adrian1963
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OPENING DAY AT YOUR ZOO
I was wondering if anyone else has any species lists or maps from the opening day of any zoo
I have the following from Dudley Zoo (UK) 06th June 1937
SPECIES LIST
Mammals
Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas
Guinea Baboon Papio papio
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
American Beaver Castor canadensis
Lion Panthera leo
Tiger Panthera tigris
Wolf Canis lupus
Dingo Canis lupus dingo
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
American Black Bear Ursus americanus
Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Polar Bear Ursus maritimus
Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
California Sealion Zalophus californianus
Chapman's Zebra Equus burchellii chapmanni
Shetland Pony Equus caballus
Dromedary Camelus dromedarius
Llama Lama glama
Red Deer Cervus elaphus
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Indian Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
American Bison Bison bison
Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
Barbary Sheep Ammotragus lervia
Birds
Greater Rhea Rhea americana
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Japanese Long-tailed Fowl Gallus gallus
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Upland Goose Chloephaga picta
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Carolina Duck Aix sponsa
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Black-footed Penguin Spheniscus demersus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
European Black Vulture Aegypius monachus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Northern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Stanley Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Sarus Crane Grus antigone
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
Blue-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Reptiles
Green Lizard Lacerta viridis
Slow Worm Anguis fragilis
Sheltopusik Pseudopus apodus
Grass Snake Natrix natrix
Adder Vipera berus
The attached image is of the first map of the zoo from the same year
If you have any info from other zoos around the world why not post them here and those of us with a interest in looking back and seeing how the zoo has progressed over time
I was wondering if anyone else has any species lists or maps from the opening day of any zoo
I have the following from Dudley Zoo (UK) 06th June 1937
SPECIES LIST
Mammals
Red-necked Wallaby Macropus rufogriseus
Asian Elephant Elephas maximus
Rhesus Macaque Macaca mulatta
Hamadryas Baboon Papio hamadryas
Guinea Baboon Papio papio
Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
American Beaver Castor canadensis
Lion Panthera leo
Tiger Panthera tigris
Wolf Canis lupus
Dingo Canis lupus dingo
Red Fox Vulpes vulpes
American Black Bear Ursus americanus
Brown Bear Ursus arctos
Polar Bear Ursus maritimus
Asian Black Bear Ursus thibetanus
California Sealion Zalophus californianus
Chapman's Zebra Equus burchellii chapmanni
Shetland Pony Equus caballus
Dromedary Camelus dromedarius
Llama Lama glama
Red Deer Cervus elaphus
Fallow Deer Dama dama
Indian Muntjac Muntiacus muntjak
Blackbuck Antilope cervicapra
American Bison Bison bison
Nilgai Boselaphus tragocamelus
Barbary Sheep Ammotragus lervia
Birds
Greater Rhea Rhea americana
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus
Japanese Long-tailed Fowl Gallus gallus
Golden Pheasant Chrysolophus pictus
Lady Amherst's Pheasant Chrysolophus amherstiae
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus
Spur-winged Goose Plectropterus gambensis
Upland Goose Chloephaga picta
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
Carolina Duck Aix sponsa
Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata
Black-footed Penguin Spheniscus demersus
Greater Flamingo Phoenicopterus roseus
Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus
White-tailed Eagle Haliaeetus albicilla
Eurasian Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus
European Black Vulture Aegypius monachus
Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus
Common Buzzard Buteo buteo
Northern Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway
Common Kestrel Falco tinnunculus
Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
Stanley Crane Anthropoides paradiseus
Sarus Crane Grus antigone
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla
Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita
Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus
African Grey Parrot Psittacus erithacus
Hyacinth Macaw Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
Blue-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva
Western Barn Owl Tyto alba
Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
Eurasian Eagle-Owl Bubo bubo
Greyish Eagle-Owl Bubo cinerascens
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl Bubo lacteus
Buffy Fish Owl Ketupa ketupu
Tawny Owl Strix aluco
Reptiles
Green Lizard Lacerta viridis
Slow Worm Anguis fragilis
Sheltopusik Pseudopus apodus
Grass Snake Natrix natrix
Adder Vipera berus
The attached image is of the first map of the zoo from the same year
If you have any info from other zoos around the world why not post them here and those of us with a interest in looking back and seeing how the zoo has progressed over time
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