Our Animal Ambassadors
here at Mountaineer Safari
African Crested Porcupine
African Pygmy Goat
Coatimundi
Aldabra Tortoise
Dromedary Camel
Ringtail Lemurs
Red Kangaroo
Nigerian Dwarf Goats
Sulcata Tortoise
Grant Zebra
“Do we shoot our quills?”
-No
“What is a baby goat called?”
-A Kid
“Looks like an anteater!”
-They are actually in the raccoon family
“Is that a statue?”
-No this tortoise is real
“Is that a llama or alpaca?”
- It’s actually a camel
“Look it’s King Julian from the movie Madagascar!”
“From the land down under!”
Visitor Favorites
“Look the rock is moving!”
Nubian Goats
Brahman Cattle
Patagonian Cavy
Scottish Highland Cattle
Watusi
Ostrich
Emu
Shetland Pony
English Lop
KuneKune Pig
Angora
Babydoll Southdown Sheep
“Is a zebra black with white stripes or white with black stripes?”
-Black with white stripes you can tell this by the pigment of the skin is black
Goats with some of the longest ears
“Wow is that a dog, goat, camel, or what?”
- The Brahman cattle get called everything but a cow
“Look it’s a jackalope!”
-It’s actually a cavy the third largest rodent in the world
The Fluffy Cow
The Cattle with all horns
The largest ratite out of 5
The ratite you see on the commercial all the time
The ponies that give rides!
The rabbit with the longest ears
We graze we don’t root!
We are not a sheep we are a goat
When our faces are covered in wool we look like a teddy bear!