Halls Gap Zoo is a country zoo located about from Halls Gap, Victoria, Australia. It is Victoria's largest regional zoo, holding over 120 native and exotic species.
History Halls Gap Zoo was originally opened in the early 1980s as Wallaroo Wildlife Park. The new owners in 1998 opened the gates as the Halls Gap Wildlife Park & Zoo. It was sold to the current owners in December 2007 and is now operating as the Halls Gap Zoo.
Animals The Zoo has a mixture of about 120 native and exotic species. The native animals at the zoo include kangaroos, emus, wombats, dingoes and wallabies. Exotic animals at the zoo include bison, monkeys, deer, giraffes, ostriches and cheetahs. There are also a variety of reptiles (including saltwater crocodiles) and birds at the zoo.
Birds
African firefinch Australian barn owl Australian wood duck Black swan Black-headed caique Black-winged stilt Blue-and-gold macaw Blue peafowl Brolga Bush stone-curlew Canada goose Chattering lory Chinese goose Common ostrich Diamond firetail Dusky lory Eclectus parrot Egyptian goose Emu Galah Green-winged macaw Golden pheasant Helmeted guineafowl Major Mitchell's cockatoo Mandarin duck Orange-bellied parrot Peaceful dove Rainbow lorikeet Red bishop weaver Red junglefowl Red-tailed black cockatoo Rose-crowned fruit dove Scarlet macaw Southern boobook St Helena waxbill Sulphur-crested cockatoo Sun conure Turquoise-fronted amazon Wedge-tailed eagle White-browed woodswallow Yellow-tailed black cockatoo Zebra finch
Mammals
American bison Asian small-clawed otter Bare-nosed wombat Barbary sheep Black-and-white ruffed lemur Black-capped capuchin monkey Black-handed spider monkey Brush-tailed bettong Brush-tailed rock wallaby Cheetah Common marmoset Cotton-top tamarin Dingo Emperor tamarin Fallow deer Giraffe Golden lion tamarin Himalayan tahr Hog deer Kangaroo Island kangaroo Meerkat Pygmy marmoset Quokka Red panda Red-necked wallaby Red-rumped agouti Ring-tailed lemur Rusa deer Serval Southern hairy-nosed wombat Southern white rhinoceros Spotted-tailed quoll Swamp wallaby Tammar wallaby Tasmanian devil Wapiti deer Yellow-footed rock wallaby
The zoo also keeps several domestic mammals: donkeys, goats, guinea pigs, pig, ponies, Scottish highland cattle and Texas longhorn cattle.
Reptiles
American alligator Blotched blue-tongued lizard Boyd's forest dragon Burmese python Central bearded dragon Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink Eastern blue-tongued lizard Eastern water dragon Gidgee spiny-tailed skink Gila monster Green iguana Indian star tortoise Lace monitor Merten's water monitor Perentie Pig-nosed turtle Red-tailed boa constrictor Rosenberg's monitor Saltwater crocodile
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