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Pictures of African Animals Springhare and Springhare Informations
Pictures of African Animals Springhare and Springhare Informations
Springhare is endemic to South Africa and currently it is listed as critically endangered species. Springhare is actually not a hare, rather it is a member of the rodents family. Snakes, men, jackals and weasels are the main predators of Springhare.
Pictures of African Animals Spotted Necked Otter and Spotted Necked Otter Informations
Pictures of African Animals Spotted Necked Otter and Spotted Necked Otter Informations
Spotted-Necked Otter or Speckle-Throated Otter, is an otter native to Sub-Saharan Africa. They are large animals, which can be found in large rivers, lakes and ponds. It is an extremely clever animal capable of using rocks to break open shells. They are very vocal animals, which can make high-pitched thin whistles. They rely on vision for hunting and thus prefer to remain in clear water. Species of spotted-necked otters is vulnerable and critically endangered due to habitat destructions and pollutions.
Like other otters, they are sleek animals with powerful webbed paws that are used for swimming. They have deep brown fur with light colored spotted markings on its throat. The average length of spotted-necked otters is one meter and it weighs around 3-4 kg. They feed on fish, crustaceans and
Pictures of African Animals Vervet Monkey and Vervet Monkey Informations
Pictures of African Animals Vervet Monkey and Vervet Monkey Informations
Vervet monkey or simply Vervet is a small to large monkey that are found throughout most of the East and Southern Africa from Ethiopia and Somalia south to the South Africa. They are also found inhabiting Savanna lands and mountains even at height of up to 4000 meters from sea level.
Adult male Vervet Monkey ranges in size from 45-85 cm and weighs 3.5-7.5 kg. Females range from 40-60 cm in length and weigh 2.5-5.5 kg. Length of the tail of both males and females can range from 50-115 cm. Vervet Monkeys are mainly herbivorous and feed on variety of fruits, plants, leaves and seeds, sometimes on insects and small rodents. In Kenya and South Africa, they are classified as vermin, as they often destroy large amounts of crops. They live in a group of 15-20 animals. Vervet monkeys are grey or slightly greenish-grey in color with face, hands, feet and tip of the tail being black.
Pictures of African Animals Mole and Mole Informations
Pictures of African Animals Mole and Mole Informations
Moles are mammals, which range in behaviors depending upon the species. Majority of the moles are burrowing moles while some may be aquatic or semi-aquatic. Moles can be found in Africa, North America, Europe and Asia. Male moles are called boars while females are called sows. In some of the countries while few countries such as Germany consider them as protected animals. De Winton’s Golden Mole is a species that is endemic to South Africa.
Moles have cylindrical bodies covered in fur with small or covered eyes and ears are generally not visible. They feed on small invertebrates such as earthworms and other creatures living underground. Occasionally, they may also eat mice that try to enter their burrows. Moles often burrow in lawns, often creating mole-hills and thereby killing lawns. They can indirectly cause damage to plant roots; however, they never eat plants. In many countries, traps, smoke bombs or flooding in the burrows, or poisons like calcium carbide are used for controlling the menace of moles.
Pictures of African Animals Mole and Mole Informations
Pictures of African Animals Mole and Mole Informations
Pictures of African Animals Mole and Mole Informations
Pictures of African Animals Mole and Mole Informations
Pictures of African Animals Mole and Mole Informations
Pictures of African Animals Humpback Whale and Humpback Whale Informations
Pictures of African Animals Humpback Whale and Humpback Whale Informations
Humpback whale belongs to one of the larger whale families. They are often known as acrobatic animals due to their frequent breaching and slapping of sea waters. Humpbacks are found in oceans and seas across many regions in the world and are known to migrate more than 25,000 km every year. During summer they feed in polar waters and then migrate to tropical and subtropical areas in winter to breed and give birth. They can survive on their food reserves during the whole of winter season.
Adult humpbacks range in size from 12-16 meters long and about 36,000 kg in weight. They have a distinct body shape with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobby head. Adult males produce a typical whale song, that lasts for 10-20 minutes and may be repeated for hours together.
Pictures of African Animals Horseshoe Bat and Horseshoe Bat Informations
Pictures of African Animals Horseshoe Bat and Horseshoe Bat Informations
Horseshoe bat is a large family of bats that have horse-shoe, spear-like or leaf-like protuberances on their noses. They emit echolocation (biological sonars) calls through this structures that may help in focusing the sound. Horseshoe bats can be found in the temperate and tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Europe. Most of the species are insectivorous, which catch insects while flying. Horseshoe bats have been designated as vulnerable and critically endangered species of bats.
Horseshoe bats can not walk on all four legs, as their hind legs are not developed fully. The animal is dull brown or reddish brown in color. Their wings are broad making their flights aggressive. Size ranges from 2.5-14 cm in length and
Pictures of African Animals Hedgehog and Hedgehog Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hedgehog and Hedgehog Informations
Hedgehog is an amazing spiny mammal with stiff pointed spines covering its entire back. They are endemic to Africa, Asia, and certain parts of Europe and they are introduced in Australia and New Zealand. No living species are found in North America. Hedgehogs are nocturnal and insectivorous animals. Urchin and hedge-pig are other names as per the folklores.
Hedgehogs are distinctive spines are essentially hollow hairs that are stiffened by keratins (fibrous structural proteins). Its spines are neither poisonous nor barbed and cannot be easily removed from the body of hedgehogs. Spines come out only once when th animal sheds baby spines and replaces it with adult spines, the process being known as ‘quilling’. Under extreme stress or during sickness, hedgehog may loose some of the spines. Hedgehogs possess a unique ability to roll into a tight ball, thereby causing all the spines to point upwards. This ability provides them the best defense against their predators (foxes, wolves and mongooses). They feed on variety of diets including insects, mice, rodents, snakes and eggs. Travel to see Hedgehog live
Pictures of African Animals Hedgehog and Hedgehog Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hedgehog and Hedgehog Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hedgehog and Hedgehog Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hedgehog and Hedgehog Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hedgehog and Hedgehog Informations
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Pictures of African Animals Hare and Hare Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hare and Hare Informations
Hare or jack-rabbits are species of leporids (species of rabbits) that are well known for fast speeds. They can often run at speeds up to 45 mph. Hares tend to live alone or in pairs. In African folklores, hares are considered as tricksters and evil characters, often associated with witches.
Hare is normally a shy animal that may change its behavior in spring season. During spring, hares can be often seen chasing each other around the meadows to attain dominance and more access to breeding females. Occasionally, hares are also spotted boxing with one another during spring. Unlike other rabbits, hares do not bear their young ones below ground in a burrow. Instead, they prefer a shallow depression or flattened nest made from grass. Hares are generally larger than rabbits with longer ears and black markings on their fur. Diet of hare is very much similar to that of rabbits. Like rabbits, hares are also prized as food items and are prepared in the same manner namely, roasted or taken apart for breading and frying. Travel to Africa!
Pictures of African Animals Hare and Hare Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hare and Hare Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hare and Hare Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hare and Hare Informations
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Pictures of African Animals Hairy Bat and Hairy Bat Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hairy Bat and Hairy Bat Informations
Hairy Bat is a species of Vesper Bats (largest and best known family of bats) that are endemic to Angola, Namibia and South Africa in the temperate regions and deserts. They have been designated as critically endangered species of bats. They are also found in the equatorial regions from Congo to West Africa. Angolan hairy bat is generally restricted to Northern Cape Province, West Namibia and southwestern Angola.
Upper parts of Angolan Bats have yellowish tinge unlike other hairy bats have light yellow or honey yellow tinge. Underparts are usually off-white or creamish with reddish-brown tinge. Hairy bats feed on insects; however, they are slow fliers and thus they usually hunt within 5 meters from ground. Hairy prefer to live in open woodlands and Savanna habitats. Angolan hairy bats favor arid and desert areas. Some of the species of hairy bats prefer to live in damp caves and also in hollow trees amongst leaves. Traditionally, hairy bats live in small colonies with tendencies to migrate locally.
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Pictures of African Animals Hairy Bat and Hairy Bat Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hairy Bat and Hairy Bat Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hairy Bat and Hairy Bat Informations
Pictures of African Animals Hairy Bat and Hairy Bat Informations
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Pictures of African Animals Greater Red Musk Shrew and Greater Red Musk Shrew Informations
Pictures of African Animals Greater Red Musk Shrew and Greater Red Musk Shrew Informations
Greater Red Musk Shrew is a large species of shrew in the mammals family. They are endemic to Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo, Angola, Somalia, Ethiopia, Swaziland and Lesotho. Their natural habitats are in moist Savanna woodlands, coastal forests, temperate grasslands and rural gardens. Greater red Musk Shrews are also found in the southeastern parts of Botswana and Central Zimbabwe. They are generally confined to areas with minimum annual rainfall of 500mm; however, some of the animals are also found in areas with mean annual rainfall of less than 200mm.
Average size of greater red mush shrew is 16 cm in length excluding its with a further tail that is about 5-6 cm long. They weigh about 20-30 grams. Their tail is shorter than giant mush shrew. The overall body color of greater red musk shrew is reddish-brown while the underparts are grayish-brown.
