This document provides information on various exotic pets including sugar gliders, hedgehogs, fennec foxes, wallaroos, capybaras, sloths, spotted genets, servals, pygmy goats, and kinkajous. It describes their characteristics such as size, temperament, care needs, and longevity. Examples given are that sugar gliders are social, hedgehogs are low maintenance, fennec foxes can be litter trained, wallaroos can jump 6 feet, capybaras are the world's largest rodents, sloths spend most of their time sleeping, genets have cat-like features, servals can weigh up to 50 pounds and are noct

1. EXOTIC
PETS
SANDRA XIMENA BENAVIDES NASTAR

2. Sugar Glider
Sugar Gliders are super active
and very social creatures

3. Hedgehog
Hedgehogs are super cute and
pretty low maintenance. They
sleep a lot and don't need a lot
of attention

4. Fennec Fox
Fennec foxes only ever weight
about 3 pounds. They easily
trained and can learn to use a
litter box.

5. Wallaroo
Wallaroos got their name
because their size is in between
a wallaby and a kangaroo. They
can jump up to 6 feet and can
be trained

6. Capybara
Capybara's are the world's
largest rodents.

7. Sloth
Sloths are super adorable
and spend most of their
time sleeping. They move
pretty slowly, so you won't
be chasing it down.
They're very affectionate
and lovable

8. Spotted Genets
Genets are agile animals
with cat-like features.

9. Serval
Servals are cats that weigh
up to 50 pounds. They aren't
indoor cats and they are
nocturnal, so expect to be
woken up by them.

10. Pygmy Goat
Pygmy goats require a lot of
room and socialization. It's best
to get more than one. They can
live up to 15 years

11. Kinkajou
Kinkajous can live up to 40
years and are very playful
and quiet. They can become
aggressive.

12. Vocabulary
 Timothy hay: is a perennial grass, having cylindrical flower spikes,
grown for hay and pasture
 Hay: grass cut and dried for use as food for animals
 Gliding: To fly or to move in a smooth, effortless manner
 Spikes: A thorn or spine.
 Grazing: a pasture, to feed on growing grasses and herbage.
 Tossing: To throw or propel to the ground

13. Questions
1. Which of these animals is member of the canine
family?
2. Which other exotic pet do you know?