Lama glama，llama,Domestic Alpaca

Features：Long limbs, protruding and curved ears

The llama (Latin scientific name: Lama glama, English name: llama) is the heaviest and largest South American alpaca in South America.Llamas are social animals and are trained to use nooses and lead the way after weaning. They are very friendly. They are extremely curious and happy to interact with...

Vicugna pacos， Alpaca，Grass Mud Horse,Alpaca

Features：One of the top ten mythical beasts made fun of by Chinese netizens

The alpaca (scientific name Vicugna pacos, English name Alpaca) native to South America is also known as the Grass Mud Horse in my country. It is one of the top ten mythical beasts spoofed by Chinese netizens, and originated from Baidu World of Warcraft. The top ten mythical beasts, including the Gr...

Lama guanicoe,Guanaco

Features：The wild ancestor of domestic camels and alpacas

Guanaco (scientific name: Lama guanicoe) is a docile herbivore with four subspecies.Guanacos like to form small groups, with 4-10 females led by a male. The territory is marked by the accumulation of feces in the group. Male guanacos fight for territory by colliding with each other and spitting. You...

Vicugna vicugna,Vicuna

Features：Among alpaca wool, vicuña wool is the thickest and longest, but has poor elasticity.

Llama (scientific name: Vicugna vicugna) is also known as Vicuna in English. It has three subspecies and is a large mammal.The llama is a unique animal on the semi-arid grasslands at an altitude of 3,500 to 5,750 meters in the Andes Mountains of Peru, Bolivia, Argentina and Chile. It can carry goods...

Camelus dromedarius,dromedary

Features：It is named after its hump and is the national animal of Egypt.

The dromedary camel (scientific name: Camelus dromedarius) is also known as dromedary in English. It has no subspecies and is slightly taller than the Bactrian camel. It has a thinner body and longer legs than the Bactrian camel.Camels are quite able to endure hunger and thirst. After drinking enoug...

Ovibos moschatus,Muskox、Musk Ox,Musk ox, Arctic musk ox

Features：The fur of the northernmost ungulate on Earth can grow up to 60 cm

Musk ox (scientific name: Ovibos moschatus) is also known as Muskox and Musk Ox in foreign languages. There are two subspecies.Musk oxen live in rocky and barren places. They live in groups and mainly eat grass and branches of shrubs. In winter, they also dig snow to eat mosses. They are brave and w...

Syncerus caffer, African Buffalo， Buffle d'Afrique,African buffalo, African buffalo

Features：It has a broad chest, strong limbs, a large head with long horns, and a fringe of hair at the tip of its tail.

African buffalo (scientific name: Syncerus caffer) is called African Buffalo in English and Buffle d'Afrique in French. There are 5 subspecies.African buffalo is a herd animal. Only old or injured individuals will be alone. The strongest bull in the herd becomes the leader of the herd, commandin...

Monodon monoceros，Narwhal、Unicorn Whale,Narwhal, Lance Whale

Features：There is a long tooth on the head, hence the name

The scientific name of narwhal: Monodon monoceros, foreign names Narwhal, Unicorn Whale, no subspecies.As a protected Arctic species, narwhals are social animals that live mainly in the northern end of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. A small number of narwhals are also found in the Greenlan...

Capracornis swinhoei,Taiwan serow,Formosan goat, Formosan wild goat

Features：It is a specialty of Taiwan Island, China

Taiwan serow is called Taiwan serow in English, and has no subspecies. The Taiwan serow is smaller in size and more similar to the goral (Naemorhedus goral) than the mainland's serow (Capricornis sumatraensis), with brown hair, shorter mane than the mainland serow, but more erect, with a light c...

Capricornis rubidus,Capricornis sumatraensis Blyth, 1863 ssp. rubidus ,Red Serow，Burmese Red Serow，Arakan Serow , Roter Serau , Saro carmin, saro rouge , Sirao rojo，Serau rojo, serau de Birmania,Red S

Features：Newly recorded mammal species in China

Red Serow, with no subspecies, is a separate species of the genus Serow in the family Bovidae of the order Artiodactylus.The red fur appearance of the Red Serow is easily distinguished from other black, gray or dark brown species of the genus Serow. However, some experts believe that the population...

Capricornis milneedwardsii,Chinese Serow,Four-legged beast, Sumatran serow

Features：The prototype of the ancient "Sky Horse"

Chinese Serow, also known as Chinese Serow in English, has two subspecies and is one of the typical animals in the tropical and subtropical regions of southeast Asia.The horns of the Chinese serow look like a deer, but it is not a deer; the hooves look like a cow, but it is not a cow; the head looks...

Ovis polii,Ovis poli typica Lydekker,Ovis ammon poli Blyth,Pamir Sheep,Marco Polo Sheep

Features：It has the longest horns of all argali sheep. The longest individual horn ever recorded is 1.9 meters long and weighs 27 kilograms.

Pamir Sheep, also known as Pamir Sheep, was once a subspecies of argali.The Pamir argali subspecies "Ovis ammon polii" was first scientifically described by zoologist "Edward Blyth" in 1841. These argali are also commonly referred to as "Marco Polo argali" or "Pami...

Ovis karelini

Features：The characteristics of the horns are between those of the Pamir argali and the Altai argali

Tian Shan Argali, once the Tianshan subspecies of Argali.The Tianshan argali is generally considered to be the Tianshan subspecies of the argali (Ovis ammon). The Ungulate Taxonomy co-authored by British scholar Peter Grubb and Australian scholar Colin Groves The 2019 edition of the Convention...

Ovis hodgsoni,Tibetan argali,Tibetan sheep, Dalai Lama argali, Altun Mountain argali, white-breasted argali, Tibetan argali, big monk argali

Features：The largest of all argali subspecies

Tibetan argali, also known as Tibetan argali in English, is a typical mountain animal and was once a subspecies of argali.The scientific Latin name of the Tibetan argali, one of its synonymous scientific names "Ovis ammon dalai-lamae" (also formerly "Argallo Altun Mountain subspecies&...

Ovis darwini,Mongolian argali, Argali mongolica

Features：The horns are the shortest of all the Asiatic mouflon

The Gobi argali is named Ovis darwini, and was once a subspecies of argali.The Gobi argali is generally considered to be a Gobi subspecies of the argali (Ovis ammon). It is considered an independent species in the book Ungulate Taxonomy co-authored by British scholar Peter Grubb and Australian schol...

Ovis collium,Kasachstan Argali,Ovis ammon collium

Features：Formerly a subspecies of the argali

Kazakh Argali, also known as Kasachstan Argali, was once a species of Argali.Kazakh Argali was once considered a subspecies of Ovis ammon. The 2019 edition of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) considers it an independent species, and China...

Ovis ammon ammon,Altai Argali wild sheep,Altai Argali,Argali sheep, Altai argali, Siberian argali, Altai sheep

Features：The world's largest wild argali sheep, with an average horn length of 1.5 meters

Altai Argali wild sheep is a typical mountain animal.The 2011 "Handbook of World Mammals" (THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD) identified the nine subspecies of argali as nine different species. The February 25, 2021 edition of China's "National Key Protected Wildlife List" also adopte...

Pseudois nayaur,Yayang, Banyang, Shiyang, Qingyang, Mountain Sheep, Argali, Lanyang, Qianna, Nawa, Gongna

Features：The sheep that is best at "flying over eaves and walls"

Blue Sheep, also known as Blue Sheep in English, has two subspecies. Its shape is between sheep and goats, and its appearance does have some characteristics of both types of sheep. In terms of body shape, Blue Sheep is very similar to sheep, but its horns are not spiraled, but similar to those of go...

Capra sibirica,Siberian Ibex,Íbice asiático,Asiatischer Steinbock, Sibirischer Steinbock,Yangir Yamaa,Siberian ibex, Asian antelope, red sheep, hanging sheep, Himalayan goat, Asiatic wild goat

Features：The goat with the longest horns in the world

The Siberian Ibex, with four subspecies, is a typical wild goat.Siberian Ibex is active at dawn and dusk and likes to move in groups. They are very good at climbing and jumping. Their hooves are very solid, with flexible heel joints and pliers-like toes, which enable them to run freely among the ste...

Hemitragus jemlahicus,Himalayan Tahr,Long-wool sheep, Tahr sheep

Features：It was discovered in my country in 1974.

The Himalayan Tahr sheep has three subspecies. In the first half of 1974, Cai Guiquan, Wang Zuxiang from the Qinghai Provincial Institute of Biology and Cao Junhe from the Beijing Natural History Museum first discovered the Himalayan Tahr sheep in the Quxiang area of the Boqu River Valley in the Tib...

Naemorhedus griseus,Chinese Goral、Long-tailed goral,South China goral, gray goral, North China goral, Siberian goral, Sichuan goral

Features：They are alert by nature, with extremely keen vision and hearing.

Chinese Goral, also known as Chinese Goral in English, has two subspecies and is a typical forest-dwelling mammal.From the name, the Chinese goral seems to be an animal unique to my country, but in fact they are not only distributed in my country, but also in India, Thailand, Myanmar and other count...