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Pictures of African Animals Leopard and Leopard Informations

Pictures of African Animals Leopard and Leopard Informations

Leopard is the smallest of four ‘big cats’ family comprising of lion, tiger, leopard and jaguar. Due to large-scale hunting, poaching and loss of habitat, the population of leopard has drastically reduced all over the world and now it can be mainly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Although fragmented population of Leopard can be seen in India, Indochina, Malaysia and China but more or less leopard had been declared as ‘Near Threatened’ species.

Leopards have relatively short legs as compared to its long body. They have a large skull and physically it resembles jaguar. Its fur is marked with rosettes, which lack internal spots unlike jaguars. They weigh around 1501-70 ponds and their body length is about 6-7 feet. They are keen hunters and feed on a variety of food ranging from small rodents to extremely large animals like giraffe or buffalo. They are extremely agile and can climb a tree very swiftly. They can run up to a speed of 60 km/h. Leopards are famous as opportunistic hunters that hunt silently and alone. Leopards can consume any animal that they can catch and hunt.

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Pictures of African Animals Jackal and Jackal Informations

Pictures of African Animals Jackal and Jackal Informations

Jackals belong to any three small to medium sized species of the family canidae. Jackals are found in Africa, Asia and southeastern Europe. Jackals display a similar ecological niche and characteristics of Coyote in North America. There are four common species of Jackals Golden Jackals, Side-Striped Jackals, Black-backed Jackals and Ethiopian Wolf. Despite their outwardly similarities, all the species are not closely related to one another. Jackals are commonly seen animals on the African Safaris. They are also found outside of national parks and near human settlements.

Jackals have long legs and curved canine teeth that are suitable for hunting small mammals, birds and reptiles. With their big feet and fused leg bones, they can run up to a speed of 15 km/h for extended period of time. Jackals are most active at dawn and dusk. They weigh around 8 kg and the height is around 40 cm. Jackals are scavengers and omnivores that hunt small sized animals for their food.

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Pictures of African Animals Hippopotamus and Hippopotamus Informations

Pictures of African Animals Hippopotamus and Hippopotamus Informations

Hippopotamus or Hippo is a large plant-eating African mammal. Hippo is the third largest land animals after white Rhinos and elephant. Hippo, a semi-aquatic animal, is generally found living in rivers and lakes in Sub-Saharan Africa in the groups of 5 to 30 animals. Despite their resemblance to pigs, their closest living relatives are whales and porpoise. Adult males can weigh from 1.8 to 3.2 tons and females can weigh from 700 kg to 2 tons. Hippos are one of the most aggressive animals of the world and most dangerous animal in Africa. They can run at a speed of up to 50 km/h while running for short distances.

Hippos have a bluish grey body with a pink underbelly, large head and stumpy legs. They have a barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, hairless body and a tremendous size. Hippos generally remain in water and mud and go out only for grazing grass. Total population of Hippos in Sub-Saharan Africa is around 125,000 to 150,000, out of which Zambia has about 40,000 Hippos and Tanzania has another 30,000 Hippos. Poachers are often looking out for hunting Hippos for meat and ivory canine teeth.

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Pictures of African Animals Giraffe and Giraffe Informations

Pictures of African Animals Giraffe and Giraffe Informations

Giraffe is an African mammal that is tallest among all the living animal species and largest ruminant animals. Giraffe weighs around 1.5 to 1.8 tons and the height is 4.8 to 5.5 meters. They are known to have lived up to the age of 28 years. Giraffes are found in the grasslands and open woodlands of African Savannah from Chad to South Africa. They prefer areas with acacia growth as they mainly feed on acacia trees. They are found to be eating mostly at dusk and dawn and search denser foliages for their food. They drink large quantities of water at a time and therefore can spend long periods of time in dry and arid areas.

Giraffes have a distinct walking style and can reach up to a speed of 55 km/h. While walking, they rhythmically move the head backwards and forwards to pull forward its weight. They have long necks with anchor muscles to hold the neck. Giraffes sleep in standing position. They have long legs with forelegs are slightly longer than the hind legs. Each Giraffe has its own unique pattern of markings on its coat. Their tongue is blue and can extend up to 40 cm. Giraffes generally move in a group of about dozen members.

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Pictures of African Animals Chimpanzee and Chimpanzee Informations

Pictures of African Animals Chimpanzee and Chimpanzee Informations

Chimpanzee or Chimp is the name for two extant species of ape who are the closest living relatives to humans. Commonly available Chimpanzees are living primarily in the central and western Africa. Another variety known as Pygmy Chimpanzees are found in the forests of Democratic Republic of the Congo. Chimpanzees, Gorillas, Human and Orangutans belong to a common biological family Hominidae. Chimps are favorite animals of humans due to their social nature, intelligence and for being almost like humans.

Chimpanzees stay together in a group of about 30-32 animals. They are extremely intelligent and noisy animals. Chimps generally live on a diet of fruits, leaves and other green foods however occasionally they also eat meat of young goats or baboons and small insects. They defend themselves by throwing stones and sticks at their predators. Fully-grown, adult male Chimps can weigh around 70-150 pounds and stand 3 to 4 feet tall. Average life span of Chimpanzees is about 50 years, with a life of maximum 40 years in the wild and around 60 years in the captivity.

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Pictures of African Animals Hyena

Pictures of African Animals Hyena and Hyena Informations

Hyena is a stocky animal belonging to mammalian family and which are native to Africa and Asia. There are four living species of Hyena striped Hyena, Brown Hyena, Spotted Hyena and Aardwolf Hyena. Except the striped Hyenas that are seen in the jungles of India, all the Hyenas are found in African Savannah, south of the Sahara desert. Although Hyenas resemble to Canids (biological family of dog) but they are related to a separate biological family of mongooses and meerkats.

Spotted Hyena weighs around 50 kg. They have extremely powerful jaws in relation to the size of the body. Their front legs are longer than their back legs. Hyena has many amazing characteristics. Hyenas have a strong digestive system with highly acidic fluid with which they are capable to eat and digest their entire prey including skin, bones, teeth and horns. They make a typical laughing type of sound while they are attached by predators. Hyena is a very curious animal. They always move in large groups while hunting for their preys during night.

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Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Impala is a medium sized African Antelope living in the open plains of Africa. They are commonly found in African Savannah, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Angola and Uganda. The animal gets name from a Zulu language word Impala.

Impalas weigh around 70-80 kg. They are reddish brown in color, have lighter flanks and white underbelly with a marking in the shape of alphabet ‘M’ on its rear. Male Impalas have lyre-shaped horns that can reach up to 90cm in length. Female Impalas do not have any thorns. Impala have a tendency to herd in large groups of more than 100 animals. They feed on grass, shoots, foliage and leaves. They tend to feed on whatever is readily available without waiting to search for food at one place. They frequently move from one place to another. When frightened or startled, the whole Impala herd starts leaping about in order to confuse their predators. They can jump distances of more than 9 meters and leap up to 2.5 meters high. Lions, leopards, wild dogs, cheetahs and spotted hyenas prey on Impala.

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Pictures of African Animals Lion and Lion Informations

Pictures of African Animals Lion and Lion Informations

Sandy colored carnivorous animal Lion belongs to the family of four ‘big cats’. Lion is the second largest living cat after tiger. Wild lions can be found in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia. Northwestern India has critically endangered population of Lions whereas Lions have altogether disappeared from North Africa, Middle East and Western Asia. Lions typical inhabit at savanna and grasslands. The population of Lions has reduced by about 30-50 percent during the last two decades.

Lions are large animals with a weight of around 200-250 kg and a height of about 1.2 meters. Lions seldom live for more than eight years whereas lionesses in secure habitat can survive up to 12-14 years. In captivity, both the lions and lionesses can live up to 20 years. Lions hunt in groups with lionesses as the most active hunter, which are well known for their precise hunting skills and teamwork. They feed on large animals like zebras and giraffes. Lions generally do not selectively hunt humans however there have been several cases of man-eaters throughout the world.

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Pictures of African Animals Cheetah and Cheetah Informations

Pictures of African Animals Cheetah and Cheetah Informations

Cheetah is an amazing African animal that is an atypical member of cat family. Cheetah is unique in its speed while lacking the climbing abilities. Cheetah is the fastest land animal that can reach a speed up to 115-120 km/h and it can accelerate from 0 to 110 km/h in flat three seconds, which is greater than the fastest super cars in the world. They are commonly found in Saharan Africa, south of Sahara Deserts. The animal gets it name from Hindi word Cheetah that translates into ‘Spotted Animal’.

Whole body of Cheetah is covered in small round black spots measuring about 2-3 cm except the underside. They have a small head that is disproportionate to the body. They have high-set eyes with black tear marks running from corner of the eyes down the sides of the nose to the mouth. Tear marks help them to keep sunlight out of the eyes and to aid in hunting and seeing long distance. Tear marks act as the best visible distinguishing marks between a Cheetah and a Leopard. Cheetah is a carnivorous animal and feeds on small mammals weighing below 40 kg. Cheetahs can also hunt large animals like Zebra when they are in groups. Adult Cheetah weighs around 90 to 140 pounds, the height is about 30-35 inches, and the body length is around 45-55 inches.

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Pictures of African Animals Black Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros Informations

Pictures of African Animals Black Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros Informations

Black Rhinoceros or Rhinos are natives of eastern and central Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. As per 2006 census, the population of Rhinos all over the world stands at around 3600. West African Black Rhinoceros have been declared as an extinct species. Ina all, there are two species and five varieties of Rhinoceros. African species have black Rhinoceros and white Rhinoceros and Asian species have Indian Rhinoceros, Sumatran Rhinoceros and Javan Rhinoceros. Despite their hunting legally banned all over the world, Rhinos remain always remain in demand in Asia and Africa primarily for their valuable horn and also for skin and other parts of the body.

Black Rhinos are large animals with heavily armored body and very distinctive horn. Although the name is black Rhinoceros but actually they are grey or brown in color. Black Rhinoceros are almost hairless animals with hair growing only on their tail, eyelashes and ears. Their have two large horn made of keratins. Black Rhinos are herbivorous and feed on grass, leaves, shoots, thorny wood bushes, fruits and tree branches. They weigh around 1.5 ton and stand about 1.5 meters tall. Despite their huge weight, they can run at the speed of 45 km/h.