What kind of animal is this?

[rssfhs]

Can anyone tell me?

[DanStephens]

Looks like a goat :)

[Andy_T]

Yup, goat.

Best regards,
Andy

[condyk]

Is it a quiz? If not then show us a fuller shot. I don't think it is a regular Goat.

[jfrancho]

pygmy goat

[rssfhs]

Sorry guys, it's not a goat as far as I can tell. It's not a quiz either. I really don't know.
I took the shot at the local zoo and the animal, whatever it is, was more like a boar than anything else...

[jfrancho]

Ummm...a boar has tusks. This animal has horns. Is possible this was a gravid female?

[Andy_T]

Y'know, in zoos they normally '*do* have those fancy nameplates telling you what animals you can see ... much more convenient than being out, in the wild :wink:

We really can't help you there, if that's the only image you have...

Best regards,
Andy

[rssfhs]

Y'know, in zoos they normally '*do* have those fancy nameplates telling you what animals you can see ... much more convenient than being out, in the wild :wink:

We really can't help you there, if that's the only image you have...

Best regards,
Andy

Yes, in Japanese! ;-)

[PacAce]

Yes, in Japanese! ;-)
Did it look something like this? ピグミー山羊 :mrgreen: :lol: ;)

[pleutim]

I'd say goat too. What kind though, I'm not sure.

[thomascanty]

Looks like a pygmy goat to me, too.

[jfrancho]

Growing up, we had pygmies as pets. The facial structure suggests that this is a female. I know when our females were approaching full term, the distension in midrif was remarkable. That may be what led to the boar ID.

[mrclark321]

A boaring goat or is that borring goat!!

[dewmuw]

Maybe it is a hybrid between a boar and a goat. Locally known as a BOAT. :)

[Hydro]

Oodad (Barbary) fighting ram. Final answer.

[jfrancho]

Oodad: http://www.gamepreserve.org/images/OODAD1.jpg
Barbary: http://1kai.dokkyomed.ac.jp/mammal/images/living/medium/26-75m.jpg
Fighting Ram: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040717/w3.jpg
Doesn't look like any of these.

Pygmy Goat: http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci338m/Image_Archives/Artiodactyla/pyggoat2.jpg

[rssfhs]

Did it look something like this? ?????? :mrgreen: :lol: ;)

I doubt it PacAce, since that says "Pigmy Goat" and I'm pretty sure it wasn't a goat. I think I know a goat when I see one. The best way for me to find out is to go back to the zoo and try reading the sign. ;-)

[jfrancho]

Well, it looks more like a goat than a boar: http://www.robertsonstykbow.com/images/gallery/Toomba%20July%202004%20first%20boar%20Bill%20Baker .jpg

[rssfhs]

Well, it looks more like a goat than a boar: http://www.robertsonstykbow.com/images/gallery/Toomba%20July%202004%20first%20boar%20Bill%20Baker .jpg

You're right! It definitely wasn't a boar. I think it may have been a Wildebeest.

[Spirit]

I immediately thought some sort of goat, but if it's not a goat, then it's a REALLY young bighorn sheep... which I would bet money that it's not. It's definitely not a pigmy goat though. They tend to have less fur around the face/neck area (less shaggy).

It's either a mountain goat, or a young bighorn sheep. I still say goat though.

Great pic.

[PacAce]

I doubt it PacAce, since that says "Pigmy Goat" and I'm pretty sure it wasn't a goat. I think I know a goat when I see one. The best way for me to find out is to go back to the zoo and try reading the sign. ;-)
Craig, I'll bet you a billion mickey mouse dollars (or yen, if you prefer) that that animal is the Japanese serow, a Japanese mountain goat. Sorry I can't tell you what the Japanese name for that goat is, though. :)

And now that I've seen a full body image of the Japanese serow, I can see why you thought it might be some kind of boar. With its hair growth under the jaws, it really does look like a wild boar. :shock:

[rssfhs]

Craig, I'll bet you a billion mickey mouse dollars (or yen, if you prefer) that that animal is the Japanese serow, a Japanese mountain goat. Sorry I can't tell you what the Japanese name for that goat is, though. :)

And now that I've seen a full body image of the Japanese serow, I can see why you thought it might be some kind of boar. With its hair growth under the jaws, it really does look like a wild boar. :shock:

Wow! That's it! Thank you! You win the billion mickey mouse dollars! It was really starting to bother me not knowing. In Japanese it's “ú–{ƒJƒ‚ƒVƒJ (Nihon kamo Shika) Judging by the name (Japanese Duck Deer(?)) it's a deer or a duck, but to me it doesn't look like a deer, a duck or a goat.

[tupe]

Interesting creature, rssfhs. Thanks for posting it.

[Hydro]

Rare Nipponese Jack-a-lope---hybrid of the Serow.

[BlueTit]

Hard to find much info on the serow, but it seems to be an interesting animal, in trying to find it I searched for Hydro's Jack-a-lope and found these:

http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/tall-tales/jackalope.html

that's another animal with a severe idenity crisis, if it exists at all.

[jfrancho]

It's definitely not a pigmy goat though. They tend to have less fur around the face/neck area (less shaggy).That isn't true at all. bucks can have a truly impressive mane:
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/goats/pygmy/pyg1.jpg
http://www.prairiewoodranch.com/images/OX'STR~1.jpg (http://www.prairiewoodranch.com/images/OX%27STR%7E1.jpg)
http://www.doublehminiatures.com/131e4c50.jpg

[jfrancho]

Hard to find much info on the serow, but it seems to be an interesting animal, in trying to find it I searched for Hydro's Jack-a-lope and found these:

http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/tall-tales/jackalope.html

that's another animal with a severe idenity crisis, if it exists at all.This will return a plethora of serow images: http://images.google.com/images?q=%22japanese+serow%22&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

[Titus213]

Hard to find much info on the serow, but it seems to be an interesting animal, in trying to find it I searched for Hydro's Jack-a-lope and found these:

http://www.sudftw.com/jackcon.htm

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/tall-tales/jackalope.html

that's another animal with a severe idenity crisis, if it exists at all.

Exists at all? They exist, I know, I've seen their mounted heads for sale at Wall Drug ( http://www.walldrug.com/ ). We try to stop in any time we get in the area. I see they are on sale now too....road trip coming up.:D:lol::D

[Spirit]

That isn't true at all. bucks can have a truly impressive mane:
http://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/goats/pygmy/pyg1.jpg
http://www.prairiewoodranch.com/images/OX'STR~1.jpg (http://www.prairiewoodranch.com/images/OX%27STR%7E1.jpg)
http://www.doublehminiatures.com/131e4c50.jpg

Which is why I said "tend". ;) It looked like a mountain goat to me. What kind though, I wasn't sure of, but definitely not pigmy.

Well done, PacAce. *thumbs up*

[soupdragon]

I was gonna say a pipe cleaner, but it does (for those who don't have scratch-n-sniff screens) smell like a goat.

[jfrancho]

Which is why I said "tend".Then you must tend to be looking at neutered males.

[PacAce]

Anybody hear of a kenny-lope? It's a rare kanga-deer that runs around in Montreal and which everybody mistakes for a deer. If anyone can get a picture of this rare animal, that would be truly awesome. It's so rare, in fact, that only one person has seen it in the last two or so years. :)