Hoofed Mammals

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

Subcategories

🦌 Deer (2)🦌 Antelopes (4)

18 entries

An American bison with a shaggy brown coat standing in dry prairie grass.

American BisonBison bisonA huge, shaggy grazer of North America that once numbered in the tens of millions and nearly disappeared.

A shorn Babydoll Southdown ram standing on grass.

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.

A small gray-brown blue duiker standing among green plants.

Blue DuikerPhilantomba monticolaA tiny forest antelope of central and southern Africa that weighs only 9 to 13 pounds and lives in pairs.

A bongo with a reddish-brown coat, thin white stripes and long horns grazing on grass.

BongoTragelaphus eurycerusA large forest antelope of tropical Africa with 10 to 15 pale stripes down each side and horns up to 3 feet long.

A bull elk with large branching antlers standing in a forest.

ElkCervus canadensisA large North American deer whose males grow huge antlers every year and fill autumn valleys with high-pitched bugling.

A male greater kudu with long spiral horns and thin white stripes walking on red earth.

Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsicerosA large striped antelope of African woodlands whose males grow long, spiral horns with about two and a half twists.

A greater one-horned rhinoceros with thick, folded skin walking through grass.

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.

A Gulf Coast native sheep with a woolly coat and white face grazing in a pen.

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.

A fluffy white Huacaya alpaca standing near a wooden fence.

Huacaya AlpacaVicugna pacosA fluffy domestic alpaca first raised by Andean people in Peru more than 6,000 years ago for its soft, warm fleece.

A black and brown Nigerian dwarf goat standing on grass.

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.

A male Nile lechwe with a dark brown coat, a white patch behind the head and long curved horns standing on grass.

Nile LechweKobus megacerosAn endangered swamp antelope of South Sudan and Ethiopia whose dark males and golden females look like different animals.

A brown Nubian goat with long floppy ears standing on straw.

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.

A reddish-brown Oberhasli goat with black legs standing on straw.

Oberhasli GoatCapra aegagrus hircusA reddish-brown Swiss dairy goat breed with black markings, prized for its milk and its sturdy, fearless nature.

Two Grant's zebras, a kind of plains zebra, standing on a dirt road among dry trees.

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.

A dark, shiny pygmy hippopotamus grazing on grass.

Pygmy HippopotamusChoeropsis liberiensisA small, shy, endangered hippo that lives alone in the forests and swamps of West Africa, mostly in Liberia.

A reticulated giraffe's head and neck, showing orange-brown patches outlined by white lines.

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.

A southern white rhinoceros with two horns standing in dry bush.

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.

A male white-tailed deer with antlers standing in dry grass.

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.