Sydney Zoo is a zoo in Bungarribee in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Zoo is located west of the Sydney central business district (Sydney City Centre). It occupies a site. Sydney Zoo is a member of the Zoos and Aquariums Association of Australia and New Zealand.
Development Sydney Zoo was founded in 2015 with an aim to introduce local and international visitors to a range of animal species from all over the world, while also educating on animal welfare and conservation. The zoo has formed a partnership with the Western Sydney University and TAFE NSW.
Sydney Zoo's senior curatorial and animal acquisition team includes current and former presidents of the NSW Fauna and Marine Parks Association (NSW FMPA) and the current president of the International Congress of Zoos (ICZ).
The zoo is subject to the oversight of government agencies including the Animal Welfare Unit of the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the key zoo industry body in Australasia, the Zoo and Aquarium Association (ZAA). The zoo's social programs include school education programs and aboriginal employment. Specific infrastructure to assist in the delivery of these programs includes veterinary facilities, quarantine facilities, extensive feed preparation and storage areas, an educational amphitheatre and disability access.
Exhibits Sydney Zoo's exhibit sizes exceed NSW Department of Primary Industries standards by an average of 2.6 times. Sydney Zoo includes over 30 exhibits and a variety of animal species both exotic and Australian native kept in different focus precinct alphabetically listed below.
Primate Boulevard
Black-capped capuchin monkey Chimpanzee Hamadryas baboon Ringtailed lemur
Asia
Asian elephant Asian small-clawed otter Red panda Sumatran orangutan Sumatran tiger
Africa
African lion African wild dog Cape porcupine Cheetah Dromedary camel Giraffe Helmeted guineafowl Meerkat Nyala Ostrich Plains zebra Southern white rhinoceros Spotted hyena (Capybara also live in an exhibit in this area of the zoo, albeit actually from South America)
Australia
Common wombat Dingo Emu Kangaroo Island kangaroo Koala Parma wallaby Quokka Red kangaroo Southern cassowary Swamp wallaby Tammar wallaby Tasmanian devil Yellow-footed rock wallaby
Middle Corridor (Australia Building)
Australian green tree frog Centralian knob-tailed gecko Goliath stick insect Green and golden bell frog Magnificent tree frog Northern leaf-tailed gecko Spiny katydid insect Spiny leaf insect
Nocturnal Australia (Australia Building)
Bilby Common ringtail possum Eastern quoll Fat-tailed dunnart Ghost bat Greater stick-nest rat Long-nosed potoroo Spinifex hopping mouse Squirrel glider Yellow-bellied glider
Reptile House (Australia Building)
Australian scrub python Black-headed monitor Boyd's forest dragon Broad-headed snake Burn's dragon Central netted dragon Centralian carpet python Common death adder Diamond carpet python Eastern brown snake Frill necked lizard Gidgee skink Green tree python Heath monitor Inland taipan Lace monitor Mertens' water monitor Perentie Pygmy spiny-tailed skink Red-bellied black snake Rough-scaled python Shingleback skink Tiger snake
Aquarium
Alligator snapping turtle Australian bass Banded rainbowfish Barbour's seahorse Barramundi Bicolour blenny Black phantom tetra Black-axil puller Blacktail humbug Bristlenose catfish Cleaner shrimp Common clownfish Common yabby Coral cardinalfish Crimson-spotted rainbowfish Dusky surgeonfish Dwarf hawkish Eastern long-necked turtle Eastern water dragon Eel-tailed catfish Emperor tetra Fork-tailed catfish Freshwater angelfish Giant glassfish Glowlight tetra Golden perch Golden-head sleeper goby Gulf saratoga Indo-Pacific tarpon Jade perch Leopard wrasse Little penguin Longfin eel Mandarinfish Milkfish Mono Morrison's dragonfish Murray cod Murray River rainbowfish Neon tetra Olive perchlet Orange-spot surgeonfish Pacific blue-eye Peppermint shrimp Pig-nosed turtle Pink anemonefish Red rainbowfish Red-spotted blenny Rummy-nose tetra Saltwater crocodile Sand-sifting sea star Seven-spot archerfish Silver perch Sixline wrasse Snakehead gudgeon Spotted gar Spotted scat Western carp gudgeon Yellow boxfish Yellow coral goby Yellow-eyed mullet Zebra dartfish
Additionally the zoo has VIP closeup encounters offered for Bolivian squirrel monkeys.
See also
Louise Grossfeldt (Sydney Zoo's primates curator) Taronga Zoo Featherdale Wildlife Park
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