| Malacca Zoo | |
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| 2°16′40″N 102°18′6″E / 2.27778°N 102.30167°E | |
| Date opened | 1963 13 August 1987 (to public) |
| Location | Ayer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia |
| Land area | 54 acres (22 ha) |
| No. of animals | 554[1] |
| No. of species | 215 |
| Memberships | ISO 9001:2000, SEAZA[2] |
| Website | www |
Malacca Zoo, officially the Malacca Zoo and Night Safari, is a 54-acre (22 ha) zoological park located beside Lebuh Ayer Keroh (Federal Route 143) in Ayer Keroh, Malacca, Malaysia, which hosts more than 1200 animals including 215 species of birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals.[3] It is the second-largest zoo in Malaysia behind the National Zoo of Malaysia, both were established in 1963. The zoo acts as both a rescue base and an animal sanctuary and was initially owned by the Malacca State Government, but its management was taken over by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks of Malaysia in 1979 and later opened to the public by the then Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohammad on 13 August 1987.[4]
Malacca Zoo was the first zoo in Malaysia to exhibit the critically endangered Hedgehogs, Meerkats, Other species exhibited in the zoo, both local and foreign, included the white rhinoceros, blue wildebeest, Asian elephants, red panda, Malaysian gaur, the serow, the squirrel monkey, the molurus python, the grey wolf, the Mongolian wild horse, the green tree python, iguanas, common marmoset, capybara, malayan tapirs, an the cage indian flying fox, peacocks, dove the giraffe, Sambar deer, Lechwe, Waterbuck, Ankole cattle, Banteng, nilgai, deers, and the ostriches, emus, southern cassowaries, leopards, panthers, african lions, otters, false gharial, crocodile, cage great hornbills, rhinoceros hornbills, moluccan cockatoo, indian peafowl, binturong, turtles, orangutans, sun bears, mandrills chimpanzees, ring tailed lemurs, an ape at the Ponies, owls, wallaby, the blue-and-yellow macaw barred eagle owl, spotted wood owl, Scarlet Macaw, and also the Indochinese tiger as well as the Malayan tiger[5][6][7]
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Attractions
Some other attractions at the zoo includes:
- A mini safari[8]
- A multi-animal show[9]
- An elephant show
- Elephant & horse rides
- A souvenir shop at the exit
- Night Zoo[10]
See also
References
- ^ "Decision soon on Melaka Zoo and Night Safari".
- ^ "SEAZA Membership List". seaza.org. SEAZA. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
- ^ Zoo Melaka info at Cuti.com. – Malacca Zoo Retrieved on 10 August 2008.
- ^ Melaka Zoo's history. Archived 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of mammals --Mammals. Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of birds --Birds. Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of Reptiles --Reptiles. Archived 5 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Zoo Melaka --Mini Safari Archived 4 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malacca Zoo's Attraction --Attractions/Activities Archived 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Malacca Zoo --Night Zoo notification Archived 10 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Official website
- Tourism Malaysia – Zoo Melaka
- Melaka Zoo's profile at the Department of Wildlife and National Parks Malaysia
- Melaka Zoo at Melaka.net
- Melaka Zoo on the map.
- Zoo Melaka's info at AmazingMelaka.com
This page was last edited on 7 February 2024, at 14:22