page_title: Nordens Ark
section_title: Animals
hierarchical_section_title: Nordens Ark / Animals
caption_attribution_description: English: Wolverine Svenska: En sv:järv på sv:Nordens Ark
context_page_description: Nordens Ark is a zoo located on the 383-hectare Åby Manor in Bohuslän, Sweden. Nordens Ark was opened in 1989 and is operated by the Nordens Ark Foundation. Nordens Ark is on the west coast of Sweden, not far from the border with Norway. Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, was appointed as Nordens Ark Supreme Protector in 1989.
  Nordens Ark has been a member of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria since 1992 and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums since 1994.
  Nordens Ark is open to visitors every day of the year and receives around 100,000 visitors per annum.
context_section_description: The Farm (native breeds)
  Bohuslän-dal black poultry
  Dala sheep
  Mountain cattle
  Gotland rabbit
  Gotlandsruss
  Gute sheep
  Jämtland goat
  Linderöd pig
  The Nordic bee
  Nordsvensk horse
  Orust poultry
  Polled cattle
  Swedish blue duck
  Longwool sheep
  Öland goose
  The wild zoo
  Amur leopard
  Amur tiger
  Eurasian eagle owl
  Bald ibis
  European wild cat
  Lesser fronted goose
  Snowy owl
  White-naped crane
  Red-crowned crane
  Wolverine
  Great grey owl
  Eurasian lynx
  Maned wolf
  Red panda
  Peregrine falcon
  Przewalski horse
  European forest reindeer
  Tadjiik markhor
  Ural owl
  Rocky mountain goat
  Snow leopard
  Pudu
  Tadjiikistan urial sheep
  Eurasian otter
  Grey wolf
  White-backed woodpecker
  White stork
  Reptiles, amphibians, and invertebrates
  Giant marine toad
  Bamboo tree frog
  European pond tortoise
  Wels catfish
  Gotland grass snake
  Green toad
  Yellow-banded poison arrow frog
  Pool frog
  Smooth snake
  Adder
  Red-necked pond turtle
  European fire-bellied toad
  Agile frog
  Common toad
  Annam leaf turtle
  Moor frog
  Edible toad
  European tree frog
  Smooth newt
  Carvalho’s Surinam toad
  Sand lizard
  Viviparous lizard
  Grass snake
  Natterjack toad
  Giant day gecko
  Great crested newt
  Common frog
caption: A wolverine at the park
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