San Diego Zoo

The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. It is one of the largest zoos in the world with over 4,000 animals of more than 800 species. It is one of the few places in Southern California to feature an arctic landscape.

San Diego Zoo

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File:San Diego Zoo entrance elephant.jpg Entrance to the zoo with an elephant sculpture
Date opened	1915
Location	Balboa Park, San Diego, California, USA
Land area	100 acres (0.4 km²)
Coordinates	32°44′8.508″N 117°9′5.6628″W
Number of animals	4000
Number of species	950
Memberships	AZA
Major exhibits	Absolutely Apes, Monkey Trails, Ituri Forest, Polar Bear Plunge, Giant Panda Research Station, Cat Canyon, Children's Zoo, Reptile Mesa
Website	http://www.sandiegozoo.com/

San Diego Zoo Media

• Zoological Society of San Diego Grizzly Bear logo.jpg

  First official seal of the Zoological Society of San Diego

• San Diego ZOO map - panoramio.jpg

  San Diego ZOO map

• San Diego County Animal Control Officer, Tom Van Wagner, with Tasmanian devil he captured after it escaped from the San Diego Zoo.jpg

  San Diego County Animal Control Officer, Tom Van Wagner, with Tasmanian devil he captured after it escaped from the San Diego Zoo, 1977

• Skyfari gondolas provide an aerial view of the zoo

• Plant at San Diego Zoo.jpg

  An example of one of the thousands of plants taken care of at the San Diego Zoo

• Mandrill at the San Diego Zoo.jpg

  Mandrill, world's largest species of monkey, at the zoo

• Ara chloropterus -San Diego Zoo -zoo keeper-8a.jpg

  Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) with bird handler

• Bai Yun the giant panda

• Masai Giraffe head.jpg

  The head of a Masai Giraffe at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California, USA.

• San diego zoo group 4 DSC 0563.jpg

  Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) at the zoo