Zoo Taiping
Zoo in Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak, Malaysia
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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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Logo of the zoo | |
 Interactive map of Zoo Taiping | |
| 4°51′14″N 100°44′0″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] In 2003, the zoo established a night safari, opening again at nighttime hours.[6]
Animals
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 small-clawed otter
- Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
- Axis deer
- Barking deer
- Bawean deer
- Binturong
- Black panther
- Bornean orangutan
- Chimpanzee
- Clouded leopard
- Common eland
- Common marmoset
- Dhole
- Fennec fox
- Gaur
- Greater mouse-deer
- Hippopotamus
- Island flying fox
- Large flying fox
- Lechwe
- Leopard cat
- Lesser mouse-deer
- Mainland serow
- Malayan flying fox
- Malayan porcupine
- Malayan tapir
- Malayan tiger
- Masked palm civet
- Nilgai
- Nyala
- Plains zebra
- Red-handed tamarin
- Sambar deer
- Serval
- Siamang
- Smooth-coated otter
- Southern giraffe
- Southern white rhinoceros
- Spectral tarsier
- Spotted hyena
- Striped skunk
- Stump-tailed macaque
- Sun bear
- Sunda slow loris
- White-handed gibbon
- Wild boar
- Birds
- African grey parrot
- African spoonbill
- Amazon parrot
- Barred eagle-owl
- Black-bellied whistling duck
- Black swan
- Blue-and-yellow macaw
- Budgerigar
- Buffy fish owl
- Cattle egret
- Common hill myna
- Common ostrich
- Emu
- Eurasian griffon vulture
- Finches
- Greater flamingo
- Green peafowl
- Grey crowned crane
- Lesser whistling duck
- Mandarin duck
- Milky stork
- Mute swan
- Nicobar pigeon
- Pheasant
- Rhinoceros hornbill
- Scarlet ibis
- Southern cassowary
- Spotted wood owl
- Straw-headed bulbul
- Striated heron
- Trumpeter swan
- White-throated kingfisher
- Whooper swan
- Reptiles
- African spurred tortoise
- Elongated tortoise
- False gharial
- King cobra
- Malayan box turtle
- Oriental whip snake
- Saltwater crocodile
- Fish
