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Pictures of African Animals Porcupine and Porcupine 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

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Pictures of African Animals Zebra and Zebra 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

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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!

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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.

Pictures of African Animals Jackal and Jackal Informations

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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.