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(; ), officially Rotterdam Zoo, is a zoo located in the northwestern part of
Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , ; ; ) is the second-largest List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam. It is in the Provinces of the Netherlands, province of South Holland, part of the North S ...
. It is one of the oldest zoos in the
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, and has been operated by the ("Royal Rotterdam Zoo Foundation"). Divided into several zoogeographic regions, the Blijdorp Zoo boasts 562 species. It also has a shop, multiple cafes, and an information centre. The zoo is a member of the Dutch Zoo Federation and the
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. In 2007, it celebrated its 150th anniversary.


History

In 1855, a garden was set up for pheasants and waterfowl in the center of Rotterdam, near the Kruiskade. It was a success and on May 18, 1857, the 'Rotterdamsche Diergaarde' was opened as a sequel. The first director was the animal trainer Henri Martin. The same year the 'Vereniging Rotterdamsche Diergaarde' was founded. In 1932 it was decided to reorganize the zoo. In 1937 it was decided to move the zoo to a new location. The zoo exchanged land with the municipality: the municipality received part of the old zoo for free, the rest they had to pay for. In exchange, the zoo became the owner of two-thirds of a new site in the Blijdorp district, while one-third of the new site had to be leased at one guilder. On October 26, 1938, the 'Vereniging' was dissolved, and the 'Rotterdamsche Diergaarde Foundation' was established. The Rotterdam Zoo moved to its new location prior to the bombing of Rotterdam in World War II, which destroyed most of the city centre. The original zoo had been heavily damaged in a bombing two days prior to the Blitz, but it had not been touched by the main bombardment on May 14, 1940. Some street names, such as (‘Zoo Lane’), still recall the old zoo. The new zoo at Blijdorp was rebuilt slightly to the north, where it opened to the public in its current location on December 7, 1940. The new zoo was designed by Dutch architect Sybold van Ravesteyn, who designed the central railway station of Rotterdam as well. In 2001, Blijdorp became almost twice as large when it opened a new western part, which includes the
Oceanium The Oceanium is a public aquarium that opened in 2001 in Diergaarde Blijdorp, a zoo in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The Oceanium lies in the expansion area of the zoo, which includes a new entrance and parking area, and was the biggest project to da ...
aquarium. In 2007, the zoo was declared a . In May 2007 the zoo appeared in the news when Bokito, Blijdorp's silverback gorilla, escaped from his enclosure and seriously injured a female visitor. Before the attack, the woman was a regular visitor of the zoo (on average 4 times per week) and claimed to have a special bond with Bokito, regularly touching the glass between her and the gorilla, making eye contact with him and smiling at him. In October 2010, the city of Rotterdam decided to reduce its yearly funding of Blijdorp from nearly 4.5 to about 0.8 million euro until 2015. The zoo and its supporters protested the decision, claiming it is unclear if the zoo can continue to operate with the reduced budget. In March 2014, the zoo made headlines when a giraffe licked a former zoo cleaner whose last wish was to revisit the zoo, as he was dying of terminal brain cancer. The video went viral worldwide quickly. In 2019 a conservation centre (Dutch:''Natuurbehoudscentrum'') was opened with the first animals being Lesser Antillean iguanas brought over from a plane from
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with Dutch prime minister
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.


Breeding programs

Diergaarde Blijdorp participates in about 70 breeding programs and
studbook A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry, the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. Animals are usually registered by their breeders w ...
s, and coordinates a number of these, including the international breeding program for
red panda The red panda (''Ailurus fulgens''), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzz ...
s, EEPs for
Asian elephant The Asian elephant (''Elephas maximus''), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living ''Elephas'' species. It is the largest living land animal in Asia and the second largest living Elephantidae, elephantid in the world. It is char ...
,
Komodo dragon The Komodo dragon (''Varanus komodoensis''), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo (island), Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasami, and Gili ...
, red-crowned and Siberian crane, Visayan warty pig and Egyptian tortoise, and the ESB (European Studbook) for the crowned pigeons.


Botanical garden

Blijdorp also houses a
botanical garden A botanical garden or botanic gardenThe terms ''botanic'' and ''botanical'' and ''garden'' or ''gardens'' are used more-or-less interchangeably, although the word ''botanic'' is generally reserved for the earlier, more traditional gardens. is ...
and manages both the Dutch National Bromelia Collection and the Dutch National ''
Primula ''Primula'' () is a genus of herbaceous plant, herbaceous flowering plants in the family (biology), family Primulaceae. They include the primrose (''Primula vulgaris, P. vulgaris''), a familiar wildflower of banks and verges. Other common specie ...
'' Collection.


Oceanium

The Oceanium is an aquarium that opened in the zoo in 2001. The Oceanium lies in the expansion area of the zoo, which includes a new entrance and parking area, and was the biggest project to date for the zoo. The area around the Oceanium was home to projects depicting
the Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.'' Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sin ...
. However since 2020, Blijdorp wanted to designate this area to tropical Africa.


Animal list


Asia

; Chinese Garden: * Tufted deer (''Elaphodus cephalophus'') * François' langur (''Trachypithecus francoisi'') *
Eurasian otter The Eurasian otter (''Lutra lutra''), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and the Maghreb. The most widely distributed member o ...
(''Lutra lutra'') ; The
Amur The Amur River () or Heilong River ( zh, s=黑龙江) is a perennial river in Northeast Asia, forming the natural border between the Russian Far East and Northeast China (historically the Outer Manchuria, Outer and Inner Manchuria). The Amur ...
: * Greater flamingo (''Phoenicopterus roseus'') *
White stork The white stork (''Ciconia ciconia'') is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to en ...
(''Ciconia ciconia'') * Amur leopard (''Panthera pardus orientalis'') * Northern hawk-owl (''Surnia ulula'') *
Dalmatian pelican The Dalmatian pelican (''Pelecanus crispus''), also known as the curly-headed pelican, is the largest member of the pelican family and among the heaviest flying birds in the world. With a wingspan typically ranging between 2.7 and 3.2 meters (8.9� ...
(''Pelecanus crispus'') * Great cormorant (''Phalacrocorax carbo'') ; Malaysian Forest Edge & Asia House: * Visayan warty pig (''Sus cebifrons'') * Visayan spotted deer (''Cervus alfredi'') * Lion-tailed macaque (''Macaca silenus'') * Fishing cat (''Prionailurus viverrinus'') *
Banteng The banteng (''Bos javanicus''; ), also known as tembadau, is a species of wild Bovinae, bovine found in Southeast Asia. The head-and-body length is between . Wild banteng are typically larger and heavier than their Bali cattle, domesticated ...
(''Bos javanicus'') *
Blackbuck The blackbuck (''Antilope cervicapra''), also known as the Indian antelope, is a medium-sized antelope native to India and Nepal. It inhabits grassy plains and lightly forested areas with perennial water sources. It stands up to high at the sh ...
(''Antilope cervicapra'') * Wreathed hornbill (''Aceros undulatus'') * Indian eagle-owl (''Bubo bengalensis'') *
Bali myna The Bali myna (''Leucopsar rothschildi''), also known as Rothschild's mynah, Bali starling, or Bali mynah, locally known as jalak Bali, is a medium-sized (up to long), stocky myna, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, and black tip ...
(''Leucopsar rothschildi'') * Crested partridge (''Rollulus rouloul'') * Black-naped fruit dove (''Ptilinopus melanospilus'') * Roti Island snake-necked turtle (''Chelodina mccordi'') * Amboina box turtle (''Cuora amboinensis'') *
Komodo dragon The Komodo dragon (''Varanus komodoensis''), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo (island), Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasami, and Gili ...
(''Varanus komodoensis'') * Indian cobra (''Naja naja'') ; Asian Swamp: * White-naped crane (''Grus vipio'') *
Demoiselle crane The demoiselle crane (''Grus virgo'') is a species of crane found in central Eurosiberia, ranging from the Black Sea to Mongolia and Northeast China. There is also a small breeding population in Turkey. These cranes are migratory birds. Birds f ...
(''Anthropoides virgo'') * Sulawesi crested macaque (''Macaca nigra'') * Little egret (''Egretta garzetta'') * Black-headed ibis (''Threskiornis melanocephalus'') * Painted stork (''Mycteria leucocephala'') * Milky stork (''Mycteria cinerea'') * Woolly-necked stork (''Ciconia episcopus'') * Black-crowned night heron (''Nycticorax nycticorax'') * Pied imperial pigeon (''Ducula bicolor'') * Fulvous whistling duck (''Dendrocygna bicolor'') * Green peafowl (''Pavo muticus'') ; Mongolian Steppe: *
Bactrian camel The Bactrian camel (''Camelus bactrianus''), also known as the Mongolian camel, domestic Bactrian camel or two-humped camel, is a camel native to the steppes of Central Asia. It has two humps on its back, in contrast to the single-humped drome ...
(''Camelus bactrianus'') *
Pallas's cat The Pallas's cat (''Otocolobus manul''), also known as the manul, is a small wild cat with long and dense light grey fur, and rounded ears set low on the sides of the head. Its head-and-body length ranges from with a long bushy tail. It is w ...
(''Otocolobus manul'') ; Taman Indah: *
Indian rhinoceros The Indian rhinoceros (''Rhinoceros unicornis''), also known as the greater one-horned rhinoceros, great Indian rhinoceros or Indian rhino, is a species of rhinoceros found in the Indian subcontinent. It is the second largest living rhinocer ...
(''Rhinoceros unicornis'') *
Asian elephant The Asian elephant (''Elephas maximus''), also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living ''Elephas'' species. It is the largest living land animal in Asia and the second largest living Elephantidae, elephantid in the world. It is char ...
(''Elephas maximus'') *
Indian python The Indian python (''Python molurus'') is a large Pythonidae, python species native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is also known by the common names black-tailed python, Indian rock python, ...
(''Python molurus'') * Malayan tapir (''Tapirus indicus'') ; Tiger Creek: *
Sumatran tiger The Sumatran tiger is a population of ''Panthera tigris sondaica'' on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It is the only surviving tiger population in the Sunda Islands, where the Bali tiger, Bali and Javan tigers are extinct. DNA sequencing, Sequ ...
(''Panthera tigris sondaica'') ; Other animals: *
Red panda The red panda (''Ailurus fulgens''), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has dense reddish-brown fur with a black belly and legs, white-lined ears, a mostly white muzz ...
(''Ailurus fulgens fulgens'')


Europe

* Finnish forest reindeer (''Rangifer tarandus fennicus'')


Africa

; Gorilla exhibit: *
Western lowland gorilla The western lowland gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla gorilla'') is one of two Critically Endangered subspecies of the western gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla'') that lives in Montane ecosystems#Montane forests, montane, Old-growth forest, primary and sec ...
(''Gorilla gorilla gorilla'') * Black and rufous elephant shrew (''Rhynchocyon petersi'') ; Congo: * Crested guinea fowl (''Guttera pucherani'') * Guinea turaco (''Tauraco persa'') *
Okapi The okapi (; ''Okapia johnstoni''), also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe and zebra giraffe, is an artiodactyl mammal that is endemic to the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. However, non-invasive gen ...
(''Okapia johnstoni'') * Red river hog (''Potamochoerus porcus'') * Eastern bongo (''Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci'') * Northern carmine bee-eater (''Merops nubicus'') * Several other bird species ; Savanna: *
Reticulated giraffe The reticulated giraffe (''Giraffa reticulata'' or ''Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata'') is a species/subspecies of giraffe native to the Horn of Africa. It is differentiated from other types of giraffe by its coat, which consists of large, p ...
(''Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata'') *
Chapman's zebra Chapman's zebra (''Equus quagga chapmani''), named after explorer James Chapman (explorer), James Chapman, is a subspecies of the plains zebra from southern Africa. Chapman's zebra are native to savannas and similar habitats of north-east South ...
(''Equus quagga chapmani'') *
Greater kudu The greater kudu (''Tragelaphus strepsiceros'') is a large woodland antelope, found throughout East Africa, eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory (animal), territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas d ...
(''Tragelaphus strepsiceros'') *
Common ostrich The common ostrich (''Struthio camelus''), or simply ostrich, is a species of flightless bird native to certain areas of Africa. It is one of two extant species of ostriches, the only living members of the genus ''Struthio'' in the ratite group ...
(''Struthio camelus'') *
Marabou stork The marabou stork (''Leptoptilos crumenifer'') is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae native to sub-Saharan Africa. It breeds in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially landfill sites. It is sometim ...
(''Leptoptilos crumeniferus'') * Hamerkop (''Scopus umbretta'') *
Grey crowned crane The grey crowned crane or gray crowned crane (''Balearica regulorum''), also known as the African crowned crane, golden crested crane, golden crowned crane, East African crane, East African crowned crane, African crane, Eastern crowned crane, ...
(''Balearica regulorum'') * White-backed vulture (''Gyps africanus'') * Rüppell's vulture (''Gyps rueppellii'') * White-headed vulture (''Trigonoceps occipitalis'') * Hooded vulture (''Necrosyrtes monachus'') *
Spotted hyena The spotted hyena (''Crocuta crocuta''), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus ''Crocuta'', native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is listed as being of least concern by the IUC ...
(''Crocuta crocuta'') *
Serval The serval (''Leptailurus serval'') is a wild small cat native to Africa. It is widespread in sub-Saharan countries, where it inhabits grasslands, wetlands, moorlands and bamboo thickets. Across its range, it occurs in protected areas, and ...
(''Leptailurus serval'') * Yellow mongoose (''Cynictis penicillata'') * Black-headed weaver (''Ploceus melanocephalus'') ; Crocodile river: *
Nile crocodile The Nile crocodile (''Crocodylus niloticus'') is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the eastern, southern, and ce ...
(''Crocodylus niloticus'') * West African slender-snouted crocodile (''Crocodylus cataphractus'') * Sudan plated lizard (''Broadleysaurus major'') * African spurred tortoise (''Geochelone sulcata'') * Pancake tortoise (''Malacochersus tornieri'') *
Rock hyrax The rock hyrax (; ''Procavia capensis''), also called dassie, Cape hyrax, rock rabbit, and (from some interpretations of a word used in the King James Bible) coney, is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal native to Africa and the Middle East. Common ...
(''Procavia capensis'') ; Others: * Western plantain-eater (''Crinifer piscator'') * Superb starling (''Lamprotornis superbus'') * Crowned lapwing (''Vanellus coronatus'') *
Pygmy hippopotamus The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (''Choeropsis liberiensis'') is a small Hippopotamidae, hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Co ...
(''Hexaprotodon liberiensis'') *
Black rhinoceros The black rhinoceros (''Diceros bicornis''), also called the black rhino or the hooked-lip rhinoceros, is a species of rhinoceros native to East Africa, East and Southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Moza ...
(''Diceros bicornis'') * Mhorr gazelle (''Nanger dama mhorr'') * Gelada (''Theropithecus gelada'')


Rivièrahal

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Toco toucan The toco toucan (''Ramphastos toco'') is a species of bird in the toucan Family (biology), family Ramphastidae. It is the largest species of toucan and has a distinctive appearance, with a black body, a white throat, chest and uppertail-Covert ( ...
(''Ramphastos toco'')


South America

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Vicuña The vicuña (''Lama vicugna'') or vicuna (both , very rarely spelled ''vicugna'', Vicugna, its former genus name) is one of the two wild South American camelids, which live in the high alpine tundra, alpine areas of the Andes; the other cameli ...
(''Vicugna vicugna'') * Darwin's rhea (''Rhea pennata'') * Southern pudu (''Pudu puda'')


North America

; Prairie: *
Plains bison The plains bison (''Bison bison bison'') is one of two subspecies/ecotypes of the American bison, the other being the wood bison (''B. b. athabascae''). A natural population of plains bison survives in Yellowstone National Park (the Yellowstone P ...
(''Bison bison bison'') * Black-tailed prairie dog (''Cynomys ludovicianus'') ; Arctica: *
Polar bear The polar bear (''Ursus maritimus'') is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can Hybrid (biology), interbreed. The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear ...
(''Ursus maritimus'') *
Arctic fox The Arctic fox (''Vulpes lagopus''), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Tundra#Arctic tundra, Arctic tundra biome. I ...
(''Vulpes lagopus'') *
Steller's sea eagle Steller's sea eagle (''Haliaeetus pelagicus''), also known as the Pacific sea eagle or white-shouldered eagle, is a very large Diurnality, diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It was described first by Peter Simon Pallas in 1811. No ...
(''Haliaeetus pelagicus'') *
Raccoon The raccoon ( or , ''Procyon lotor''), sometimes called the North American, northern or common raccoon (also spelled racoon) to distinguish it from Procyonina, other species of raccoon, is a mammal native to North America. It is the largest ...
(''Procyon lotor'')


Oceanium

; Bass Rock: *
Atlantic puffin The Atlantic puffin ('), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family (biology), family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; two related species, the tufted puffin and the horned puffin being found ...
(''Fratercula arctica'') * Common guillemot (''Uria aalge'') * Black-legged kittiwake (''Rissa tridactyla'') * Common eider (''Somateria mollissima'') ; North Sea: * European lobster (''Homarus gammarus'') * Nursehound (''Scyliorhinus stellaris'') * Small-spotted catshark (''Scyliorhinus canicula'') * Blonde ray (''Raja brachyura'') * Thornback ray (''Raja clavata'') *
Herring Herring are various species of forage fish, belonging to the Order (biology), order Clupeiformes. Herring often move in large Shoaling and schooling, schools around fishing banks and near the coast, found particularly in shallow, temperate wate ...
(''Clupeus harengus'') * Atlantic mackerel (''Scomber scombrus'') * Thicklip grey mullet (''Chelon labrosus'') *Different species of
wrasse The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine ray-finned fish, many of which are brightly colored. The family is large and diverse, with over 600 species in 81 genera, which are divided into nine subgroups or tribes. They are typically small, ...
; Atlantic Ocean: * Nurse shark (''Ginglymostoma cirratum'') *
Green sea turtle The green sea turtle (''Chelonia mydas''), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Chelonia''. Its range exte ...
(''Chelonia mydas'') *
Hawksbill sea turtle The hawksbill sea turtle (''Eretmochelys imbricata'') is a critically endangered sea turtle belonging to the family Cheloniidae. It is the only extant species in the genus ''Eretmochelys''. The species has a global distribution that is largel ...
(''Eretmochelys imbricata'') * Southern stingray (''Dasyatis americana'') *
Great barracuda ''Sphyraena barracuda'', commonly known as the great barracuda, is a species of barracuda, a genus of 27 species of large ray-finned fish found in subtropical oceans worldwide. In its natural habitat, the great barracuda is an apex predator. D ...
(''Sphyraena barracuda'') *
Atlantic tarpon The Atlantic tarpon (''Megalops atlanticus'') is a ray-finned fish that inhabits coastal waters, estuary, estuaries, lagoons, and rivers. It is also known as the silver king. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean, typically in tropical and subtropica ...
(''Megalops atlanticus'') ; Caribbean: * Green moray eel (''Gymnothorax funebris'') * Scribbled filefish (''Aluterus scriptus'') * Slender seahorse (''Hippocampus reidi'') ; The Antilles: * Desmarest's hutia (''Capromys pilorides'') * Plumed basilisk (''Basiliscus plumifrons'') *
Red-bellied piranha The red-bellied piranha, also known as the red piranha (''Pygocentrus nattereri''), is a Type (biology), type of piranha native to South America, found in the Amazon basin, Amazon, Paraguay River, Paraguay, Paraná River, Paraná and Essequibo Ri ...
(''Pygocentrus nattereri'') * Black pacu (''Colossoma macropomum'') * Cuvier's dwarf caiman (''Paleosuchus palpebrosus'') * Cownose ray (''Rhinoptera bonasus'') ;
Falklands The Falkland Islands (; ), commonly referred to as The Falklands, is an archipelago in the South Atlantic Ocean on the Patagonian Shelf. The principal islands are about east of South America's southern Patagonian coast and from Cape Du ...
: *
King penguin The king penguin (''Aptenodytes patagonicus'') is the second largest species of penguin, smaller than but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin. King penguins mainly eat lanternfish, squid, and krill. On foraging trips, king pen ...
(''Aptenodytes patagonica'') * Gentoo penguin (''Pygoscelis papua'') ; Galápagos: * Galapagos giant tortoise (''Geochelone nigra'') ; Sea of Cortez: *
Gila monster The Gila monster (''Heloderma suspectum'', ) is a species of venomous lizard native to the Southwestern United States and the northwestern Mexico, Mexican state of Sonora. It is a heavy, slow-moving reptile, up to long, and it is the only ve ...
(''Heloderma suspectum'') * Colorado River toad (''Bufo alvarius'') *
Fire salamander The fire salamander (''Salamandra salamandra'') is a common species of salamander found in Europe. It is black with yellow spots or stripes to a varying degree; some specimens can be nearly completely black while on others the yellow is dominant ...
(''Salamandra salamandra'') *Fish


Other animals

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Asiatic lion The Asiatic lion is a lion population of the subspecies ''Panthera leo leo''. Until the 19th century, it occurred in Saudi Arabia, eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesopotamia, and from east of the Indus River in Pakistan to the Bengal region and the Narm ...
(''Panthera leo persica'') *
Meerkat The meerkat (''Suricata suricatta'') or suricate is a small mongoose found in southern Africa. It is characterised by a broad head, large eyes, a pointed snout, long legs, a thin tapering tail, and a brindled coat pattern. The head-and-body ...
(''Suricata suricatta'') * Swamp wallaby (''Wallabia bicolor'')


Notes


See also

* Henk Zwartepoorte


External links

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