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

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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. It resemble a small kangaroo due to its highly developed hind legs. They are found only in southeastern Africa.

Average weight of Springhare is about 3 kg and length is 35-45 cm, excluding tail, which further measures about 35-45 cm. Color of Springhare varies from reddish-brown to pale grey. Tail is black at its tip. With highly developed hind legs, Springhare possess extraordinary capabilities of jumping. They can often leap more than meters in a single jump. They generally feed on plants and vegetations and sometimes on insects. Although Springhare is a nocturnal animal but sometimes they be found to be active even during the day time. They make their habitats by digging tunnels, which they generally make in rainy season when the soil is wet.

Pictures of African Animals Springhare and Springhare Informations

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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. A white band on their forehead make it easy to distinguish them from other monkeys.

Pictures of African Animals Vervet Monkey and Vervet Monkey Informations

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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.

Pictures of African Animals Hyena

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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.