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  2. Smithsonian–Roosevelt African expedition - Wikipedia

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    John Alden Loring. The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African expedition was an expedition to tropical Africa in 1909–1911 led by former US President Theodore Roosevelt. It was funded by Andrew Carnegie and sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. [1] Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new natural history museum, now known ...

  3. Maasai Mara - Wikipedia

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    Maasai Mara. Maasai Mara, also sometimes spelled Masai Mara and locally known simply as The Mara, is a large national game reserve in Narok, Kenya, contiguous with the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania. It is named in honour of the Maasai people, [2] the ancestral inhabitants of the area, who migrated to the area from the Nile Basin.

  4. Kruger National Park - Wikipedia

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    Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry.(j)ər]) is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa.It covers an area of 19,623 km 2 (7,576 sq mi) (almost The Size of Wales) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km (220 mi) from north to south and 65 km (40 mi) from east to west.

  5. Dorylus - Wikipedia

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    Dorylus, also known as driver ants, safari ants, or siafu, is a large genus of army ants found primarily in central and east Africa, although the range also extends to southern Africa and tropical Asia. The term siafu is a loanword from Swahili, [2] and is one of numerous similar words from regional Bantu languages used by indigenous peoples to ...

  6. Safari - Wikipedia

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    Safari. A safari (/ səˈfɑːri /; from Swahili safari 'journey' originally from Arabic Safar 'to journey') is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in East Africa. [1][2][3] The so-called "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo – particularly form an important part of the ...

  7. Martin and Osa Johnson - Wikipedia

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    The three scouts co-authored the 1928 book Three Boy Scouts in Africa : on Safari with Martin Johnson. In later life, Douglas (1912-2015) was an attorney, Martin (1913-2004) became an executive in the Boy Scouts of America , and Oliver (1913-2009) was an Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at both Harvard University and the University of Hawaii.

  8. Serengeti - Wikipedia

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    Serengeti. Coordinates: 2°19′51″S 34°50′0″E. An umbrella thorn silhouetted by the setting sun near Seronera Camp. Map of Tanzania showing the country's national parks, including the Serengeti National Park. The Serengeti (/ ˌsɛrənˈɡɛti / SERR-ən-GHET-ee) ecosystem is a geographical region in Africa, spanning the Mara and Arusha ...

  9. Wildlife of Tanzania - Wikipedia

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    Tanzania’s wildlife, extolled as the "finest safari experiences and wildlife spectacles found anywhere on the planet", has 40 national parks and game reserves. [9] There are 17 national parks covering a total area of 42,235 square kilometres (16,307 sq mi). These parks are as follows: [10] Arusha National Park (552 square kilometres (213 sq mi))

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