Zoo Taiping

Zoo in Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak, Malaysia

Zoo Taiping

4°51′14″N 100°44′0″E﻿ / ﻿4.85389°N 100.73333°E﻿ / 4.85389; 100.73333
Location| Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Land area| 34 acres (14 ha)
No. of animals| 1500
No. of species| 180
Memberships| SEAZA[1]
Website| zootaiping.gov.my

The Zoo Taiping (English: Taiping Zoo) is a zoological park located at Bukit Larut, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia. Established in 1961, is the only zoo in northern Malaysia.[2][3][4]

It is one of the major zoological parks in Malaysia. It covers 36 acres (15 ha) and exhibits 1300 animals representing 180 species of fishes, birds, mammals, and reptiles.[5] In 2003, the zoo established a night safari, opening again at nighttime hours.[6]

## Animals

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The zoo has a collection of 1500 animals from 140 species. It also houses the largest number of stump-tailed macaques in Malaysia, which is thirteen, compared to six at Zoo Negara and five at Malacca Zoo.[7]

Some of the animals in the zoo include:[8]

Mammals

* African lion
* Agile gibbon
* Agile wallaby
* Angola colobus
* Asian elephant
* Asian golden cat
* Asian palm civet
* Asian small-clawed otter
* Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine
* Axis deer
* Banded linsang
* Banded palm civet
* Bawean deer
* Binturong
* Black panther
* Bornean bearded pig
* Bornean orangutan
* Brown lemur
* Chimpanzee
* Clouded leopard
* Common eland
* Common hippopotamus
* Common marmoset
* Dhole
* Dromedary camel
* Flat headed cat
* Gaur
* Gemsbok
* Indian muntjac
* Island flying fox
* Javan mongoose
* Large flying fox
* Large Indian civet
* Large spotted genet
* Lechwe
* Leopard cat
* Lesser mouse-deer
* Mainland serow
* Malayan porcupine
* Malayan tapir
* Malayan tiger
* Mandrill
* Marbled cat
* Masked palm civet
* Nilgai
* Nyala
* Plains zebra
* Proboscis monkey
* Red-handed tamarin
* Red hartebeest
* Sambar deer
* Serval
* Short-nosed fruit bat
* Siamang
* Smooth-coated otter
* Southern giraffe
* Southern white rhinoceros
* Spectral tarsier
* Spotted hyena
* Springbok
* Stump-tailed macaque
* Sun bear
* Sunda slow loris
* Western gorilla
* White-handed gibbon
* Wild boar

Birds

* African spoonbill
* American flamingo
* Barred eagle-owl
* Baya weaver
* Black-naped oriole
* Black swan
* Blue-and-yellow macaw
* Blue-crowned hanging parrot
* Brown pelican
* Budgerigar
* Buffy fish owl
* Cattle egret
* Common hill myna
* Common ostrich
* Demoiselle crane
* Emu
* Eurasian griffon vulture
* Greater flamingo
* Great hornbill
* Great white pelican
* Green peafowl
* Grey crowned crane
* Helmeted guineafowl
* Lesser whistling duck
* Lovebirds
* Milky stork
* Mute swan
* Nicobar pigeon
* Night heron
* Red junglefowl
* Rhinoceros hornbill
* Roseate spoonbill
* Scarlet ibis
* Southern cassowary
* Southern ground hornbill
* Spotted wood owl
* Striated heron
* Trumpeter swan
* White-backed vulture
* White-headed munia
* Whooper swan

Reptiles

* African spurred tortoise
* Burmese python
* Dwarf crocodile
* Emerald tree boa
* False gharial
* Gaboon viper
* Green iguana
* Reticulated python
* Rhinoceros iguana
* Saltwater crocodile

Fish

* African sharptooth catfish
* Arapaima
* Arawana
* Giant snakehead
* Mozambique tilapia
* Tinfoil barb

## References

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1. ^ "SEAZA Membership List". seaza.org. SEAZA. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
2. ^ Seong, Mak Yim (15 December 2004). "Consolidate Taiping Zoo with Zoo Negara". The Star: Kuala Lumpur.
3. ^ "Sister Zoo for Taiping Zoo Planned". (27 October 2004). Sarawak Tribune. Bernama News Services.
4. ^ The Department of Veterinary Services, Perak, Jabatan Perkhidmatan Haiwan, Perak.
5. ^ About the Zoo --About Us
6. ^ Night Safari --Night Safari Main
7. ^ Stump-Tailed Macaque --The Star
8. ^ "Zoo Taiping".

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