Zoological park in Addis 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
^
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 .
^ 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 .
^
"A New, Genetically Distinct Lion Population is Found" . News Watch . National Geographic Society. 2012. Archived from
the original on December 2, 2012. Retrieved 13 December 2015 .
^ 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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