The Botanical and Zoological Garden of Tsimbazaza (PBZT; ;
) is a zoological and botanical garden in the neighbourhood of
Tsimbazaza in
Antananarivo
Antananarivo (Malagasy language, Malagasy: ; French language, French: ''Tananarive'', ), also known by its colonial shorthand form Tana (), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Madagascar. The administrative area of the city, known ...
,
Madagascar
Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...
, located just north of the
National Assembly of Madagascar
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The Parliament of Madagascar has two chambers. The other ...
building.
It is said to house "the finest collection of
Malagasy wildlife", with several unique species on display. The zoo has a
museum
A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying or Preservation (library and archive), preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects. Many museums have exhibitions of these objects on public display, and some have private colle ...
with collections of tribal carvings and the skeleton of extinct megavertebrates, including an elephant bird, pygmy hippos, and giant lemurs. It also contains Madagascar's largest herbarium (herbarium code TAN) with roughly 80,000 plant specimens.
In November 1989, the
WWF celebrated its tenth year in Madagascar by opening an environmental teaching center at the zoo.
See also
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Madagascar Biodiversity Center
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List of museums in Madagascar
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Lemurs' Park
Lemurs' Park (also known locally as Parc de lémuriens à Madagascar) is a small botanical garden and lemur Game reserve, reserve covering , and is located southwest of Antananarivo, Madagascar. It was founded around 2000 by Laurent Amouric and ...
References
Buildings and structures in Antananarivo
Zoos in Madagascar
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