Africa Flashcards

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Bush Pig

Lives: forests, woodland, riverine vegetation and reedbeds in East and Southern Africa.

Mainly nocturnal.
Height: 26 to 39 inches at the shoulder

Weight: 121 to 331 lb.

Resemble the domestic pig.

Can be identified by their blunt, muscular snouts, small eyes, pointed, tufted ears and buckled toes.
Color: reddish-brown to dark brown, becomes darker with age. Both sexes have a lighter-coloured mane which bristles when the animal becomes agitated. sharp tusks are fairly short and inconspicuous. Unlike warthogs, bushpigs run with their tails down. Males are normally larger than females.

Can be very aggressive, especially when they have young.

They are omnivorous and their diet could include roots, crops or carrion, as well as newborn lambs.

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Lives in forests, woodland, riverine vegetation and reedbeds in East and Southern Africa.

mainly nocturnal. stand from 26 to 39 in at the shoulder, and weigh from 55 to 150 kg (121 to 331 lb).

resemble the domestic pig, can be identified by their blunt, muscular snouts, small eyes, pointed, tufted ears and buckled toes. reddish-brown to dark brown, becomes darker with age. Both sexes have a lighter-coloured mane which bristles when the animal becomes agitated. sharp tusks are fairly short and inconspicuous. Unlike warthogs, bushpigs run with their tails down. Males are normally larger than females.

can be very aggressive, especially when they have young. They are omnivorous and their diet could include roots, crops or carrion, as well as newborn lambs.

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Bushpig

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Giant Forest Hog

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Warthog

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Hippopotamus

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Masai Giraffe

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Reticulated Giraffe

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Rothschild’s Giraffe

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Common Duiker

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Kirk’s Dik Dik

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Steinbok

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Oribi

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Klipspringer

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Bushbuck

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Sitatunga

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Bongo

(Eastern/Mountain)

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Lesser Kudu

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Greater Kudu Male Front

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Beisa Oryx

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Roan Antelope

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Sable Antelope

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Common/Ellipsen Waterbuck

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aka Gnu

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Blue Wildebeest

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Uganda Kob

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Mountain Reedbuck

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Bohor Reedbuck

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Topi

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Coke’s Hartebeest

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Impala

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Grant’s Gazelle

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Thomson’s Gazelle

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(female)

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Gerenuk (aka Waller’s Gazelle)

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Cape Buffalo (aka African Buffalo)

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African Elephant

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Grevy’s Zebra (aka Imperial Zebra)

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Common Zebra (aka Plains Zebra or Burchell’s Zebra)

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(adult female and calf)

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Black Rhinoceros (aka Hook-Lipped Rhinoceros)

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White Rhinoceros (aka Square-Lipped Rhinoceros)

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Tree Hyrax (aka Tree Dassies)

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Rock Hyrax (aka Rock Badger or Cape Hyrax)

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Aardvark

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Crested Porcupine

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Striped Ground Squirrel

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Unstriped Ground Squirrel

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African Savanna Hare

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Side Striped Jackal

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Black-Backed Jackal

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Common Jackal

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Hunting Dog (aka African Wild Dog or African Painted Dog)

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Bat-Eared Fox

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Honey Badger

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Large-spotted Genet

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African Civet

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Slender Mongoose

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Banded Mongoose

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Dwarf Mongoose

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Aardwolf

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Striped Hyaena

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Spotted Hyaena

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Male Lion

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Leopard

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Caracal

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Cheetah

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Serval

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African Wild Cat

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Greater Galago

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Lesser Galago

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Olive Baboon

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Yellow Baboon

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Patas Monkey

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Blue Monkey

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Black-Faced Vervet Monkey

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Black and White Colobus

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Lowland Gorilla

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Mountain Gorilla

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Chimpanzee

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African Rock Python

(juvenile shown)

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Brown House Snake

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Black Mamba

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Eastern Green Mamba

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Boomslang

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Forest Cobra

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Puff Adder

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Gaboon Viper

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Rhinoceros Viper

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Agama Lizard

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Striped Skink

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Common House Gecko

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Savannah Monitor

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Nile Monitor

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Flap Necked Chameleon

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Jackson’s Chameleon

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Nile Crocodile

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Leopard Tortoise

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African Bull Frog

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Square Marked Toad

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Dung Beetle

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African Giant Millipede

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Scorpion

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Termites

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East African Land Snail

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Greater Kudu Female

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Greater Kudu Male Side

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Female Lion (Lioness)