Exotic
Meerkat
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) Habitat: Meerkats live in open, arid areas with grass lined burrows in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana; the Namib Desert in Namibia, South-Western Angola, and in South Africa. Description: The Meerkat’s coat is usually fawn in colour with brown, tan or grey flecks. They have stripes across their backs with the pattern of…
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Maned Wolf (Chrysocyon brachyurus) Habitat: Maned Wolves are naturally found in central and eastern South America, including northern Argentina, south and central Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and south eastern Peru. A variety of open habitats are utilized, including savannah, grassland, scrubland, swamps, marshes, and agricultural land. Description: The fur blends from reddish brown to golden orange…
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Indian Blackbuck Antelope (Antelope cervicapra) Habitat: Blackbuck can be found in a range of habitats including open plains, grassland and open woodland. Native to Asia, Blackbuck once roamed throughout most of India. Today this species occurs mainly in India, with a small population still existing in Nepal. It has been declared regionally extinct in Pakistan…
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Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) Habitat: Its native habitat is in the rugged wooded hills and mountain slopes of temperate to sub-alpine forests up to treeline between elevations of 2500 and 5200m. They are found in the Himalayas including China, North India and Nepal. Himalayan Tahr have been introduced to New Zealand and the Western Cape Province…
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Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Habitat: Giraffe live in the Savannas of Africa, in semi-arid, open woodlands with scattered trees and bushes. Description: Giraffes are the world’s tallest mammals with males reaching a height of up to 5.5m, females up to 4.5m. They are well known for their long necks, long legs, and spotted patterns with the…
Read MoreEuropean Fallow Deer
European Fallow Deer (Dama dama) Habitat: Fallow deer originally lived only in lands along the Mediterranean Sea. Today Fallow deer are found in Europe and Northern Asia ranging from cool-humid to warm-dry areas. They prefer old, deciduous, broad-leaf forests of varying densities interspersed with grassy areas, but they are also found in mixed forests, subalpine vegetation,…
Read MoreEland Antelope
Eland Antelope (Taurotragus Oryx) Habitat: Found throughout Southern Africa: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa. 50% of Eland in Africa live in protected reserves. They are found in semi-arid areas but can also be found in grasslands, woodlands, sub desert, bush and mountaintops. Description: Fawn brown in colour with…
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Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) Habitat: The deserts in Northern Africa, Arabia and the Middle East, while a feral population is also to be found in the Simpson Desert of Australia. Description: The smooth coat is beige to light brown in colour with the undersides slightly lighter. Some individuals can vary from white to dark brown. The…
Read MoreCommon Marmoset
Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) Habitat: Common Marmosets are native to East-Central Brazil. They can be found in a number of forest habitats including Atlantic coastal, semi-deciduous, Savanna, Riverine, Dry Secondary Forests and Edge habitats. Description: Common Marmosets are relatively small monkeys with long banded tails. Males grow to an average height of 188mm with females growing…
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South American Coati (Nasua nasua) Habitat: The South American Coati lives primarily in forest habitats, including deciduous forest, evergreen forest, gallery forest, cerrado and dry scrub forest from Columbia & Venezuela to Uraguay & Northern Argentina. They occupy a large range of elevations, reaching up to 2,500 metres in the Andes. Description: Coati are dark brown,…
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