221 Amazing Wild Animals Encyclopedia

Scientific name : Elaphodus cephalophus Family : Cervidae Native to : China and Myanmar Interesting fact : Its hide costs much and sells for a lot of money. Conservation status : Near Threatened It is called tufted deer because of a tuft of black hair on its forehead. The deer bears close resemblance to the […]

Common name : Baluchi wild ass, Ghudkhur, Khur Scientific name : Equus Khur Family : Equidae Native to : Rann of Kutch, India Interesting fact : Their sub-species are found in Tibet. Conservation status : Endangered It usually has a sandy coat, which can sometimes vary from reddish-grey, fawn to pale chestnut, and a lighter

Common name : Zebroid, Zedonk, Zebrule Scientific name : Equus zebra x Equus caballus Family : Equidae Native to : Found only in captivity Interesting fact : Zorses are not present in the wild. Conservation status : Data Deficient It is the result of cross-breeding, generally a male zebra and a female horse (mare). The

Common name : Humped cattle, Brahman Scientific name : Bos taurus indicus Family : Bovidae Native to : Africa, South Asia Interesting fact : Nandi, revered in India, is a zebu. Conservation status : Domesticated There are seventy-five species of zebus; they are a commercial animals, providing hides, milk, meat, bones for fertilizers, etc. They

Common name : Banded duiker, Striped back duiker Scientific name : Cephalophus zebra Family : Bovidae Native to : Liberia, the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Guinea Interesting fact : Its main predator is the leopard. Conservation status : Vulnerable Zebra duikers have gold or red-brown coats with 12-16 distinctive zebra-like stripes, dark markings on

Common name : Mountain zebra Scientific name : Equus zebra Family : Equidae Native to : Africa Interesting fact : The name means wild horse. Conservation status : Vulnerable There are three species of zebra–the plains, the mountains and the Grevy’s zebra; the last is endangered. All three are differentiated on the basis of the

Scientific name : Bos grunniens Family : Bovidae Native to : Himalaya mountain region in South Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far North as Mongolia and Russia Interesting fact : They are the only wild bovids of this size with extremely dense, long fur that hangs down lower than the belly. Conservation status

Common Name : Striped ground squirrel Scientific name : Xerus erythropus Family : Sciuridae Native to : Africa Interesting fact : They make loud bi-jo and bi-joo sounds. Conservation status : Least Concern They live in open woodlands, grasslands, or rocky country, in burrows. Their diet is roots, seeds, fruits, pods, grains, insects, small vertebrates

Common Name : Humboldt’s woolly monkey Scientific name : Lagothrix lagotricha Family : Atelidae Native to : Philippines Interesting fact : They have black faces, and the palms of their hands are deep pink colour. Conservation status : Vulnerable It is an omnivorous mammal. Woolly monkeys have coat colour variations including dark brown, red-brown, grey

Common Name : White Tiger Scientific name : Panthera tigris tigris Family : Felidae Native to : Indian sub-continent Interesting fact : It is an albino Royal Bengal tiger which exists only in captivity. Conservation status : Endangered They measure 6.8-11.0 feet, weigh 140-300 kg and have a 10-20 years life span. As the name

Common name : Least weasel Scientific name : Mustela nivalis Family : Mustelidae Native to : Worldwide Interesting fact : Britain’s smallest carnivore Conservation status : Least Concern Weasels are small mammals with a reputation for cleverness, quickness and guile. There are many different species of weasels. They are small, active predators, long and slender

Common name : Freetambo Scientific name : Philantomba walteri Family : Bovidae Native to : Togo, Benin and Nigeria Interesting fact : Its name commemorates Professor Walter Verheyen, who was the first to obtain a specimen of this species of duiker from Togo. Conservation status : Not Evaluated It measures under 40 cm tall at

Common name : Whiptail wallaby, Toolache Scientific name : Macropus Family : Macropodidae. Native to : Australia Interesting fact : The dwarf wallaby is the smallest member. A wallaby is an animal that is smaller than a kangaroo. Although members of most wallaby species are small yet some can grow up to six feet in

Scientific name : Odobenus rosmarus Family : Odobenidae Native to : North Pole in the arctic and sub-arctic seas Interesting fact : Its name means ‘tooth walking sea horse’. Conservation status : Data Deficient It is a large flippered marine mammal found across the northern hemisphere. Adult walruses are easily recognized by their prominent tusks,

Common name : Tumbili Scientific name : Chlorocebus pygerythrus Family : Cercopithecidae Native to : Southern and East Africa Interesting fact : The grandmothers and grandchildren share their genes. Conservation status : Least Concern There are five sub-species of vervet monkeys. The monkeys are known for their love of grooming one another for hours; this