Archive for December 2016
Eland Antelope
Eland Antelope (Taurotragus Oryx) Habitat: Found throughout Southern Africa: South Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Malawi, Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and South Africa. 50% of Eland in Africa live in protected reserves. They are found in semi-arid areas but can also be found in grasslands, woodlands, sub desert, bush and mountaintops. Description: Fawn brown in colour with…
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Dromedary Camel (Camelus dromedarius) Habitat: The deserts in Northern Africa, Arabia and the Middle East, while a feral population is also to be found in the Simpson Desert of Australia. Description: The smooth coat is beige to light brown in colour with the undersides slightly lighter. Some individuals can vary from white to dark brown. The…
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Common Wombat (Vombatus ursinus) Habitat: The Common Wombat lives in the coastal regions of Australia including: Eastern New South Wales, Eastern and Southern Victoria and the whole of Tasmania. They can be found in woodlands, shrub-lands, heath, coastal regions, hilly and mountainous regions. They seem to prefer wetter, forested, rocky, sloping ground regions that are cooler…
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Common Marmoset (Callithrix jacchus) Habitat: Common Marmosets are native to East-Central Brazil. They can be found in a number of forest habitats including Atlantic coastal, semi-deciduous, Savanna, Riverine, Dry Secondary Forests and Edge habitats. Description: Common Marmosets are relatively small monkeys with long banded tails. Males grow to an average height of 188mm with females growing…
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South American Coati (Nasua nasua) Habitat: The South American Coati lives primarily in forest habitats, including deciduous forest, evergreen forest, gallery forest, cerrado and dry scrub forest from Columbia & Venezuela to Uraguay & Northern Argentina. They occupy a large range of elevations, reaching up to 2,500 metres in the Andes. Description: Coati are dark brown,…
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Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) Habitat: Capybaras are located in South America and also Panama, the most southern country of Central America. Capybaras are mostly found in dense forests near water sources such as streams, ponds, rivers, swamps and lakes. Description: The Capybara has a heavy, barrel-shaped body and short head, with reddish-brown fur on the upper part of…
Read MoreBongo Antelope
Bongo Antelope (Tragelaphus eurycerus isaaci) Habitat: The Eastern Bongo were once found in the highland forests of both Kenya & Uganda but now can only be found in Kenya. They inhabit the dense tropical rainforests of East Africa with thick, lush undergrowth that provide fresh, low-level vegetation. Description: The Eastern Bongo is one of the…
Read MoreBlack Capped Capuchin
Black Capped Capuchin (Cebus Apella) Habitat: Black Capped Capuchin’s inhabit moist subtropical or tropical forests in the Amazon Basin, South America but have also been sighted in dry forest, gallery forest, disturbed and secondary forests. They prefer the under story and mid canopy of the forest and are the most versatile in regards to habitat…
Read MoreBarbary Sheep
Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) Habitat: Found in Northern Africa , Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan & Northern Chad, with introduced populations in south-eastern Spain and South-western United States, Mexico and various parts of Africa. They inhabit rough, rock, barren waterless desert mountains. Description: Barbary Sheep are a sandy-brown colour which darkens with age and a slightly…
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Banteng (Bos javanicus) Habitat: Dense forest and bamboo jungles in Asia and countries such as Indochina, Borneo, Java, and the Malay Peninsula. Description: Mature males have a blue-black coat in colour, while females and juveniles are reddish brown with a dark dorsal stripe. The build is slightly smaller to that of domestic cattle, with a rather…
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