Wildlife HQ Zoo (formerly Queensland Zoo), is located at the Big Pineapple, Woombye, Queensland on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland and opened in November 2013.[2] In March 2014 many animals were relocated from the now closed Alma Park Zoo.[3]
| Wildlife HQ Zoo | |
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 Wildlife HQ Zoo logo | |
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| 26°40′21.62″S 152°59′26.81″E / 26.6726722°S 152.9907806°E | |
| Date opened | 2013 |
| Location | Woombye, Queensland, Australia |
| Memberships | ZAA[1] |
| Website | whqzoo |
Opening hours
editThe zoo is open every day of the year except Christmas Day. It is open between 9am and 4pm with the last entry at 3pm.
Animals
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Wildlife HQ has a range of species from around the world. Currently eleven species of bird are kept at the zoo including red-tailed black cockatoos, sulphur-crested cockatoos, southern cassowaries, emu, laughing kookaburra and tawny frogmouths. The zoo currently has more than twenty-five exotic mammal species (including thirteen primate species presently) and continue to expand their species holdings.[4][5] The zoo also houses several Australian species of mammals including koalas, wallabies, kangaroos, bettongs, potoroos, quokkas, a wombat and an echidna. The majority of the zoo's reptile collection is exhibited in the ‘’Reptile Barn’’ which displays a diverse collection of non-venomous snakes, lizards and tortoises.[4][6]
Complete species (and subspecies) list of animals at the zoo below.
- Birds
- Mammals
- African wild dog
- Alpaca
- Bilby
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Blackbuck
- Black-capped capuchin
- Black-handed spider monkey
- Bolivian squirrel monkey
- Brush-tailed rock-wallaby
- Cape porcupine
- Capybara
- Cotton-top tamarin
- Dingo
- Domestic guinea pig
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Eastern quoll
- Emperor tamarin
- Fallow deer
- Fennec fox
- Golden lion tamarin
- Goodfellow's tree-kangaroo
- Hamadryas baboon
- Koala
- Long-nosed potoroo
- Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo
- Maned wolf
- Meerkat
- Miniature pony
- Mountain brushtail possum
- Northern white-cheeked gibbon
- Pygmy marmoset
- Quokka
- Red-necked wallaby
- Red kangaroo
- Red panda
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Rufous bettong
- Serval
- Short-beaked echidna
- Siamang
- Southern hairy-nosed wombat
- Squirrel glider
- Sugar glider
- Sun bear
- Swamp wallaby
- Tasmanian devil
- White-tufted marmoset
- Reptiles
- Alligator snapping turtle
- American alligator
- Ball python
- Black-headed python
- Boa constrictor
- Boyd's forest dragon
- Burmese python
- Central bearded dragon
- Central netted dragon
- Corn snake
- Darwin carpet python
- Diamond carpet python
- Eastern blue-tongued lizard
- Fijian crested iguana
- Gilbert's lashtail dragon
- Green iguana
- Green tree python
- Jungle carpet python
- Lace monitor
- Plumed basilisk
- Radiated tortoise
- Rhinoceros iguana
- Saltwater crocodile
- Shingleback lizard
- Spencer's goanna
- Spotted tree monitor
- Woma python
Incidents
editIn April 2014, a tarantula was stolen from the zoo.[7]
In May 2014, there were concerns that a local music festival would impact the animals at the zoo.[8]
References
edit- ^ "Member Location Map". zooaquarium.org.au. ZAA. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ "Queensland Zoo @ The Big Pinneapple".
- ^ "Tale behind local zoo rivals Noah's Ark". www.couriermail.com.au. Nationwide News. 9 March 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ a b "Another Review of Wildlife HQ [Wildlife HQ Zoo]".
- ^ "Meerkats an exciting addition to Wildlife HQ". The Courier Mail. Nationwide News. 10 June 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
- ^ 30 June 2016 New Reptile Barn. Retrieved on 3 December 2021.
- ^ "Queensland Zoo offers reward for missing tarantula".
- ^ "RSPCA launches investigation into music festival next to zoo". www.couriermail.com.au. Nationwide News. 11 May 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2021.