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Guadalajara Zoo

Q: Where is Guadalajara Zoo?

Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Guadalajara, Mexico. Its coordinates are 20.728° N, 103.308° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca, about 343 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Guadalajara Zoo?

207 species. Citizen-science photos record 207 species at Guadalajara Zoo, including American Flamingo, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Common Peafowl, Blue-and-yellow Macaw and Polar Bear. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Q: Where can you see the animals of Guadalajara Zoo in the wild?

American Flamingo: Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve. Some of the animals photographed at Guadalajara Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve), Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) and Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park).

Q: When did Guadalajara Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1987, 38 ha. Guadalajara Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Guadalajara, Mexico, opened in 1987 and covers about 38 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 207 species are photographed there.

🇲🇽 Mexico

🏙️ In Guadalajara

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Mexico 207 spp. present

Zoológico Guadalajara (Guadalajara Zoo) is the main zoological park in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco, and is widely considered one of the most important in Latin America. It is the largest in the country with respect to species population. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

20.728° N 103.308° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

—

Tourism

High

Species present

207

species

Opened

1987

Size

Large

What visitors say

We saw crocodiles, a beautiful tiger, a polar bear, a white rhinoceros, spider monkeys, a massive hippopotamus, a lowland gorilla, some buffalo, all kinds of tropical birds, a whole giraffe family, and a bunch of other exotic species of animals that you never see together in one place naturally.

🦒 Animals in captivity

Phoenicopterus ruber

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve+ 10 more parks

Suricata suricatta

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park+ 2 more parks

Pavo cristatus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Udawalawe National Park+ 26 more parks

Ara ararauna

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Emas National Park+ 12 more parks

Ursus maritimus

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Svalbard

Saimiri sciureus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

in Anavilhanas National Park

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in El Palmar National Park+ 10 more parks

Struthio camelus

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in De Hoop Nature Reserve+ 26 more parks

Before you go

Where is Guadalajara Zoo?

Guadalajara, Mexico

Guadalajara Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Guadalajara, Mexico. Its coordinates are 20.728° N, 103.308° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca, about 343 km away.

What animals can you see at Guadalajara Zoo?

207 species

Citizen-science photos record 207 species at Guadalajara Zoo, including American Flamingo, Slender-tailed Meerkat, Common Peafowl, Blue-and-yellow Macaw and Polar Bear. Those with a page of their own in our atlas show the odds of seeing them in the wild.

Where can you see the animals of Guadalajara Zoo in the wild?

American Flamingo: Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve

Some of the animals photographed at Guadalajara Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: American Flamingo (about 70% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve), Slender-tailed Meerkat (about 40% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) and Common Peafowl (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Udawalawe National Park).

When did Guadalajara Zoo open and how big is it?

Opened 1987, 38 ha

Guadalajara Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Guadalajara, Mexico, opened in 1987 and covers about 38 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 207 species are photographed there.