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Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

Thomson’s Gazelle is one of he best known gazelle that has been named after Joesph Thomson, a famous wild life explorer. They inhabit Africa’s Savannah and grasslands. They can b found in the Serengeti Regions of Kenya and Tanzania and Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan. Despite being one of the most common gazelles in its range, their population is very limited due to its range.

Thomson’s Gazelle weigh around 13-22 kg and stand tall 60-90 cm. They have light brown coat with white underparts and a distinctive black stripe. They have long and pointed horn with a slight curvature. They have a white patch on their rump that extends below the tail. Thomson’ Gazelle feed on grass and vegetations. Cheetah, hyenas and baboons are few of the most common natural predators of Thomson’s Gazelle. They live and migrate in herds with hundreds and thousands of other gazelles. Besides, they can be often found congregating with other hoofed mammals such as zebras and wildebeest. Thomson’s gazelles can live 10-15 years in the wilds.

Pictures of African Animals Thomson Gazelle and Thomson Gazelle Informations

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

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 7-10 cm in length and just 10 gram weight to Alpine Marmot, which are 53-73 cm in length and 5-8 Kg weight. They have slender bodies with tail and large eyes. Their fur is soft and silky and varies in sizes depending upon the species. Their hind limbs are longer than fore limbs. They have a soft pad on the undersides of their feet. Red Bush Squirrels are generally herbivorous and mainly feed on seeds, plants, fruits and nuts and occasionally on insects and small vertebrates. They have an excellent sense of vision and a good sense of touch.

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

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. Greater red mush shrews are insectivorous and mainly feed on insects and sometimes eat mice and other small rodents. They have a lateral gland that emits strong odor, which marks the territorial boundaries of greater red musk shrews.Travel to Africa low cost!

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Pictures of African Animals Hippopotamus and Hippopotamus Informations

Pictures of African Animals Hippopotamus and Hippopotamus Informations

Hippopotamus or Hippo is a large plant-eating African mammal. Hippo is the third largest land animals after white Rhinos and elephant. Hippo, a semi-aquatic animal, is generally found living in rivers and lakes in Sub-Saharan Africa in the groups of 5 to 30 animals. Despite their resemblance to pigs, their closest living relatives are whales and porpoise. Adult males can weigh from 1.8 to 3.2 tons and females can weigh from 700 kg to 2 tons. Hippos are one of the most aggressive animals of the world and most dangerous animal in Africa. They can run at a speed of up to 50 km/h while running for short distances.

Hippos have a bluish grey body with a pink underbelly, large head and stumpy legs. They have a barrel-shaped torso, enormous mouth and teeth, hairless body and a tremendous size. Hippos generally remain in water and mud and go out only for grazing grass. Total population of Hippos in Sub-Saharan Africa is around 125,000 to 150,000, out of which Zambia has about 40,000 Hippos and Tanzania has another 30,000 Hippos. Poachers are often looking out for hunting Hippos for meat and ivory canine teeth.

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Pictures of African Animals Impala and Impala Informations

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.

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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.

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Pictures of African Animals Black Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros Informations

Pictures of African Animals Black Rhinoceros and Black Rhinoceros Informations

Black Rhinoceros or Rhinos are natives of eastern and central Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. As per 2006 census, the population of Rhinos all over the world stands at around 3600. West African Black Rhinoceros have been declared as an extinct species. Ina all, there are two species and five varieties of Rhinoceros. African species have black Rhinoceros and white Rhinoceros and Asian species have Indian Rhinoceros, Sumatran Rhinoceros and Javan Rhinoceros. Despite their hunting legally banned all over the world, Rhinos remain always remain in demand in Asia and Africa primarily for their valuable horn and also for skin and other parts of the body.

Black Rhinos are large animals with heavily armored body and very distinctive horn. Although the name is black Rhinoceros but actually they are grey or brown in color. Black Rhinoceros are almost hairless animals with hair growing only on their tail, eyelashes and ears. Their have two large horn made of keratins. Black Rhinos are herbivorous and feed on grass, leaves, shoots, thorny wood bushes, fruits and tree branches. They weigh around 1.5 ton and stand about 1.5 meters tall. Despite their huge weight, they can run at the speed of 45 km/h.