Sydney Zoo

Zoo in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

This article is about the zoo in Western Sydney. For the zoo in Mosman, formerly referred to as Sydney Zoo, see Taronga Zoo Sydney.

Sydney Zoo

Internal view of the zoo

33°47′28″S 150°52′1″E﻿ / ﻿33.79111°S 150.86694°E﻿ / -33.79111; 150.86694
Slogan| A unique animal encounter and educational experience
Date opened| 7 December 2019 (2019-12-07)[1]
Location| Bungarribee, Western Sydney Parklands, Sydney. New South Wales, Australia
Land area| 16.5 hectares (41 acres)
No. of species| 100+
Annual visitors| 800,000 (forecasted estimate)
Memberships| ZAA[2]
Owner| Privately-owned
Management| Jake Burgess (CEO)
Website| sydneyzoo.com

Sydney Zoo is a zoo in Bungarribee in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Sydney Zoo is located 38 kilometres (24 mi) west of the Sydney central business district (Sydney City Centre). It occupies a 16.5-hectare (41-acre) site. Sydney Zoo is a member of the Zoos and Aquariums Association of Australia and New Zealand.[2][3]

## Development

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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.[4]

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).[citation needed]

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.

Photo gallery

* Tiger

* Centralian carpet python

* Dromedary camels

* African lions

* One of the aquarium exhibits at the zoo

* Alligator snapping turtle at feeding time

* Koala

* Capybaras (adult and young)

* Little penguins

* Green tree python

## Exhibits

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Sydney Zoo's exhibit sizes exceed NSW Department of Primary Industries standards by an average of 2.6 times.[citation needed] 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.[5]

Primate Boulevard

* Black-capped capuchin monkey
* Chimpanzee
* Hamadryas baboon
* Ringtailed lemur

Asia

* Asian elephant
* Asian small-clawed otter
* Red panda
* Sumatran orangutan
* 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
* 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

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* New South Wales portal
* Animals portal

* Louise Grossfeldt (Sydney Zoo's primates curator)
* Taronga Zoo
* Featherdale Wildlife Park

## References

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1. ^ Boon, Maxim (25 November 2019). "New Sydney Zoo announces long-awaited opening date". TimeOut. Greater Western Sydney, Australia. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
2. ^ a b "Zoo and Aquarium Association Institutional Members' Directory". zooaquarium.org.au. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
3. ^ "Brand new Sydney Zoo commences construction". Western Sydney Parklands. 13 November 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
4. ^ Evans, Simon (8 November 2017). "Sydney Zoo backers eye ASX listing as western Sydney booms". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
5. ^ "Animals". Sydney Zoo. Retrieved 8 July 2023.

## External links

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* Official website
* Sydney Zoo (n.d.). "Welcome to Sydney Zoo" (PDF). Independent Planning Commission of New South Wales. Government of New South Wales.

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