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A guide to Africa, it's trees and animals

A guide to the great plains of Africa, and the wildlife that flocks there every year to share it's rich bounties

Yellow-winged Bat 1
Lavia frons
Small-spotted Genet 2
Genetta genetta
Honey Badger 3
Mellivora capensis
Spotted Hyena 4
Crocuta crocuta
Striped Hyena 5
Hyaena hyaena
Egyptian Mongoose 6
Herpestes ichneumon
Common Dwarf Mongoose 4
Helogale parvula
Banded Mongoose 7
Mungos mungo
White-tailed Mongoose 8
Ichneumia albicauda
Cheetah 9
Acinonyx jubatus
Leopard 10
Panthera pardus
Lion 11
Panthera leo
Serval 12
Leptailurus serval
Caracal 13
Caracal caracal
Black-backed Jackal 14
Canis mesomelas
Side-striped Jackal 15
Canis adustus
African Wild Dog 16
Lycaon pictus
Bat-eared Fox 17
Otocyon megalotis
Common Warthog 18
Phacochoerus africanus
Hippopotamus 19
Hippopotamus amphibius
Giraffe 20
Giraffa camelopardalis
Tsessebe 21
Damaliscus lunatus
Impala 22
Aepyceros melampus
Common Wildebeest 23
Connochaetes taurinus
Bohor Reedbuck 24
Redunca redunca
Waterbuck 25
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Bushbuck 26
Tragelaphus scriptus
Kirk's Dik-dik 27
Madoqua kirkii
Steenbok 28
Raphicerus campestris
Oribi 21
Ourebia ourebi
Klipspringer 29
Oreotragus oreotragus
African Buffalo 30
Syncerus caffer
Hartebeest 31
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Rock Hyrax 32
Procavia capensis
Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax 33
Heterohyrax brucei
Plains Zebra 34
Equus quagga
Black Rhinoceros 35
Diceros bicornis
Patas Monkey 36
Erythrocebus patas
Savannah Elephant 37
Loxodonta africana
Nile Grass Rat 38
Arvicanthis niloticus
Aardwolf 39
Proteles cristata
Vervet Monkey 40
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
East African Oryx 41
Oryx beisa
Thomson's Gazelle 42
Eudorcas thomsonii
Grant's Gazelle 43
Nanger granti
Olive Baboon 44
Papio anubis
Temminck's Ground Pangolin 45
Smutsia temminckii
Eland 46
Tragelaphus oryx
African Wildcat 47
Felis lybica
African Wolf 48
Canis anthus
African Savannah Hare 49
Lepus victoriae
Slender Mongoose 3
Galerella sanguinea

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