There are now three Bighorn Rams at Jeannie's
Cottage. They include Mike the Bighorn from Douglas at
left, a little Bighorn in the middle from the Stuffed Animal
House and a big Cuddlekins Bighorn from Wild
Republic. You can find some Bighorn Sheep in our Gift
Shop.
The bighorn (Ovis canadensis) is a native
North American sheep with a compact, muscular body, short muzzle
and ears and short tail. These sheep are brownish grey with white
muzzle and rump. Both sexes have horns, the male has the huge,
spiral, transversely ribbed horns.
Bighorns feed on grasses, herbs and tender
shoots. They are exceedingly sure-footed. The cloven hooves are
pliable and concave producing a suction cup of sorts.
Bighorns produce one or two lambs per year
after a six month gestation. They reach their prime in about
eight years. These sheep are gregarious, the rams leave the ewes
in the summer but rejoin them in the fall.
The bighorns' lifespan is about 15 years
in the wild.
Other animals that you can find
in the forest are:
Aardvark | Anteater
| Armadillo | Badgers | Bat
| Beaver | Bears
| Bighorn | Boar
| Bobcat | Chipmunk
| Cougar | Deer
| Elk | Ferret
| Fox | Groundhog
| Hedgehog | Kangaroo
Rat | Lynx | Marmot
| Marten | Moose | Mouse
| Opossum | Otter
| Porcupine | Potbelly
Pig | Rabbit | Raccoon
| Red Wolf | Reindeer
| Squirrel | Sloth
| Skunk | Tapir
| Tarsier | Weasel
| Wolf | Wolverine
