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The Chital (or cheetal) deer (Axis
axis), also known as the spotted deer or Axis Deer is a deer which
commonly inhabits wooded regions of Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and
most of India. It is the most common deer species in Indian forests. Its
coat is reddish fawn, marked with white spots, and its underparts are
white. Its horns, which it sheds annually, are usually three-pronged and
curve in a lyre shape and may extend to 75 cm. |
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The Red Deer (Commonly called hart in
the United Kingdom) is one of the largest deer species. The Red Deer
inhabits most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor and
parts of western and central Asia. It also inhabits the Atlas Mountains
region between Algeria and Tunisia in northwestern Africa, being the
only species of deer to inhabit Africa. In many parts of the world the
meat (venison) from Red Deer is widely used as a food source. |
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The Hog Deer (Axis porcinus) is small
deer whose habitat ranges from Pakistan, through northern India, to
mainland southeast Asia. The hog deer gets its name from the hog-like
manner in which it runs through the forests with its head hung low so
that it can duck under obstacles instead of leaping over them like most
other deer. During flight, the tail is held erect, showing the white
underside. |
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The Barbary Sheep (also called Aoudad
and Arui) is a species of Caprinae (goat-antelope) found in rocky
mountains in North Africa. Barbary Sheep stand 80 to 100 cm (30 to 40
inches) tall at the shoulder and weigh 40 to 140 kg (90 to 310 lb). They
are a sandy-brown colour, darkening with age, with a slightly lighter
underbelly and a darker line on the back. The horns curve outwards,
backwards then inwards, and reach up to 50 cm (20 inches). The horns are
smooth, but wrinkled at the base. |
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The Wild Boar is native across much
of Central Europe, the Mediterranean Region (including North Africa's
Atlas Mountains) and much of Asia as far south as Indonesia. Boars have
the ability to leap 3 to 4 feet in the air. The tusks (the canine teeth)
serve as weapons and grow continuously. The lower tusks of an adult male
measure about 20 cm (from which seldom more than 10 cm protrude out of
the mouth), in exceptional cases even 30 cm. |
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The Damara (sheep) was originally
from Eastern Asia and Egypt and moved down to the present day Namibia
and Angola. For many years the sheep were in an isolated region of
Namibia and thus remained free of influence from other breeds. Damara
sheep can survive in a harsh environment and under poor nutritional
conditions. The Damara sheep has a diverse diet. It feeds on grass, bush
and shrubs and can almost be classified as a browser. |
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The Mouflon is a species of wild
sheep and as such is one of the Caprinae or “goat antelopes”. It is
thought to be one of the two ancestors for all modern domestic sheep
breeds. It is red-brown with a dark back-stripe, light colored saddle
patch and underparts. The males are horned and the females are horned or
polled. They originated in Southwest Asia, home to the species known as
the “Asiatic mouflon” (Ovis orientalis).. |
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The Lechwe, or Southern Lechwe, (Kobus
leche) is an antelope found in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, the Kafue
Flats, the Bangweulu Swamps of Zambia, and the very southeast of
Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lechwe stand 90 to 100 centimetres at
the shoulder and weigh from 70 to 120 kilograms. They are golden brown
with a white underbelly and black legs. Males are darker in colour. The
long spiral structured horns are vaguely lyre-shaped, they are found
only in males. |
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Blackbuck (Antilope cervicapra) is a
species of antelope found mainly in India, but also in parts of Pakistan
and Nepal. The horns of the Blackbuck are ringed with 1 to 4 turns,
rarely more than 4 turns, and can be as long as 28 inches. A trophy
Blackbuck is 18+ inches. In the male, the upper body is black (dark
brown), and the belly and eye rings are white. The light-brown female is
usually hornless. Blackbucks usually roam the plains in herds of 15 to
20 animals with one dominant male. |
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The Scimitar Oryx, or Scimitar-Horned Oryx,
(Oryx dammah) is a species of oryx which formerly inhabited the whole of
North Africa.The Scimitar Oryx is just over a metre at the shoulder and
weighs around two hundred kilograms. Its coat is white with a red-brown
chest and black markings on the forehead and down the length of the
nose. The horns are long, thin and parallel and curve backwards (like a
scimitar) and can reach a metre to a metre and a quarter on both sexes,
male and female. |
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The wild Asian Water Buffalo weighs
800-1200 kg (1800-2600 lb). It is a massive, powerful animal, with the
widest horn span of any bovid - more than 6.5' (2 m). The wild Asian
buffalo eats grass and leafy aquatic vegetation. It is mainly a grazer,
feeding in the morning and evenings and lying up in dense cover or
submerging in wallows during midday. |
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Cameroon Dwarf Goat (also called Pygmy
goats) are small, horned goats. They stand between 16 and 23 inches tall
at the shoulder. Coat colour varies greatly and can be white, black or
anything in between. Many pygmy goats have an agouti pattern. This is a
mix of fur colour that gives a grizzled grey appearance. |
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