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Loefling Zoo

Coordinates: 8°17′44″N 62°42′12″W / 8.29556°N 62.70333°W / 8.29556; -62.70333
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8°17′44″N 62°42′12″W / 8.29556°N 62.70333°W / 8.29556; -62.70333
LocationCiudad Guayana,
 Venezuela

The Loefling Zoo[1] (Spanish: Parque Zoológico Loefling) Also Zoological Park Loefling Is a publicly owned zoological garden located southwest of Cachamay Park, in Ciudad Guayana, part of the Bolivar State in the Venezuelan[2] Guayana region.[3] It received its name in honor of the Swedish botanist Pehr Löfling. He was one of the first to make the fauna and flora of this region known to science, and he died near Ciudad Guayana.

Its administration and management are a responsibility of the Venezuelan Guiana Corporation (CVG, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana)[4][5] under the supervision of the National Foundation of Zoological Parks and Aquariums of Venezuela. (ZOO-AC-V015)

Among the species that can be seen in this park are: the Orinoco caiman, monkeys, deer, barnacles, chiguires (capybara), babas, baculi, reptiles, morrocoyes (tortoises) and many other species that inhabit there, some in controlled captivity and others in shape natural.

Also, you can admire beautiful trees like mahogany, samanes, araguaneyes, apamates, oaks and ceibas.

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  1. ^ Parque Zoológico Loefling
  2. ^ Kohnstamm, Thomas (2007-01-01). Venezuela (in Italian). EDT srl. ISBN 9788860401571.
  3. ^ Kohnstamm, Thomas; Kohn, Beth (2007-01-01). Lonely Planet Venezuela. Lonely Planet. p. 387. ISBN 9781741045451. Parque zoológico Loefling.
  4. ^ Corporación Venezolana de Guayana en marcha (in Spanish). Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, División de Relaciones Públicas. 1980-01-01.
  5. ^ Informe anual - Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (in Spanish). La Corporación. 1977-01-01.