Beijing Zoo - Present

Present

The zoo has developed rapidly since 1955. Bears, elephants, pandas, lions, tigers, songbirds, hippos, rhinoceroses, antelopes and giraffes were brought in the late 1950s, and gorilla and leaf-monkey cages and an aquarium house were opened. The reptile house contains specimens of over 100 species of reptiles from all over the world, including crocodiles and pythons.

The buildings in the zoo cover an area of more than 50,000 square meters, altogether there are more than 30 large halls. The main attractions in the zoo include:

Panda house: one of the best exhibits in the zoo, which have one of the largest giant panda captive populations in the world, the other species on exhibit include red panda, golden snob-nosed monkey, crested ibis and some pheasants.

Snob-nosed monkey House: exhibits three of the five snob-nosed monkey species, i.e. Golden snob-nosed monkey, Yunnan snob-nosed monkey and Guizhou snob-nosed monkey.

Gibbon House: exhibits several families of Northern white-cheeked gibbon and Eastern hoolock gibbon, as well as Hamadryas baboon and Mandrill. The second floor of the building is the office of Wild China Image Studio, the famous Chinese wildlife photographer team.

Ape House: exhibits chimpanzee and orang-utan.

Langur House: used to exhibit four langur species in China, but now only François' langur are still there, other species in the building now include Eastern black-and-white colobus, Brown-headed spider monkey, Black-crested macaque, De Brazza's monkey, oliver baboon and so on.

Tropical Monkey House: exhibits other monkey species from South America, include Black bearded saki, two species of capuchins, squirrel monkeys, Night monkey, Cotton-topped Tamarin, Common marmoset and so on.

Patas Monkey Mountain: exhibits a large group of Patas monkey.

Small Mammal Exhibit: exhibits various mammals including Diana monkey, Diademed monkey, Paca, Masked palm civet, Striped skunk and so on.

Night House: an old exhibit that needs improvements, exhibits Kinkajou, Slow loris, pygmy loris, Thick-tailed bushbaby, Red and white giant flying squirrel, Siberian flying squirrel, Brush-tailed Possum, Sugar glider and so on.

Canis and Hyena Exhibit: includs two areas for large species and small species respectively, species on exhibit include wolf, Dhole, Maned wolf, Black-backed jackal, Fennec fox, Corsac fox, red fox, Racoon dog, Artic fox, as well as Spotted hyena and Striped hyena.

Polar Bear Exhibit

Bear Mountain: exhibit Tibetan brown bear, Siberian brown bear, Asian black bear

Felid House: exhibits Amur leopard, Indo-Chinese leopard, Jaguar, Snow leopard,Cheetah, cougar, Eurasian lynx, Caracal, Pallas's cat and Leopard cat.

Tiger and Lion Mountain: have Amur tiger, white tiger and African lion on exhibit.

Malayan Tapir Exhibit: a newly constructed exhibit for Malayan tapirs, next to it are three enclosures for Banded mongoose and Coati.

South America Exhibit: includes three buildings, one exhibits Giant ant eater, Two-toed sloth and Rhea; one exhibits Baird's tapir and Lowland Tapir; the other one exhibits Guanaco and American bison.

Australia Exhibit: species include Red kangaroo, Red-necked wallaby, emu, cassowary and many parrot species.

African Exhibit: a mix-exhibit area for zebra, ostrich, wildebeest, gemsbok and eland. Next to it is the exhibit for giraffe.

Large mammal area: for Indian rhinoceros, white rhinoceros, hippos, African and Asian elephants. Next to it is the exhibit area for Przewalski's horse and camel.

Otter Pool: exhibits four Eurasian otter individuals.

Ungulate Garden: have a large collection of bovids and cervids, including some species that rarely exhibit in other zoos, such as Red goral from southeast Tibet, Black muntjac from Wuyi Mountains of southeast China, Argali and White-lipped Deer from Tibet, Goitered gazelle from Gobi of western China. A large population of golden takin and Sichuan takin can also be seen here.

Bird Island: have three houses which exhibit hornbills and toucans, parrots, songbirds respectively. there is another exhibit on the island for African stork species and flamingos; the Wattled Crane, Blue Crane and some other African wader species are off-exhibit. There is also a enterable aviary, which exhibits critical-endangered black-faced spoonbills, as well as white ibis, scarlet ibis, northern bald ibis and white spoonbills.

Pheasant Garden: an old fashioned exhibit for pheasant species, as well as Victoria Crowned Pigeon and Great Bustard.

Penguin House Birds of Prey Exhibit

Reptile and Amphibian House: some of the important stars in it include Chinese crocodile lizard, Chinese cave gecko, Chinese alligators and Chinese Salamander.

Visitors to the Zoo can also explore its many Qing-era buildings.

Office House, formerly the Office House of Imperial Agriculture Examination Field The Leshan Garden Lamarck Hall Tomb of Four Martyrs

• Venues

• Panda House

• The Zoology Museum

• The Beijing Aquarium

• The Aquarium interior