What about Maosala at Zoo Zürich? It could easily beat Bronx’s as it’s so innovative, and gives you a sense of being in Maosala National Park, Madagascar
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What about Maosala at Zoo Zürich? It could easily beat Bronx’s as it’s so innovative, and gives you a sense of being in Maosala National Park, Madagascar
Masoala is majestic, tooWhat about Maosala at Zoo Zürich? It could easily beat Bronx’s as it’s so innovative, and gives you a sense of being in Maosala National Park, Madagascar
(I have never seen personally), but it shows less habitats and species.
Fair enough, as Maosala is dedicated to the national park of its namesake.Masoala is majestic, too
Minnesota zoo is almost entirely focused on asian & North American animals, with very few from Africa, South America & Oceania.
I thought San Diego would be up there because of the Madagascar section in Africa Rocks. How many species do Omaha and Bronx hold?While thinking of the island Madagascar, I’m going to give one for both Europe and the USA.
Europe - Plzen
They have the most Lemur species for a European zoo (The Duke Lemur Center could give a Plzen a run for it) and their collection of Malagasy animals is very broad. Speaking of Malagasy reptiles the Moscow Zoo could win but most of their reptile collection is off-show
USA - Bronx/Omaha
Both of these zoos have a exhibit dedicated to Madagascar, I like Bronx’s because it addresses the issue of deforestation, some members here have implied that the enclosures are spacious.
Omaha’s exhibit is a recent exhibit (speaking 5-7 years in the past). So I cannot judge Omaha.
Duke Lemur Center has the most species of lemurs in captivity in the world
Oh yeah, i forgot about that one being in Blighty
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Within Latin America there are some great zoos that have a good representation of species from native geographic regions of their respective countries.
I think Cali zoo in Colombia in terms of native fauna from many eco-regions of the country (orinocco crocodile, mountain tapir, white footed tamarin etc) would have to rank highly.
A couple of Brazilian zoos such as Sorocaba zoo would also rank highly in terms of primates (muriquis and callitrichids) and general avifauna (particularly the guans and curassows) from the Atlantic rainforest biome.
Chapultepec and Los Coyotes zoos in Mexico holds a range of endemic mammal (for example the volcano rabbit) and amphibian species native to Central Mexico that are seldom found in zoos outside of the country.
Zoomat also in Mexico but in the Southern State of Chiapas also is a good zoo for representation of fauna native to this tropical State and also holds a lot of endemic reptiles and other animals.
Zoodom in the Dominican republic holds endemic Hispaniolan species like the Ridgway's hawk, Ricord's iguana, Hispaniolan solenodon and Hispaniolan hutia (and a number of frogs which I unfortunately cannot remember the names of ) which to the best of my knowledge are not held anywhere else and certainly not outside of the country.
I think Cali zoo in Colombia in terms of native fauna from many eco-regions of the country (orinocco crocodile, mountain tapir, white footed tamarin etc) would have to rank highly.
A couple of Brazilian zoos such as Sorocaba zoo would also rank highly in terms of primates (muriquis and callitrichids) and general avifauna (particularly the guans and curassows) from the Atlantic rainforest biome.
Chapultepec and Los Coyotes zoos in Mexico holds a range of endemic mammal (for example the volcano rabbit) and amphibian species native to Central Mexico that are seldom found in zoos outside of the country.
Zoomat also in Mexico but in the Southern State of Chiapas also is a good zoo for representation of fauna native to this tropical State and also holds a lot of endemic reptiles and other animals.
Zoodom in the Dominican republic holds endemic Hispaniolan species like the Ridgway's hawk, Ricord's iguana, Hispaniolan solenodon and Hispaniolan hutia (and a number of frogs which I unfortunately cannot remember the names of ) which to the best of my knowledge are not held anywhere else and certainly not outside of the country.
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Georgias new SHARKS exhibit makes it one of the best for shark representation
SeaWorld has the best Arctic, pinniped, and cetacean representation
SeaWorld has the best Arctic, pinniped, and cetacean representation
Wildwood, Kent, UK, has a great collection of British animals from past and present - and by extension it's a good collection of European animals.
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What are some of the most common exotic animals outside from Australia to see in Australia zoos? I've always been curious about this.
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Thank you!