Sawan’s 221 Amazing Wild Animals Encyclopedia contains all the info about the wild animals. It will help children learn what these animals eat, how they hunt, how they sleep and many many more interesting facts about them!😍
Scientific name : Elaphodus cephalophus Family : Cervidae Native to : China and Myanmar Interesting fact : Its hide costs much and sells for a lot of money. Conservation status : Near Threatened It is called tufted deer because of a tuft of black hair on its forehead. The deer bears close resemblance to the …
Common name : Baluchi wild ass, Ghudkhur, Khur Scientific name : Equus Khur Family : Equidae Native to : Rann of Kutch, India Interesting fact : Their sub-species are found in Tibet. Conservation status : Endangered It usually has a sandy coat, which can sometimes vary from reddish-grey, fawn to pale chestnut, and a lighter …
Common name : Zebroid, Zedonk, Zebrule Scientific name : Equus zebra x Equus caballus Family : Equidae Native to : Found only in captivity Interesting fact : Zorses are not present in the wild. Conservation status : Data Deficient It is the result of cross-breeding, generally a male zebra and a female horse (mare). The …
Common name : Humped cattle, Brahman Scientific name : Bos taurus indicus Family : Bovidae Native to : Africa, South Asia Interesting fact : Nandi, revered in India, is a zebu. Conservation status : Domesticated There are seventy-five species of zebus; they are a commercial animals, providing hides, milk, meat, bones for fertilizers, etc. They …
Common name : Banded duiker, Striped back duiker Scientific name : Cephalophus zebra Family : Bovidae Native to : Liberia, the Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Guinea Interesting fact : Its main predator is the leopard. Conservation status : Vulnerable Zebra duikers have gold or red-brown coats with 12-16 distinctive zebra-like stripes, dark markings on …
Common name : Mountain zebra Scientific name : Equus zebra Family : Equidae Native to : Africa Interesting fact : The name means wild horse. Conservation status : Vulnerable There are three species of zebra–the plains, the mountains and the Grevy’s zebra; the last is endangered. All three are differentiated on the basis of the …
Scientific name : Bos grunniens Family : Bovidae Native to : Himalaya mountain region in South Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far North as Mongolia and Russia Interesting fact : They are the only wild bovids of this size with extremely dense, long fur that hangs down lower than the belly. Conservation status …
Common Name : Striped ground squirrel Scientific name : Xerus erythropus Family : Sciuridae Native to : Africa Interesting fact : They make loud bi-jo and bi-joo sounds. Conservation status : Least Concern They live in open woodlands, grasslands, or rocky country, in burrows. Their diet is roots, seeds, fruits, pods, grains, insects, small vertebrates …
Common Name : Humboldt’s woolly monkey Scientific name : Lagothrix lagotricha Family : Atelidae Native to : Philippines Interesting fact : They have black faces, and the palms of their hands are deep pink colour. Conservation status : Vulnerable It is an omnivorous mammal. Woolly monkeys have coat colour variations including dark brown, red-brown, grey …
Common Name : White Tiger Scientific name : Panthera tigris tigris Family : Felidae Native to : Indian sub-continent Interesting fact : It is an albino Royal Bengal tiger which exists only in captivity. Conservation status : Endangered They measure 6.8-11.0 feet, weigh 140-300 kg and have a 10-20 years life span. As the name …
Common name : Least weasel Scientific name : Mustela nivalis Family : Mustelidae Native to : Worldwide Interesting fact : Britain’s smallest carnivore Conservation status : Least Concern Weasels are small mammals with a reputation for cleverness, quickness and guile. There are many different species of weasels. They are small, active predators, long and slender …
Common name : Freetambo Scientific name : Philantomba walteri Family : Bovidae Native to : Togo, Benin and Nigeria Interesting fact : Its name commemorates Professor Walter Verheyen, who was the first to obtain a specimen of this species of duiker from Togo. Conservation status : Not Evaluated It measures under 40 cm tall at …
Common name : Whiptail wallaby, Toolache Scientific name : Macropus Family : Macropodidae. Native to : Australia Interesting fact : The dwarf wallaby is the smallest member. A wallaby is an animal that is smaller than a kangaroo. Although members of most wallaby species are small yet some can grow up to six feet in …
Scientific name : Odobenus rosmarus Family : Odobenidae Native to : North Pole in the arctic and sub-arctic seas Interesting fact : Its name means ‘tooth walking sea horse’. Conservation status : Data Deficient It is a large flippered marine mammal found across the northern hemisphere. Adult walruses are easily recognized by their prominent tusks, …
Common name : Tumbili Scientific name : Chlorocebus pygerythrus Family : Cercopithecidae Native to : Southern and East Africa Interesting fact : The grandmothers and grandchildren share their genes. Conservation status : Least Concern There are five sub-species of vervet monkeys. The monkeys are known for their love of grooming one another for hours; this …
Scientific name : Desmodontinae Family : Phyllostomidae Native to : Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Argentina Interesting fact : Hematophagy refers to the food habit of some animals feeding on blood. Conservation status : Least Concern Vampire bats are bats whose food source is blood; they are of three types. Unlike other bats, vampire bats can …
Common name : Arkars, Shapo Scientific name : Ovis orientalis vignei Family : Bovidae Native to : Central Asia Interesting fact : It is found in Ladakh as well. Conservation status : Threatened It is a type of wild sheep. It has reddish-brown long fur that fades during winter. Urial males have large horns, curling …
Scientific name : Panthera tigris x Panthera leo Family : Felidae Interesting fact : Not found in the wild. Usually, tigons weigh around 180 kilograms. Tigons can exhibit visible characteristics from both parents, they can have both spots from the mother and stripes from the father. Usually they have orange-yellow coats with stripes or spots, …
Scientific name : Sarcophilus harrisii Family : Dasyuridae Native to : Australian Island state of Tasmania Interesting fact : The largest carnivorous marsupial in the world; locates prey by itswhiskers. Conservation status : Endangered The size of a small dog, it has a stocky and muscular build, black fur, pungent odour, disturbing screech, and a …
Scientific name : Tapirus indicus Family : Tapiridae Native to : Asia Interesting fact : They have powerful jaws and bite when threatened. Conservation status : Endangered It is similar in shape to a pig. Their coats are short and range in colour from reddish-brown to grey to nearly black. Their size varies between types, …
Common name : Japanese raccoon dog Scientific name : Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus Family : Canidae Native to : Japan Interesting fact : It is immortalized in Japanese folklore tradition. Conservation status : Least Concern It measures 45-71 cm and has a 12-18 cm long tail, and weighs about 3 kg in spring and 6.5-7.0 kg …
Common name : Sunda flying lemur, Malayan flying lemur or Malayan colugo Scientific name : Galeopterus variegatus Family : Cynocephalidae Native to : South-East Asia Interesting fact : It is unable to function on the ground. Conservation status : Least Concern It glides as it leaps among trees, but is not a lemur and does …
Common name : Honey bear Scientific name : Helarctos malayanus Family : Ursidae Native to : South-East Asia Interesting fact : It has avoracious appetite for honey and honeycombs. Conservation status : Vulnerable Usually, the sun bear’s fur is jet-black, short and sleek with some under-wool and some individual sun bears are reddish or grey. …
Common name : Rope dancer Scientific name : Petaurus breviceps Family : Petauridae Native to : Australia Interesting fact : Its preferred diet is sugary nectarous foods, and it is able to glide through the air. Conservation status : Least Concern It is an omnivorous marsupial. A sugar glider has a thick, soft fur usually …
Common name : Madagascar sucker-footed bat or Old world sucker-footed bat Scientific name : Myzopoda aurita Family : Myzopodidae Native to : Madagascar Interesting fact : Uses wet adhesive-like secretion to stick to surfaces, not suction. Conservation status : Least Concern There are peculiar cup-like features on its wrists and ankles. The sucker-footed bat can …
Common name : Sumatra short-eared rabbit or Sumatran rabbit Scientific name : Nesolagus netscheri Family : Leporidae Native to : Sumatra, Indonesia Interesting fact : Locals have no name for it, because they don’t even know that it exists! Conservation status : Vulnerable It is usually about 40 cm (1 foot 4 inches) long, with …
Scientific name : Condylura cristata Family : Talpidae Native to : Canada and the United States Interesting fact : They weigh about 55 grams, and have 44 teeth. Conservation status : Least Concern The star-nosed mole is covered in thick, blackish-brown, water-repellent fur, and has large, scaled feet and a long, thick tail, along with …
Common name : Canadian hairless cat Scientific name : Felis catus Native to : Philippines Interesting fact : The first hairless cat was born in 1966. Conservation status : Domesticated It is a hairless breed of cat, although it does have slight fur. They need constant oiling and moisturizing. Many people are fascinated by the …
Common name : Andean bear or Andean short-faced bear, Jukumari Scientific name : Tremarctos ornatus Family : Ursidae Native to : South America Interesting fact : Their gall bladder is valued in traditional Chinese medicine. Conservation status : Threatened Overall, its fur is blackish in colour, though it may vary from jet black to dark …
Common name : Indian muntjac, Barking deer, Kakar Scientific name : Muntiacus muntjak Family : Cervidae Native to : South Asia Interesting fact : Alarm call resembles a ‘bark’. Conservation status : Least Concern These deer can bark for almost an hour. In the Nilgiri, where they are found, they have been known to feed …
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