Plumpton Park Zoo
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The Plumpton Park Zoo is located in Rising Sun, Maryland, United States, along Maryland Route 273, which is part of the Mason and Dixon Scenic Byway. The zoo is home to 165 animals of 75 different species. The Jeremiah Brown House and Mill Site, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, is also on the site.
The zoo was started by Edward Plumstead in 1985 on his family estate, initially with deer and a few domestic animals. Now the zoo is home to over 165 exotic animals and a professionally trained staff of zookeepers and professionals. The zoo welcomes over 85,000 visitors a year.
List of animals[]
Mammals[]
- Alpaca
- American bison
- Crested porcupine
- Serval
- Arctic fox
- Bactrian camel
- Binturong
- Black-backed jackal
- American black bear
- Bobcat
- Eurasian brown bear
- Fallow deer
- Giraffe
- Llama
- Pot-bellied pig
- Prairie dog
- Pygmy goat
- Reeves's muntjac
- Sheep
- Siamang
- Sicilian donkey
- Silver Fox
- Bennett's Wallaby
- Arctic wolf
- Timber wolf
- Ankole-Watusi
- White tiger
- White-faced capuchin
- Zebra
Birds[]
- Barred owl
- Blue-and-yellow macaw
- Blue eared pheasant
- Silkie chicken
- Duck
- Goffin
- Harris's hawk
- Heritage turkey
- Hyacinth macaw
- Moluccan cockatoo
- Peacock
- Golden pheasant
- Sandhill crane
- Scarlet macaw
- Silver pheasant
- Sun conure
- Umbrella cockatoo
Reptiles[]
- African spurred tortoise
- American alligator
- Ball python
- Burmese python
- Corn snake
- Hermann's tortoise
- Red-footed tortoise
- Red-eared slider
- Aldabra giant tortoise
Amphibians[]
Arthropods[]
- Tarantula
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Categories:
- Zoos in Maryland
- Zoos established in 1985
- 1985 establishments in Maryland
- Zoo stubs
- Maryland building and structure stubs