Mogo Zoo
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Date opened | 17 November 1991 |
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Location | Mogo, New South Wales, AUS |
Coordinates | 35°47′43″S 150°09′33″E / 35.7954°S 150.1592°ECoordinates: 35°47′43″S 150°09′33″E / 35.7954°S 150.1592°E |
Number of animals | 221 |
Number of species | 42 |
Website |
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Mogo Zoo is a small privately owned zoo in Mogo on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia. It is a member of ARAZPA and has had success in breeding programs for endangered species, including the snow leopard, cotton-top tamarin, Black-and-white ruffed lemur, red panda, and Sumatran tiger. It is one of only two zoos in Australia exhibit white lions (the other being the National Zoo and Aquarium in Canberra . Unlike most small Australian zoos, Mogo Zoo focuses on exotic species. It is owned by Sally Padey.[1]
Mogo Zoo exhibits include a small reptile house, a large African savanna, and a series of islands for primate species. The zoo is currently building an exhibit for a pair of chimpanzees that were not wanted in any other zoos in Australia, an act typical of the zoo's propensity for adopting unwanted animals.[1] Until recently it held the only kea in any Australian zoo, and was also the home of the last red-handed tamarin in Australasia. Other previously held species include the little penguin, cougar, and crab-eating macaque.
Species listing
- African lion (including white lion)
- Bengal tiger
- Sumatran tiger
- Silvery gibbon
- Snow leopard
- Serval
- Fennec fox
- Red panda
- Meerkat
- Oriental small-clawed otter
- Ring-tailed lemur
- Black-and-white ruffed lemur
- Pygmy marmoset
- Cotton-top tamarin
- Golden lion tamarin
- Emperor tamarin
- De Brazza's monkey
- Black-handed spider monkey
- White-handed gibbon
- Siamang
- Common chimpanzee
- Brazilian tapir
- Plains zebra
- Fallow deer
- Scimitar oryx
- Giraffe
- Eastern grey kangaroo
- Ostrich
- Boa constrictor
- Burmese python
- Reticulated python
- Green iguana
- Rhinoceros iguana
References
- 1 2 "Mogo Zoo". Archived from the original on 2007-07-01. Retrieved 2007-10-01.