Zoo Animal Dictionary

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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
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
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
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
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
Giraffe	Africa	600 cm tall	1930 kg	465 days	25 years	readclose
	Their jaw muscles are designed for constant chewing, and the face muscles are weak – so a giraffe always looks rather down in the mouth.					Details
Gorilla	Africa	185 cm tall	275 kg	289 days	60 years	readclose
	Gorillas live in fixed groups. A silver-back male leads the group consisting of some adult females and several young animals.					Details
Hippopotamus	Africa	165 cm tall	3200 kg	244 days	50 years	readclose
	Hippos like to wallow in the mud during the day and sometimes doze in the cooling water for hours.					Details
Impala	Africa	95 cm tall	80 kg	210 days	15 years	readclose
	Impalas are part of the family of cow antelopes. The animals have a black spot on the back of their hind legs above the hooves.					Details
Kirk dik-dik	Africa	45 cm tall	7.2 kg	165 days	12 years	readclose
	These animals with a maximum height of 45 cm are the dwarfs among the antelopes. The highly developed cooling system in their small nozzle enables them to be active even in very hot temperatures.					Details
Lesser kudu	Africa	112 cm tall	105 kg	240 days	15 years	readclose
	These elegant antelopes have brown fur with long white stripes. The males have long, corkscrew horns.					Details
Marabou	Africa	152 cm tall	9 kg	31 days	41 years	readclose
	Marabous look majestic when sailing in the air. They have huge dark wings and recline their heads when flying.					Details
Ostrich	Africa	271 cm tall	156 kg	46 days	40 years	readclose
	Ostriches can hold a speed of 65 km per hour. Even lions or quick leopards haven't got a chance against them.					Details
Porcupine	Africa	90 cm long	27 kg	105 days	15 years	readclose
	Porcupines are medium to large rodents of which there is at least one species on practically every continent. The ‘common porcupines’ live in North Africa. In the daytime, they live in burrows underground, and come out at dusk to look for food.					Details
Ring-tailed lemur	Africa	45 cm long	4.1 kg	134 days	20 years	readclose
	The curled tail doesn't only look great, it has a really great smell too! To make it smell so good, the ring-tailed lemurs pull it along their forearm.					Details
Slender-tailed meerkat	Africa	31 cm long	1 kg	77 days	12 years	readclose
	Suricates cohabit. They enjoy a busy social life and do everything together: sleeping, feeding, and sunbathing. One of the group always stands guard to protect the community.					Details
Springbok	Africa	90 cm tall	45 kg	180 days	19 years	readclose
	Springboks jump in great leaps for sheer joy of life and playfulness. These leaps can be as far as 25 m and as high as 3 m!					Details
Thomson's gazelle	Africa	65 cm tall	30 kg	180 days	11 years	readclose
	Thomson’s gazelles can form herds of more than 100 animals. These quick gazelles’ main enemy is the leopard.					Details
White-throated guenon	Africa	70 cm long	12 kg	130 days	40 years	readclose
	White-throated guenons have rather long tails. Up to 83 cm have been measured on the animals, which have an overall length of 1.50 cm.					Details