The Zoo Taiping (English: 'Taiping Zoo') is a zoological park located at Bukit Larut, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. Established in 1961, is the only zoo in northern Malaysia.[2][3][4]
| Zoo Taiping | |
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| 4°51′14″N 100°44′0″E / 4.85389°N 100.73333°E | |
| Location | Taiping, Perak, Malaysia |
| Land area | 34 acres (14 ha) |
| No. of animals | 1500 |
| No. of species | 180 |
| Memberships | SEAZA[1] |
| Website | zootaiping |
It is one of the major zoological parks in Malaysia. It covers 36 acres (15 ha) and exhibits 1300 animals representing 180 species of fishes, birds, mammals, and reptiles.[5] The zoo .[6] In 2003, the zoo established a night safari, opening again at nighttime hours.
Animals edit
The zoo has a collection of 1500 animals from 140 species. It also houses the largest number of stump-tailed macaques in Malaysia, which is thirteen, compared to six at Zoo Negara and five at Malacca Zoo.[7]
Some of the animals in the zoo include:[8]
- Mammals
- African lion
- Agile gibbon
- Agile wallaby
- Asian elephant
- Asian golden cat
- Asian palm civet
- Asian small-clawed otter
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
- Axis deer
- Banded linsang
- Banded palm civet
- Bawean deer
- Binturong
- Black panther
- Bornean bearded pig
- Bornean orangutan
- Brown lemur
- Chimpanzee
- Clouded leopard
- Common eland
- Common hippopotamus
- Common marmoset
- Dhole
- Dromedary camel
- Flat headed cat
- Gaur
- Gemsbok
- Indian muntjac
- Island flying fox
- Javan mongoose
- Large flying fox
- Large Indian civet
- Lechwe
- Leopard cat
- Lesser mouse-deer
- Mainland serow
- Malayan porcupine
- Malayan tapir
- Malayan tiger
- Marbled cat
- Masked palm civet
- Nilgai
- Nyala
- Plains zebra
- Proboscis monkey
- Red-handed tamarin
- Red hartebeest
- Sambar deer
- Serval
- Short-nosed fruit bat
- Siamang
- Smooth-coated otter
- Southern giraffe
- Southern white rhinoceros
- Spectral tarsier
- Spotted hyena
- Stump-tailed macaque
- Sun bear
- Sunda slow loris
- Western lowland gorilla
- White-handed gibbon
- Wild boar
- Birds
- African spoonbill
- American flamingo
- Barred eagle-owl
- Baya weaver
- Black-naped oriole
- Black swan
- Blue-and-yellow macaw
- Blue-crowned hanging parrot
- Budgerigar
- Buffy fish owl
- Cattle egret
- Common hill myna
- Common ostrich
- Demoiselle crane
- Emu
- Eurasian griffon vulture
- Greater flamingo
- Great hornbill
- Green peafowl
- Grey crowned crane
- Lesser whistling duck
- Lovebirds
- Milky stork
- Mute swan
- Nicobar pigeon
- Night heron
- Red junglefowl
- Rhinoceros hornbill
- Roseate spoonbill
- Scarlet ibis
- Southern cassowary
- Spotted wood owl
- Striated heron
- Trumpeter swan
- White-headed munia
- Whooper swan
- Reptiles
- African spurred tortoise
- Dwarf crocodile
- False gharial
- Green iguana
- Reticulated python
- Rhinoceros iguana
- Saltwater crocodile
- Fish
References edit
- ^ "SEAZA Membership List". seaza.org. SEAZA. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Seong, Mak Yim (15 December 2004). "Consolidate Taiping Zoo with Zoo Negara". The Star: Kuala Lumpur.
- ^ "Sister Zoo for Taiping Zoo Planned". (27 October 2004). Sarawak Tribune. Bernama News Services.
- ^ The Department of Veterinary Services, Perak, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan, Perak.
- ^ About the Zoo --About Us
- ^ Night Safari --Night Safari Main
- ^ Stump-Tailed Macaque --The Star
- ^ "Zoo Taiping".
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