{{ infobox zoo
| zoo_name         = 
| logo             = 
| logo_width       = 
| logo_caption     = 
| image            = 
| image_width      = 
| image_caption    = 
| date_opened      = 
| date_opening     = 
| date_closed      = 
| location         = 
| coordinates      = 
| area             = 
| floorspace       = 
| num_animals      = 
| num_species      = 
| largest_tank_vol = 
| total_tank_vol   = 
| annual_visitors  = 
| members          = 
| exhibits         = 
| owner            =
| website          = <!-- {{URL|www.example.com}} -->
}}

All parameters are optional.

zoo_name
Name of the zoo or aquarium.
logo
Logo image name to display at a default width of 300px (just the file name, such as "foo.jpg").
logo_width
width of logo.
logo_caption
caption for the logo that is displayed underneath the image.
logo_alt
alt text for the logo.
image
Image name to display at a default width of 300px (just the file name, such as "foo.jpg").
image_width
width of image.
image_caption
caption for the image that is displayed underneath the image.
image_alt
alt text for the image.
location
city, state, and country where the zoo is location.
date_opened
Date the zoo or aquarium opened. alternatively use date_opening for proposed zoos.
date_opening
Date the zoo or aquarium will open if the zoo is not yet open.
date_closed
Date the zoo or aquarium closed.
coordinates
geographical coordinates (latitude & longitude) of the zoo or aquarium (suggested location is a location and sizing that shows the entire facility when the link is opened), using {{coord}}.
area
Land area the zoo or aquarium occupies (include units and alternate units).
floorspace
Floor space in the aquarium (include units and alternate units).
num_animals
approximate number of animals at the zoo or aquarium (include a reference or year as well).
num_species
approximate number of unique species at the zoo or aquarium (include a reference or year as well).
largest_tank_vol
volume of largest aquarium tank.
total_tank_vol
total volume of all aquarium tanks.
annual_visitors
number of annual visitors.
members
Zoo or aquarium association(s) to which the facility belongs (e.g., AZA, EAZA, WAZA). Use {{ZooOrg}} to cite if possible.
exhibits
A short, comma-delimited list of major exhibits.
owner
Company or individual(s) which owns the zoo.
website
External link to the zoo's website. Use {{URL}}.

The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the place-name and location parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a person, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. Within the hCard is a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.

If the place or venue has an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date, use {{Start date}} (unless the date is before 1583 CE).

If it has a URL, use {{URL}}.

hCard uses HTML classes including:

  • adr
  • agent
  • category
  • county-name
  • extended-address
  • fn
  • label
  • locality
  • nickname
  • note
  • org
  • region
  • street-address
  • url
  • vcard

Geo is produced by calling {{coord}}, and uses HTML classes:

  • geo
  • latitude
  • longitude

Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.

When giving coordinates, please don't be overly precise.