The Tama Zoological Park (多摩動物公園, Tama Dōbutsukōen; Tama Zoo for short) is a zoo, owned by the government of Tokyo Metropolis, and located in Hino, Tokyo, Japan. The Tama Zoo was opened on May 5, 1958, originally as a branch (分園; satellite facility) of the Ueno Zoo. The zoo aims to use its large site – 52 ha, compared to the 14.3 ha of the Ueno Zoo – to show its animals moving in a more free and natural environment.
| Tama Zoo | |
|---|---|
 The zoo's entrance | |
 Interactive map of Tama Zoo | |
| 35°39′N 139°24′E / 35.650°N 139.400°E | |
| Date opened | May 5, 1958 |
| Location | Hino, Tokyo, Japan |
| Land area | 52 ha (130 acres) |
| Memberships | JAZA |
Animals
editAnimals in the zoo include:[1]
- Asian Zone
- Amur tiger
- Asiatic black bear
- Asian elephant
- Bar-headed goose
- Black-faced spoonbill
- Bornean orangutan
- Eurasian eagle-owl
- Eurasian otter
- Golden eagle
- Golden takin
- Grey wolf
- Himalayan tahr
- Indian rhinoceros
- Japanese badger
- Japanese giant flying squirrel
- Japanese hare
- Japanese macaque
- Japanese raccoon dog
- Japanese serow
- Lar gibbon
- Malayan tapir
- Masked palm civet
- Mouflon
- Oriental stork
- Père David's deer
- Pheasant pigeon
- Przewalski's horse
- Steller's sea eagle
- Red-crowned crane
- Red panda
- Reindeer
- Siberian crane
- Snow leopard
- Straw-necked ibis
- Water buffalo
- White-tailed eagle
- Mole House
A man-made mole burrow made of glass-covered earth and metal tunnels, housing Japanese moles and small Japanese moles.
- African Zone
- African bush elephant
- Chimpanzee
- Greater flamingo
- Great white pelican
- Grévy's zebra
- Lion
- Reticulated giraffe
- Scimitar oryx
- Serval
- Australian Zone
- Common brushtail possum
- Common wallaroo
- Emu
- Koala
- Laughing kookaburra
- Parma wallaby
- Red kangaroo
- Tasmanian devil
- Yellow-footed rock wallaby
Anura
editAnura (Japanese: アヌーラ) is a male Asian elephant at the Tama Zoo. As of 2025, he is 72 years old and the oldest elephant living in Japan. Anura was born in 1953 in the Dominion of Ceylon and imported to Japan in 1956. He originally lived at Ueno Zoo and was moved to Tama Zoo in 1958. Anura was named after Anura Bandaranaike, the son of Ceylon's then-prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike.[2]
Access
editTama-Dōbutsukōen Station on the Keiō Dōbutsuen Line and the Tama Toshi Monorail Line is in front of the park's gate.
In popular culture
editTama Zoological Park is featured heavily in the manga and anime series My Deer Friend Nokotan, where it is referred to as "Hino Zoo". It also appeared in the original Kamen Rider, as a location of the week [3]
References
edit- ↑ "Tama Zoological Park - TokyoZooNet".
- ↑ "国内最高齢ゾウ、よく食べ・寝て・鍛えて はな子に並ぶアヌーラ". Mainichi Shimbun (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ↑ "仮面ライダーロケ地大画報".
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