Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
Bovidae Family (includes sheep, goats, and antelope)
• Alpine Ibex – Bouquetin
• African buffalo – Syncerus caffer
The scientific name Synceruscomes from the Greek words “syn-“(together) and “keras“(horn), referring to the distinctive fused base of the horns on the Cape buffalo. This etymology highlights the unique “boss,” or fused bone structure, at the base of the horns, which is a key feature of the animal.
• Mindoro dwarf buffalo – Tamaraw
• Common tsessebe – Sassaby
• Cow – Bovine/vaccine
• East African oryx – Beisa
• Goat – Caper —> Capra aegagrus hircus —> Caprine/Hircine
• Cretan goat – Kri-kri
• Screw hom goat – Markhor
• Impala – Aepyceros melampus
Aepyceros is derived from two Greek words: aipys (“high” or “steep“) and keras (“horn“), creating the meaning “high-horned“.
In Greek, melampus translates to “black foot”
The scientific name Aepyceros melampus translates to “black-footed high-horn”.
• Indian Gazelle – Chinkara
• Sheep – Ovis aries
• Yak – Bos grunniens
Cervidae
• Deer – Cervus
• Spotted deer – Chital
• Elk – Cervus canadensis
• Moose/ elk – Alces
• Reindeer/caribou – Rangifer tarandus
Giraffidae Family
• Giraffe – Camelopardalis
Suidae Family
• Common warthog – Phacochoerus
• Pig – porcus —> Porcine/Suilline
• Domestic pig – Sus scrofa domesticus
Tayassuidae (Peccaries) Family
• Javelina
Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates
Family Equidae
• Donkey – Asinus
• Horse – Equus ferus caballus
• Plains zebra – Equus quagga
Rhinocerotidae Family
Rhinoceros – Ceratorhine
Black rhinoceros – Diceros bicornis
White rhinoceros – Ceratotherium sImum Pilosa
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