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Male Hyrax. The Fauna of Africa, in its broader sense, is all the animals living in Africa and its surrounding seas and islands. The more characteristic African fauna is found in the Afro-tropical realm. [1] Lying almost entirely within the tropics, and equally to north and south of the equator creates favorable conditions for rich wildlife.
African forest elephants ( Loxodonta cyclotis) are of the two living species of African elephant. They are native to humid tropical forests in West Africa and the Congo Basin. They are the smallest of the three living elephant species, reaching a shoulder height of 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in). As with other African elephants, both sexes have straight ...
(There are more dangerous animals in Africa. An estimated 500 people a year are killed in hippo attacks , and snake bites kill anywhere from 7,000 to 32,000 people a year.)
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures North African elephant: Loxodonta africana pharaoensis: North Africa: Neolithic rock art indicates that the African bush elephant inhabited much of the Sahara desert and North Africa at the beginning of the Holocene, and Ancient authors wrote that it was present in the Atlas Mountains, the Red Sea coast, and Nubia until the first few ...
Geography Topography of South Africa. South Africa is located in subtropical southern Africa, lying between 22°S and 35°S.It is bordered by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland) to the northeast, by the Indian Ocean to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the coastline extending for more than 2,500 km (1,600 mi).
Extant (resident) Extant at-sea range (resident) The African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.
Chimp Eden is the only sanctuary for chimpanzees within South Africa. The rest of the reserve it is home to game animals such as giraffes, zebras etc, which are also managed and conserved by the land owners (JGI rents approximately 23 hectares of the total 1000 hectares). Chimp Eden has rescued chimpanzees from Angola, Sudan, Mozambique, Italy ...
The fauna of South Africa is diverse and largely typical of the ecosystems in Africa. South Africa is ranked sixth out of the world's 17 megadiverse countries. [1] Many endemic species are unique to South Africa. The country is among the world leaders in conservation, but at the time wildlife is threatened by poaching and canned hunting .