The Bighorn Sheep inhabits mountainous parts (The Rockies, the Cascades, Sierra Nevada...) of western North America from Canada to northern Mexico, occurring at elevations of 3,000-8,000 feet above sea level. When winter sets in they move to lower elevations to forage (graze), wary of predators such as grizzly & black bears, mountain lions, timber wolves, coyotes, and golden eagles.

Also called "Asian Unicorn" because its paired horns appear as one in profile, this antelope species occurs only in Laos and northwestern Vietnam. Circa 750 individuals are estimated to remain in the wild. While the indigenous population has no doubt been aware of these elusive creatures for a long time, they were unknown to western zoologists before 1992! The dark reddish- brown (with white markings) coat is somewhat reminiscent of an Okapi's (Okapia johnstoni), which was "discovered" only 90 years before that in the Congo Basin of Central Africa. Whereas the Mongolian Wild Horse is a grazer, the Saola is typically a browser (leaf-eater) inhabiting rainforests and mountain foothills.

A Snow Leopard (Panthera uncia) aka "Ounce", ready to pounce on a Markhor Goat (Capra falconeri) somewhere in the Himalayas of Central Asia.

The bulbous-nosed Saiga has a chunky body, but is related to gazelles, and inhabits the steppes (prairies) of Central Asia from Mongolia to Armenia & The Ukraine.