Hoofed Mammals

Mammals that walk on hooves, such as giraffes, zebras, hippos and antelopes.

Subcategories

🦌 Deer (5)🦌 Antelopes (8)

33 entries

American BisonBison bisonA huge, shaggy grazer of North America that once numbered in the tens of millions and nearly disappeared.Babydoll Southdown SheepOvis ariesA small, teddy-bear-faced sheep breed from England's South Downs with some of the finest wool of any British breed.Bactrian CamelCamelus bactrianus (domestic); wild relative Camelus ferusA two-humped camel of Central Asian deserts, domesticated thousands of years ago as a pack animal that can go a long time without food or water.Black RhinocerosDiceros bicornisA critically endangered two-horned rhino of eastern and southern Africa that browses on shrubs with a pointed, grasping lip.Blue DuikerPhilantomba monticolaA tiny forest antelope of central and southern Africa that weighs only 9 to 13 pounds and lives in pairs.BongoTragelaphus eurycerusA large forest antelope of tropical Africa with 10 to 15 pale stripes down each side and horns up to 3 feet long.Chacoan PeccaryCatagonus wagneriA pig-like hoofed mammal of South America's dry Gran Chaco, known only from fossils until it was found alive in 1975.Domestic GoatCapra hircusOne of the oldest farm animals, a curious, climbing grazer that comes in many breeds, sizes and colors.Dromedary CamelCamelus dromedariusThe one-humped Arabian camel, built for hot deserts, that can go days without drinking.ElkCervus canadensisA large North American deer whose males grow huge antlers every year and fill autumn valleys with high-pitched bugling.Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsicerosA large striped antelope of African woodlands whose males grow long, spiral horns with about two and a half twists.Greater One-Horned RhinocerosRhinoceros unicornisA huge, armor-looking rhino of India and Nepal with a single horn, whose numbers have recovered from about 150 animals to thousands.Gulf Coast Native SheepOvis ariesThe oldest type of sheep in the United States, a hardy breed descended from Spanish settlers' flocks that handles heat and humidity well.Huacaya AlpacaVicugna pacosA fluffy domestic alpaca first raised by Andean people in Peru more than 6,000 years ago for its soft, warm fleece.ImpalaAepyceros melampusA graceful reddish-brown African antelope whose males have long S-shaped horns.KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragusA small, sure-footed African antelope that hops from rock to rock on tiny hooves the size of a dime.Nigerian Dwarf GoatCapra aegagrus hircusA small, easygoing dairy goat breed of West African ancestry known for rich milk, often born three or four at a time.

Nile LechweKobus megacerosAn endangered swamp antelope of South Sudan and Ethiopia whose dark males and golden females look like different animals.Nubian GoatCapra aegagrus hircusA tall dairy goat breed with long, floppy ears and a rounded nose, developed in England from British, African and Indian goats.Oberhasli GoatCapra aegagrus hircusA reddish-brown Swiss dairy goat breed with black markings, prized for its milk and its sturdy, fearless nature.Père David's DeerElaphurus davidianusA water-loving Chinese deer that disappeared from the wild long ago and survived only in captive herds.Plains ZebraEquus quagga (subspecies include Grant's zebra)The most common zebra, a grass-grazing striped horse relative of eastern and southern Africa whose stripe pattern is one-of-a-kind on every animal. Grant's zebra is one kind.Przewalski's HorseEquus ferus przewalskiiThe last truly wild horse, a stocky dun-colored horse of Mongolia that was extinct in the wild and has been brought back.Pygmy HippopotamusChoeropsis liberiensisA small, shy, endangered hippo that lives alone in the forests and swamps of West Africa, mostly in Liberia.Reticulated GiraffeGiraffa reticulata (also listed as Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata)An endangered giraffe of northern Kenya with orange-brown patches outlined by a network of bright white lines.Sable AntelopeHippotragus nigerA large, powerful African antelope whose black males carry huge curved horns.Shetland SheepOvis aries (Shetland breed)A small, hardy sheep breed from Scotland's Shetland Isles that comes in more colors than almost any other breed.Southern PuduPudu pudaOne of the world's smallest deer, a shy, reddish-brown deer of the rainforests of Chile and Argentina.Southern White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum simumThe largest rhino, a wide-lipped grass grazer of southern Africa that came back from near extinction to about 20,000 animals.TakinBudorcas taxicolorA big, shaggy Himalayan mountain animal with a moose-like nose and horns like a wildebeest, most closely related to sheep.Tufted DeerElaphodus cephalophusA small, dark deer of Chinese mountain forests named for the tuft of hair on its forehead, which often hides the male's tiny antlers.White-Tailed DeerOdocoileus virginianusA common deer of the Americas that flashes its white tail as a warning and bounds away at up to 30 miles per hour.Yellow-Backed DuikerCephalophus silvicultorThe largest of the forest duikers, a dark, shy African antelope with a bright yellow patch on its back.