Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park

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Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park

30°36′13″N 76°47′34″E﻿ / ﻿30.6036°N 76.7928°E﻿ / 30.6036; 76.7928
Date opened| 1977[1]
Location| Chhat Village, Zirakpur, Punjab, India
Memberships| CZA[2]
Major exhibits| Lion Safari

Chhatbir Zoo (formally Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park), is a zoological park situated close to Zirakpur, India. The zoo was constructed in the 1970s and is home to a large variety of birds, mammals and reptiles.

Lying on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur-Patiala route, this zoo is located about 20 km away from Chandigarh.[3] The zoo was christened as the Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park after then governor of Punjab, Mahendra Chaudhary in 1977. A small number of animals brought from the Guwahati Zoo, Assam. It soon became the largest zoo in Punjab. Chattbir has India's longest walk-in aviary with 300m long walk showcases 32 species of indigenous and exotic birds.[4] The section is made in five different themes included Terrestrial, Rock & Duck, Woodland, Japanese Trail and Rainforest. The zoo is home to 369 mammals, 400 birds and 20 reptiles.[3]

Non-exhaustive list:

Jaguar in the park Elephant in Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park Gharial in Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park Iguana Jaguar Baby Tortoise Black Bear Asiatic Lion Jaguar

* Asian palm civet
* Asiatic lion
* Barasingha
* Bengal fox
* Bengal tiger
* Blackbuck
* Chinkara
* Chital
* Common marmoset
* Four-horned antelope
* Gaur
* Golden jackal
* Hamadryas baboon
* Himalayan black bear
* Himalayan goral
* Hippopotamus
* Indian crested porcupine
* Indian elephant
* Indian leopard
* Indian spotted chevrotain
* Indian wolf
* Jaguar
* Jungle cat
* Leopard cat
* Lion-tailed macaque
* Nilgai
* Northern pig-tailed macaque
* Rhesus macaque
* Sambar deer
* Sloth bear
* Smooth-coated otter
* Striped hyena

* Black swan
* Common ostrich
* Emu
* Indian peafowl
* Java sparrow
* Painted stork
* Rose-ringed parakeet
* Sarus crane
* White stork

* Gharial
* Green iguana
* Indian cobra
* Indian python
* Indian star tortoise
* Mugger crocodile

## References[edit]

1. ^ "List of Zoos in India, from 1800 until now". kuchbhi.com. Kuchbhi. Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
2. ^ "CZA Recognition". Retrieved 22 April 2017.
3. ^ a b "Department of Forests & Wildlife Preservation, Punjab". Retrieved 20 April 2017.
4. ^ India’s longest tour with birds in Chhatbir

## External links[edit]

* Chhatbir Zoo
* "Central Zoo Authority". cza.nic.in. CZA. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
* Chhatbir Zoo at TwistCity
* Chandigarh to Chhatbir Zoo

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