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Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

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on March 28, 2009

Pictures of African Animals Red Bush Squirrel and Red Bush Squirrel Informations

Red Bush Squirrel is a species of rodents in squirrel family, which are found abundantly in Mozambique, Malawi, Somalia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. Their natural habitats are in tropical or subtropical dry forests, tropical or subtropical moist lowland forests and tropical or subtropical dry shrub lands.

Red bush squirrels have a beautiful red bushy appendage. Squirrels are generally very small animals ranging in size from African Pygmy Squirrels, which are

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Pictures of African Animals Greater Red Musk Shrew and Greater Red Musk Shrew Informations

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on March 9, 2009

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.

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Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

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on December 21, 2008

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.