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  • Namaqualand Daisy<br />
Asteraceae<br />
Namaqualand, SOUTH AFRICA
    SPX 440 Namaqualand daisy.tif
  • Multiple Exposure Daisy<br />
Asteraceae<br />
Namaqualand, SOUTH AFRICA
    SPX 445 Multiple Exposure Daisy.tif
  • Daisier (Multiple Exposure)<br />
Namaqualand<br />
South Africa
    SPX 447 Multiple exposure Daisies.tif
  • Chacma baboon or Cape chacma baboon (Papio ursinus)<br />
Betty's Bay<br />
Western Cape<br />
SOUTH AFRICA
    20240629-123.TIF
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20220910_Giant_water_lily_55.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America<br />
& Yacare caiman
    20220910_Giant_water_lily_49.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America<br />
& Yacare caiman
    20220910_Giant_water_lily_33.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America<br />
& rufescent tiger heron
    20220910_Giant_water_lily_31.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20220910_Giant_water_lily_22.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20220910_Giant_water_lily_23.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20220830_Giant_water_lily_38.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20220830_Giant_water_lily_36.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20220830_Giant_water_lily_33.tif
  • Giant water lily (Victoria amazonica)<br />
Pantanal, BRAZIL, South America
    20220830_Giant_water_lily_26.tif
  • Floreana Daisy (Lecocarpus pinnatifidus)<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO FLOREANA ISLAND
    20141207_Floreana_Daisy_7.tif
  • Floreana Daisy (Lecocarpus pinnatifidus)<br />
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS,<br />
Ecuador, South America<br />
ENDEMIC TO FLOREANA ISLAND
    20141207_Floreana_Daisy_5.tif
  • Beach Marguerite (Dimorphotheca fructicosa)<br />
Atlantic Ocean<br />
Bettys Bay<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa
    20200923-217.tif
  • Beach Marguerite (Dimorphotheca fructicosa)<br />
Atlantic Ocean<br />
Bettys Bay<br />
Western Cape<br />
South Africa
    20200923-200.tif
  • Comet orchid<br />
East Madagascar<br />
Mantadia National Park<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181025_Comet_Orchid_143.tif
  • Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp.)<br />
East Madagascar<br />
Mantadia National Park<br />
MADAGASCAR
    20181024_Slipper_Orchid_90.tif
  • Violet Cattleya Orchid (Cattleya violacea)<br />
Rewa<br />
Rainforest<br />
Guyana<br />
South America
    20190425_Violet_Cattleya_Orchid_61.tif
  • Peruvian Orchid<br />
Lycate longipetala (Orchidaceae)<br />
Machu Picchu - Andes Cloud Forest, PERU. South America<br />
RANGE: 2400-2700m blooming in rainy season
    1050049 Peruvian orchid.tif
  • Blue Waterlily (Nymphaea nouchali)<br />
Marakele Private Reserve, Waterberg Biosphere Reserve<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Rivers, lakes and pools in southern and eastern South Africa north to tropical Africa & India
    20120124_Blue Waterlily_43_©Pete Oxf...tif
  • Andean Daisy (Werneria nubigena)<br />
Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160717_Andean_Daisy_15.jpg
  • Andean Daisy (Werneria nubigena)<br />
Antisana Ecological Reserve<br />
Cordillera Real, Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160717_Andean_Daisy_19.jpg
  • Yellow Lily<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    20160118_Yellow_Lily_1.jpg
  • Siberian Larch (Larix russica) forest<br />
Darkhad Depression<br />
Northern Mongolia
    104082_Siberian_Larch_forest.jpg
  • Orchid (Odontoglossum sp.)<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    10151209_Orchid_Odontoglossum_sp._23.jpg
  • Orchid (Odontoglossum sp.)<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    10151209_Orchid_Odontoglossum_sp._4.jpg
  • Orchid (Cyrtochilum macranthum)<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    10151209_Orchid_Cyrtochilum_macranth...jpg
  • Orchid (Epidendrum sp.)<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    10151209_Orchid_Epidendrum_sp._26.jpg
  • Orchid (Orchidaceae)<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    10151209_Orchid_21.jpg
  • Orchid (Orchidaceae)<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    10151209_Orchid_20.jpg
  • Orchid (Orchidaceae)<br />
Cayambe Coca Ecological Reserve<br />
Andes<br />
ECUADOR, South America
    10151209_Orchid_2.jpg
  • Siberian Larch (Larix russica) forest<br />
Darkhad Depression<br />
Northern Mongolia
    LM17_Siberian_Larch_forest.jpg
  • Morning Glory (Convolvulaceae) in bloom<br />
Hongryn Eels<br />
Gobi Desert<br />
Mongolia
    LM15_Morning_Glory.jpg
  • Halys Viper (Gloydius halys)<br />
Gobi Desert<br />
Mongolia
    LM09_Halys_Viper.jpg
  • Rosebay willow herb (Chamaenerion)<br />
Terelj National Park<br />
Mongolia
    105695_Rosebay_willow_herb.jpg
  • Purple Aster (Aster sp.)<br />
Mongolia
    105766_Purple_Aster.jpg
  • Sand lizard<br />
(Lacerta agilis)<br />
Eastern Steppe<br />
Mongolia
    104922_Sand_lizard.jpg
  • Heliconia (Heliconia sp.)<br />
Iwokrama Forest Reserve<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY666 Heliconia.jpg
  • Violet Cattleya Orchid (Cattleya violacea) Formally Cattleya superba<br />
Karanambu Lodge<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3541 Violet Cattleya Orchid.jpg
  • Violet Cattleya Orchid (Cattleya violacea) Formally Cattleya superba<br />
Karanambu Lodge<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3534 Violet Cattleya Orchid.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150518_Red-footed_Booby_343.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150518_Red-footed_Booby_331.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150518_Red-footed_Booby_341.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150518_Red-footed_Booby_322.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150518_Red-footed_Booby_315.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150518_Red-footed_Booby_287.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_262.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_242.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) White & Brown morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_227.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) Brown morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_208.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) White & Brown morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_226.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) Brown morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_188.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_128.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_124.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_95.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_89.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_77.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_62.jpg
  • Red-footed Booby (Sula sula) white morph<br />
in Ziricote trees (Cordia dodecandra)<br />
Halfmoon Caye colony<br />
Lighthouse Reef Atoll<br />
Belize<br />
Central America
    20150512_Red-footed_Booby_56.jpg
  • Big-legged Bug or Squash Bug (Coreidae)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    Big-legged Bug3208.jpg
  • Lobster-claw Plant (Heliconia sp.)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    2832 Lobster-claw Plant.jpg
  • Big-legged Bug or Squash Bug (Coreidae)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP16613 Big-legged Bug.jpg
  • Big-legged Bug or Squash Bug (Coreidae)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America
    TIP16589 Big-legged Bug.jpg
  • Cushion Plant (Azorella selago)<br />
Steeple Jason. FALKLAND ISLANDS.
    SJ1396 Cushion Plant.jpg
  • Peony (Paeonia broteroi)<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-21_10-Peony.jpg
  • Pink Rock Rose  (Cistus crispus)<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-12-Rock Rose.jpg
  • Rockrose (Cistus ladanifer)<br />
Sierra de Andújar Natural Park, Mediterranean woodland of Sierra Morena, north east Jaén Province, Andalusia. SPAIN<br />
<br />
Mission: Iberian Lynx, May 2009<br />
© Pete Oxford / Wild Wonders of Europe<br />
Zaldumbide #506 y Toledo<br />
La Floresta, Quito. ECUADOR<br />
South America<br />
Tel: 593-2-2226958<br />
e-mail: pete@peteoxford.com<br />
www.peteoxford.com
    POX-2009-04-06_55 Rockrose.jpg
  • Hoodia (Hoodia lugardii)<br />
Makgadikgadi Pans<br />
Northeast BOTSWANA
    CIB8152 Hoodia.jpg
  • Hoodia (Hoodia lugardii)<br />
Makgadikgadi Pans<br />
Northeast BOTSWANA
    CIB8149 Hoodia.jpg
  • Violet Cattleya Orchid (Cattleya violacea) Formally Cattleya superba<br />
Karanambu Lodge<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America
    3GY3534 Violet Cattleya Orchid.jpg
  • Giant Amazon Water Lily (Victoria amazonica)  LARGEST LILY<br />
Permanent ponds in Savannah<br />
Rupununi<br />
GUYANA<br />
South America<br />
RANGE: Amazon River and floodplains of Guianas
    1SA1734 Giant Amazon Water Lily.jpg
  • Rewa River<br />
Rainforest<br />
GUYANA. South America
    1RW1376 Rewa River.jpg
  • Breadfruit for Sale<br />
Suva Produce Market<br />
Suva<br />
Viti Levu<br />
Fiji. <br />
South Pacific
    20140404_Breadfruit_for_Sale_54_©Pet...jpg
  • Puya - largest Bromeliad and Flower head<br />
<br />
<br />
Puya Raimondii<br />
Comanche National Park. SW of La Paz. BOLIVIA<br />
South America<br />
Flowers after 60-100 Years then dies
    1084920 Puya Raimundii.tif
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191112_Sambar_Deer_124.TIF
  • Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'dancing' across the ground.  They only do this when there is a clearing - they prefer to move from tree to tree by leaping.<br />
Berenty Reserve, Southern MADAGASCAR<br />
These are large (length 900-1075mm and weight: 3-4kg), vertically clinging and leaping lemurs. They are diurnal and live in mixed multi mail / multi female groups of up to 14 individuals. Verreaux's sifaka feed primarily on leaves, fruit and flowers. They have one young born between August and September. At first the infant clings to the mother's front then as it gets larger rides on her back.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Forested regions from Tsiribihina River in the west, south to the Tolagnaro area in the south-east and inland as far as Isalo Massif. They live in Dry deciduous forests in the west and Xerophytic spiny and gallery forests in the south.<br />
THREATENED: The various habitats in which this species are found are all becoming increasingly fragmented due cutting for timber,  firewood and production of charcoal. Although it is 'fady' or taboo to hunt this species amoung some tribal groups others especially around Isalo do hunt it and in this area it is known as 'sifaka for the cooking pot'.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA4906_Verreaux'_sifaka.jpg
  • Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) 'dancing' across the ground.  They only do this when there is a clearing - they prefer to move from tree to tree by leaping.<br />
Berenty Reserve, Southern MADAGASCAR<br />
These are large (length 900-1075mm and weight: 3-4kg), vertically clinging and leaping lemurs. They are diurnal and live in mixed multi mail / multi female groups of up to 14 individuals. Verreaux's sifaka feed primarily on leaves, fruit and flowers. They have one young born between August and September. At first the infant clings to the mother's front then as it gets larger rides on her back.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Forested regions from Tsiribihina River in the west, south to the Tolagnaro area in the south-east and inland as far as Isalo Massif. They live in Dry deciduous forests in the west and Xerophytic spiny and gallery forests in the south.<br />
THREATENED: The various habitats in which this species are found are all becoming increasingly fragmented due cutting for timber,  firewood and production of charcoal. Although it is 'fady' or taboo to hunt this species amoung some tribal groups others especially around Isalo do hunt it and in this area it is known as 'sifaka for the cooking pot'.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA4905_Verreaux'_sifaka.jpg
  • Coquerel's sifaka (Propithecus coquereli)<br />
Ankarafantsika Strict Nature Reserve, Western deciduous forest. MADAGASCAR<br />
These are large (length 925-1,100mm and weight: 3.5-4kg), vertically clinging and leaping lemurs. Their distinctive coloration can not be confused with any other species. They are diurnal and live in family groups of three to ten. Coquerel's sifaka feed primarily on leaves, fruit, bark and flowers. They have one young in June or July. At first the infant clings to the mother's front then as it gets larger rides on her back.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Restricted to north-west Madgascar in dry-deciduous and semi-evergreen forests.<br />
THREATENED SPECIES due to habitat distruction for agriculture and the production of charcoal but also deliberately started bush fires lit to encourage new grass shoots to grow. Hunting also occurs in some areas although around Ankarafantsika Reserve it is 'fady' or taboo to hunt this species.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA3018_Coquerel's_sifaka.jpg
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191111_Sambar_Deer_160.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191111_Sambar_Deer_157.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191111_Sambar_Deer_146.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191111_Sambar_Deer_123.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191112_Sambar_Deer_122.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191112_Sambar_Deer_6.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20191112_Sambar_Deer_4.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20181122_Sambar_Deer_15.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20231207_Sambar_Deer_185.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20231207_Sambar_Deer_179.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20231207_Sambar_Deer_160.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20231207_Sambar_Deer_157.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20231208_Sambar_Deer_293.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20231208_Sambar_Deer_280.TIF
  • Sambar Deer male (Cervus unicolor) Ranthambore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests including hills, riverine forest and grasslands of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.<br />
Large deer that are both diurnal and nocturnal. Normally shy. Normally seen in herds of 4 - 20 animals. Their alarm call is a loud explosive 'dhank' usually given on sighting a tiger or leopard which are their main enemies. They are partial to water and will bath and feed in lakes, rivers and marshes. They feed on grasses, leaves, flowers and fruit. <br />
STATUS: Abundant.<br />
Ranthambhore National Park was established as a sanctuary in 1955 as a tiger reserve in 1973 and a national park in 1981. The park is dominated by the ruins of the 1,000 year-old Ranthambhore Fort.
    20231208_Sambar_Deer_278.TIF
  • Verreaux's sifakas (Propithecus verreauxi) Mother and baby.<br />
Berenty Reserve, Southern MADAGASCAR<br />
These are large (length 900-1075mm and weight: 3-4kg), vertically clinging and leaping lemurs. They are diurnal and live in mixed multi mail / multi female groups of up to 14 individuals. Verreaux's sifaka feed primarily on leaves, fruit and flowers. They have one young born between August and September. At first the infant clings to the mother's front then as it gets larger rides on her back.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Forested regions from Tsiribihina River in the west, south to the Tolagnaro area in the south-east and inland as far as Isalo Massif. They live in Dry deciduous forests in the west and Xerophytic spiny and gallery forests in the south.<br />
THREATENED: The various habitats in which this species are found are all becoming increasingly fragmented due cutting for timber,  firewood and production of charcoal. Although it is 'fady' or taboo to hunt this species amoung some tribal groups others especially around Isalo do hunt it and in this area it is known as 'sifaka for the cooking pot'.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA4220_Verreaux's_sifaka.tif
  • Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi) sitting on Didieraeaceae (Alluaudia ascendens) SPINY FOREST VEGETATION<br />
Berenty Reserve, Southern MADAGASCAR<br />
These are large (length 900-1075mm and weight: 3-4kg), vertically clinging and leaping lemurs. They are diurnal and live in mixed multi mail / multi female groups of up to 14 individuals. Verreaux's sifaka feed primarily on leaves, fruit and flowers. They have one young born between August and September. At first the infant clings to the mother's front then as it gets larger rides on her back.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Forested regions from Tsiribihina River in the west, south to the Tolagnaro area in the south-east and inland as far as Isalo Massif. They live in Dry deciduous forests in the west and Xerophytic spiny and gallery forests in the south.<br />
THREATENED: The various habitats in which this species are found are all becoming increasingly fragmented due cutting for timber,  firewood and production of charcoal. Although it is 'fady' or taboo to hunt this species amoung some tribal groups others especially around Isalo do hunt it and in this area it is known as 'sifaka for the cooking pot'.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA4569_Verreaux's_sifaka.tif
  • Golden-crowned sifaka or Tattersall's sifakas (Propithecus tattersalli) Mother and baby. Daraina, North-east MADAGASCAR<br />
This is the smallest member of the Propithecus genus, 870-940mm and weight +-3,5kg's. They are medium-sized vertical clinging and leaping lemurs and were only discovered in 1988. They are diurnal and at night sleep in very tall trees. Group size varies but usually contains at least 2 adult males and females although only one female seems to breed successfully each year. They feed on unripe fruit, seeds, shoots, mature leaves and flowers. Immature leaves are particularly relished.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Dry deciduous, gallery and semi-evergreen forests of a very small area between the Manambato and Loky Rivers in North-east Madagascar.<br />
ENDANGERED due to habitat loss as they do not occur in a protected area - although FANANBY a local Madagascar NGO is working in Daraina to proclaim a protected site of about 20,000 ha. They are also spread between a number of discontinuous forest fragments. Gold mining is common in the forest in which they occur and trees are falling over as the ground is littered with deep holes from the miners. Deforestation is comman as agriculture encroaches and they are hunted in some areas.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA2179_Golden-crowned_sifakas.tif
  • Verreaux's sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi)<br />
Berenty Reserve, Southern MADAGASCAR<br />
These are large (length 900-1075mm and weight: 3-4kg), vertically clinging and leaping lemurs. They are diurnal and live in mixed multi mail / multi female groups of up to 14 individuals. Verreaux's sifaka feed primarily on leaves, fruit and flowers. They have one young born between August and September. At first the infant clings to the mother's front then as it gets larger rides on her back.<br />
DISTRIBUTION: Forested regions from Tsiribihina River in the west, south to the Tolagnaro area in the south-east and inland as far as Isalo Massif. They live in Dry deciduous forests in the west and Xerophytic spiny and gallery forests in the south.<br />
THREATENED: The various habitats in which this species are found are all becoming increasingly fragmented due cutting for timber,  firewood and production of charcoal. Although it is 'fady' or taboo to hunt this species amoung some tribal groups others especially around Isalo do hunt it and in this area it is known as 'sifaka for the cooking pot'.<br />
ENDEMIC TO MADAGASCAR
    MA4075_Verreaux's_sifaka.tif
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