Small city zoo focusing on reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Home to around 2,000 animals from 190 species.
Least Concern
Cebuella pygmaea
Pygmy Marmoset
World's smallest monkeys in the tropical house.
🌎 Südamerika
🍽️ Omnivore
⚖️ 100–140 g
⏳ 11–12 Jahre
🏞️ Rainforests of the Amazon Basin
💡 Pygmy marmosets are the world's smallest monkeys – about the size of a finger.
Critically Endangered
Macaca nigra
Crested Macaque
Critically endangered black macaque from Sulawesi.
🌏 Asien
🍽️ Omnivore
⚖️ 5–10 kg
⏳ 15–20 Jahre
🏞️ Tropical rainforests of northern Sulawesi
💡 Crested macaques became famous through the 'monkey selfie' that went viral in 2011.
Vulnerable
Arctictis binturong
Binturong
Bearcat with a prehensile tail that smells like popcorn.
🌏 Asien
🍽️ Omnivore
⚖️ 9–20 kg
⏳ 18–25 Jahre
🏞️ Tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia
💡 Binturongs secrete a scent that smells like buttered popcorn.
🦎
Shinisaurus crocodilurus Endangered
Shinisaurus crocodilurus
Chinese Crocodile Lizard
Living fossil and extremely rare lizard from southern China.
🌏 Asien
🍽️ Carnivore (insects, worms, snails)
⚖️ 100–200 g
⏳ 10–15 Jahre
🏞️ Mountain streams in subtropical forests of southern China and Vietnam
💡 The Vivarium Darmstadt achieved the world's first captive breeding of this species.
Vulnerable
Tapirus terrestris
Lowland Tapir
South America's largest land mammal with a flexible trunk.
🌎 Südamerika
🍽️ Herbivore
⚖️ 150–300 kg
⏳ 25–30 Jahre
🏞️ Tropical forests and wetlands of South America
💡 Tapirs are excellent swimmers and dive underwater to escape predators.