34. Antwerp Zoo ( Belgium )

The Antwerp Zoo is a zoo situated in the centre of Antwerp, Belgium, located right next to the Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. It is the oldest animal park in the country, and one of the oldest in the world, established on 21 July 1843.

Together with its sister park Planckendael, Antwerp Zoo houses over 6,000 animals of about 950 species. They get nearly 1.5 million visitors each year and have over a 100,000 supporting members.

The most notable exhibits and species in the park include:

• Vriesland: King Penguin, Rockhoppers and Gentoo Penguins
• Sea Lion Theatre with Californian Sealions
• Recently renovated reptile house with may species of snakes, lizards, turtles &frogs as well as caimans
• Recently renovated aquarium with many species of salt- en freshwater fish
• Nocturama with aardvark, tamandua, two-toed sloth, night monkey, armadillo,plains viscacha, Gambian pouched rat, senegal galago, slender loris, Lesser Mouse-deer, rakali and Egyptian fruit bat
• Zebras and African buffalos
• Egyptian temple with Asian elephants, Baringo giraffes and Arabian oryxes
• Aviaries and bird house with many birds species including Congo Peafowl, kiwi, Australian Magpie, Military Macaw, touracos, toucans and pheasants
• Hippotopia with hippopotamus, malayan tapir, dalmatian pelican and different species of waterfowl
• Bearcanyon with spectacled bears and coatis
• Cat enclosures with Amur leopard, lion, Siberian tiger and jaguar
• Other enclosures featuring harbour seal, bongo, warthog, meerkat, lesser panda, red-necked wallaby, North American porcupine, American Flamingo,Humboldt penguin, nutria, ring-tailed lemur, sika deer
• Vlaamse tuin: babiroussa, blue duiker, tigrine genet, African Brush-tailed Porcupine
• Okapis
• Monkey house with guereza, hulman, owl-faced monkey, javan lutung, emperor tamarin, black-headed spider monkey, golden-headed lion tamarin, pygmy marmoset, mandrill, hamadryas baboon
• Ape house with Western lowland gorilla, world's only Eastern Lowland gorillasin captivity and chimpanzees
• Birds of prey including snowy owl, Spectacled Owl, crested caracara andandean condor