Izilwane zeZoo Zesizwe

Umhlahlandlela Wezilwane eWashington DC Zoo

I- National Zoo eWashington DC ibonisa izilwane ezingu-2 000 ezimele izinhlobo ezingaba ngu-400. Cishe ingxenye yesine yezilwane zingamalungu ezinhlobo ezisengozini kanti eziningi zazo ziyingxenye yemizamo yokulondolozwa ephethwe yi-Species Survival Plans. I-National Zoo iyingxenye yeSmithsonian Institution futhi iyisiholi ekunakekelweni kwezilwane, isayensi, imfundo, nokusimama. Umhlahlandlela olandelayo ubonisa ezinye zezilwane ezidumile kakhulu.

• 01 kwezingu-10

  Ama-Pandas amakhulu

  I-National Zoo cishe iyaziwa kakhulu ngalezi zilwane ezinhle. I-Mei Xiang kanye neTian Tian yi- pandas enkulu ye-Zoo, ebolekwe ngemali eyishumi evela eChina njengengxenye yohlelo lokucwaninga, ukulondolozwa, nokuzalisa. UMei Xiang wazala ibhukazikazi, uBao Bao ngo-2013. Wabuye wazala umntwana wesilisa, u-Tai Shan, ngo-2005 (ama-cubs adluliselwa eChina lapho efinyelela eminyakeni emine ubudala). I-pandas ihlala e-Fujifilm Giant Panda Habitat, umbukiso wesimo sombuso ohloselwe ukulingisa indawo yemvelo yama-pandas eChina. Ezinye izinhlobo eziyisithupha zihlala eduze kwe-Asia Trail: izintambo ezinamahloni, amakati okudoba, izingwe ezinamahlombe, ama-pandas abomvu, ama-otter amancane ahluthulelwe ama-Asian, nesigwebo esikhulu saseJapane. Bheka izithombe zezilwane ezise-Asia Trail .

• 02 kwezingu-10

  Izindlovu zase-Asia

  Indlovukazi yase-Asia ye-Zoo yase-Asia, uKandula, yiyesihlanu yendlovu yezindlovu emhlabeni evezwe ngokusabalalisa okufakelwayo. Wazalwa ngonyaka ka-2001, uKandula ubonisa isinyathelo sokuqala emizamweni yezokwelapha ukuthuthukisa umhlambi wezindlovu ezizalisayo. Ngo-2008, i-Zoo yaqala ukwakhiwa ezindleleni zezindlovu, ekwakheni ikhaya elisha elincane lemfuyo.

• 03 ka-10

  Sumatran Tigers

  I-Zoo ihambele izintathu ezintathu ze-Sumatran: Damai, uSoyono kanye nezingane ezineminyaka engu-5 ubudala, i-Guntur. I-National Zoo isanda kwandisa uhlelo lwezinkampani ezinkulu ngokufika kwaDamai wesifazane oneminyaka emibili nengxenye kanti kulindeleke ukuthi ulethe i-tiger esilisa kamuva kulonyaka ukuzala naye. I-Great Cats umbukiso inokubukeka okusha ngezibonakaliso ezinikezela ulwazi olusesikhathini esiphathelene nezinhlobo zezinto eziqakathekileko nokugcizelela umsebenzi wokulondoloza ama-tiger.

• 04 kwezingu-10

  Amabhongo ase-Afrika

  Amabhubesi ayishumi ase-Afrika, abantu abadala abathathu nabantwana abayisikhombisa asekhaya embukisweni wamaCreat Great at the National Zoo. UShera noNababiep bangodadewabo. Ngo-Agasti 31, 2010, uShera wazala ama-cubs amane. NgoSepthemba 22, 2010, uNaba wazala ama-cubs amathathu. Amabhubesi ahlukile phakathi kwamagceke atholakalayo, kodwa okungenani ibhubesi elilodwa libukeka phakathi kuka-10 ekuseni no-4 ntambama

• 05 ka-10

  I-Cheetahs

  Ama-cheetah amabili abesilisa ahlala e-Cheetah Conservation Station e-National Zoo. Okwamanje ama-cheetah angama-12 okwamanje e-Zoo's Cheetah Science Facility e- Conservation and Research Center e Front Front, eVirginia. Lesi sakhiwo sinikeza indawo yokuzalanisa, kanye namathuba omphakathi okuthuthukiswa omama okukhulisa izingane zabo.

• 06 kwangu-10

  Ama-Andean Bears

  Ama-Andean bears ahlelwe ku-International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of izilwane ezisongelwayo. Njengoba igama labo libonisa, livela ezintabeni ze-Andes nasezintabeni ezikude, kusukela entshonalanga yeVenezuela eningizimu kuya eBolivia. I-bear ye-Andean ihlala eduze ne-National Zoo's Amazonia Isiboniso esinezilwane zasendle ezishisayo ezifana ne-giant arapaima, i-pacu, i-red-tailedfishfish, ne-piranhas nezimbongolo ze-titi, ama-tanagers, kanye ne-sloth emibili.

• 07 kwangu-10

  I-gorilla yase-Western Lowland

  Amantombazane ayizinkulungwane eziyisithupha ezisentshonalanga, kuhlanganise nowesifazane owazalwa ngoJanuwari 2009, atholakala e-Great Ape House. I-Zoo ihlala ezinhlobonhlobo eziningi. Izimbongolo ezincane, kuhlanganise nezinduna zamathanga zegolide, ama-marmosets weGeoffroy nezimbongolo zezilwane, zikhonjisiwe eNdlini Encane Yokuhlushwa.

• 08 kwezingu-10

  Izinyoni

  I-National Zoo ihlala emakhulwini ezinyoni ezivela emhlabeni wonke kubandakanya ama-cranes, ama-herons, amadada, ama-owls, kanye nabathengi. Iziningi zezinyoni ze-Zoo zihlala endaweni engcwele-njenge-Bird House kodwa izinyoni nazo zihlakazekile kuyo yonke imiboniso.

• 09 kwezingu-10

  Izidumbu ezincane

  Izilwane ezincelisayo ezincane zinciphisa izigaba eziningi. Eziningi zezilwane zingamagundane (njengama-mole mole-rat), ama-insectivores, namabhantshi, kodwa kunezidumbu (njengama-slender-tailed meerkats), kanye nezilwane (njengezingonyama zegolide zamathandari).

• 10 kwangu-10

  Iziqubuzane nama-Amphibians

  Esigungwini Sokutholwa kweRiptile, izivakashi zibona izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zezilwane ezinwabuzelayo nama-amphibiya afana namaxoxo, izinhlanzi, izinhlanzi, izinyoka, izingwenya, izilonda nama-salamanders aseJapane amakhulu. I-Amazonia ibonisa ukuthi kunehlathi eliphilayo elihlala elishisayo, eliyizilwane ezikhululekile kanye ne-aquarium enkulu enezinhlanzi eziningi.