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All about the artiodactyls
Artiodactyl (Greek artios,"even"; dactylos,"finger" or "toe"), any member of the order of hoofed mammals, including cattle, pigs, goats, giraffes, camels, deer, antelopes, and hippopotamuses. |
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Bactrian Camel
The Bactrian Camel, Camelus bactrianus, is a two-humped camel that lives in the rocky Gobi desert and the grasslands (steppes) of Asia; these habitats get both very hot and very cold |
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Bongo or Forest Antelope
The bongo or forest antelope, Tragelaphus eurycerus, is a large, rare African antelope that lives in dense mountain forests and lowland rainforests. |
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Bovidae
The Bovidae is comprised of 138 species, including the antelope, cattle, bison or buffalo, goats, and sheep of the world. |
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Cape Buffalo
The Cape Buffalo is a large, hoofed mammal that lives on the African savanna. This plant-eater usually lives in large herds of up to a thousand animals. |
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Cow
Cows are often called cattle. The adult female is called a cow. The adult male is called a bull. A baby is called a calf. |
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Gnu or Wildebeest
The Gnu or Wildebeest is a fast-running plant-eater from eastern African grasslands. The name wildebeest means "wild beast" in the language Afrikaans. |
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Javelina (Collared Peccary)
The javelina or collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu) is a pig-like mammal that lives in deserts, dry woodlands, and chaparral in the southwestern USA and Mexico. |
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Okapi
The Okapi (or "forest giraffe") is a solitary, giraffe-like mammal found in rainforests of the upper Congo River Basin in central Africa. |
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Oryx
The Oryx (also called the sabre antelope) is a fast-running hoofed mammal that lives in dry regions of Africa and Asia (including the Arabian peninsula). |
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