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Addis Ababa Zoo

Coordinates: 9°02′34.8″N 38°45′43.2″E / 9.043000°N 38.762000°E / 9.043000; 38.762000
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Addis Ababa Zoo
Gate of Addis Abeba Lion Zoo
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9°02′34.8″N 38°45′43.2″E / 9.043000°N 38.762000°E / 9.043000; 38.762000
Date opened1948
LocationAddis Ababa, Ethiopia

Addis Ababa Zoo (Amharic: አንበሳ ጊቢ, romanized: änəbäsa gibi lit. 'lion compound') is a zoological park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

History

Male lion at the zoo

The zoo was founded in 1948 by Emperor Haile Selassie I.[1]

Fauna

The Addis Ababa Zoo keeps apes, lesser kudus, ducks, eagles and tortoises.[2]

Several lions kept in the zoo were found to be genetically similar to wild Central African lions from Cameroon and Chad, but different to captive lions are Sana'a Zoo in Yemen, which were thought to be of Ethiopian origin, and wild lion samples from Ngorongoro and Serengeti National Parks in East Africa, and those of southwestern Africa and India.[1][3] Their extensive dark manes are similar to those of the Barbary and Cape lions.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Bruche, S.; Gusset, M.; Lippold, S.; Barnett, R.; Eulenberger, K.; Junhold, J.; Driscoll, C. A.; Hofreiter, M. (2012). "A genetically distinct lion (Panthera leo) population from Ethiopia". European Journal of Wildlife Research. 59 (2): 215–225. doi:10.1007/s10344-012-0668-5.
  2. ^ Gebrezgabiher, H. (2017). "Ethiopia: Addis Tourism Insight - Know the Public Parks". The Ethiopian Herald. Archived from the original on 2018-05-29. Retrieved 2018-05-29.
  3. ^ "A New, Genetically Distinct Lion Population is Found". News Watch. National Geographic Society. 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2015.
  4. ^ Tefera, M. (2003). "Phenotypic and reproductive characteristics of lions (Panthera leo) at Addis Ababa Zoo". Biodiversity & Conservation. 12 (8): 1629–1639. doi:10.1023/A:1023641629538.


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