Pictures of African animals

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 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 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 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

Pictures of African Animals Springhare and Springhare Informations

Pictures of African Animals Springhare and Springhare Informations

Pictures of African Animals Springhare and Springhare Informations

Pictures of African Animals Springhare and Springhare Informations