What is Moscow Zoo?
The '''Moscow Zoo''' is a [[zoo]] in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]. It is one of the ten largest zoos in the world. It covers {{convert|53|acre}} (in 2013). The zoo holds over 6,000 individual animals, of 927 species (in 2013). The zoo opened in 1864. The most recent exhibits include a sea [[aquarium]], an [[aviary]], a [[sea lion]] exhibit, and children's attractions. A footbridge connects the two parts of the zoo that are separated by Bolshaya Gruzinskaya Street. <gallery> Moscow 05-2017 img25 Zoo main entrance.jpg|Entrance, 2021 Moscow Zoo Entrance.jpg|Entrance, 2010 Giraffa camelopardalis 02.JPG|Giraffe at Moscow Zoo Huge bird of prey.jpg|Huge bird of prey at Moscow Zoo Raccoon Moscow zoo.JPG|Raccoon Lions Moscow zoo.jpg|Lions Moscow zoo Orangutan (bornean) 02.JPG|Orangutan Bald eagle Moscow zoo.jpg|Bald eagle </gallery> == Moscow Zoo Museum == Founded in 2008 in a two-storey building of the 19th century, built in the late XIX - early XX centuries, located on the territory of the zoo. Since 2015, the museum has been open to the public and everyone. In the central and side halls there is an exposition devoted to the history of the Moscow Zoo and a natural science permanent exposition. The collection of the museum includes more than 10,000 zoo coat of arms from all over the world, hundreds of paintings, sculptures and drawings by the masters of Russian animalistics, such as [[Vasily Vatagin]], [[Alexei Komarov]], [[Vadim Trofimov]], [[Andrei Marts]] and [[Alexei Tsvetkov]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Московский зоопарк. Коллекции |url=https://zoo.catalog.mos.ru/ |access-date=2022-01-18 |archive-date=2020-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530011648/http://zoo.catalog.mos.ru/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Официальный сайт Московского зоопарка. Музей зоопарка |url=https://www.moscowzoo.ru/for-visitors/expositions/detail/muzey-zooparka/ |access-date=2022-01-18 |archive-date=2022-01-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220118205809/https://www.moscowzoo.ru/for-visitors/expositions