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Addis Ababa Zoo( Amharic: አንበሳ ጊቢ, romanized: änəbäsa gibi lit. 'lion compound') is a
The zoo was founded in 1948 by Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Lion Park / Zoo - Addis Ababa : Ethiopia
Addis Ababa Zoos in Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-struct-stub
zoological park
A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.
The term ''zoological garden'' refers to z ...
in Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, ...
, Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the Er ...
.
History
The zoo was founded in 1948 by Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Fauna
The Addis Ababa Zoo keeps apes, lesser kudus, ducks, eagles and tortoises. Severallion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
s kept in the zoo were found to be genetically similar to wild Central Africa
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n lion
The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...
s from Cameroon
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and Chad
Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Repub ...
, but different to captive lions are Sana'a Zoo in Yemen
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, which were thought to be of Ethiopian origin, and wild lion samples from Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Parks in East Africa, and those of southwestern Africa and India
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. Their extensive dark manes are similar to those of the Barbary and Cape lions.
See also
* Drakenstein Lion Park * Rabat Zoo *Khartoum Zoo
The Khartoum Zoo ( ar, حديقة حيوانات الخرطوم, Ḥadīqat al-Ḥaywānāt bir-Khārtoum) was a zoo, zoological park located in Khartoum, Sudan.
History
The zoo was founded at the center of Khartoum in 1901 to house animals given ...
References
External links
Lion Park / Zoo - Addis Ababa : Ethiopia
Addis Ababa Zoos in Ethiopia {{Ethiopia-struct-stub