The Zoologischer Garten Berlin (zoological garden Berlin) is one of the biggest zoos in Germany and the one with the largest number of species of the world. It is located in Berlin Tiergarten near the homonymous S-Bahn and railway station in the city center. In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Tiergarten (Animal Garden) is a large park and a former borough of Berlin, since 2001 a part of the expanded borough Mitte. ... The Berlin S-Bahn is a metro system operated by S-Bahn Berlin GmbH, a subsidiary of the Deutsche Bahn. ...

With the attached aquarium the zoological garden is part of the sights of Berlin. Germany's first zoo already opened on August 1, 1844. The first animals were donated by Prussian's King Frederick William IV from the menagerie and pheasantry of the Tiergarten. During World War II the zoo area was completely destroyed and only 91 animals survived. A 335,000 US gallon (1. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Photograph of Frederick King Frederick William IV of Prussia (October 15, 1795 - January 2, 1861), the eldest son and successor of Frederick William III of Prussia, reigned as King of Prussia from 1840 to 1861. ... A zoo. ... World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons—the atom bomb being the ultimate. ...

Today the zoo presents approximately 14 000 animals in 1500 species on a 35 hectares area with a old tree population and historical animal houses. Highlights of a zoo visit are the giant pandas which can be seen only in few zoos of the world. All of the animals are housed in enclosures that are specially designed to recreate their natural biotopes. From the breeding point of view the zoo maintains the studbooks for white and black rhinoceroses and gaurs. Binomial name Ailuropoda melanoleuca (David, 1869) The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca black-and-white cat-foot) is a mammal now usually classified in the bear family, Ursidae, that is native to central China. ... A biotope is an area of uniform environmental (physical) conditions providing habitat(s) for a specific assemblage of plants and animals. ... Species Ceratotherium simum Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Diceros bicornis Rhinoceros unicornis Coelodonta antiquitatis (extinct) A rhinoceros (commonly called a rhino for short) is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulate in the family Rhinocerotidae. ... Binomial name Bos gaurus H. Smith, 1827 The Gaur (Bos gaurus, previously Bibos gauris) is a large, dark-coated ox of the hilly areas of India and Southeast Asia, which may be found wild or domesticated. ...

The Berlin zoo is the most frequented zoo in Europe with about 2.6 million visitors from all over the world. It is open year-round and can easily be reached by public transport. Visitors can either enter the zoo through the exotically-designed Elephant Gate beside the aquarium on Budapester Straße, or through the Lion Gate on Hardenbergplatz. World map showing location of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...

It should be noted that Berlin also has another zoo, the Tierpark Friedrichsfelde located in the eastern part of the city.

External links

• Official homepage of the Zoologischer Garten Berlin (in German only)