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Artis Zoological Garden Lion in the Artis Zoological Garden, Amsterdam.

Artis Zoological Garden

zoo, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Also known as: Artis, Artis Diergaarde, Foundation of the Royal Zoological Society Natura Artis Magistra, Stichting Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra
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Foundation Of The Royal Zoological Society Natura Artis Magistra
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Artis Diergaarde, or Stichting Koninklijk Zoologisch Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra
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Artis Zoological Garden, zoological garden founded in 1838 by the Royal Zoological Society of Holland. It occupies a 10-hectare (25-acre) site in Amsterdam and houses nearly 5,600 specimens of some 1,350 species. Heavily oriented toward scientific research, the zoo has an animal behaviour laboratory and an aquarium and is closely affiliated with a library and a zoological museum.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
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