The African leopard ("Panthera pardus pardus") is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa, but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion. Leopards have been recorded in North Africa as well.
Introduction
African leopard
African leopard | Introduction
Most of sub-Saharan Africa Most of sub-Saharan Africa Sub-Saharan Africa, North Africa Gbarpolu County and Bong County in Upper Guinean forests of Liberia
what is massospondylus?
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Genus of sauropodomorph dinosaur
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who discovered this species?
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Joseph Millard Orpen
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where was it found?
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Upper Elliot Formation at Harrismith, South Africa
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what other historic species have been discovered in the country mentioned above?
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Hominid species; Australopithecus africanus, Australopithecus sediba, etc.
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what are the different wars that have happened in this country?
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Boer Wars
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when did the first of these wars happen?
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16 December 1880 - 23 March 1881
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which events caused the outbreak of it?
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Violation of the Sand River Convention of 1852, and the Bloemfontein Convention of 1854, by the British.
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what are some animals found in the country mentioned previously?
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Lions, African leopards, South African cheetahs, etc.
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in which region is the second animal found?
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This species can be found in Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Acraea egina | Distribution
It is found in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, the Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana to Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Somalia, the Central African Republic, Cameroon, Botswana, and Tanzania.
Aparallactus lunulatus | Geographic range
There are reports of leopards roaming suburban areas in cities such as Nairobi, Kenya and Windhoek, Namibia. Reptiles like the house gecko ("Hemidactylus") can be found in houses.
Urban wildlife | Africa
Fauna includes the cheetah, leopard, lion, Nile crocodile, hyena, Lichtenstein's hartebeest and white rhinoceros.
Southeast Africa | Wildlife
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. This species can be nomadic, following food sources.
African hobby | Distribution
It is found in the Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Aparallactus capensis | Geographic range
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Pale flycatcher | Range
It is found in Angola, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.
Crenigomphus hartmanni | Distribution
The largest number of modern bovids is found in Africa (African buffalo, duikers, impala, rhebok, Reduncinae, oryx, dik-dik, klipspringer, oribi, gerenuk, true gazelles, hartebeest, wildebeest, dibatag, eland, "Tragelaphus", "Hippotragus", "Neotragus", "Raphicerus", "Damaliscus"). Other even-toed ungulates include giraffes, hippopotamuses, warthogs, giant forest hogs, red river hogs and bushpigs. Odd-toed ungulates are represented by three species of zebras, African wild ass, black and white rhinoceros. The biggest African mammal is the African bush elephant, the second largest being its smaller counterpart, the African forest elephant. Four species of pangolins can be found in Africa.
Fauna of Africa | Mammals
It is common in Morocco, but rare in Libya, Egypt and Zambia. In South Africa, it is common in west-central KwaZulu-Natal, in the Cape Province, and in QwaQwa National Park in the Free State province. It was brought to the Mediterranean region from Maghreb as a semi-domestic animal about 1,000 to 1,500 years ago. It spread from the Iberian Peninsula to the Balearic Islands and southern France. In Italy, individuals were sighted in mountainous areas in the Piedmont region and in the Aosta Valley. Individuals sighted in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands are considered to have escaped or been released from captivity.
Common genet | Distribution and habitat
It is found in Algeria, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Also lives in the south of Iberian Peninsula in Europe.
Paragomphus genei | Distribution and status
The fauna again shows the effect of the characteristics of the vegetation. The open savannas are the home of large ungulates, especially antelopes, the giraffe (peculiar to Africa), zebra, buffalo, wild donkey and four species of rhinoceros; and of carnivores, such as the lion, leopard, hyena, etc. The okapi (a genus restricted to Africa) is found only in the dense forests of the Congo basin. Bears are confined to the Atlas region, wolves and foxes to North Africa. The elephant (though its range has become restricted through the attacks of hunters) is found both in the savannas and forest regions, the latter being otherwise poor in large game, though the special habitat of the chimpanzee and gorilla.
Natural history of Africa | Fauna
Leopard subspecies: African leopard Amur leopard Arabian leopard Anatolian leopard Indian leopard Indochinese leopard Javan leopard Persian leopard Sri Lankan leopard "Panthera pardus spelaea"
Zanzibar leopard | See also
It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.
Nesciothemis farinosa | Distribution and status
It is found in Algeria, Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, India, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Recorded in Malta in 1957, and every few years since, it is seen through migration in large numbers. It has never been recorded breeding in the Maltese archipelago.
Anax ephippiger | Distribution
This species can be found in Libya, Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Mozambique, Angola, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Gaboon, Liberia, Niger, Senegal, Mauritania, Central Sahara, Madagascar, Comoro Islands, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Malawi, South Africa, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Delta emarginatum | Distribution
Leopard subspecies: Arabian leopard Anatolian leopard Persian leopard Indian leopard Amur leopard Indochinese leopard Javan leopard Sri Lankan leopard
African leopard | See also
It is found in Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, CAR, Angola, DRC, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, northern Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Swaziland and Lesotho, and the KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Limpopo, Gauteng, Free State, Northern Cape and North West provinces of South Africa.
Coeliades pisistratus | Range
It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria (south and the Cross River loop), Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, Angola, the DRC, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The habitat consists of forests.
Uranothauma falkensteini | Range and habitat
This species is widely distributed in savannas between Gambia and Senegal in the west and east to the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (on the South Sudanese border), but its distribution is patchy. This probably reflects the lack of herpetological work in its general distribution area. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the following countries in the confirmed distribution (from west to east): the Gambia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Mali, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. Furthermore, it is expected to occur in many intervening countries (Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Sudan).
Afrixalus weidholzi | Distribution
In 2016, a lion population was discovered in the protected area that is thought to be of Central African origin.
Alatash National Park | Fauna
Reported from central Africa to the southern regions of the Sudan. Probably more widely distributed. Found on hippopotamus and elephant dung in the spring or during the rainy seasons.
Panaeolus africanus | Habitat and distribution
Baluchistan, western and southern India, Sri Lanka, Mauritania, Senegal, the Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Iran, Ghana, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Arabia, Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland and United Arab Emirates.
Colotis danae | Distribution
Territorial sizes vary geographically and depending on habitat and availability of prey. In the Serengeti, they are as small as for males and for females, and as large as for males and for females in northeastern Namibia. They are even larger in arid and montane areas. Territories recorded in Nepal's Bardia National Park, for males and for females, are smaller than those generally observed in Africa.
Leopard | Social spacing
it contains fourteen species, all found in South Africa:
Afrarchaea | Species
The 100 species of mammal found here include the African elephant ("Loxodonta africana"), now contained in reserves along the coast, and large predators, of which leopard ("Panthera pardus") are the most common. More than 470 bird species are found here, of which 4 are endemic and 43 near-endemic.
Maputaland coastal forest mosaic | Fauna
Forest elephants, heavily poached in the past, found only in the rain forests, are comparatively smaller in size in relation with the elephants found in the savanna habitat; even their ivory are stated to be harder, stronger with a different shade called the "pink or hot ivory". Likewise, forest buffaloes found here, also called the dwarf buffaloes, are shorter in size compared to those found in the savanna. Black rhino ("Diceros bicornis") is now reported to be an extinct species in the CRA dropping "from 3000 to 0". Due to poaching and diseases caused due to introduction of illegal cattle transhumance, elephant ("Loxodonta africana") and buffon kob (Kobus kob) populations declined by over 80% each, over a period of 20 years.
Wildlife of the Central African Republic | Mammals
In West Africa it is found in northern Nigeria, western Niger, Burkina Faso, central Mali, northern Guinea, and Senegal. In Northwest Africa it is found in southern Mauritania, Algeria (Ahaggar), Western Sahara, and the extreme south of Morocco. Roman (1975) described the type locality as ""Boubon, à 20 km au Nord de Niamey, Niger"". According to Golay et al. (1993), the range includes Nigeria, Niger, Upper Volta, southern Algeria and Mauritania.
Echis leucogaster | Geographic range
This species is widespread in tropical Africa (Angola, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, the Gambia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) and in Madagascar.
Argina amanda | Distribution
Mammals are represented by North African boars ("Sus scrofa algira"), porcupines ("Hystrix cristata"), otters ("Lutra lutra"), Small-spotted genets ("Genetta genetta"), hares ("Lepus capensis"), Algerian wolves ("Canis anthus algirensis"), and red foxes ("Vulpes vulpes"). Barbary leopards ("Panthera pardus panthera"), striped hyenas ("Hyaena hyaena") and caracals ("Caracal caracal"), which were found once in the area, are extinct. The Barbary stag ("Cervus elaphus barbarus") was extinct as well, but has been reintroduced recently.
Tazekka National Park | Fauna
It is found in Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and possibly Swaziland. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, moist savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, temperate grassland, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, swamps, freshwater marshes, intermittent freshwater marshes, water storage areas, and ponds.
Afrixalus fornasini | Distribution and habitat
It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. It is also present in southern Europe, the Arabian Peninsula, the Indian Ocean Islands and South Asia to India.
Trithemis kirbyi | Distribution
It appears to be successful at adapting to altered natural habitat and settled environments in the absence of intense persecution. It has often been recorded close to major cities. But already in the 1980s, it has become rare throughout much of West Africa. Now, it remains patchily distributed within historical limits. During surveys in 2013, it was recorded in Gbarpolu County and Bong County in Upper Guinean forests of Liberia.
African leopard | Distribution and habitat
African buffalo ("Syncerus caffer") and cane rat ("Thryonomys swinderianus"), comprised 13% each of the consumed biomass. In Taï National Park, leopards were found to prey foremost on primates during the day.
African leopard | Diet and hunting
A cosmopolitan species, it can be found in Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ivory Coast, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guyana, Haiti, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Martinique, Mauritania, Mexico, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.), Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Rhipicephalus sanguineus | Distribution
Many carnivores, both large and small, inhabit South Africa. Most carnivoran families are well represented in South Africa, such as Canidae, Felidae, Hyaenidae, Mustelidae, Viverridae, Herpestidae, and Otariidae. Most famous of these is the lion, the largest carnivore on the continent and the second-largest cat in the world. The other two big cats are the African leopard and the South African cheetah. The spotted hyena is commonly found in most large game reserves, while the brown hyena inhabits the arid parts of the country, and the aardwolf is widespread. The African wild dog is an endangered species and is found mainly in the Kruger National Park and surrounding areas.
Fauna of South Africa | Carnivores
"A. broadleyi" was first found in Limpopo province, South Africa.
Afroedura broadleyi | Geographic range
it contains twenty-one species from Africa and India:
Africactenus | Species
It is found in South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Katanga in the southern DRC, Malawi, Tanzania, and eastern Kenya. In South Africa its range has expanded southwards since 2014, becoming more widespread in the Eastern Cape. The habitat consists of forests and woodland.
Acraea acara | Range and habitat
The leopard is listed in CITES Appendix I. Hunting is banned in Zambia and Botswana, and was suspended in South Africa for 2016. Leopard populations are present in several protected areas, including:
African leopard | Conservation
it contains twenty-six species, all from South Africa, Namibia, Ethiopia, or Angola:
Asemesthes | Species
A second population, about from the first and partially protected by the Lomami National Park, was discovered in 2014.
Dryas monkey | Conservation
Algeria, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tunisia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Guinea, Australia and France,
Eublemma scitulum | Distribution
This species is found from the Eastern Cape of South Africa to Zimbabwe and in Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Shaba), Angola, Tanzania and eastern Kenya (east of the Rift Valley).
Acraea esebria | Distribution
It is rather cosmopolitan species found throughout Liberia, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Haemaphysalis leachi | Distribution
This species is found in the southern third of Africa where it inhabits the Quanza, Cunene, Okavango, upper Zambezi, Kafue and Congo River basins. In the Congo River basin, it is only known from the southernmost part of the Kasai system and the lower Luapula.
Hepsetus cuvieri | Distribution
Thirty-two species of mammals are known, the "Ramsar Information Sheet" lists the African clawless otter ("Aonyx capensis"), which is common to the area. Several species of antelopes like sitatunga ("Tragelaphus spekeii"), bushbuck ("Tragelaphus scriptus") and the duiker ("Cephalophinae") as well as warthogs ("Phacochoerus africanus"). Among the predators, the spotted hyena ("Crocuta crocuta") is common. Also leopards ("Panthera pardus") are attributed to the BBWR. The primates, according to the "Ramsar Information Sheet", include the red colobus ("Piliocolobus"), the patas monkey ("Erythrocebus patas") and green monkeys ("Chlorocebus"). But also the Guinea baboon ("Papio papio") and the Senegal bushbaby ("Galago senegalensis") can be found.
Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve | Mammals
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.
Urothemis assignata | Distribution
This species can be found in Central Africa (Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo).
Diastocera | Distribution
Reptiles of the Central African Republic as listed in the laws of the land are: "Geochelone sulcata", giant tortoise, Varanus, python, and crocodile.
Wildlife of the Central African Republic | Reptiles
In Guinea's National Park of Upper Niger, it was recorded during surveys conducted in 1996 to 1997. In Gabon’s Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, it was photographed close to forested areas during a survey in 2012. In Batéké Plateau National Park, it was recorded in gallery forest along the Mpassa River during surveys conducted between June 2014 and May 2015. In the Republic of Congo, it was recorded in the Western Congolian forest–savanna mosaic of Odzala-Kokoua National Park during surveys in 2007. In the transboundary Dinder–Alatash (Sudan and Ethiopia) protected area complex it was recorded during surveys between 2015 and 2018. It is also frequently spotted in Ethiopia's northern Degua Tembien massif.
African civet | Distribution and habitat
Leopard subspecies: African leopard Arabian leopard Anatolian leopard Persian leopard Indochinese leopard Javan leopard Sri Lankan leopard Amur leopard "Panthera pardus spelaea" Chinese leopard Zanzibar leopard
Indian leopard | See also
"Chirindia", "Zygaspis", "Monopeltis", "Dalophia"). Several genera of tortoises ("Kinixys", "Pelusios", "Psammobates", "Geochelone", "Homopus", "Chersina"), turtles (Pelomedusidae, "Cyclanorbis", "Cycloderma", "Erymnochelys"), and 5-7 species of crocodiles (the Nile crocodile, the West African crocodile, two species of slender-snouted crocodile, and 1-3 species of dwarf crocodile) are also present.
Fauna of Africa | Reptiles
It is found in Angola, Botswana, the DRC, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi. Its natural habitats are swamps and intermittent freshwater marshes.
Palpopleura jucunda | Range and habitat
The flats in the south of the reserve provides ideal conditions for large herds of plain game such as black wildebeest and springbok. The ridges, koppies and plains typical of the northern section are home to kudu, red hartebeest, southern white rhinoceros and buffalo. The Southern African wildcat, black wildebeest, zebra, eland, white rhinoceros and wild dog can be seen at the Soetdoring Nature Reserve near Bloemfontein. The South African cheetahs has been reintroduced in the Free State for the first time in June 2013 after a hundred years of regional extinction, at Laohu Valley Reserve near Philippolis. Following the reintroduction of an adult female South African cheetah in early 2016, three wild cheetah cubs has been born for the first time in Laohu Valley Reserve in February 2017, making the three new cubs the first cheetahs born in the wild since their disappearance from the Free State province in over a century.
Free State (province) | Fauna and flora
All that remains are striped hyenas, spur-heeled tortoises, the occasional wolf, various species of skink lizards and chameleons, semi-domesticated dogs and cats, as well as geese and poultry. Along with farming animals such as sheep, goats, cattle, mules, donkeys and horses. Some other native species exist, although a new fauna census needs to be conducted in the region to determine what exactly remains.
Lohan / Cevizli koy (village) | Introduction
Mammals and reptiles are found in the forest and grassland. Also endangered species such as chimpanzees and the western lowland gorilla, to wild cats like African civet, genets, foxes, stone hayracks and antelopes can be found. Deers, caneras, grass cutters and variety of avifauna like banaman turakles and parrots are living in the area. The climate, altitude and vegetation of the lower, middle and upper regions enables the population to grow close to 80% of a variety of food and cash crops grown in the world - from cocoa, coffee, maize, cassava, groundnut, oil palm, cocoyams, pepper, beans and okra in the lower and middle half to the Irish potato, cabbages, carrots, leeks, wheat, ginger of the upper region of regions of M’mouck Leteh and Magha.
Wabane | Assets, potentials and constraints of the biophysical milieu
Mammals are African forest elephant ("Loxodonta cyclotis"), northern white rhinoceros ("Ceratotherium simum cottoni"), chimpanzees, forest buffalo or dwarf buffalo, forest antelopes ("bongo"), moustached monkey, ("Cercopithecus cephus"), "Hyperolius viridiflavus", blue duiker ("Philantomba monticola"), black-cheeked white-nosed monkey ("Cercopithecus ascanius"), guereza ("Colobus guereza"), oribi ("Ourebia ourebi"), Angolan colobus ("Colobus angolensis"), Pennant's red colobus ("Piliocolobus pennantii"), puku ("Kobus vardonii"), western gorilla ("Gorilla gorilla"), white buffalo ("Syncerus caffer"), roan antelope ("Hippotragus equinus"), giant Lord's Derby eland ("Taurotragus derbianus"). Western lowland gorillas are tracked in the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve in the south of the Central African Republic, apart from witnessing elephants in groups of 30–100 bathing in mud pools and feeding.
Wildlife of the Central African Republic | Mammals
Occasionally, they successfully hunted warthog, dik-dik, reedbuck, duiker, steenbok, wildebeest and topi calves, jackal, Cape hare, guineafowl and starling. They were less successful in hunting zebras, Coke's hartebeests, giraffes, mongooses, genets, hyraxes and small birds. Scavenging from the carcasses of large animals made up a small proportion of their food. In tropical rainforest in Central Africa, their diet consists of duikers and primates. Some individual leopards have shown a strong preference for pangolins and porcupines. In North Africa, the leopard preys on Barbary macaques. In Gabon's Lope National Park, the most important prey species was found to be red river hog ("Potamochoerus porcus").
African leopard | Diet and hunting
In the presence of intensive bushmeat hunting surrounding human settlements, leopards appear entirely absent. Transhumant pastoralists from the border area between Sudan and the Central African Republic take their livestock to the Chinko area. They are accompanied by armed merchants who engage in poaching large herbivores, sale of bushmeat and trading leopard skins in Am Dafok. Surveys in the area revealed that the leopard population decreased from 97 individuals in 2012 to 50 individuals in 2017. Rangers confiscated large amounts of poison in the camps of livestock herders, who admitted that they use it for poisoning predators.
African leopard | Threats
It is endemic to Africa, and is found in the Central African Republic, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Togo, Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Gabon.
Aparallactus modestus | Geographic range
Leopard subspecies: African leopard Arabian leopard Anatolian leopard Persian leopard Indian leopard Indochinese leopard Javan leopard Sri Lankan leopard "Panthera pardus spelaea"
Amur leopard | See also
"D. atra" is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Dasypeltis atra | Geographic range
The ecoregion is home to globally outstanding populations of large mammals, including great herds of wildebeest "(Connochaetes taurinus)", plains zebra "(Equus burchelli)", and Thomson's gazelles "(Gazella thomsoni)". Large predators include lions "(Panthera leo)", leopards "(Panthera pardus)", spotted hyenas "(Crocuta crocuta)", cheetahs "(Acinonyx jubatus)", and African wild dogs "(Lycaon pictus)".
Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets | Fauna
Most species are found in Madagascar, with others found in Africa and the Seychelles. These parts were mostly connected during the time of Gondwana, or lie close.
Hispo | Distribution
The Sahel was formerly home to large populations of grazing mammals, including the scimitar-horned oryx "(Oryx dammah)", dama gazelle "(Gazella dama)", Dorcas gazelle "(Gazella dorcas)", red-fronted gazelle "(Gazella rufifrons)", the giant prehistoric buffalo "(Pelorovis)" and Bubal hartebeest "(Alcelaphus busephalus buselaphus)", along with large predators like the African wild dog "(Lycaon pictus)", the Northwest African cheetah "(Acinonyx jubatus hecki)", the Northeast African cheetah "(Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii)", the lion "(Panthera leo)". The larger species have been greatly reduced in number by over-hunting and competition with livestock, and several species are vulnerable (Dorcas gazelle, cheetah, lion and red-fronted gazelle), endangered (Dama gazelle and African wild dog), or extinct (the Scimitar-horned oryx is probably extinct in the wild, and both "Pelorovis" and the Bubal hartebeest are now extinct).
Sahel | Flora and fauna
"A. schlegelii" is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, southern Mozambique, northern Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, southern Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, northern Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Afrotyphlops schlegelii | Geographic range
Wildlife present include Southern African wildcat, black-backed jackal, blue wildebeest, Burchell's zebra, Cape buffalo, chacma baboon, civet, common duiker, African bush elephant, South African giraffe, hippopotamus, impala, kudu, large-spotted genet, African leopard, cheetah, lion, reedbuck, scrub hare, side-striped jackal, slender mongoose, spotted hyena, steenbok, tree squirrel, vervet monkey, warthog, waterbuck, southern white rhinoceros, white-tailed mongoose and Cape wild dog. Also seen here are a variety of birds including saddle-billed storks, vultures, cattle egrets and brown-headed parrots, as well as several species of reptile and invertebrates.
Sabi Sabi | Wildlife
The species is found in Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, China, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Djibouti, Ethiopia, France, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iran, Italy, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan and South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In October 2019, it was discovered to be established in the Dominican Republic, the first report of its presence in the Americas. The immature stages develop in log holes, hoofprints, boats, wells, tree trunks, tree holes, bamboo cups and pots, occasional utensils, rock pools, rock holes, in pools in rock outcrops or river beds, and coral, and occasionally at the peak of the breeding season, in open concrete floodwater drains.
Aedes vittatus | Bionomics
According to Alfred Edward Pease, black leopards in North Africa were similar in size to lions. An Algerian leopard killed in 1913 was reported to have measured approximately , before being skinned.
African leopard | Characteristics
In 1878, a second woolly cheetah was reported as a preserved specimen in the South African Museum. Both the London and South African specimens had come from Beaufort West. In 1884, a third skin was obtained from the same area, though this had more distinct spots and was a little smaller. By the late 1880s, the trophy hunters had eliminated the woolly cheetahs; from the number and locality of specimens, this variant seems to have evolved very recently (generations rather than millennia); perhaps all those animals (it seems only a handful are known at best) were the offspring of a single couple born around 1875, or maybe one more generation.
Southeast African cheetah | Genetics
This colonial animal is found off the southern African coast from Northern Namibia to KwaZulu-Natal from the subtidal to 70m under water. It is only found in this region.
Gattya humilis | Distribution
It is widely distributed in Africa, from Eritrea in the north, to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. It does not occur in the Sahel of West Africa. Countries it occurs in include Sudan (including South Sudan), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, eSwatini and South Africa. In South Africa it is a widespread species across the north of the country, and can be found in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and North West Province.
Protea gaguedi | Distribution
In addition to the domestic animals enumerated below the fauna is very varied. Elephant can be found in certain low-lying districts, especially in the Sobat valley. The hippopotamus and crocodile inhabit the larger rivers flowing west, but are not found in the Hawash, in which, however, otters of large size are plentiful. Lions abound in the low countries and in Somaliland. In central Ethiopia the lion is no longer found except occasionally in the river valleys. Leopards, both spotted and black, are numerous and often of great size; hyenas are found everywhere and are hardy and fierce; the lynx, wolf, wild dog and jackal are also common.
Geography of Ethiopia | Fauna
Boars and badgers are more rarely seen. The giraffe is found in the western districts, the zebra and wild ass frequent the lower plateaus and the rocky hills of the north. There are large herds of buffalo and antelope, and gazelles of many varieties and in great numbers are met with in most parts of the country. Among the varieties are the greater and lesser kudu (both rather rare); the duiker, gemsbuck, hartebeest, gerenuk (the most common—it has long thin legs and a camel-like neck); klipspringer, found on the high plateaus as well as in the lower districts; and the dik-dik, the smallest of the antelopes, its weight rarely exceeding , common in the low countries and the foothills.
Geography of Ethiopia | Fauna
This species can be found in Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of the Congo, São Tomé and Principe and Togo.
Neoplocaederus fucatus | Distribution
Also reported to survive in this reserve are the large population of addax ("nasomaculatus") and dama gazelle "Gazelle dama." Other species reported are; red-fronted gazelle, dorcas gazelle ("Gazella rufifrons", "Gazella dama", "Gazella dorcas"), patas monkey ("Erythrocebus patas"), striped hyena ("Hyaena hyaena"), Sudan cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus soemmeringii"), caracal ("Felis caracal"), and Chadian wild dog ("Lycaon pictus sharicus"), African elephant ("Loxodonta africana"), otter ("Lutra maculicollis"), "Aonyx capensis", sitatunga ("Tragelaphus spekei") and kob ("Kobus kob"). Rodent species reported are "Mastomys verheyeni" and gerbil ("Taterillus lacustris"). African rock pythons and spitting cobras are the reptile species also reported.
Wildlife of Chad | Fauna
it contains five species, found in Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Sudan:
Nisueta | Species
Leopard subspecies: African leopard Amur leopard Anatolian leopard Indian leopard Indochinese leopard Javan leopard Persian leopard Sri Lankan leopard
Arabian leopard | See also
it contains twenty-two species, found only in Africa:
Buitinga | Species
"A. guentheri" is found in Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zanzibar, and Zimbabwe.
Aparallactus guentheri | Geographic range
This species is present in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Purpuricenus laetus | Distribution
This species occurs in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, but mainly in wildlife reserves. They also occur in southern Sudan, Somalia and southern Ethiopia, as well as the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic and Chad, and infrequently in West Africa.
Ornithodoros moubata | Distribution
The ecoregion is home to many large mammals, including African bush elephant ("Loxodonta africana"), West African giraffe ("Giraffa camelopardalis peralta"), giant eland ("Taurotragus derbianus derbianus"), roan antelope ("Hippotragus equinus"), African buffalo ("Syncerus caffer brachyceros"), lion ("Panthera leo"), leopard ("Panthera pardus") cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus"), and African wild dog ("Lycaon pictus"). Most large mammals are now very limited in range and numbers.
West Sudanian savanna | Fauna
The faunal species are listed in the Animal Diversity Web site of the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, some of which are mentioned in the following sections. Both crocodiles and hippopotamuses are found in the rivers.
Wildlife of the Central African Republic | Fauna
"A. guineensis" is found in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ghana, Mali, Niger, and Nigeria.
Acanthodactylus guineensis | Geographic range
This species is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa; it has been found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Mesocnemis singularis | Distribution
The main fauna found here are Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, sloth bear, Ussuri dhole, Indian jackal, sambar, gaur, barking deer, nilgai, chital, chausingha, ratel, flying squirrel, wild boar, langur, rhesus monkey, porcupine, pangolin, mouse deer, python, otter and blacknaped hare.
Melghat | Fauna
This species is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa; It is found in Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly Burundi.
Olpogastra lugubris | Distribution
The African leopard ("Panthera pardus pardus") is the nominate subspecies of the leopard, native to many countries in Africa. It is widely distributed in most of sub-Saharan Africa, but the historical range has been fragmented in the course of habitat conversion. Leopards have been recorded in North Africa as well.
African leopard | Introduction
Members of Legislative Bodies, Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary Charge d' Affaires, general officers of Armed Forces, Counsellors of Diplomatic Missions, Consuls-General, Colonels or Lieutenant Colonels or equivalent rank, other functionaries of comparable rank, advisers, and such persons as the Executive Council of Bophuthatswana designated as suitable recipients of this class of the Order.
Order of the Leopard (Bophuthatswana) | Second Class: Commander
Their origin is uncertain but today there is a population of between 150 and 200 individuals which have adapted to the harsh environment. They urinate less than domestic horses and can go five days without water. They drink at an artificial water hole at Garub Pan where a blind has been erected to enable tourists to watch the animals without disturbing them.
Aus, Namibia | Introduction
It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
White-crested helmetshrike | Distribution and habitat
It is found in the Afrotropical realm (Natal, Swaziland, Transvaal, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Botswana, tropical Africa (dry lowland areas) and southwest Arabia).
Hamanumida daedalus | Range
Ancient rock art in Chad’s Ennedi Plateau shows a vanished world – giraffe, elephant, rhino and other savannah creatures. Now, the last remaining Nile crocodiles share their dwindling pools with the passing camel trains.
Wild Africa | 3. "Deserts"
It is found in Senegal, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. The habitat consists of primary forests.
Charaxes lucretius | Distribution and habitat
It is found in Senegal, the Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, the DRCongo, Sudan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen, Oman, Kenya and Tanzania. The habitat consists of forests, woodland and savanna.
Axiocerses harpax | Range
About 220 mammals are found in the Horn of Africa. Among threatened species of the region, there are several antelopes such as the beira, the dibatag, the silver dikdik and the Speke's gazelle. Other remarkable species include the Somali wild ass, the desert warthog, the hamadryas baboon, the Somali pygmy gerbil, the ammodile, and the Speke's pectinator. The Grevy's zebra is the unique wild equid of the region. There are predators such as spotted hyena, striped hyena and African leopard. The endangered painted hunting dog had populations in the Horn of Africa, but pressures from human exploitation of habitat along with warfare have reduced or extirpated this canid in this region.
Horn of Africa | Ecology
This widespread species can be found in forests through most of the continental Afrotropics (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe).
Tithoes confinis | Distribution
It is found in African countries such as Botswana, Cameroon, the Comoros, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, the Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Réunion, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In Asian regions, it is found in India and Sri Lanka.
Radara subcupralis | Distribution