Category:Chapultepec Zoo
English: Chapultepec Zoo ( Spanish: Zoológico de Chapultepec) is a zoo located in Chapultepec Park; it is one of four zoos near Mexico City, and the best known Mexican zoo. It was founded July 6, 1923 by Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera using donations from private citizens and governmental funds from the Ministry of Agriculture and Development, and also with funds from the Society of Biological Studies. The zoo is rather popular after a recent renovation begun in 1992 which took two years; estimates of its popularity range from 5.5 million visitors per year to as much as 8 million, who all come to see its large collection of almost 2000 animals from more 200 different species. It is the second largest zoo in Mexico after the Guadalajara Zoo in Guadalajara, Jalisco.
Español: El Zoológico de Chapultepec “Alfonso L. Herrera” es un zoológico de la Primera Sección del Bosque de Chapultepec, en la Ciudad de México. Recibe un promedio de 5.5 millones al año.
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Media in category "Chapultepec Zoo"
The following 18 files are in this category, out of 18 total.
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Alcancías para donación Zoológico de Chapultepec.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 5.5 MB
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Calzada al zoológico de Chapultepec..jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 7.27 MB
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Chapultepec zoologico plano.jpg 1,200 × 730; 145 KB
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Embarcadero Lago Menor Chapultepec.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 5.87 MB
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Dgzentradachapultepec.JPG 2,439 × 1,766; 962 KB
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Entrada.1.jpg 2,528 × 1,734; 1.27 MB
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Zoológico de Chapultepec II.jpg 785 × 576; 402 KB
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FlamingosCZ.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 2.5 MB
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Gato montés Zoológico de Chapultepec.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 6.58 MB
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Herpetario Zoológico de Chapultepec.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 5.21 MB
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Mariposario Zoológico de Chapultepec.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 5.6 MB
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Paseantes del Zoológico de Chapultepec.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 5.19 MB
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Recinto de zorros tapozado de flores de bugambilia, parque de chapultepec.jpg 1,600 × 1,200; 707 KB
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Romerolagus diazi - Zoologico de Chapultepec, Ciudad de México.jpg 6,000 × 4,000; 11.56 MB
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Zoo von Chapultepec.jpg 3,264 × 2,448; 1.73 MB
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Обед жирафа.jpg 3,124 × 4,371; 21 MB