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Bighorn Sheep
RSSNewborn reindeer at the Robert G. White Large Animal Research Station. images posted to the LARS Facebook page.
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Working to save the mystery antelope that’s little bigger than a pet cat
by Lacey Avery
Little is known about the silver dik-dik (Madoqua piacentinii) population that roams the dense coastal bushlands of eastern Africa, but experts are working to learn more about the mysterious species.
Weighing little more than a domestic cat, the small antelopes are found in a long, narrow coastal strip spreading across 250 kilometers (155 miles) from Somalia’s capital of Mogadishu north to the port town of Hobyo. This coastal strip is known as the Hobyo Grassland and Shrubland eco-region, according to the WWF.
The eco-region features white and orange sand dunes and endemic species of birds, mammals and reptiles, but political instability has left this area largely unexplored by scientists. Of the four recognized dik-dik species scientists understand silver dik-diks the least…(read more: Monga Bay)
(photo: Catrin Hammer for AWWP (Al Wabra Wildlife Preservation)/N.e.a.a.s.g.- North East African subgroup of Antelope Specialist Group of IUCN)
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About Bighorn Sheep
This is a blog dedicated to my favorite animal, the bighorn sheep (ovis canadensis), as well as any other ungulates whose pictures I fancy.
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