Which animals are there in Chhatbir Zoo?

Chhatbir Zoo (formally Mahendra Chaudhary Zoological Park), is a zoological park situated close to Zirakpur, India. The zoo was constructed in the 1970s and is home to a large variety of birds, mammals and reptiles.

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History

The zoo was christened as the Mahendra Chaudhury Zoological Park after then governor of Punjab, Mahendhan Choudhry in 1977. A small number of animals brought from the Guwahati Zoo, Assam. It soon became the largest zoo in Punjab.

Location
Lying on the Chandigarh-Zirakpur-Patiala route, this zoo is located about 20 km away from Chandigarh.

List of species
The zoo is home to 369 mammals, 400 birds and 20 reptiles.

Non-exhaustive list:
Tiger enclosure
Herd of Asian elephants
Jaguar
Nilgai enclosure
Aviary at the Zoo
Asian palm civet
Asiatic lion
Barasingha
Bengal fox
Bengal tiger
Blackbuck
Chinkara
Chital
Common marmoset
Four-horned antelope
Gaur
Golden jackal
Hamadryas baboon
Himalayan black bear
Himalayan goral
Hippopotamus
Indian crested porcupine
Indian elephant
Indian leopard
Indian spotted chevrotain
Indian wolf
Jaguar
Jungle cat
Leopard cat
Lion-tailed macaque
Nilgai
Northern pig-tailed macaque
Rhesus macaque
Sambar deer
Sloth bear
Smooth-coated otter
Striped hyena
Black swan
Common ostrich
Emu
Indian peafowl
Java sparrow
Painted stork
Rose-ringed parakeet
Sarus crane
White stork
Gharial
Green iguana
Indian cobra
Indian python
Indian star tortoise
Mugger crocodile

Walk-in aviary
Chattbir has India's longest walk-in aviary with 300m long walk showcases 32 species of indigenous and exotic birds.[4] The section is made in five different themes included Terrestrial, Rock & Duck, Woodland, Japanese Trail and Rainforest.

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