Hoof Stock – animals with hooves that are often hunted by carnivores
This category is also called ungulates and includes all animals with hooves. They are generally herbivores and include the animal families that are related to animals we’ve domesticated such as pigs, horses and cows. Unfortunately that makes them the target of carnivores, including humans. But that doesn’t mean they’re all gentle. Cape buffalos and rhinoceroses can be fierce fighters and defeat even lions and leopards.
 | ADDAX Baby addaxes are born the colour of desert sand to provide them with camouflage until they can move around with the herd. LEARN MORE» |
 | CAPE BUFFALO Cape Buffalo are extremely powerful and can run almost 60 km an hour. They love to wallow up to their chins in the mud. The horn span of a large buffalo bull can exceed 1 m. LEARN MORE» |
 | BLACK DUIKER The Black Duiker has extremely large babies, weighing up to 6 lbs, or 15% of the body weight of its 40 lb mother. LEARN MORE » |
 | GREVY'S ZEBRA Newborn Grevy’s Zebra foals can walk within a few minutes of birth and can run just 45 minutes after being born. LEARN MORE » |
 | CUVIER'S GAZELLE The Cuvier’s Gazelle live in a matriarchal society, with a single male accompanying a herd of females. Like other gazelles, the Cuvier’s Gazelle use with a "stotting" or "pronking" gait, running stiff-legged with all four limbs landing together when playing or alarmed. LEARN MORE » |
 | MALAYAN TAPIR The Malayan Tapir is the only animal capable of equal speed on land and in water. They communicate by using a series of squeaks and fluting sounds. LEARN MORE » |
 | MASAI GIRAFFE The Masai Giraffe is the only four-legged animal able to deliver a sideways kick. Their kick is strong enough to decapitate a lion. Stay out of the way! LEARN MORE » |
 | SLENDER-HORNED or ALGERIAN SAND GAZELLE The slender-horned gazelle have splayed hooves that increase foot surface so they can walk on deep sand for extended periods of time. LEARN MORE » |
 | WOOD BISON The Wood Bison, often weighing a ton or more, is the largest native North American mammal. Wood Bison are the forest relative of the more common Plains Bison. They were once over 200,000 of them in northern Canada, but by 1900 there were fewer than 300. Today, with protection and breeding there are about 4,500. LEARN MORE » |
 | MHORR GAZELLE Mhorr Gazelles are one of the rarest animals in the world. They are extinct in the wild and today live only in captivity in a few protected reserves around the world. Their former natural habitat was the Sahara desert areas of Morocco, North Africa. LEARN MORE » |
 | MOUNTAIN TAPIR Mountain Tapirs are generally active from late afternoon until early morning. They are normally shy and run from danger, but if cornered, they are vicious fighters with well-developed teeth as weapons. Here’s an odd fact – they communicate using a shrill whistle, which sounds more like a bird than a mammal. LEARN MORE » |
 | INDIAN RHINOCEROS The one-horned Indian Rhinoceros is the fourth largest land mammal (after three elephant species). Fully grown males can weigh 2,200 – 3,000 kg (4,800 – 6,600 lb). For such a large animal, the Indian Rhino is surprisingly fast – it can run up to 55 km per hour for short periods of time. It has an excellent sense of hearing and smell but relatively poor eyesight. LEARN MORE » |
 | KULAN The Kulan is related to many varieties of Asian asses. All are considered endangered and some varieties are extinct. The Kulan can run at 55 km per hour for extended periods of time. LEARN MORE » |
 | SITATUNGA The Sitatunga is an amphibious antelope – it’s long splayed hooves allow it to swim great distances and walk through swampy marshes, but make it clumsy on land. The males are considerably larger than females and have long, twisting horns. LEARN MORE » |
 | THOMPSON'S GAZELLE Thomson’s Gazelle, known as “tommies” are the prey of many creatures including cheetahs, cape hunting dogs, lions, hyenas, leopards, and crocodiles. However, they are excellent escape artists. They can leap 3 metres into the air, jump 10 metres in a single bound, and make instant turns faster than a cheetah. LEARN MORE » |
 | SCIMITAR-HORNED ORYX The Scimitar-Horned Oryx is now extinct in the wild, mostly due to hunting for its striking curved horns that grow to be several feet long. They once lived in the wild plains and deserts of Egypt, Senegal, and Chad, and have recently been reintroduced in Tunisia. LEARN MORE » |
 | MOUNTAIN BONGO The Mountain Bongo is an endangered species of antelope that lives only in a few mountain forests in Kenya. Its body is heavily built and males can weigh up to 900 pounds. Both males and females have long beautiful horns. Did you know that the name “bongo” has nothing to do with drums – it is an African tribal name that probably means antelope. LEARN MORE » |
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 | VICUNA The Vicuna lives in the high alps of the Andes. It is a relative of the llama and the alpaca. Vicunas produce small amounts of extremely fine wool which is very expensive because the animal can only be shorn every 3 years. The Inca raised them for their wool, and only royalty were allowed to wear Vicuna garments. LEARN MORE» |
