Animals With Stripes And Horns

Although it has zebra-like stripes its closest relative is the giraffe.

Animals with stripes and horns. These are the last surviving relatives of giraffe. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment and from the fact that they often hop for quick transportation in a. They have the unique distinction of being one of the only horned animals where both male and females in the species have the same large bony horns.

The males use their defend territories while females protect themselves and the young ones. These herbivores have red-brown coat of fur. The okapis markings break up its outline and provide camouflage in the forest environment.

They have a complex social interaction and are found in African dense forest mosaics. This wild goat is found in Pakistan Afghanistan Kashmir and a few other places. Before bringing you our list of horned animals we should go into a little background over horns and their usesHorns are bony structures which protrude from the heads of some animals.

As their name suggests the horns look like a corkscrew and grow up to 60 inches in length. These elusive animals look more like a zebra than a giraffe. The addax is also known as the screwhorn antelope which is a perfect name.

The bongo is a herbivorous mostly nocturnal forest ungulate. Both are a beautiful ruddy redbrown color with prominent beige stripes that match the elongated slightly twisted horns on their head. The larger front horn of white rhinos has length up to 24 inches.

The following animals have stripes. They are found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat black and white markings white-yellow stripes and long slightly spiralled horns.