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Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro

Q: Where is Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro?

Mexico. Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro is a zoo or wildlife park in Mexico. Its coordinates are 16.725° N, 93.094° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Cañón del Sumidero National Park, about 9.9 km away.

Q: What animals can you see at Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro?

170 species. Citizen-science photos record 170 species at Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro, including Great Curassow, White-tailed Deer, Black Beaded Lizard, Green Iguana and Crested Guan. 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 Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro in the wild?

Great Curassow: Santa Rosa National Park. Some of the animals photographed at Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro also live in the parks and cities we cover: Great Curassow (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Santa Rosa National Park), White-tailed Deer (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Chingaza National Natural Park) and Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park).

Q: When did Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro open?

Opened 1843. Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro, a zoo or wildlife park in Mexico, opened in 1843, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 170 species are photographed there.

🇲🇽 Mexico

🦒 Zoo or wildlife park, Mexico 170 spp. present

The Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro (ZOOMAT) is a Mexican zoo located in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. It was founded in 1942 as Zoológico de Tuxtla Gutiérrez. It was renamed after its director Miguel Alvarez del Toro and relocated in 1981. Currently, it is located in a nature reserve known as El Zapotal. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

16.725° N 93.094° W

🎟️ Visit

Essentials

Entrance

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Tourism

High

Species present

170

species

Opened

1843

Size

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What visitors say

🦒 Animals in captivity

Crax rubra

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

in Santa Rosa National Park+ 27 more parks

Odocoileus virginianus

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

in Chingaza National Natural Park+ 37 more parks

Heloderma alvarezi

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Iguana iguana

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Tortuguero National Park+ 43 more parks

Penelope purpurascens

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

in Arenal Volcano National Park+ 36 more parks

Bothriechis bicolor

Daily sighting probability —

Not in our parks or cities

Procyon lotor

Daily sighting probability ~80% · Very likely

in Celestún Biosphere Reserve+ 46 more parks

Bubo virginianus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

in El Impenetrable National Park+ 43 more parks

Before you go

Where is Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro?

Mexico

Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro is a zoo or wildlife park in Mexico. Its coordinates are 16.725° N, 93.094° W. The nearest national park in our atlas is Cañón del Sumidero National Park, about 9.9 km away.

What animals can you see at Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro?

170 species

Citizen-science photos record 170 species at Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro, including Great Curassow, White-tailed Deer, Black Beaded Lizard, Green Iguana and Crested Guan. 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 Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro in the wild?

Great Curassow: Santa Rosa National Park

Some of the animals photographed at Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro also live in the parks and cities we cover: Great Curassow (about 50% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Santa Rosa National Park), White-tailed Deer (about 90% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Chingaza National Natural Park) and Green Iguana (about 80% of wildlife watchers report it on a given day in Tortuguero National Park).

When did Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro open?

Opened 1843

Zoológico Miguél Álvarez del Toro, a zoo or wildlife park in Mexico, opened in 1843, according to Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Today 170 species are photographed there.