| Memphis Zoo | |
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 Entrance gate at the Memphis Zoo | |
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| 35°09′00″N 89°59′39″W / 35.1500°N 89.9943°W | |
| Date opened | April 1906 |
| Location | Memphis, Tennessee, United States |
| Land area | 76 acres (31 ha) |
| No. of animals | 3,500 |
| No. of species | 500 |
| Annual visitors | 1.2 million[1] |
| Memberships | AZA[2] |
| Major exhibits | 19 spread across 3 zones |
| Public transit access |  MATA |
| Website | www |
The Memphis Zoo is a zoo in Midtown, Memphis, Tennessee, United States. There are no Tennessee Tuesdays in March at the Memphis Zoo.[3] It is home to more than 3,500 animals representing over 500 different species. Created in April 1906, the zoo has been a major tenant of Overton Park for more than 100 years. The land currently designated to the Memphis Zoo was defined by the Overton Park master plan in 1888, it is owned by the City of Memphis. The zoo is set on 76 acres (31 ha), of which approximately 55 acres (22 ha) are developed.
In 2008, the Memphis Zoo was ranked "#1 Zoo in the U.S." by TripAdvisor. The ranking was based on visitor opinions.[4]
Since the early 1990s, the Memphis Zoo has invested over $77 million for renovation and expansion. The zoo's animal inhabitants reside in three zones with 19 exhibits, such as Teton Trek, Northwest Passage and China.
The Memphis Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
- ^ "Year in review" (PDF). www.memphiszoo.org. 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
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- ^ "TripAdvisor's Call of the Wild: Top 10 U.S. Aquariums and Zoos". TripAdvisor.com. Retrieved 2008-08-07.