National Zoo & Aquarium

The National Zoo and Aquarium is a privately owned zoo and aquarium in the Australian capital city Canberra. It is located in Yarralumla at the western end of Lake Burley Griffin alongside Scrivener Dam.

The combination of zoo and aquarium is unique to Australia. The zoo has both Australian endemic species and introduced species including the largest collection of big cats in Australia, including, until recently, the only tigon in Australasia.[] The facility is also involved in a number of breeding programs for endangered species. It is also the 2nd zoo in Australia to hold White lions.

The zoo is owned by business-man Richard Tindale.

List of animals

  • a variety of tropical marine and freshwater bony fish including Murray Cod, Queensland Groper, Humphead Maori Wrasse and Green Moray eel.
  • several shark species including black-tip reef shark, tawny nurse shark and brown-banded bamboo shark.
  • several species of reptiles, including shingleback skink, blotched blue-tongue skink, veiled chameleon, green iguana, rhinoceros iguana, Taiwan beauty snake, Reticulated python, Malayan blood python, Olive Python, Boa Constrictor, American alligator and Pig-nosed Turtle.
  • Green-tree frog
  • Brown Bear
  • Sun Bear
  • African lion
  • Sumatran Tiger
  • Bengal Tiger
  • Snow Leopard
  • Cheetah
  • Puma
  • Serval
  • Zebra
  • giraffe
  • common eland
  • Black-capped capuchin
  • Common Marmoset
  • Cotton-top tamarin
  • Black-and-white ruffed lemur
  • Black-and-white Colobus
  • De Brazza's monkey
  • Little Penguin
  • peafowl
  • red panda
  • oriental small-clawed otter
  • Australian animals: dingo, koala, kangaroos including wallaby, emu, tasmanian devil, wombat
  • llama
  • alpaca

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