Unique Animals Found In Africa
Did you know that this weird African animal is one of the little five.
Unique animals found in africa. Thats around half the number of people who attend a single National Football League game. Mantled guerezas are also known as guereza or black and white colobus. This medium-sized nocturnal mammal native to Africa only eats ants termites and one type of cucumber called Aardvark cucumber.
The African Civet is the largest of its species and resides in sub-Saharan Africa. The species was only discovered in the 19th. Aye-Aye Head to Madagascar and after the sun sets focus your energy on searching for the aye-aye.
The Aardvark Orycteropus afer is an odd native rare African animal. They have beautiful glossy black and white fur and an impressively long tail. South Africa- home to many animals both big and small.
Winfried Wisniewski Getty Images. It is one of the most strange African animals found only in Africa. Mammals unique to South Africa include the Cape Grysbok iNaturalist the Cape Rock Sengi ResearchGate the Cape Horseshoe Bat iNaturalist the Cape Gerbil iNaturalist and the Spectacled African Dormouse ASM.
Today many animals in Africa are being fast-tracked towards extinction and so have been identified as endangered species in order to protect them from animal predators and their biggest predators. The Desert Rain Frog is only found in Africa and it likes sandy shores and sand dunes. Their uniqueness is in the striped markings they have on their back which makes them appear like a zebra.
There are five species of Rhinoceros two of which the white and black Rhinoceros are found in Africa. Or the absolutely stunning yet very unusual animal called Okapi that looks something like a cross between a moose and a zebra but is actually related to a giraffe. It looks like an oversized hairless rodent crossed with some sort of pig.