Plzeň Zoo

Plzeň Zoo
Plzeň Zoo
	Pavilion of cheetah, pygmy hippopotamus and bee-eaters
	49°45′28″N 13°21′36″E / 49.757778°N 13.36°E
Date opened	1926
Location	Pod Vinicemi 9, 301 16 Plzeň 1
Land area	21 hectares
No. of animals	6 500
No. of species	1 300
Memberships	EEP, EAZA
Website	zooplzen.cz

Plzeň Zoo (Zoologická a botanická zahrada města Plzně) is a Czech zoo, located in Plzeň in Czech Republic. After Liberec Zoo it is the second oldest zoo in the Czech Republic, founded in 1926^[1] on the river banks of the river Radbuza.

Plzen zoo has 40 species of animals from EEP European Endangered Species Programme and is responsible for the European studbook for Dwarf and Thick tailed Maki.^[1]

Gallery

A lion, possibly of the subspecies Panthera leo leo
Plzeň Zoo breeds many species of lemur.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Website of Plzeň Zoo Zoo

External links

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[zoowebsite-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Website of Plzeň Zoo Zoo

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