Yerevan Zoo

Yerevan Zoo
Full name	Yerevan Zoo
place	Myasnikjan St. 20 ; Yerevan
surface	85,000 m 2
opening	1940
Animal species	204
Individuals	2749
organization
Sponsorship	Yerevan city
	The zoo, 2016
	http://www.yerevanzoo.am/index.php?id=138&L=0

f40.195963888889 44.550513888889Coordinates: 40 ° 11 ′ 45.5 ″ N , 44 ° 33 ′ 1.9 ″ E

The Yerevan Zoo ( Armenian Երևանի կենդանաբանական այգի ) is the zoological garden of the Armenian capital Yerevan . It is located on Mjasnikjan Street (M4) in the city district of Nor Nork on the border with Nork-Marasch in northeast Yerevan. The main partner of the zoo is the Amsterdam Zoo Natura Artis Magistra .

A path in Yerevan Zoo, 2016

history

Planning for a zoo in Yerevan began in the 1930s, but the decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic had to be awaited, so that the zoo could not be opened until 1940. It was opened with an area of three hectares and 20 animals bought at the 12th Zoological Exhibition in Yerevan. The period from 1941 to 1945 was marked by construction activities. The money came from the government in Moscow despite the shortage of money during World War II . In 1945 the zoo was able to present 179 animals from 32 different species, in 1954 there were 354 animals. At that time, the zoo was also greened: 2500 trees were planted. However, since there was no irrigation system, most of these trees died shortly afterwards. The zoo presented the animal world in four sections: an aquarium / terrarium, birds, predators and ungulates, a division that is still valid in the 2010s.

The number of species continued to grow, so that in 1980 the zoo had 350 different species. By the beginning of the 1990s, diversity sank again and only 260 species were counted.

The Armenian foundation and non-governmental organization Foundation for the Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Assets (FPWC) has been supporting the zoo since 2011 with the planning of a veterinary clinic, the construction of outdoor enclosures for tigers, bears and wolves, and the construction of the first inclusive playground in Armenia for disabled children the zoo grounds, an animal adoption program and, since 2014, training of zoo staff with a view to applying for admission of the zoo to the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA).

In June 2018 there was a tuberculosis epidemic among the animals in the zoo .

Animal species

The list of existing animal species is current from 2018.

Birds

Art	Scientific name	photo
Eagle Buzzard	Buteo rufinus
Rainbow Lorikeet	Trichoglossus haemotodus
Bearded vulture	Gypaetus barbatus
Blue peacock , normal and leucistic	Pavo cristatus
Chukar chicken	Alectoris chukar
Diamond pheasant	Chrysolophus amherstiae
Pheasant normal and Romanian pheasant	Phasianus colchicus and Phasianus colchius var. Romanesque
Griffon Vulture	Gyps vulvus
Golden pheasant	Chrysolophus pictus
African gray parrot	Psittacus erithacus
Great emu	Dromaius novaehollandiae
Green-winged macaw	Ara chloroptera
Helmet guinea fowl	Numida meleagris
Mute swan	Cygnus olor
Jungfernkranich	Anthropoides virgo
Common raven	Corvus corax
Black vulture	Aegypius monachus
Bog duck	Aythya nyroca
Egyptian goose	Alopochen aegyptiaca
Cockatiel	Nymphicus hollandicus
Plum-headed Parakeet	Psittacula cyanocephala
Egyptian vulture	Neophron percnopterus
Gadfly	Mareca strepera
Lesser Spotted Eagle	Clanga pomarina
Swan goose	Anser cygnoides
Silver pheasant	Lophura nycthemera
Sparrowhawk	Accipiter nisus
Golden eagle	Aquila chrysaetos
Steppe eagle	Aquila nipalensis
Bar goose	Anser indicus
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos
Pochard	Aythya ferina
Black Swan	Cygnus atratus
Eagle owl	Bubo bubo
Long-eared Owl	Asio otus
White stork	Ciconia ciconia
Budgie	Melopsittacus undulatus

Mammals

Art	Scientific name	photo
Armenian mouflon	Ovis orientalis gmelini
Bezoar goat and wild goat	Capra aegagrus aegagrus and Capra hircus
Bolivian squirrel monkey	Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis
Fallow deer	Dama dama
David deer	Elaphurus davidianus
meerkat	Suricata suricatta
Eurasian lynx and Caucasian lynx	Lynx lynx and Lynx lynx dinniki
European badger	Meles meles
European mink	Mustela Lutreola
hippopotamus	Hippopotamus amphibius
Golden jackal	Canis aureus
Big pampas bunny	Dolichotis patagonum
Domestic horse , highland pony and Przewalski horse	Equus caballus
Indian elephant	Elephas maximus indicus
jaguar	Panthera onca
Japanese macaque	Macaca fuscata
Ring-tailed lemur	Lemur catta
King Tiger , leuzistisch and Siberian Tiger	Panthera tigris tigris and Panthera tigris altaica
Collar bear	Ursus thibetanus
Kulan	Equus hemionus kulan
lama	Lama glama
leopard	Panthera pardus
lion	Panthera leo
Barbary sheep	Ammotragus lervia
mandrill	Mandrillus sphinx
Mantled Baboon	Papio hamadryas
Egyptian bat	Rousettus aegyptiacus
deer	Capreolus capreolus
Rhesus monkey	Macaca mulatta
Pipe cat	Felis chaus
Black and white vari	Varecia variegata
Serval	Leptailurus serval
Siberian ibex	Capra sibirica
Sika deer	Cervus nippon
Syrian brown bear	Ursus arctos syriacus
Trample	Camelus ferus
Spotted hyena	Crocuta crocuta
Wolf and Yukon Wolf	Canis lupus and Canis lupus pambasileus

Reptiles

Art	Scientific name	photo
Armenian mountain otter	Montivipera raddei
Armenian tortoise	Testudo graeca armeniaca
Green iguana	Iguana iguana
Imperial boa	Boa constrictor imperator
Caspian brook turtle	Mauremys caspica
Ball python	Python regius
Reticulated python	Malayopython reticulatus
Nile crocodile	Crocodylus niloticus
Northern Madagascar boa	Acrantophis madagascariensis
Northern rock python	Python sebae
Rainbow boa	Epicrates cenchria
Red eared slider turtle	Trachemys scripta elegans
Spurred tortoise	Centrochelys sulcata
Light tiger python	Python molurus
Western sand boa	Eryx jaculus