Displaying items by tag: wildlife
Thursday, 14 October 2010 20:57
Swayne's Hartebeest
The common African hartebeest has fifteen races of which two are already extinct and Swayne's is seriously endangered. In 1891-2, Brigadier-General Swayne, who discovered the animals,
Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:02
Menelik's Bushbuck
Belonging to the same family as the Mountain Nyala, the Kudu, the Bongo and the Eland, the bushbuck shares with them the family characteristic of shy and elusive behaviour. Over forty races of bushbuck have been
Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:25
Walia Ibex
The habitat of the Walia Ibex is the High Semyen, Ethiopia's dramatic high mountain terrain. In the earth's long history of violent geographical change, the most recent volcanic upheavals took place in eastern Africa,