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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 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 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

Pictures of African Animals Vervet Monkey and Vervet Monkey Informations

Pictures of African Animals Vervet Monkey and Vervet Monkey Informations

Pictures of African Animals Vervet Monkey and Vervet Monkey Informations

Pictures of African Animals Vervet Monkey and Vervet Monkey Informations

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Eland is a genus of antelopes of the African savanna. Elands are the largest African antelopes. There are two species of elands – common elands and giant elands. In many aspects, elands are quite bovine. Elands live on the open plains of South Africa and along the foothills of the great South African plateau.

Male elands range in size with a length of 240-340 cm from snout to the base of the tail and stand tall 150 to 183 cm at the shoulder. They weigh about 600-800 kg. Male elands have a darker tan coat with bluish-grey tinge and females have a tan coat. Horns of both the sexes of elands are about 65 cm long. Elands feed on grass, branches and leaves. Meat of elands contains more protein than cattle meat and lesser amount of fats. Milk of Eland has a very high content of calcium. Size of bull elands generally discourages predators however; female elands are vulnerable to attacks by lions, leopards, spotted hyenas and African wild dogs.

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Pictures of African Animals Eland and Eland Informations

Pictures of African Animals Aardvark and Aardvark Informations

Aardvark is an amazing and medium sized, burrowing and nocturnal African mammal. Sometimes, aardvark is also called as ‘anteater’, ‘earth hog’, ‘earth pig’ or ‘Cape anteater’. The name aardvark comes from Afrikaans or Dutch term for earth pig. Early settlers from Europe thought it to be a domesticated pig though it is not related to pig. Moreover, despite sharing some of the characteristics and superficial resemblance, it is not related to South American Anteater. Closest living animals to aardvark are elephant shrews, hyraxes and elephants.

Aardvarks can be found in Sub-Saharan Africa in savannas, grasslands, woodlands and bushland where there is suitable habitat and available food (ants, termites etc) for them. Aardvark is vaguely pig-like in appearance with a stout body and an arched back. Limbs are moderate in length. Ears are disproportionately long. Tail is thick at the base and tapers gradually. Head of Aardvarks is greatly elongated. It rests on a short and thick neck. Mouth is small and tubular. They have a long, thin, snake-like protruding tongue and elaborate structures supporting a keen sense of smell. Aardvarks weigh around 40 to 65 kg with length between 1 to 1.3 meters. They are pale yellowish in color.

Pictures of African Animals Aardvark and Aardvark Informations

Pictures of African Animals Aardvark and Aardvark Informations

Pictures of African Animals Aardvark and Aardvark Informations

Pictures of African Animals Aardvark and Aardvark Informations

Pictures of African Animals Aardvark and Aardvark Informations

Pictures of African Animals Aardvark and Aardvark Informations