Animals in Eco-systems
Africa
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Reptiles |
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Nile Monitor |
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4.5 to 7 feet in length Range: Africa Habitat: Diet: Carnivorous predator Reproduction: Links: Science News for Kids: Alien Invasions |
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Mammals |
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Ring-tailed Lemur |
African Wild Dog |
| Description: 15 inches with a 24 inch
tail. Tail has bands of black and white. Holds tail straight up with a
"cane-handle" bend at the tip. The ring-tail is a soft light gray color
with black eye rings around yellow eyes. The Ring-tail is terrestrial
(spends most of the time on the ground). and diurnal . Range: Lemurs live only in Madagascar, an island off the southeastern coast of Africa. Habitat: deciduous (leaves drop in fall) forest to arid (dry) bush forest in southern Madagascar. Diet: Lemurs like figs, but eat other fruit, as well as fig-thistle, flowers, leaves and insects. Reproduction: Babies are raised by the entire troop of 15-30 lemurs. Status: Endangered due to habitat destruction. Predators: The Madagascar people believe that killing a ring-tail lemur is taboo (unacceptable). Links: Fresno Chaffee Zoo; Enchanted Learning |
Description: Splotchy patches of black, white and tan fur. Range: Southern and eastern Africa Habitat: savannahs (grasslands) Diet: Hunt in packs. Carnivorous, but not scavengers (do not eat dead animals) Reproduction: Feed their young by regurgitating (spitting up) food from a hunt. Status: Endangered due to extermination (killing) by humans Predators:Lions, leopards and humans Links: Enchanted Learning; WhoZoo: African Wild Dog
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Birds |
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Amphibians |
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Fish |
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Insects |
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