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Southwick's Zoo, New England's Largest Zoo, is a privately owned and seasonally operated zoological park spanning 300 acres in Mendon, Massachusetts, United States. The zoo was established in 1963 and has been under the management of the Southwick and Brewer families since its inception. [ 4 ]
Southwicks Zoo has a few new additions to their habitats this summer, including a newborn Four Horned Sheep, Muntjac deer, Red Ruffed Lemurs, Prairie Dogs and Aoudads (aka Barbary sheep).
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Southwick's Zoo in Mendon is currently Massachusetts's largest zoo. The Mendon Twin Drive-In , one of only three drive-in theaters in Massachusetts, is located in Mendon. [ 10 ] [ 11 ]
As of January 2016, it was held in the London Zoo, Berlin Zoo, Gladys Porter Zoo, National Zoo of Malaysia (Zoo Negara), Zoo Taiping, Night Safari, and Southwick's Zoo. [6] The animals at Hellabrunn Zoo were euthanized in 2017 because of old age, [7] and there is only one male left at the Berlin Zoo.
A Patagonian mara family in Southwick's Zoo - note pup nursing. Patagonian maras are considered to be a near threatened species. [1] Historically, maras have ranged from north-central Argentina south almost to Tierra del Fuego. [15]
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Over 1.5 million living animal species have been described—of which around 1 million are insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million in total. Animals range in size from 8.5 millionths of a metre to 33.6 metres (110 ft) long and have complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs .