Zoo Animal Dictionary

Hannover's animals from A - Z

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Animal	origin	size	weight	breeding time	Age
Addax or Mendesantelope	Africa	115 cm tall	135 kg	255 days	20 years	readclose
	Addax or Mendes antelopes are inhabitants of the desert. They have long, curved horns.					Details
Andean condor	South America	320 cm wingspan	15 kg	59 days	65 years	readclose
	In its South American home, the Andean condor lives a few thousand metres high in the mountains.					Details
Antilope	Africa, Asia	160 cm tall	300 kg			readclose
	Addax, Eland antilopes, Kirk Dik-Diks, Impalas and Kaamas do live in Hannover Zoo.					Details
Barbary lion	Africa, Asia	250 cm long	250 kg	100 - 119 days	25 years	readclose
	Lions are hunters of the night. They have got cat's eyes, which means a special coat behind the retina: the tapetum.					Details
Bearded vulture	Africa, Asia, Europe	280 cm wingspan	7 kg	60 days	40 years	readclose
	Bearded vultures are very inventive: they drop bones from great heights in order to break them open. This way they get to the nourishing bone marrow.					Details
Black rhinoceros	Africa	375 cm long	2000 kg	450 days	40 years	readclose
	The animal has got a pointed upper lip, which it can use as a spearing tool to pick leaves and twigs from thorny bushes without injuring itself.					Details
Capybara	South America	130 cm long	70 kg	126 days	12 years	readclose
	The name "capybara" comes from the language of the Native Americans and means "master of the grass".					Details
Caribou	Asia, Europe	up to 2.20 m long and 1.40 m high	up to 275 kg	228 days		readclose
	Caribou are a wild North American type of reindeer living in Canada and Alaska.					Details
Cattle egret	Whole World	56 cm tall	0.4 kg	26 days		readclose
	Cattle egrets are everybody's darlings: While the cattle egret accompanies grazing animals, it frees the environment from insects and other pests.					Details
Chimpanzee	Africa	170 cm tall	70 kg	261 days	60 years	readclose
	The chimpanzee uses its feet as grasping tools. That is practical because Mother Nature has equipped them with a big toe.					Details
Crane	Africa, Asia	176 cm tall	4 kg	31 days	60 years	readclose
	In the mating season cranes show their dancing and singing skills. The birds even sing in duet, this strengthens their relationship with each other.					Details
Domestic Animals	Whole World					readclose
	Domestic animals have been bred from wild species by humans.					Details
Dorcas gazelle	Africa	65 cm tall	20 kg	180 days	12 years	readclose
	The smallest among the gazelles have adjusted very well to life in the desert. They lick the condensed water from plants, for example.					Details
Drill	Africa	95 cm long	30 kg	180 days	35 years	readclose
	Its habitat is the tropical rainforests which unfortunately are being destroyed step by step. So the drill hardly has got a chance.					Details
Egyptian vulture	Africa, Asia, Europe	70 cm tall	2.2 kg	42 days		readclose
	In German the Egyptian vulture is called "dirt-vulture". Lets see why!					Details
Eland antelope	Africa	160 cm tall	940 kg	280 days	25 years	readclose
	The largest of the antelopes, Eland bulls grow as tall as 1.8 m and as long as 3.4 m from head to tail. Eland antelopes prefer to live in herds to protect themselves from predators.					Details
Elephant	Asia	290 cm tall	6000 kg	660 days	69 years	readclose
	The elephant can use its trunk nearly like a hand. It gropes and grips very skillfully with it for leaves and twigs, and it is able to smell and drink with it!					Details
Emu	Australia	190 cm tall	55 kg	56 days	10 years	readclose
	The emu - just like the ostrich - can`t fly. It only has rudimentary wings. It has a heavy compact body and very strong feet with three toes each.					Details
Entellus langur	Asia	108 cm long	21 kg	200 days	25 years	readclose
	Black hands, black face! A fairy tale monkey from India.					Details
Exmoor pony	Europe	130 cm tall	250 kg	336 days	25 years	readclose
	The Exmoor pony is probably descended from ponies brought to England during the Bronze Age by Celtic migrants. Ever since the 11th century, Exmoor ponies have lived semi-wild on Exmoor.					Details