Wildlife of Africa
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Mountain Nyala
Spiral-horned and middle-sized antelope High 135–195 cm (53–77 in) in head-and-body length...
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African Rock Python (Python sebae)
Length - 3 metres, sometimes up to 6 metres. Weight - 32-55 kg, occasionally up to 90 kg Colour: body markings vary between brown, olive, chestnut, an...
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Agama Lizard (Agama Agama)
Length - 13 to 30 cm Colour - plain brown outside breeding season...
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Black-and-white colobus (Colobus guereza)
Weight - 7,8-13,5 kg Length: 57,6- 61,5 cm. Colour: mostly black, with long white fringes of silky hair ...
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Blue Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis)
Length: 50-65 cm Weight: 4-8 kg Order of Blue Monkeys: Primates Tail: almost equivalent to the total body length....
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Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
Height: M 65 cm; F 55 cm Weight: M 28 kg; F 17 kg Active: Diurnal Habitat: Woodland savannah and mountain areas Food: Fruit, berries, insect...
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Blak faced Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops)
Height: M 45 cm; F 80 cm Weight: M 7 kg;F 5,5 kg Active: Diurnal Habitat: Savannnah and bush riverine forests Food: Fruit, berries, flowers,...
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Striped Hyena (Hyaena hyaena)
Body length: 100 - 120 cm Weight: 25 - 55 kg Height - 0.66-0.75m ...
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East African Oryx (Oryx beisa)
Body Length: 160-190 cm Shoulder Height: 110-120 cm Tail Length: 70-80 cm Weight: 150-200 kg Diet: Grasses, leaves, ...
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Large-spotted Genet (Genetta tigrina)
Height - 210 mm Length - 460 mm Weight - 1.6 kg Tail - 400 mm...
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Honey Badger(Mellivora capensis)
Height: 23 to 28 cm Lenght: 55–77 cm Tail: 12–30 cm Males weigh: 9 to 16 kg Females:...
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Lesser Bush Baby (Galago senegalensis)
Height: 17,5cm Weight: 150 -250 g Active: Nocturnal Habitat: Acacia woodland Food: Gum, grasshoppers, months, spiders ...
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Rock Hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei)
Lenght: 40 -57 cm Weight: M 2,75 kg: F 2,5 kg Active: Diurnal Habitat: Plains to mountains, kopjes,savannah Food: Mostly leaves, also ...
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Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)
Length: 18-28 cm Weight: 280 g Active: Diurnal Habitat: Thickets and woodland with termitaria Food: Termites, worms, snails, insects ...
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Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
Length - 4.1 metres to 5 metres Weight - around 410 kg Scin - thick,scaly, heavily armored....
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Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus)
Length - about 120 to 180 cm, Largest specimens attaining 244 cm Weight - 0.8 to 1.7 kg, can be from 5.9 to 15 kg &n...
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Walia Ibex
Mass 100 kg Lengths up to 110 Status : Endangered ...
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Ethiopian Wolves
With just 500 remaining in the wild, the beautiful Ethiopian Wolf is one of the nation’s most distinctive and beloved animals. With a beautiful coat of ...
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Hyenas - Ethiopia
Just outside the walled city of Harar is a peculiar sight. As night falls each day, local farmers have turned the tradition of feeding hyenas to deter them from the...
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Gelada Baboons
Gelada baboons are actually more closely related to monkeys than baboons, and are only found in the Ethiopian highlands with large populations in the Simien Mountains Natio...
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Common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
Height - up to 1,2 m Weight - around 70 kg Life span - 33 - 60 years Statu...
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Mountain gorilla (Gorilla beringei beringei)
Standing height - 1.2 to 1.8 m Weight - 135 to 220 kg Life span - 35 -50 years ...
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Woodland Kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis)
The woodland kingfisher is widely distributed in tropical Africa south of the Sahara and from Pretoria northwards. ...
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Hoopoe (Upupa epops, "hudhud")
Length - 25 – 29 cm Weight - 57 g Wingspan - 44 – 48 cm...