Animals and exhibits
From a boardwalk, visitors can view yellow-cheeked gibbons, lar gibbons and overlook false gharials in the water. Near to the outdoor area of Asian small-clawed otters, proboscis monkeys, North Sulawesi babirusas, Sumatran bearded pigs, and pygmy hippos.
You can see the Malayan tigers at the Tiger Trek enclosure. Their pair of white tigers moved off since because they are being moved to Night Safari.
The opposite of Treetops Trail exhibit using landscaping, trees, and moats to create a more natural habitat like yellow-cheeked gibbons, great white pelicans, and red ruffed lemurs.
Orangutans have been a major attraction of the Singapore Zoo since its opening. The zoo houses both Bornean orangutans and Sumatran orangutans. A female Sumatran orangutan named Ah Meng became an icon for tourism, appearing in several tourism advertisements. She hosted the 'Breakfast with Orangutans' program, where visitors were allowed to take pictures and interact with her.[9] Ah Meng died on 8 February 2008 of old age at 47 years old. Ishta, Ah Meng's granddaughter, was chosen to take over the namesake of Ah Meng. Other area home to sun bears, pileated gibbons, and asian small-clawed otters.[10] This area houses animals like African penguins, Asian water monitor, fennec fox and Dalmatian pelicans.
This area houses the zoo's African savannah animals including southern white rhinos, Grévy's zebras, Marabou storks, African painted dogs, cheetahs, red river hogs, meerkats, African lions, giraffes, and nyalas. Located past the lion exhibit are Sri Lankan leopards, a den for naked mole-rats and a fossa exhibit opened in 2019. On August 2024, two Nile lechwes were brought to the zoo.[11]
It is a hillside forest clearing with a jungle gym like chimpanzees and red-capped mangabey.
The outdoor portion of the zoo's reptile complex which has enclosures for the zoo's larger reptiles such as Aldabra giant tortoises, Komodo dragons, saltwater crocodiles, rhinoceros iguanas, African spurred tortoises, Chinese alligators, Siamese crocodiles, Philippine crocodiles and gharials.[12]
Opening on 16 August 2017, RepTopia was a renovation of the 35-year-old Snake House. Several species of reptiles and amphibians are housed in four different regions — Deserts of the World, Indo-Pacific, Tropical Africa and Neotropical Rainforests; among them are crocodile monitors, electric blue geckos, Gaboon vipers, golden poison frogs, king cobras, Madagascar giant day geckos, plumed basilisks, reticulated pythons, veiled chameleons and western diamondback rattlesnakes. A behind-the-scenes facility is visible to the guests, allowing them to view the hatchery.[13]
In January 2022, thirteen Roti Island snake-necked turtles were successfully repatriated to a breeding facility in Kupang.[14]
Formerly the Critters Longhouse, which housed small mammals, this building was transformed into the Tortoise Shell-ter in 2016, housing different species of tortoises such as Burmese star tortoises, Indian star tortoises, radiated tortoises and angonoka tortoises, in seven enclosures, among other reptiles and birds. Each habitat is climate-controlled with special lighting, heating and humidity control.[15]
A 20,000 cubic meter biodome that houses a wide variety of tropical birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and invertebrates. Species kept in the biodome include black-casqued hornbills, great arguses, lesser mouse-deer, Linne's two-toed sloths, Malayan flying foxes, Malayan peacock-pheasants, Nicobar pigeons, pied imperial pigeons, Prevost's squirrels, red-sided eclectus parrots, red ruffed lemurs, spotted whistling ducks, western crowned pigeons, white-faced sakis and zebra doves with golden lion tamarins housed in a small enclosure near the biodome.[16] The area also has a butterfly house consisting of 11 butterfly species, 8 of which are native to Singapore.[17]
The SPH Foundation Conservation Centre sponsors Celebes crested macaques, emperor tamarins, pygmy marmosets, silvery marmosets, and Azara's agoutis.
Visitors first walk through a Konso and Amharic village with several waga sculptures dotted around. A large troop of hamadryas baboons are mixed with a herd of Nubian ibexes in an enclosure recreating the rugged steppes of Ethiopia. Meerkats, common kusimanses, servals, rock hyraxes and South African ground squirrels are kept in smaller enclosures. A bridge from which you can view the baboons overlooks an enclosure with a pond, home to a pair of spur-winged geese nearby.[18]
This zone features a walkthrough habitat with eastern grey kangaroos, Bennett's wallabies and magpie geese along with a southern cassowary enclosure at the end of the zone. Goodfellow's tree-kangaroos are housed indoors but are able to access an outdoor enclosure. The zoo's male tree-kangaroo named Makaia was born in 2014 at Adelaide Zoo and orphaned at five weeks old when his mother, Kia, was crushed by a falling tree branch. He made headlines after he was adopted by a yellow-footed rock wallaby.[19] Makaia arrived at the Singapore Zoo in 2016 to accompany the zoo's female tree-kangaroo, Nupela.[20] On 4 February 2020, Nupela gave birth to a male joey.[21]
Four female koalas named Paddle, Chan, Pellita and Idalia were on loan to the zoo from the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary to celebrate Singapore's golden jubilee in April 2015 and returned to Australia in February 2016.[22]
The Primate Kingdom consists of a large moat with several islands which house various monkeys and lemurs such as black-and-gold howler monkeys, black-and-white ruffed lemurs, ring tailed lemurs, cotton-top tamarins, arapaimas, eastern black-and-white colobuses, De Brazza's monkeys, white faced sakis, squirrel monkeys and some of the only red-shanked doucs in captivity.[23]
A herd of five female Asian elephants live in a 2.47 acre (1 ha) habitat with a large pool.[24] Komali, the matriarch of the herd, is a Sri Lankan elephant, Gambir and Jati are Indian elephants and half-sisters Aprila and Intan are Sumatran elephants.
Located at the very north of the zoo, KidzWorld is home to many domestic animals like goats, rabbits, horses, pigs, dogs, various domestic galliformes and African spurred tortoises, among others. There are other attractions in this area as well, such as a carousel and a splash pad.[25] Guests are allowed to closely interact with the animals and feed them.
- Animal Breeding and Enrichment Centre
- SPH Foundation Conservation Centre
- The Great Rift Valley of Ethiopia
