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}} Founded in 1875, the Buffalo Zoo, located at 300 Parkside Ave in Buffalo, New York, is the third oldest zoo in the United States. Each year, the Buffalo Zoo welcomes approximately 400,000 visitors and is the second largest tourist attraction in Western New York; second only to Niagara Falls. Located on of Buffalo’s Delaware Park, the Zoo exhibits a diverse collection of wild and exotic animals, and more than 320 different species of plants. Open year-round, the Zoo serves as a source of conservation, education, and recreation for Western New York. ==History== The Zoo traces its history to the mid-19th century when Jacob E. Bergtold, a Buffalo furrier, presented a pair of deer to the city of Buffalo. To provide the deer with room to graze, Elam R. Jewett, the publisher of the Buffalo Daily Journal, offered to house the deer on his estate. Simultaneously, plans were being made for the municipal North Park (today's Delaware Park), and Mayor William F. Rogers hired landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, to include a zoo as part of the park's design. Five years after, the deer were donated, more animals were added to the collection, and the first permanent building was erected, signifying the establishment of the Buffalo Zoological Gardens in 1875. The Zoo underwent a large expansion during the Great Depression and became a major work site for the Works Progress Administration. Among the new structures was the Buffalo Zoo Entrance Court at Parkside Avenue and Amherst Street. It was designed by African-American architect John Edmonston Brent and built 1935-1938.〔 ''See also:'' 〕 The Buffalo Zoo Entrance Court was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.〔 Throughout the next several decades, more exhibits and facilities were added, including the Reptile House (1942), Children’s Zoo (1965), Giraffe House and Veterinary Hospital (1967), and The Gorilla Habitat Building (1981). The Zoo’s mission also began to change during the 1980s and 1990s under the direction of Minot Ortolani, as it began reducing the numbers of animals in its collection to focus on the breeding of endangered species that might not otherwise have a chance at survival. In addition to its conservation efforts, the Zoo also placed more of an emphasis on education to teach visitors about the animals and their natural habitats. In 2002, a 15-year Master Plan was unveiled to transform the zoo. New visitor amenities and naturalistic habitats were planned, including the Asian River and Highlands Zone, African Watering Hole, Arctic Edge, and the Wonders of Water Children’s Zoo. Phase One of the Master Plan has resulted in the opening of the Vanishing Animals exhibit, EcoStation, Otter Creek, and Sea Lion Cove. The completion of Phase One was marked by the September 10, 2008, opening of the South American Rainforest, a four-season attraction that features a two-story waterfall, dozens of colorful free-flighted birds, and a variety of other rainforest species. These include ocelots, blue poison dart frogs, and many other animals you can find in the rain forest. ;Mammals *Addax *African lion *American bison *Amur (Siberian) tiger *Angolan roan antelope *Asian elephant *Bennett's Wallaby *Brazilian agouti *Brazilian porcupine *Brown capuchin *California sea lion *Capybara *Crested porcupine *Common Squirrel monkey *Dama / scrub wallaby *Desert Cotton-tail rabbit *Devon cow *Eurasian lynx *Gemsbok *Giant anteater *Golden lion tamarin *Grey wolf *Howler monkey *Indian rhinoceros *Japanese macaque *Linnaeus's two-toed sloth *Maned wolf *Mule *North American river otter *Ocelot *Polar bear *Reindeer *Reticulated giraffe *Ring-tailed lemur *Rock hyrax *Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep *Serval *Six-banded armadillo *Slender-tailed meerkat *Snow leopard *Spotted (axis) deer *Spotted hyena *Sulawesi crested macaque *Tamandua *Vampire bat *Western lowland gorilla *White-faced saki monkey *Zebra ;Birds *Black swan *Black-necked swan *Blue-crowned motmot *Boat-billed heron *Bourke's parrot *Cape teal *Chestnut-mandible toucan *Chicken *Chiloe wigeon *Cinereous / Eurasian black vulture *Cloncurry parrot *Common peafowl *Common pintail duck *Eastern rosella *Falcated duck *Finch (5 species) *Kookaburra *Lady Ross' plantain-eater *Lilac-breasted roller *Lories and lorikeets (9 species) *Mandarin duck *Princess parrot *Red-billed leiothrix / Pekin robin *Red-breasted goose *Roseate spoonbill *Ringneck dove / Barbary Coast dove *Scarlet ibis *Shama thrush *Speckled mousebird *Superb starling *Trumpeter hornbill ;Reptiles *African pancake tortoise *American alligator *Anaconda *Annam leaf turtle *Beaded lizard *Black tree monitor *Dwarf caiman *Chinese three-striped box turtle *Common chuckwalla *Desert grassland whiptail lizard *Desert iguana *Desert tortoise *Eastern diamondback rattlesnake *Eastern rattlesnake *Egyptian spiny-tailed / dabb lizard *Fence lizard *Giant river turtle *Gila monster *Gopher tortoise *Hump-headed dragon *Indochinese box turtle *King cobra *Mexican lance-headed rattlesnake *Northern blue-tongued skink *Plumed basilisk *Prehensile-tailed skink *Reticulated python *Scheltopusik/glass lizard *South American red-footed tortoise *Spotted turtle *Venezuelan/Colombian rattlesnake *Yellow-spotted river turtle ;Amphibians *Green and black poison dart frog *Malayan leaf frog *Lemur tree frog *Panamanian golden frog ;Fish *Cichlid *Long-tailed river stingray *Piranha *Spotted Raphael catfish ;Invertebrates *Giant cockroach *Red-headed centipede 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buffalo Zoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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