Zoológico Municipal de Guarulhos, Municipal zoo in Guarulhos, Brazil.
Zoológico Municipal de Guarulhos is a municipal facility in Guarulhos, São Paulo state, with enclosures for mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians. The grounds cover several hectares and include paths that lead to different animal habitats and viewing points.
The zoo grew out of the Parque Municipal Edgard Casal de Rey, founded in 1981 on land that had belonged to the Fuster family, who grew roses there from the late 1920s. The zoo itself was officially founded in 1982. In the late 1990s the eucalyptus and pine trees around the perimeter were replaced with fruit trees, and in 2005 the Museu de Ciências Naturais de Guarulhos moved into a larger building inside the zoo.
The neighbourhood name Jardim Rosa de França comes from the Fuster couple, of French-German origin, who grew roses here from the late 1920s. The zoo keeps species native to Brazil, among them arara-canindé, mico-leão-dourado, jacaré-de-papo-amarelo, ema, mutum-do-sudeste, onça-pintada and urubu-rei. Since 2009 it has worked with the sagui-da-serra-escuro, and it was the first park to breed this endangered monkey in captivity.
The entrance is located in a park with parking lots and snack stands nearby, and paths are suitable for strollers and wheelchairs. Weekends draw larger crowds, so arriving in the morning on a weekday makes for a quieter walk through the site.
Guarulhos Zoo was the first park to breed the endangered buffy-tufted marmoset (sagui-da-serra-escuro) in captivity, working with the species since 2009. In 2019 it opened a dedicated enclosure for it and became a reference and one of the bodies controlling reproduction of the species.
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