2025年2月7日 · Savanna, vegetation type that grows under hot, seasonally dry climatic conditions and is characterized by an open tree canopy (i.e., scattered trees) above a continuous tall grass understory (the vegetation layer between the forest canopy and the ground).

2025年2月7日 · The animal is a keystone species (i.e., a species with a disproportionately large effect on its biological community) in plains and acacia savanna ecosystems from southeastern Africa to central Kenya.

Where plots of African savanna vegetation are protected from being burned, they tend to revert quickly to deciduous forest. Savannas are also affected by the overuse of woody plants for fuel. Together with grazing and cultivation, this depletes both the grassy and woody components of the vegetative cover.

In the drier regions of East Africa, acacias (Acacia) and bushwillows (Combretum) are the most-common savanna trees, with thick-trunked baobabs (Adansonia digitata), sturdy palms (Borassus), or succulent species of spurge (Euphorbia) being conspicuous in some areas.

2025年1月3日 · At present the African bush elephant resides in pockets scattered across 23 African countries in habitats that range from savannas and forests to deserts. Natural history K -selected species Adult and young African savanna elephants ( Loxodonta africana ) crossing a …

2024年12月27日 · Cape buffalo, (Syncerus caffer caffer), the largest and most formidable of Africa’s wild bovids (family Bovidae) and a familiar sight to visitors of African parks and reserves. The Cape buffalo is the only member of the buffalo and cattle tribe (Bovini) that occurs naturally in …

African spiny mouse, (genus Acomys), any of more than a dozen species of small to medium-sized rodents characterized by the harsh, inflexible spiny hairs of their upperparts. African spiny mice have large eyes and ears and scaly, nearly bald tails that are …

Most gazelles are tan-coloured, with white underparts and rump patch, a dark side stripe, and contrasting facial markings. They inhabit the arid lands of Asia from China to the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa from the Saharan deserts to the sub-Saharan Sahel, and northeast Africa from the Horn of Africa to Tanzania.

The African savanna, or bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), of sub-Saharan Africa, is the largest living land animal, weighing up to 16,500 lbs (7,500 kg) and standing 10–13 ft (3–4 m) tall at the shoulder.

vervet, (genus Chlorocebus), any of six known species of widely distributed semiarboreal African monkeys. Vervet monkeys are quadrupedal and occur throughout sub-Saharan Africa in savannas and dry deciduous forests. They may be found as far north as Egypt or …