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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 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

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.  Greater red mush shrews are insectivorous and mainly feed on insects and sometimes eat mice and other small rodents. They have a lateral gland that emits strong odor, which marks the territorial boundaries of greater red musk shrews.Travel to Africa low cost!

Pictures of African Animals Greater Red Musk Shrew

Pictures of African Animals Greater Red Musk Shrew

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.

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations