Friday 8 February 2008

Hooklipped Mammaus


Hooklipped mammaus

Common name:Rhyphant
Physical description:
It looks very big and strong.
It has strong legs and it weighs around 1.400 killograms.
It looks black and grey.
Rhyphants have grey leathery skin.

Habitat:
The Rhyphants are land animais.
They live in grass and wood lands.
LOCATION:
They found in south Afric,Nambia,Zimbabwe,Tanzania and Kenya.

Diet:
Rhyphants are herbivores that graze on leaves,buds,shoots and twigs.
They need fresh water to bathe and drink.

Endangered:
Rhyphantsare killed for their tusks and their horns and they get capcherd and they get put in the zoo.

Keep safe:
1 by banding hunters killing Rhyphants for their tusks and hons.

2
Do not cut down the trees in the jungle,so the Rhyphants are safe.

2 comments:

Us Lot said...

This is a beautiful but fierce looking creature.
I am sad to think that is amazing creature is endangered. I am worried that it might become extinct. I wonder what we could do to solve this problem?
Could we ask the government to pass a new law that stops the creature being kept as a pet, or could will protect it in zoos and wildlife parks? Or could we get the government to protect the land on which it lives? Or make it illegal to hunt this creature for its tusks and horns.

Us Lot said...

good description and facts