Wildlife of Africa

The Mountain Nyala, Mountain nyala is a magnificent antelope endemic to the Ethiopian highlands east of the rift valley. The mountain nyala is a member of the Bovidae famil...

The African rock python is the largest african snake and one of the six largest snake species in the world. It can be up to 6 metres. The snake is found in differ...

The  agama is a lizard from the Agamidae family found in most of sub-Saharan Africa.This lizard can be found climbing ro...

Eastern Black-and-white Colobus is native to much of west central and east Africa, including Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Ethiopia, K...

Though it's called blue, this monkey is usually olive or grey. It lives in forests, eats mainly fruits and leaves. Monkeys live in female-philopatric social syste...

Large, powerful mammals with well-developed social skills and great intelligence. Large herds of up to 100 baboons can be spotted, lead by an aggressive and strong male. Fe...

Different species can be found. To the right you see the most common, with a gray-yellowish fur, a black face and a black tail-tip. These monkeys live in large herds on the...

The striped Hyena is listed by the IUCN as near threatened. Its population is estimated to be under 10,000 mature individuals. TThey are monogamous...

Beisa Oryx has grey-brown coat and long, narrow, and virtually parallel horns. They are living in short grass steppes, semi-deserts and brush savannas in eastern ...

Large-spotted genet is ash grey, it has brown irregular spots and a black stripe along the spine. They prefer to live in moist environments near streams, rivers and st...

Honey badgers are the largest terrestrial mustelids in Africa.  Most of them are carnivorous, though there are some predators  because of its thick...

Has fine woolly greyish to grey brown coat, extending on to the  well haired tail. Ears are large, thin and rounded, and extremely mobile. The eyes are very large , fo...

Despite its looks, the rock hyrax is closer related to the elephant than any other animal! It resembles the guinea pig. It feeds on grass, roots and insects, and can often ...

The common dwarf mongoose is primarily found in dry grassland, open forests, and bush land, up to 2,000 m in altitude. It is espec...

The Nile Crocodile is the second largest reptile in the world after the salt-water crocodile. It is occurring mostly in the central, eastern, and southern regions of t...

The Nile monitors are native to Africa and are distributed throughout the entire central and southern regions of the continent, mostly around rivers.They have muscular ...

Actually a kind of goat, the Walia Ibex is found in the Simien Mountains and is another animal unique to Ethiopia.  Males cut an especially impressive figure w...

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 ...

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...

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...

Chimpanzees are found across a west-east of equatorial Africa. They have about 98 percent of human gene, so chimpanzees are hey are highly social, care about thei...

The mountain gorillas have two populations: one is found  in Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park and oher in  the Virunga volcanic...

The hoopoe is widespread in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.It's diet is mostly composed of insects, although small&nb...

The hoopoe is widespread in Europe, Asia, and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.It's diet is mostly composed of insects, although small&nb...