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Pictures of African Animals Sperm Whale and Sperm Whale Informations

Sperm Whale is the largest living toothed animal and the largest of all toothed whales. The name was derived from milky-white waxy substance found on its head, which was originally mistaken for sperm or semen. Sperm whale is among the most cosmopolitan species in the world. They can be found from polar waters to the equator across all the oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. Sperm whales can be found at a depth of over 1000 meters in the waters that are not covered with ice., with the exception of Black Sea and probably Red Sea. Significant populations of Sperm Whales are found in Azores (Portuguese Archipelago in Atlantic Ocean) and the Caribbean Island of Dominica.

Bull sperm whales can grow up to 20.5 meters in length. They have a very large head that takes up almost one third of the total length of the animal. Their brain is the largest in all the animals. Sperm whales feed on squids and fish, often diving more than 3 km deep to catch their prey. It is the deepest diving mammal. They produce the largest sound (clicking) among all the animals. Sperm Whales can live for more than 70 years.

Pictures of African Animals Sperm Whale and Sperm Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sperm Whale and Sperm Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sperm Whale and Sperm Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sperm Whale and Sperm Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sperm Whale and Sperm Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Thomson’s Gazelle is one of he best known gazelle that has been named after Joesph Thomson, a famous wild life explorer. They inhabit Africa’s Savannah and grasslands. They can b found in the Serengeti Regions of Kenya and Tanzania and Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. Despite being one of the most common gazelles in its range, their population is very limited due to its range.

Thomson’s Gazelle weigh around 13-22 kg and stand tall 60-90 cm. They have light brown coat with white underparts and a distinctive black stripe. They have long and pointed horn with a slight curvature. They have a white patch on their rump that extends below the tail. Thomson’ Gazelle feed on  grass and vegetations. Cheetah, hyenas and baboons are few of the most common natural predators of Thomson’s Gazelle. They live and migrate in herds with hundreds and thousands of other gazelles. Besides, they can be often found congregating with other hoofed mammals such as zebras and wildebeest. Thomson’s gazelles can live 10-15 years in the wilds.

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Pictures of African Animals Spectacled Dormouse and Spectacled Dormouse Informations

Spectacled Dormouse is a species of rodents endemic to South Africa. They have their natural habitats in tropical or subtropical dry shrub lands. Dormice are well known for their long periods of hibernation.

Dormice are generally small rodents with a size of 2.5-7.5 inches in length and 15-200 grams in weight, size varying with the particular species. Overall appearance of spectacled dormice is mouse-like except that they are furred animals and they have scaly tails. They tend to spend their larger time in trees or bushes. However, they are also very agile and well-adapted to climbing. Dormice are nocturnal and omnivorous mammals and they have excellent sense of hearing. They are very vocal, often signaling others with a wide range of vocalizations. They primarily feed  fruits, nut, seeds, berries, flowers and insects. Dormice live in temperate zones in hibernation for large amounts of time, often up to six months in a year or even longer depending upon weather. During cool weather, they may occasionally come out from hibernation for very short periods to eat food. In summer, they accumulate fats in their bodies to keep them nourished during their hibernation periods.

Pictures of African Animals Spectacled Dormouse and Spectacled Dormouse Informations

Pictures of African Animals Spectacled Dormouse and Spectacled Dormouse Informations

Pictures of African Animals Spectacled Dormouse and Spectacled Dormouse Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sei Whale and Sei Whale Informations

Sei Whale is the third largest living whale after Blue Whale and Fin Whale. Sei Whales can be found throughout the world in all oceans and adjoining seas. They prefer to habitat in off-shore deep waters. They avoid polar and tropical waters and semi-enclosed water bodies. Sei Whale is one of the fastest among all the species and can reach up to a speed of 50 kmph over short distances. Due to large scale commercial hunting and habitat loss, Sei Whales have been declared internationally as Legally Protected Species.

Sei Whales can grow up to 20 meters in length and weight up to 45 tonnes. Size of average adult males is typically 20-30 tonnes in  weight and 15-20 meters in length. They primarily feed on krills, zooplanktons and copepods, often consuming around 900-1000 kg of food every day. Females are generally larger than males. Their body is dark steel grey with irregular grey to white markings on the ventral surface. They have a tall tickle-shaped dorsal fin, measuring about 25-61 cm high. Tail of Sei Whale is thick and lobe is relatively small in comparison to the overall body size.

Pictures of African Animals Sei Whale and Sei Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sei Whale and Sei Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sei Whale and Sei Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Sei Whale and Sei Whale Informations

Pictures of African Animals Riverine Rabbit and Riverine Rabbit Informations

Riverine Rabbit, also known as Bushman Rabbit or Bushman Hare, is one of the rarest and most critically endangered mammal, number of living animals being not more than 200.  Riverine rabbits have an extremely limited distribution area. They are found only in the central and southern regions of the Karoo Desert of South Africa‘ Cape Province.

Riverine rabbits have a black stripe running from the corner of the mouth over the cheek. They have brown woolly tail. Their hind feet are broad and club-like. On their belly, they have cream colored fur. Their tail is pale brown with a tinge of black at the tip of the tail. Riverine rabbits are nocturnal and herbivorous mammals. They feed by grazing on grass, forbs and leafy weeds. They graze heavily and rapidly, usually in the late afternoon. Nowadays, small populations of Riverine Rabbits can be found at few places such as Fraserburg, Sutherland and Victoria West, small towns in the Karoo Desert regions of Northern Cape Province in South Africa.

Pictures of African Animals Riverine Rabbit and Riverine Rabbit Informations

Pictures of African Animals Riverine Rabbit and Riverine Rabbit Informations

Pictures of African Animals Riverine Rabbit and Riverine Rabbit Informations

Pictures of African Animals Riverine Rabbit and Riverine Rabbit Informations

Pictures of African Animals Riverine Rabbit and Riverine Rabbit Informations

Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

Red Bush Squirrel is a species of rodents in squirrel family, which are found abundantly in Mozambique, Malawi, Somalia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Their natural habitats are in tropical or subtropical dry forests, tropical or subtropical moist lowland forests and tropical or subtropical dry shrub lands.

Red bush squirrels have a beautiful red bushy appendage. Squirrels are generally very small animals ranging in size from African Pygmy Squirrels, which are  7-10 cm in length and just 10 gram weight to Alpine Marmot, which are 53-73 cm in length and 5-8 Kg weight.  They have slender bodies with tail and large eyes. Their fur is soft and silky and varies in sizes depending upon the species. Their hind limbs are longer than fore limbs. They have a soft pad on the undersides of their feet. Red Bush Squirrels are generally herbivorous and mainly feed on seeds, plants, fruits and nuts and occasionally on insects and small vertebrates. They have an excellent sense of vision and a good sense of touch.

Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

Pictures of African Animals Porcupine and Porcupine Informations

Porcupine is a rodent endemic to both Old World and New World. They are the third largest living rodents in the world, after capybara and beaver. They are well known for their distinctive coat of spines  or quills, similar to the one on hedgehogs. African Porcupines exist in Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa, Italy and Sicily. African Porcupines are also known as Crested Porcupines. They are terrestrial and nocturnal mammals and rarely climb trees but they can swim.

Porcupines are a rounded, slow-moving and large animals with a size of 12-35 pounds in weight, 25-35 inches in length excluding tail that measures about 8-10 inches. Porcupines come in various shades of brown, grey and an unusual white. They are fairly large animals with quills in clusters. Their quills or spines are nothing but modified hair that have been thickened by plates of keratins. Depending upon the species, quills may take different forms and shapes. They are mostly herbivorous animals and feed on roots, bulbs, crops, plants and other vegetations. Sometimes, they also east insects and small vertebrates.

Pictures of African Animals Porcupine and Porcupine Informations

Pictures of African Animals Porcupine and Porcupine Informations

Pictures of African Animals Porcupine and Porcupine Informations

Pictures of African Animals Porcupine and Porcupine Informations

Pictures of African Animals Barbour’s Rock Mouse and Rock Mouse Informations

Barbour’s Rock Mouse is a genus of rodents that are native to Southwestern Africa. Their natural habitats subtropical or tropical dry shrub lands and rocky areas. The species is endangered by habitat loss. Other species, known as Pygmy Rock Mouse, are endemic to Angola, Namibia and South Africa. They make their habitats in rocky canyons, cliffs and other areas where there are numerous cracks, fissures and overhanging ledges.

Rock Mouse have a sharp lower point to their V-Shaped infra-orbital canal. Their molar teeth are intermediate between the ancestral cricetid style tooth and dendromurine style tooth. With their sharp incisors, rock mouse can gnaw wood, break into food and bite their predators.  Rock Mouse is generally herbivorous mammal. They usually feed on seeds, plants, vegetations, fruits, nuts and sometimes on insects and small vertebrates. Rock Mouse is a small-sized animal and has a very short breeding cycle. They have the ability to gnaw and eat vast variety of food items.

Pictures of African Animals Barbour’s Rock Mouse and Rock Mouse Informations

Pictures of African Animals Barbour’s Rock Mouse and Rock Mouse Informations

Pictures of African Animals Barbour’s Rock Mouse and Rock Mouse Informations

Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra Informations

Zebra is an African Equids (family of horses) that are well-known for their distinctive white and black stripes. Zebra is usually a social animal that can be seen in small harems to large herds. Besides their unique black and white stripes, they have erect mohawk-like manes. Their closest relatives are donkeys and horses; however, unlike horses and donkeys, zebras have rarely been domesticated. With their distinctive stripes and unique behaviors, zebras remain as one of the most familiar animals among people.

Zebras generally measure 2.3 meter in length, 1.25-1.5 meter height and a weight of about 300 kg. Zebra is a black or dark animal with white and black stripes.  Their bellies have large white blotch for camouflage purposes. Some of the species have brown shadow stripes in between black and white stripes. Zebras walk, trot, canter and gallop Like horses; however, they are slower than horses. Moreover, they have great stamina that often helps them in outpacing their predators. They can be found in a variety of habitats such as grasslands, Savannah, woodlands, thorny scrub lands,  mountains and coastal hills. Although plains zebra are plentiful but mountain zebras have been declared as vulnerable species.

Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra Informations

Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra Informations

Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra Informations

Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra Informations

Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra Informations

Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra Informations

Pictures of African White Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros Informations

White Rhinoceros, one of the five species of rhinoceros, is one of the few existing animals from giant fauna species. It is also called as ’square-lipped’ rhinoceros. They are the most social of all the rhinoceros. Out of the two subspecies Southern White Rhinoceros and Northern White Rhinoceros, the population of southern species stands at around 18,000 animals but the population of northern species is just about 13. Critically Endangered Species, Northern White Rhinoceros were formerly abundant in  Eat and Central Africa, south of the Sahara Deserts.

White Rhinoceros is the world’s second largest mammal after elephants. They have a massive body, large head, short neck, broad chest and wide mouth. They weigh in the range of 1.5-3.5 tonnes, highest being 4.5 tonnes. They have two horns made of keratins on their snout, front horn being larger than the other. They have a noticeable hump on their back, which supports their large head. Their color ranges from yellowish brown to slate grey. White Rhino is an herbivorous animal and feeds by grazing grass.

Pictures of African White Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros Informations

Pictures of African White Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros Informations

Pictures of African White Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros Informations

Pictures of African White Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros Informations

Pictures of African White Rhinoceros and White Rhinoceros Informations