Chittagong Zoo

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Entrance to the zoo

Chittagong Zoo is the zoo of the city of Chittagong in Bangladesh .

location

The zoo is located in Thana Khulshi about three kilometers northeast of the city center on the southern edge of Foys See, west of the amusement park that is also located there. There is also a veterinary clinic on the grounds of the zoo .

history

The initiative to set up a private zoo went back to the future Minister of Finance Muhammad Abdul Mannan , the Deputy Commissioner of the Chittagong District and prominent figures in the city of Chittagong. The zoo should serve multiple purposes: conservation, research, education, and recreation. Its motto is "Securing a better world for animals through human understanding". The zoo opened on February 28, 1989.

Initially, the site was approximately 1.2 hectares (3 acres ) and featured 22 animals from five different species. In the meantime, the site has been expanded to around 2 hectares (5 acres), and further enlargements are planned. As of May 2019, the zoo is home to 300 animals from 53 species, including 25 species of mammals , 4 species of reptiles and 24 species of birds .

Details

The terrain is hilly with gentle slopes. The entrance to the site is opposite that to Foy's Lake Amusement World. Most of the animals are kept in cages.

Animal species

Monkey cage

As of May 2019, the animal species represented in the Chittagong Zoo include:

Mammals
Bengal Tiger ( Panthera tigris tigris ), Indian Leo ( Panthera leo persica ), fishing cat ( Prionailurus viverrinus ), Indian civet ( Viverra zibetha ), Bengal Fox ( Vulpes bengalensis ), leopard cat ( Prionailurus bengalensis ), jungle cat ( Felis chaus ), Asiatic ( Ursus thibetanus ), Indian mongoose ( Herpestes edwardsi ), Rottweiler ( Canis lupus familiaris ), German shepherd ( Canis lupus familiaris ), German brown spitz ( Canis lupus familiaris ), spotted musk ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) , Bengal plum lorikeet ( Nycticebus bengalensis ), northern pig monkey ( Macaca leonina ), rhesus monkey ( Macaca mulatta ), Western hoolock Gibbon ( hoolock hoolock ), capped langur ( Trachypithecus pileatus ), Indian Weißschwanz porcupine ( Hystrix indica ), axis deer ( Axis axis ), Indian Muntjak ( Muntiacus muntjak ) Sambar ( Rusa unicolor ), Gaur ( Bos frontalis ), plains zebra ( Equus quagga ), domestic horse ( Equus ferus caballus )
Reptiles
Tiger python ( Python molurus ), swamp crocodile ( Crocodylus palustris ), yellow-headed turtle ( Indotestudo elongata ), dark softshell turtle ( Nilssonia nigricans )
Birds
Blue Peacock ( Pavo cristatus ), double Hornvogel ( Buceros bicornuate ), pigeons ( Columbidae ), turkey ( Meleagris gallopavo ), Helmperlhuhn ( Numida meleagris ), Ostrich ( Struthio Camelus ), Orient Hornvogel ( Anthracoceros albirostris ) Gänsegeier ( gypsum fulvus ), Sunda -Marabu ( Leptoptilos javanicus ), black kite ( Milvus migrans govinda ) binding Eagle ( Haliaeetus leucoryphus ) Brahminy ( Haliastur indus ) Seidenreiher ( Egretta garzetta ), egret ( Bubulcus ibis ), night Heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax ) Paddy Heron ( ardeola grayii ) Mohrenscharbe ( Micro Carbo niger ), Alexander parakeet ( Psittacula eupatria ), collar parakeet ( Psittacula krameri ), Bart parakeet ( Psittacula alexandri ), Oriental Turtle Dove ( Streptopelia orientalis ), Myna ( Acridotheres tristis ), Indian Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus ) junglefowl ( Gallus gallus )

  • Indian lion

  • Cap langur

  • Marsh crocodile

  • Blue peacock

  • Riffreher

Web links

Commons : Chittagong Zoo  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c History. In: chittagongzoo.gov. Chittagong Zoo, accessed May 2, 2019 (American English).
  2. ^ Objectives. In: chittagongzoo.gov. Chittagong Zoo, accessed May 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Animal Lists. In: chittagongzoo.gov. Chittagong Zoo, accessed May 2, 2019 .

Coordinates: 22 ° 21 ′ 59.2 ″  N , 91 ° 47 ′ 45.5 ″  E