mammals

Capra falconeri,spiral-horned goat

Features：The largest goat

Markhor (scientific name: Capra falconeri) is called Markhor in English, Markhor and Schraubenziege in German, and has three subspecies.Markhor ewes live in groups of up to 9, while rams generally live alone. During the breeding season, rams fight to attract the attention of ewes. The rams will lock...

Capra cylindricornis

Features：The body is stout, the legs are short, and the beard is most noticeable in winter.

Eastern Caucasian ibex (scientific name: Capra cylindricornis) English Eastern Tur, East Caucasian Tur, Spanish Tur oriental, Russian Bосточнокавказский тур, Дагестанский тур, no subspecies.The coat of male East Caucasian ibex is brown in winter, which helps to dis...

Capra caucasica

Features：The fur is chestnut, the lower abdomen is yellow, the legs are darker, and the horns are scimitar-shaped.

West Caucasian ibex (scientific name: Capra caucasica) English Western Tur, Tur, West Caucasian Tur, Spanish Tur occidental, German Westkaukasischer Steinbock, Russian Западнокавказский тур, Кубанский тур, no subspecies.The herd composition of the West Caucasian ibex...

Summer sheep, black sheep, domestic goat

Features：The most geographically widespread of all domestic animals

Goats (scientific name: Capra hircus) are one of the earliest domesticated livestock by humans.Modern goats are domesticated from wild goats. Archaeological excavations have shown that goats in Central and West Asia were domesticated as livestock as early as 5700 BC. Since goats belong to one of the...

Capra aegagrus,Persian Ibex

Features：Both sexes have distinct curved horns with notches, and males have long whiskers under their chins.

Wild goats (scientific name: Capra aegagrus) are also known as Wild Goat and Bezoar in foreign languages. There are 7 subspecies.In summer, wild goats stay high in the mountains and feed on grass and moss; in winter, they move to lower places to avoid the thick snow. They feed on herbs, shrubs and o...

Ammotragus lervia,Bearded sheep, Barbary sheep, Berber sheep

Features：Males have a sparse mane from throat to chest

The scientific name of the Barbary Sheep is Ammotragus lervia, which is also known as Aoudad, Barbary Sheep, Uaddan in English, Mouflon À Manchettes in French, Aoudad, Berberschaf, Mähnenschaf, Mähnenspringer in German. It is the only species in the genus Ammotragus and has 6 subspecies.The ram u...

Features：It is large in size and is named after its twisted horns.

Addax nasomaculatus (scientific name: Addax nasomaculatus) has two subspecies.Addax has a strong gregarious nature. It lives in small groups in the wild of Africa and leads a wandering life. The population includes both males and females, ranging from 5 to 20, led by older male addacs, and forages c...

Oryx leucoryx,Arabian Oryx, Arabian Oryx, Arabian Oryx

Features：It is the smallest member of the genus Oryx.

Arabian Oryx (scientific name: Oryx leucoryx) is called Arabian Oryx in foreign language. It has no subspecies and is the smallest member of the genus Oryx.Arabian Oryx live in groups, with groups of different sexes, 5-30 in each group, and groups of more than 100 have also appeared. They are genera...

Oryx gazella,Gemsbok,Gemsbok

Features：It is the largest species in the genus Oryx.

South African Oryx gazella (scientific name: Oryx gazella) is also known as Gemsbok in foreign languages. It has 4 subspecies.South African oryx live in groups, with 6-40 individuals in each group, with an average of 14 and a record of more than 300. The group is centered on a powerful adult male or...

Oryx dammah,Scimitar-horned oryx,Scimitar-horned oryx, white oryx, white oryx, scimitar-horned oryx, scimitar-horned oryx

Features：The horns are long and curve backwards like a scimitar.

Scimitar-horned oryx (scientific name: Oryx dammah) is called Scimitar-horned oryx in English. It has no subspecies. It was discovered in 1816 and named by biologist Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar in 1827.Scimitar-horned oryx are active in the early morning and evening, usually gathering in groups of mor...

East African Gemsbok, Oryx oryx, East African Gemsbok

Features：There is no black area on the hind legs, and the black markings only extend to the abdomen

East African Oryx (scientific name: Oryx beisa) English Beisa Oryx, French Oryx Beisa, German Eritrea-Spiessbock, Somali Be'id, Swahili Choroa, there are 2 subspecies.The East African Oryx has evolved a variety of physiological characteristics to adapt to the desert environment due to its long-t...

Hippotragus niger,Sable Antelope

Features：It is the national animal of Zimbabwe, and its subspecies, the blackbuck, is the national animal of Angola.

Sable Antelope (scientific name: Hippotragus niger) is also known as Sable Antelope in English. There are 5 subspecies.Sable Antelope populations usually have 30-75 females and young antelopes in good habitats. They are led by 5 male antelopes. The herd will be divided into several small groups duri...

Hippotragus leucophaeus，Bluebuck

Features：Extinct, the first large mammal to disappear in Africa

The scientific name of the bluebuck is Hippotragus leucophaeus, and its foreign name is Bluebuck. It is an extinct antelope and the first large mammal to disappear in Africa. They are close relatives of the black antelope and the black antelope, but are slightly smaller.Like the antelope and black a...

Hippotragus equinus

Features：Black markings on face

The scientific name of the Hippotragus equinus is small groups living in plains and shrub areas. It is closely related to the sable antelope (H. niger) and the extinct blue scimitar-horned antelope (H. leucophoeus). It feeds on the fresh and tender parts or leaves of plants. The favorite grasses of...

Gray duiker, Gray duiker, Gray duiker, Gray duiker

Features：Light red to dark grey, white underparts, black muzzle, nose and front legs

Common Duiker (scientific name: Sylvicapra grimmia) English Common Duiker, Bush Duiker, Grey Duiker, French Céphalophe de Grimm, Céphalophe du Cap, South African Gewone Duiker, German Kronenducker, there are 13 subspecies.Common duikers are active in the early morning, evening, and night. During t...

Cephalophus zebra

Features：Possessing one of the most unique fur coats of any mammal

The spotted duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus zebra) is called Zebra Duiker, Banded Duiker, Zebra Antelope in English, Céphalophe Zébré, Céphalophe rayé in French, Duiquero Cebrado in Spanish, and Zebraducker in German. It has no subspecies and is a species endemic to the Upper Guinea Forest...

Cephalophus weynsi

Features：Overall color is chestnut brown or dark red with olive tones, pale underparts, and black legs

Weyns's Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus weynsi) English Weyns's Duiker, French Céphalpohe de Weyns, German Weynsducker, has 3 subspecies. Weyns's Duiker can be distinguished from the bay duiker and white-bellied duiker distributed in the same area because they do not have obvious d...

Tanzanite, Abbott's duiker

Features：Relatively tall, with short legs, a thick neck, and a short, shiny coat that is generally dark brown or black.

Tanzanian duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus spadix) English Abbott's Duiker, Minde, French Céphalophe d'Abbott, German Abbott-Ducker, Abbottducker, no subspecies. Tanzanian duiker and yellow-backed duiker are similar in size and color, but the yellow-backed duiker has a unique yellow wed...

Cephalophus silvicultor,Yellow-backed antelope,

Features：One of the largest forest duiker species

Yellow-backed Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus silvicultor) English: Yellow-backed Duiker, French: Céphalophe géant, Céphalophe à dos jaune, Spanish: Duiquero de Lomo Amarillo, German: Gelbrückenducker, Riesenducker, there are 4 subspecies.The yellow-backed duiker is an unsociable species....

Cephalophus rufilatus

Features：Flame-marked face, large ears, and a tuft of black hair on a dark forehead

Red-flanked Duiker (scientific name: Cephalophus rufilatus) is called Red-flanked Duiker in English, Céphalophe à Flancs Roux in French, Blaurückenducker and Rotflankenducker in German, and has no subspecies.In the wild, red-rumped duikers occupy different habitats that rarely overlap. They live...

Cephalophus ogilbyi,Ehrlich's Muntjac

Features：Has a lighter gold color and a narrow dorsal stripe

Ogilby's Duiker (Cephalophus ogilbyi) is known as Ogilby's Duiker in English, Céphalophe d'Ogilby in French, Duiquero de Ogilby in Spanish, Fernando-Po-Ducker, Ogilby-Ducker, Ogilbyducker in German, and has three subspecies.The Osmanthus duiker is one of the least known antelopes. The f...