The Wenden Animal Encyclopaedia

MARWELL ZOOLOGICAL PARK / MARWELL WILDLIFE - [V. MARWELL AS IT STANDS]

zookeeper (zookeeper@undisclosed.example.com) — 2025-03-29T11:59:13+00:00

MARWELL ZOOLOGICAL PARK / MARWELL WILDLIFE Size: 140 acres County: Hampshire Animal species: About 140 [as of 2022] Opened: 1972 Built on land surrounding the Marwell Hall, which was first mentioned by name in the tenth century, Marwell Zoo is built on a site rich in both zoological and historical heritage. Marwell Zoo is fairly large - at 140 acres of parkland in size. With such size, a nuimber of the animal enclosures at Marwell are large in themselves, with a number of the enclosures be…

OKAPI

zookeeper (zookeeper@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-02-04T15:31:37+00:00

OKAPI Class: MAMMALIA Order: ARTIODACTYLA Family: GIRAFFIDAE Genus: OKAPIA Species: JOHNSTONI This species of medium-sized artiodactyl is the closest living relative to the giraffes; of which it shares its family. It is also the only member of its genus. Its native range is contained entirely within the Democratic Republic of Congo; formerly Zaire. This native range is divided in two – a larger population which encompasses Ituri, Orientale, Virunga and Maiko National Park, and another sma…

SAND CAT

zookeeper (zookeeper@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-01-24T17:37:01+00:00

SAND CAT Class: MAMMALIA Order: CARNIVORA Family: FELIDAE Genus: FELIS Species: MARGARITA This species of small cat belongs to the genus Felis, shared with several other species of cat of comparable size. It is found in scattered areas of North Africa, from the western coast of Morrocco to Niger [though absent from a considerable area between], a small area of Mali, another small area in Chad, as well as areas of Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran and Uzbekistan. Its scattered range r…

REINDEER - [III. PEOPLE AND REINDEER]

zookeeper (zookeeper@undisclosed.example.com) — 2024-01-20T16:29:53+00:00

REINDEER Class: MAMMALIA Order: ARTIODACTYLA Family: CERVIDAE Genus: RANGIFER Species: TARANDUS, +5? The terms “reindeer” and “caribou” refer to the same genus – though “reindeer” originates in Europe, from Old Norse “hreinn”, referring to the animal. The term “caribou” originates in North America, and is thought to be a Canada-French derivative of the Mi’kmaq “ğalipu”, “snow-shoveler”, referring to the animal’s behavioural trait of removing snow to find grass to eat underneath. Reindeer …

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