page_title: Cologne Zoological Garden
section_title: Notable exhibits
hierarchical_section_title: Cologne Zoological Garden / Notable exhibits
caption_attribution_description: Marlar und Moma
context_page_description: The Aktiengesellschaft Cologne Zoological Garden is the zoo of Cologne, Germany. It features over 10,000 animals of more than 850 species on more than 20 hectares. The internationally renowned zoo with an attached aquarium and invertebrate exhibit is active in preservational breeding of animals that are in danger of becoming extinct. In addition, in-the-wild conservation efforts and research focussing on animals of Madagascar, Wallacea, and Vietnam are actively promoted and supported via cooperation with Cologne University and local projects, such as in the case of Przewalski's horses.
  The zoo was founded in 1860. The world wars led to a phase of stagnation, and the zoo had to close for two years entirely, after virtually being destroyed in World War II. It reopened in 1947; the aquarium was added in 1971. In 1985, the large primate house, one of the main attractions, was opened. Today, the zoo also features a free-flight rainforest hall with free-ranging birds and reptiles opened in 2000, a large elephant park, a house for hippos with great underwater views and, and as the latest addition, a farm with rare native species and petting zoo.
context_section_description: Rainforest hall - since 2000
  Asian elephant park
  Hippodom - hall for hippos, crocodiles and aardvarks in the form of a replica of an African river landscape
  farm with rare native cultivated animals and petting zoo for children
  Madagascar House with rare lemurs
  Aquarium with a huge variety of reptiles, fishes and insects
  Great ape section
  Meerkat paddock
  Mammals
  Persian onager (Equus hemionus onager)
  Bactrian camel (Camelus bactrianus)
  European otter (Lutra lutra)
  Slender-tailed meerkat (Suricata suricatta)
  Aardvarks (Orycteropus afer)
  Raccoon(Procyon lotor)
  South African cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus)
  Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus)
  Grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis)
  Red panda (Ailurus fulgens)
  Howler monkey (Alouatta seniculus)
  Golden-bellied capuchin (Cebus xanthosternos)
  Golden lion tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia)
  Red-handed tamarin (Saguinus midas)
  Rock cavy (Kerodon rupestris)
  South American tapir (Tapirus terrestris)
  Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)
  Asiatic lion (Panthera leo persica)
  Siberian tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)
  Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
  White-faced saki (Pithecia pithecia)
  Hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas)
  Grévy's zebra (Equus grevyi)
  Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor)
  Snow leopard (Panthera uncia)
  Sugar glider (Petaurus breviceps)
  Oriental small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinerea)
  Rodrigues fruit bat (Pteropus rodricensis)
  Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar)
  Matschie's tree-kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei)
  Western lowland gorilla (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)
  Mantled guereza (Colobus guereza)
  Red-shanked douc (Pygathrix nemaeus)
  Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
  Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)
  Lion-tailed macaque (Macaca silenus)
  Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
  Banteng (Bos javanicus)
  California sea lion (Zalophus californianus)
  Przewalski's horse (Equus ferus przewalskii)
  Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra)
  American bison (Bison bison)
  Muskox (Ovibos moschatus)
  Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
  Reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)
  Ring-tailed mongoose (Galidia elegans)
  Greater bamboo lemur (Prolemur simus)
  Black-and-white ruffed lemur (Varecia variegata)
  Red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
  Sclater's lemur (Eulemur flavifrons)
  Red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
  Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
  Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
  Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii)
  Southern pudu (Pudu puda)
  Birds
  Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus)
  American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)
  White stork (Ciconia ciconia)
  Yellow-billed duck (Anas undulata)
  Great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus)
  Ostrich (Struthio camelus)
  Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis)
  Green turaco (Tauraco persa)
  Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)
  Great hornbill  (Buceros bicornis)
  Palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus)
  Bali starling (Leucopsar rothschildi)
  Papuan lorikeet (Charmosyna papou)
  Java sparrow (Padda oryzivora)
  Southern screamer (Chauna torquata)
  Siberian crane (Grus leucogeranus)
  Pied avocet  (Recurvirostra avosetta)
  Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus)
  Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
  Scarlet ibis  (Eudocimus ruber)
  Roseate spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)
  Common crane (Grus grus)
  Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
  Black stork (Ciconia nigra)
  + many more smaller birds
caption: Mother Marlar and Moma born 2017
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