Amur leopard, Red panda, Reeve's muntjac Until 2020, the zoo had an Australian Outback exhibit in the center of the zoo that allowed zoogoers to walk among emus, red kangaroos, eastern and western grey kangaroos, and Bennett's wallabies.

This exhibit also included a yellow-crested cockatoo, a brush-tailed bettong, honeyeaters, laughing kookaburras, and black swans.

Species on exhibit include genet, sand cat, two-toed sloth, golden lion tamarin, cotton-top tamarin, white-faced saki monkey, red-rumped agouti, squirrel monkey, green iguana, banded mongoose, treeshrew, Madagascar hissing cockroach, Texas brown tarantula, Goliath bird eating tarantula, Chilean tarantula, Emperor scorpion, Malaysian scorpion, vinegaroon, as well as various turtles, snakes, geckos, frogs, skinks and other reptiles and amphibians.

[14] The Americas also includes Chacoan peccaries, bobcats, red fox, Eastern screech owl, red-tailed hawks, prairie dogs, American alligators, capybaras, giant anteaters, crested screamers, blue-and-yellow macaw, and green-winged macaw, and soon will include Spectacled bear.

Animals at the Zoo Farm include alpacas, goats, sheep, Jersey cow, donkeys, turkeys, chickens, and a pot-bellied pig.

[15] The zoo has had a number of successes including the breeding Chacoan peccaries,[16] Southern three-banded armadillos, and Amur leopards.

[17] In 2019, the zoo announced the birth of two Sichuan Takins, a vulnerable species native to Tibet and parts of China.