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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 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

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Pictures of African Animals Lion and Lion Informations

Pictures of African Animals Lion and Lion Informations

Sandy colored carnivorous animal Lion belongs to the family of four ‘big cats’. Lion is the second largest living cat after tiger. Wild lions can be found in Sub-Saharan Africa and in Asia. Northwestern India has critically endangered population of Lions whereas Lions have altogether disappeared from North Africa, Middle East and Western Asia. Lions typical inhabit at savanna and grasslands. The population of Lions has reduced by about 30-50 percent during the last two decades.

Lions are large animals with a weight of around 200-250 kg and a height of about 1.2 meters. Lions seldom live for more than eight years whereas lionesses in secure habitat can survive up to 12-14 years. In captivity, both the lions and lionesses can live up to 20 years. Lions hunt in groups with lionesses as the most active hunter, which are well known for their precise hunting skills and teamwork. They feed on large animals like zebras and giraffes. Lions generally do not selectively hunt humans however there have been several cases of man-eaters throughout the world.