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Eastern indigo snakes are native to the southeastern United States. They prefer longleaf pine forest habitats, but may also be found in sandhills, dry prairies, edges of ...
Cape genets inhabit savanna, shrub lands, and forests in countries of southern Africa. Considered highly adaptable, genets seem also to thrive in and around human settlements, ...
East African savannah pouched rats are native to tropical regions of southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of Congo. This species ...
The lappet-faced vulture is native to much of Africa and the Middle East. Over most of its range, it inhabits dry and semi-arid land with only scattered trees, thorn bushes, and ...
Southern three-banded armadillos are found primarily in dry forests and grasslands of Argentina, Boiva, Brazil, and Paraguay. They can also be found in and around agricultural ...
Von der Decken hornbills are found across eastern Africa from central and eastern Tanzania, throughout Kenya, and into southeastern Ethiopia and Somalia. They favor the open bush ...
Wild ostriches live in Africa’s savannahs and semi-arid Sahel region. They once populated parts of the Middle East but were hunted to extinction there by the mid 20th century ...
Northern ground hornbills live on the African savanna north of the equator and south of the Sahara Desert, from forest edge to steppe. See these birds in the African ...
Leopard tortoises are native to the dry savannahs of central and southern Africa. They belong to the family of “land tortoises” known as Testudinae. Africa supports more ...
Babe is an Eastern hognose snake, the name “Hognose” coming from their distinct upturned snouts. Eastern Hognoses can be found across Eastern North America in a massive ...
Corn snakes like Colonel are found with a variety of different natural colorations like red, brown, orange (like Colonel), or gray. They are also known for the black and white ...
Harris’s hawks are found in the southwestern U.S. and further south into Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. They inhabit open, dry country such as cactus ...
Eastern Indigo Snake
Eastern indigo snakes are native to the southeastern United States. They prefer longleaf pine forest habitats, but may also be found in sandhills, dry prairies, edges of ...
Cape Genet
Cape genets inhabit savanna, shrub lands, and forests in countries of southern Africa. Considered highly adaptable, genets seem also to thrive in and around human settlements, ...
East African Savannah Pouched Rat
East African savannah pouched rats are native to tropical regions of southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, and Democratic Republic of Congo. This species ...
Lappet-faced Vulture
The lappet-faced vulture is native to much of Africa and the Middle East. Over most of its range, it inhabits dry and semi-arid land with only scattered trees, thorn bushes, and ...
Southern Three-banded Armadillo
Southern three-banded armadillos are found primarily in dry forests and grasslands of Argentina, Boiva, Brazil, and Paraguay. They can also be found in and around agricultural ...
Von der Decken Hornbill
Von der Decken hornbills are found across eastern Africa from central and eastern Tanzania, throughout Kenya, and into southeastern Ethiopia and Somalia. They favor the open bush ...
Ostrich
Wild ostriches live in Africa’s savannahs and semi-arid Sahel region. They once populated parts of the Middle East but were hunted to extinction there by the mid 20th century ...
Northern Ground Hornbill
Northern ground hornbills live on the African savanna north of the equator and south of the Sahara Desert, from forest edge to steppe. See these birds in the African ...
Leopard Tortoise
Leopard tortoises are native to the dry savannahs of central and southern Africa. They belong to the family of “land tortoises” known as Testudinae. Africa supports more ...
Eastern Hognose Snake
Babe is an Eastern hognose snake, the name “Hognose” coming from their distinct upturned snouts. Eastern Hognoses can be found across Eastern North America in a massive ...
Corn Snake
Corn snakes like Colonel are found with a variety of different natural colorations like red, brown, orange (like Colonel), or gray. They are also known for the black and white ...
Harris’s Hawk
Harris’s hawks are found in the southwestern U.S. and further south into Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. They inhabit open, dry country such as cactus ...