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The San Diego Wild Animal Park is one of the main tourist attractions of San Diego and Southern California. It houses a variety of wild and endangered animals including species from the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America, and Australia. The park is in a semi-arid environment and one of its most notable features is its large, natural looking enclosures for the animals. The enclosures hold such animals as cheetahs, gazelles, lions, giraffes, hippos, zebras, Przewalski's horses, rhinosCeratotherium simum Dicerorhinus sumatrensis Diceros bicornis Rhinoceros unicornis ''R. sondaicus A rhinoceros is any of five surviving species of odd-toed ungulate in the family Rhinocerotidae . All five are native to Africa or Asia. Rhinoceros is also o, and gorillaGorilla gorilla Gorilla beringei The Gorilla the largest of the primates, is a ground-dwelling herbivore that inhabits the forests of central Africa. Gorillas move about by knuckle-walking. Males range in height from 1. 75 m, and in weight from 140 kg tos. The park is also noted for its California condor breeding program, possibly the most successful program in the country.

The park has an area of 1,800 acreThis article is about the unit of measure known as the acre''. For other definitions, see Acre (disambiguation). An acre is a measure of land area in Imperial units or U. customary units. It is equal to 43 560 square feet, or 4840 square yards. The preciss (7 kmēSquare kilometre (symbol km is an SI unit of surface area. It is one of the SI derived units. 1 kmē is equal to: the area of a square measuring 1 kilometre on each side 1 000 000 mē 100 hectares 0. 386 102 square miles (statute) 247. 105 381 acres Convers) and, in 2002, housed more than 400 species of animals and 3,500 species of plants. Access to the animal exhibits is by several mileA mile is any of several units of distance, or, as physicists say, of length. Today, one mile is mainly equal to about 1609 metres on land and 1852 metres at sea and in the air, but see below for the details. Current definitions The meanings of mile thats of walking trails, a five-mile (8 km) electric railway, and by caravan on a flatbed truck inside some of the larger enclosures.

Both the park and the San Diego ZooThe San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California is one of the largest, most progressive zoos in the world. It is a private zoo, owned and maintained by the nonprofit Zoological Society of San Diego. The Zoo advertises high-profile animal exhibits like its pand are run by the Zoological Society of San Diego. The Wild Animal Park is 32 miles (51 km) away from the zoo, at 15500 San Pasqual Valley Road in Escondido, CaliforniaEscondido is a city located in San Diego County, California just north of San Diego, California. Attractions include the San Diego Wild Animal Park. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 133,559. Geography Escondido is located at 33°7'.

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