Tanzania wildlife

Tanzania is an excellent safari destination for first-time safari-goers or safari veterans. It is politically stable and has a good infrastructure of safari lodging options.
Aardvark

Aardvark

The aardvark is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Its appearance is somewhat similar to [...]
African buffalo

African buffalo

The African, also known as cape buffalo or congo buffalo, is a large, robust animal that is [...]
African caracal

African caracal

The caracal possesses an extended tuft of hair on the very top of its very large ears, which [...]
Baboon

Baboon

Baboons are extremely adaptable and can be found in a wide variety of terrains.  In [...]
Bat-eared fox

Bat-eared fox

Bat-eared foxes have large, wide ears, a short narrow mouth and long, jackal-like legs. This [...]
Black mamba

Black mamba

The black mamba is a regular on the world’s top 10 deadliest snakes. It averages around [...]
Bushbaby

Bushbaby

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Chameleon

Chameleon

Chameleons are reptiles that form part of the lizard family. Over 150 species of chameleons [...]
Cheetah

Cheetah

Reaching speeds of 115 kp/h (70 mph), the cheetah is the fastest land animal. It can go from 0 [...]
Chimpanzee

Chimpanzee

Chimps are great apes, along with as gorillas, humans and orangutans. There is no hair on a [...]
Dik-dik

Dik-dik

The dik-dik is a tiny antelope that dwells within the bushlands of eastern and southern [...]
Eland

Eland

The eland is a large African antelope having a light brown or grayish coat and both sexes have [...]
Elephant

Elephant

Elephants are expansive warm blooded animals of the family Elephantidae and the order [...]
Genet cat

Genet cat

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Gerenuk

Gerenuk

The gerenuk, also known as Waller’s gazelle, is named after the Somali word generuk, [...]
Giraffe

Giraffe

The giraffe is the largest ruminant animal and the tallest land mammal, with an adult giraffe [...]
Gorilla

Gorilla

Mountain gorilla The mountain gorilla is part of the eastern gorilla species, which is also [...]
Hartebeest

Hartebeest

The hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) is a field gazelle of the family Alcelaphus. It is [...]
Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus

The hippopotamus, or hippo, derives its name from ancient Greek for “river horse”. [...]
Honey badger

Honey badger

The honey badger (Mellivroa capensis) is an opportunistic carnivore that eats a wide range of [...]
Hyena

Hyena

Hyenas are carnivores that are known for their scavenger tendencies. They are clever animals [...]
Impala

Impala

The impala is a medium-sized antelope (Aepyceros melampus) ranging between 75 and 95 cm (30 [...]
Jackal

Jackal

The jackal is part of the dog family and its North American counterpart is called the coyote. [...]
Kudu

Kudu

Two species of kudu are found in Africa: Lesser kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) and greater kudu [...]
Leopard

Leopard

The leopard is related to the jaguar, lion and tiger, and is the smallest feline of the four. [...]
Lion

Lion

The lion is related to the jaguar, leopard and panther. After the tiger, it is the largest big [...]
Mongoose

Mongoose

The mongoose is part of the same family as the meerkat. 33 species exist, such as the yellow [...]
Nile crocodile

Nile crocodile

The Nile crocodile is found throughout sub-Sahara Africa, parts of the Nile River and in the [...]
Oryx

Oryx

Two species of oryx can be found in Africa: Eastern African oryx and South Africa oryx, also [...]
Ostrich

Ostrich

Native to Africa, the ostrich is the largest bird on earth and lays the largest of all bird [...]
Pangolin

Pangolin

The physical description of a pangolin is best described as an anteater with silvery, plate- [...]
Puku

Puku

The puku is a type of antelope that is found primarily in DR Congo, Namibia, Zambia and [...]
Rhinoceros

Rhinoceros

Both black and white rhinoceroses are actually gray. What distinguishes one from the other is [...]
Serval

Serval

The serval cat is known in Afrikaans as Tierboskat, “tiger-backwoods feline”. [...]
Suni

Suni

The suni is a reddish brown to sand-colored antelope. It is found in eastern Africa, primarily [...]
Terrapin

Terrapin

A terrapin is also known as a fresh water tortoise. It is found in many parts of the world and [...]
Topi

Topi

The topi resembles the Hartebeest but is slightly darker in color and does not have as angled [...]
Vervet monkey

Vervet monkey

The vervet monkey is a small, grayish-white monkey with a black face. It is found along the [...]
Warthog

Warthog

The Warthog is found along the eastern part of Africa and can be found in arid or in humid [...]
Waterbuck

Waterbuck

The waterbuck is a large antelope that resides primarily in sub-Saharan Africa. Waterbucks [...]
Wild dog

Wild dog

The wild dog’s latin name, Lycaon pictus, means painted wolf, and with the multicolored [...]
Wildebeest

Wildebeest

The wildebeest is a large antelope that is better known as a gnu. The name wildebeest comes [...]
Zebra

Zebra

Zebra belong to the same scientific family as horses. Zebra coats are covered in [...]