Addis Ababa Zoo
{{Short description|Zoological park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia}}
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Addis Ababa Zoo (Amharic: አንበሳ ጊቢ, romanized: änəbäsa gibi lit. 'lion compound') is a zoological park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
History
File:Lion zoo Addis Ababa 2.jpg at the zoo]]
The zoo was founded in 1948 by Emperor Haile Selassie I.
Fauna
The Addis Ababa Zoo keeps apes, lesser kudus, ducks, eagles and tortoises.{{cite news |last=Gebrezgabiher |first=H. |title=Ethiopia: Addis Tourism Insight - Know the Public Parks |publisher=The Ethiopian Herald |url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201707120819.html |year=2017 |access-date=2018-05-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180529203337/http://allafrica.com/stories/201707120819.html |archive-date=2018-05-29 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite journal |last=Bruche |first=S. |author2=Gusset, M. |author3=Lippold, S. |author4=Barnett, R. |author5=Eulenberger, K. |author6=Junhold, J. |author7=Driscoll, C. A. |author8=Hofreiter, M. |title=A genetically distinct lion (Panthera leo) population from Ethiopia |journal=European Journal of Wildlife Research |year=2012 |pages=215–225 |doi=10.1007/s10344-012-0668-5 |volume=59 |issue=2}}{{cite web |title=A New, Genetically Distinct Lion Population is Found |url=http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/30/a-new-genetically-distinct-lion-population-is-found/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121202125100/http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/30/a-new-genetically-distinct-lion-population-is-found/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 2, 2012 |work=News Watch |publisher=National Geographic Society |access-date=13 December 2015 |date=2012}} Their extensive dark manes are similar to those of the Barbary and Cape lions.{{cite journal |last=Tefera |first=M. |title=Phenotypic and reproductive characteristics of lions (Panthera leo) at Addis Ababa Zoo |journal=Biodiversity & Conservation |volume=12 |issue=8 |pages=1629–1639 |date=2003 |doi=10.1023/A:1023641629538 }}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4lF5lRjOUU Lion Park / Zoo - Addis Ababa : Ethiopia]
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