African Animals

African Animals
The African civet (/sɪvɪt/; Civettictis civetta) is a large viverrid native to sub-Saharan Africa.

The African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis, also known as the xenopus, African clawed toad, African claw-toed frog or the platanna) is a species of African aquatic frog of the family Pipidae.

The African palm civet (Nandinia binotata), also known as the two-spotted palm civet, is a small feliform mammal widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa.

The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. Like all extant penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.

The African wild dog (Lycaon pictus) also called the African painted dog and the African hunting dog, is a wild canine which is a native species to sub-Saharan Africa.

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two living African elephant species.

The cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large cat native to Africa and central Iran.

Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa.

The Angolan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis angolensis or Giraffa giraffa angolensis), also known as the Namibian giraffe, is a subspecies of giraffe that is found in northern Namibia, south-western Zambia, Botswana, and western Zimbabwe.

The mountain zebra (Equus zebra) is a zebra species in the family Equidae, native to southwestern Africa.

The serval (Leptailurus serval) is a wild cat native to Africa.

The black rhinoceros or hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) is a species of rhinoceros, native to eastern and southern Africa including Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also known simply as chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forest and savannah of tropical Africa.

The spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), also known as the laughing hyena, is a hyena species, currently classed as the sole extant member of the genus Crocuta, native to sub-Saharan Africa.

Baboons are primates comprising the genus Papio, one of the 23 genera of Old World monkeys.

Atheris is a genus of venomous vipers known as bush vipers.[

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills.

The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje), also called Ouraeus or Uraeus (from the Ancient Greek οὐραῖος, Greek pronunciation: [οὐραῖος] (audio speaker iconlisten)), is one of the most venomous snakes in North Africa, which has caused many snakebite incidents to humans. It averages roughly 1.4 metres (4.6 ft), with the longest recorded specimen measuring 2.59 metres (8.5 ft).

The Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) is a large crocodilian native to freshwater habitats in Africa, where it is present in 26 countries. It is widely distributed throughout sub-Saharan Africa, occurring mostly in the central, eastern, and southern regions of the continent, and lives in different types of aquatic environments such as lakes, rivers, swamps, and marshlands.[3] In West Africa, it occurs along with two other crocodilians.

Hexophthalma hahni (synonyms Sicarius hahni and Sicarius testaceus), known along with other members of the genus as the six-eyed sand spider, is a member of the family Sicariidae, found in deserts and other sandy places in southern Africa.