African Animals List A-z

These safari animals are housed in national parks game reserves and other sanctuaries for both human safety as well as to avoid their becoming part of the extinct animals in Africa.

African animals list a-z. Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus LC. Thanks for visiting my Animals page. From largest to smallest they are the African bush elephant the Asian elephant and the African forest elephant.

Adélie penguin - Pygoscelis adeliae - A penguin that gathers in huge colonies. Antarctic fur seal Arctophoca gazella LC. Aardvark - Orycteropus afer - An arched-backed mammal with long ears.

African buffalo or Cape buffalo is a member of the Big Five together with the elephant leopard lion and rhino. Africa is home to some of the most well known loved and feared animals in the world. Of all the creatures on this earth the most well-known of Africas animals hold a particular allure for children.

Alphabetical Animal List A to Z. African animal beginning with Z Zebra. Click image to find out more about this species.

One of the most iconic African animals the lion is a much feared predator that like so many of Africas large animals is now threatened. Their famous stripes are different and unique. Relatives of the most common horse zebras are very unpredictable animals and dont cope well with stress the reason for which they could never be domesticated.

Wildlife in south africa is abundant with almost 300 mammal species. The African forest elephant has not yet been assessed Find out more about this animal here. A-Z Freshwater Fish List.