#artiodactyla
Southeast Asia//Endangered//Artiodactyla//photo source
Fun Fact: Babirusa literally means “deer pig” in Indonesian. Males have two special tusks that pierce the roof of their mouth from the inside.
East Africa//Near Threatened//Artiodactyla//image source
Fun Fact: Their name means “giraffe-neck” in Somali, but gerenuks are a type of gazelle. They often stand on their hind legs to reach tall branches.
East Asia//Vulnerable//Artiodactyla//photo source
Fun Fact: Male water deer have tusks instead of antlers.
American plains bison (Bison bison bison)
Saola (Pseudoryx nghetinhensis)
Photo by David Harvey
it’s the smallest subspecies of reindeer on the planet and it loves you
the svalbard reindeer is also the northernmost herbivore in the world, and during winter they survive an average of −16°C (3°F) weather
look at those small fluffy ears and kind eyes, the reindeer is cheering you all on to stay strong in these trying times
just like the arctic winter, this too shall pass
the svaldbard reindeer proves that even under the most extreme of circumstances, life finds a way. so please, please keep on fighting