{{Short description|Zoo in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox zoo | name = Johor Zoo<br>Zoo Johor | image = Johor Zoo.JPG | image_width = 250px | image_caption = | slogan = | date_opened = | date_opening = 1928 | date_closed = | location = Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia | coordinates = {{Coord|1|27|27.0|N|103|45|08.1|E|type:landmark_region:MY|display=inline,title}} | area = {{cvt|12.5|ha}} | floorspace = | num_animals = | num_species = | largest_tank_vol = | total_tank_vol = | annual_visitors = | members = | exhibits = | owner = | director = | management = | publictransit = | website = {{official website}} | date_established = | module = }}
The '''Johor Zoo''' ({{langx|ms|Zoo Johor}}; Jawi: زو جوهر) is a {{cvt|12.5|ha}}-wide zoo in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia, it is the oldest zoo in Malaysia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bernama |date=2023-02-12 |title=Oldest zoo in Malaysia to undergo facelift {{!}} New Straits Times |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/02/879102/oldest-zoo-malaysia-undergo-facelift |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=NST Online |language=en}}</ref> It has more than 100 animal species in the zoo displayed in 28 exhibits such as macaws, indian peafowl, great white pelican, storks, turtles, tortoises, ostriches, emus, southern cassowaries, chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, Asian elephants, dromedary camels, chital deers, mousedeers, malayan tapirs, king cobra, raccoons, malayan porcupines, rhinoceros hornbill, mandrills, celebes crested macaque, marmosets, squirrel monkey, brown capuchin, macaques, hippos, saltwater crocodiles, pythons, iguanas, civets, binturong, leopard cat, asian small-clawed otters, white handed gibbons, sambar deer, gaur, flamingoes, horses, sun bear, African lion and Malayan tigers.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://johor.attractionsinmalaysia.com/Johor-Zoo.php |title=Zoo Johor |accessdate=20 October 2016 |publisher= Visit Malaysia}}</ref><ref name="johor">{{cite web|url= http://www.tourism.johor.my/tours/zoo-johor/|website= tourism.johor.my|title= Zoo Johor|accessdate= 20 October 2016|publisher= Tourism Johor|archive-date= 20 October 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161020120812/http://www.tourism.johor.my/tours/zoo-johor/|url-status= dead}}</ref> It is located 1 km from the city centre and is the only zoo administered by a state government in Malaysia.<ref>Johor Zoo leaflet November 2018</ref>
The zoo was opened in 1928 by His Royal Highness Almarhum Sultan Sir Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Sir Abu Bakar and named as the Kebun Binatang, which is Malay for '''Animal Garden, or zoo''' and was the first of its kind in Southeast Asia at that time. On 1 April 1962, the zoo was handed over to Johor State Government and opened to the public that same year.
==Transportation== The zoo is accessible by Muafakat Bus route P-101 and Shuttle Z00 bus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://basmuafakatjohor.com/|title=Laluan Bas Muafakat|website=Bas Muafakat Johor|accessdate=17 March 2018|language=Malay|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180317165145/http://basmuafakatjohor.com/|archive-date=17 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==See also== * List of tourist attractions in Malaysia
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{commons category}} * {{official website}}
{{Zoos of Malaysia|state=autocollapse}} {{authority control}}
Category:1928 establishments in British Malaya Category:Buildings and structures in Johor Bahru Category:Tourist attractions in Johor Category:Educational organizations established in 1928 Category:Zoos established in the 1920s Category:Zoos in Malaysia