Zoo
Johor Zoo
🇲🇾 Malaysia
🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Malaysia 164 spp. present
The Johor Zoo (Malay: Zoo Johor; Jawi: زو جوهر) is a 12.5 ha (31 acres)-wide zoo in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, it is the oldest zoo in Malaysia. It has more than 100 animal species in the zoo displayed in 28 exhibits such as macaws, indian peafowl, great white pelican, storks, turtles, tortoises, ostriches, emus, southern cassowaries, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, Asian elephants, dromedary camels, chital deers, mousedeers, malayan tapirs, king cobra, raccoons, malayan porcupines, rhinoceros hornbill, mandrills, celebes crested macaque, marmosets, squirrel monkey, brown capuchin, macaques, hippos, saltwater crocodiles, pythons, iguanas, civets, binturong, leopard cat, asian small-cl Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1.458° N 103.752° E
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Essentials
Entrance
—
Tourism
High
Species present
164
speciesOpened
1928
Size
Small
Visit
Getting there
- Address
- Jalan Gertak Merah, Johor Bahru 80100
Who runs it
- Owned by
- Johor Government
What visitors say
🦒 Animals in captivity
Before you go
Where is Johor Zoo?
Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Johor Zoo is a zoo or wildlife park in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, at Jalan Gertak Merah, Johor Bahru 80100. Its coordinates are 1.458° N, 103.752° E. The nearest national park in our atlas is Taman Negara National Park, about 382 km away.
What animals can you see at Johor Zoo?
164 species
Citizen-science photos record 164 species at Johor Zoo, including Saltwater Crocodile, Green Iguana, Reticulated Python, Common Peafowl and Southern Cassowary. 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 Johor Zoo in the wild?
Saltwater Crocodile: Daintree National Park
Some of the animals photographed at Johor Zoo also live in the parks and cities we cover: Saltwater Crocodile (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Daintree National Park), Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park) and Reticulated Python (about 30% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Khao Sok National Park).
When did Johor Zoo open and how big is it?
Opened 1928, 2.0 ha
Johor Zoo, a zoo or wildlife park in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, opened in 1928 and covers about 2.0 ha, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 164 species are photographed there.
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Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Wikidata (CC0) · iNaturalist observers · Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)