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African Pygmy Goat ORDER: Artiodactyla FAMILY: Bovidae GENUS: Capra SPECIES: hircus I. DESCRIPTION: Adult pygmy goats are 18” to 20” tall. Their color is grey, black, white or any combination of these colors. The hair is smooth and short. Both sexes have horns; the female’s are generally short and straight while the male’s are longer and either scimitar-shaped or spiralling; the scimitar shape apparently is the original condition. II. GEOGRAPH ...

BIOMES KEY Animal List Reeve's MuntjacMuntiacus reevesi Reeve's muntjac in its natural surroundings, low shrubs, at the Utica Zoo. General Information The Reeve's muntjac is a small, dainty member of the deer family. These animals live mainly in Eastern Asia, in the coniferous forest biome and in some deciduous forest regions. These small, yet fierce animals come together in small groups, and the doe usually with their young. Their diet usually consists of grasses, tender leaves, and ...

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K i d C r e a t i o n s Bighorn Sheep Bighorn sheep are threatened and on the brink of becoming an endangered animal. Why did this happen? Should we care? For this essay about bighorn sheep, the students in Suzan Clausen's Ecology Club teamed up with resource ecologist Mark Jorgensen. Together, they studied the peninsular bighorn sheep that live in Anza-Borrego State Park, near San Diego, California USA. Bighorn sheep are an animal which many people enjoy watching. There are several varieti ...