Taronga Zoo
 Giraffes in Taronga Zoo. The Sydney skyline is in the background. | |
| Date opened | 7 October 1916[1] |
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| Location | Bradleys Head Road, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Land area | 21 hectares (52 acres)[1] |
| Coordinates | 33°50′36″S 151°14′28″E / 33.84333°S 151.24111°E |
| No. of animals | 2,600 |
| No. of species | 340 |
| Memberships | Zoo and Aquarium Association[2] |
| Website | www |
Taronga Zoo is a zoo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is on the shores of Sydney Harbour in the suburb of Mosman. It was officially opened on 7 October 1916. The zoo covers about 21 hectares (52 acres). It holds over 2,600 animals of 340 species. There is a larger, sister zoo in Dubbo, the Taronga Western Plains Zoo.
The zoo is divided into eight geographic regions of the world. The largest section is for Australian wildlife. It also has several aviaries, and an aquarium section for seals and penguins.
The Taronga Zoo also helps endangered animals. In 2009, scientists brought some yellow-spotted tree frogs to the Taronga Zoo to breed. Then the last wild yellow-spotted tree frogs died. In 2018, the scientists took some of the frogs from the Taronga Zoo and put them in the wild.[3][4][5]
Taronga is an Aboriginal word which means "beautiful view".[6]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Taronga Zoo". zoo.nsw.gov.au. Taronga Conservation Society. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ "Zoo and Aquarium Association Institutional Members' Directory". zooaquarium.org.au. Zoo and Aquarium Association. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2010.
- ↑ Greg Miskelly (March 3, 2010). "'Extinct' frog species found alive after 30 years". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Yellow-spotted Tree Frog - profile". New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage. June 20, 2019. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ Nick Grimm (March 27, 2018). "Taronga Zoo releases colony of critically endangered bell frogs". Retrieved June 17, 2020.
- ↑ The Book of Sydney Suburbs, Compiled by Frances Pollen, Angus & Robertson Publishers, 1990, Published in Australia ISBN 0-207-14495-8, page 181
Other websites
[change | change source]- Official website
- Daily Telegraph feature-section on Taronga Zoo Archived 2009-04-17 at the Wayback Machine
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