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  • Wild dogs or painted wolves (Lycaon pictus) licking in the inside of each other's mouths - which is a greeting. <br />
Savuti channel, Linyanti region.<br />
BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
STATUS: ENDANGERED. THEY ARE THE MOST ENDANGERED LARGE CARNIVORE IN AFRICA AND THE SECOND MOST ENDANGERED CANID IN THE WORLD. This is due to habitat distruction, over-hunting and rabies.<br />
HABITAT: Wide tolerance. Prefer to hunt in open plains but then take refuge in wooded areas, often in mopane forests. They are crepuscular (early morning and dusk) and diurnal but will hunt at night during a full moon. <br />
They weigh 25-30 kg's with a shoulder height of 65cm.<br />
Wild dogs are the most successful hunters in the bush and they hunt co-operatively in packs and maintain a speed of 60km p/h for about 5km. Once caught the victim in quickly torn apart and devoured to prevent hyaenas and lions from stealing the carcass. Wild dogs take care of their young and sick and will readily share their food with other pack members. The whole pack helps to raise the young which are born of the dominant pair. (alpha male and female)<br />
They contact rabies from domestic dogs as they often cross through agricultural and rural areas.
    J61_Wild_dogs.tif
  • Wild dogs or painted wolves (Lycaon pictus) licking in the inside of each other's mouths - which is a greeting. <br />
Savuti channel, Linyanti region.<br />
BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
STATUS: ENDANGERED. THEY ARE THE MOST ENDANGERED LARGE CARNIVORE IN AFRICA AND THE SECOND MOST ENDANGERED CANID IN THE WORLD. This is due to habitat distruction, over-hunting and rabies.<br />
HABITAT: Wide tolerance. Prefer to hunt in open plains but then take refuge in wooded areas, often in mopane forests. They are crepuscular (early morning and dusk) and diurnal but will hunt at night during a full moon. <br />
They weigh 25-30 kg's with a shoulder height of 65cm.<br />
Wild dogs are the most successful hunters in the bush and they hunt co-operatively in packs and maintain a speed of 60km p/h for about 5km. Once caught the victim in quickly torn apart and devoured to prevent hyaenas and lions from stealing the carcass. Wild dogs take care of their young and sick and will readily share their food with other pack members. The whole pack helps to raise the young which are born of the dominant pair. (alpha male and female)<br />
They contact rabies from domestic dogs as they often cross through agricultural and rural areas.
    J63_Wild_dogs-2.tif
  • Wild dogs or painted wolves (Lycaon pictus) licking in the inside of each other's mouths - which is a greeting. <br />
Savuti channel, Linyanti region.<br />
BOTSWANA. Southern Africa.<br />
STATUS: ENDANGERED. THEY ARE THE MOST ENDANGERED LARGE CARNIVORE IN AFRICA AND THE SECOND MOST ENDANGERED CANID IN THE WORLD. This is due to habitat distruction, over-hunting and rabies.<br />
HABITAT: Wide tolerance. Prefer to hunt in open plains but then take refuge in wooded areas, often in mopane forests. They are crepuscular (early morning and dusk) and diurnal but will hunt at night during a full moon. <br />
They weigh 25-30 kg's with a shoulder height of 65cm.<br />
Wild dogs are the most successful hunters in the bush and they hunt co-operatively in packs and maintain a speed of 60km p/h for about 5km. Once caught the victim in quickly torn apart and devoured to prevent hyaenas and lions from stealing the carcass. Wild dogs take care of their young and sick and will readily share their food with other pack members. The whole pack helps to raise the young which are born of the dominant pair. (alpha male and female)<br />
They contact rabies from domestic dogs as they often cross through agricultural and rural areas.
    J63_Wild_dogs.jpg
  • Cheetah {Acinonyx jubatus} mother and cubs, Okavango Delta, Botswana
    01153011.jpg
  • Blue-headed Macaws & Parrots on Clay Lick<br />
Propyrrhura couloni<br />
Serjali Clay Lick, Bocamishagua River<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. PERU.  South America<br />
Range: e Peru, n Bolivia to w Brazil<br />
RARE MACAWS
    108818 Blue-headed Macaws.tif
  • Red-and-Green Macaws on Lick<br />
Ara Chloroptera<br />
Heath River Clay Lick, PERU   South America<br />
Range; Panama to Paraguay
    106535 Red and Green Macaws on Lick.tif
  • 3 Species of Macaws on Clay Lick<br />
Red & Green Macaw, Scarlet Macaw and Blue & Yellow Macaw<br />
Ara Chloroptera, Ara Macao, Ara ararauna<br />
on Timpia Clay Lick, Urubamba River. Amazon Rain Forest<br />
PERU.  South America
    108694 3 Species of Macaws on Lick.tif
  • Macaws & Parrots on Clay Lick<br />
Serjali Lick. Mishagua River. Amazon,  PERU.  South America
    109030 Macaws & Parrots on Clay Lick.tif
  • 3 Species of Macaws on Clay Lick<br />
Blue & Yellow, Scarlet and Red & Green<br />
Ara  Ararauna / Ara Macao /  Ara Chloropter<br />
on Serjali Clay Lick, Mishagua River.  PERU.  South America
    108691 3 Species of Macaws on Lick.tif
  • 3 Species of Macaws on Clay Lick<br />
Blue & Yellow, Scarlet and Red & Green<br />
Ara  Ararauna / Ara Macao /  Ara <br />
Chloropter<br />
on Timpia Clay Lick, Urubamba River.  PERU.  South America
    108670 3 Species of Macaws on Lick.tif
  • Red Brocket Deer eating Clay in Lick<br />
Mazama americana<br />
Manu Wildlife Center Clay Lick. Madre de Dios<br />
PERU.  South America
    109183 Red Brocket Deer.tif
  • Blue-headed Parrots on Lick<br />
Pionus menstruus<br />
Madre de Dios Clay Lick, PERU.  South America<br />
RANGE; Costa Rica to Brazil
    1084927 Blue-headed parrots.tif
  • Chestnut-fronted Macaw on Clay Lick<br />
Ara severa<br />
Clay Lick, Heath River, Border PERU & BOLIVIA.  South America<br />
RANGE: Tropical e Panama to Guianas, n Bolivia to Amazon Brazil
    1084954 Chestnut front.tif
  • Red & Green Macaws on clay Lick<br />
Ara chloroptera<br />
Madre de Dios River, PERU South America
    1042051 Red & Green Macaws.tif
  • Painted Parakeets at Clay Lick<br />
Purrhura picta<br />
Madre de Dios, (Manu Wildlife Center) Amazon Rain Forest<br />
PERU.  South America<br />
Range; Panama to Brazil
    109533 Painted Parakeets at Clay Lic...tif
  • White-bellied Spider Monkey at Clay lick<br />
Ateles belzebuth<br />
Manu Wildlife Center. Amazon Rain Forest.  PERU <br />
South America<br />
EATING CLAY
    108907 White-bellied Spider Monkey.tif
  • Collared Peccary<br />
Tayassu Tajacu<br />
Clay Lick, Madre de Dios, Amazon Rain Forest. PERU<br />
RANGE: SE USA to Argentina
    1084948 Collared peccary.tif
  • Mealy or Amazon parrot (Amazona farinosa) & Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ocrocephala)<br />
Salt or mineral lick<br />
Napo River<br />
Yasuni National Park<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. ECUADOR. South America<br />
RANGE: e Panama south to Colombia, the Guianas, ne Bolivia and e Brazil
    20150308_Mealy_&_Yellow-crowned_parr...tif
  • Congo Green Pigeon (Treron calvus calvus) at mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA
    20130601_Congo Green Pigeon_65_©Pete...jpg
  • Butterfly<br />
Lake Mburo national park<br />
UGANDA, Africa
    20230212_Butterfly_56.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
  • Red Brocket Deer<br />
Mazama americana<br />
Manu National Park.  Amazon Rain Forest<br />
PERU.  South America
    109182 Red Brocket Deer.tif
  • Spix's Guan<br />
Penelope jacquacu<br />
Madre de Dios, Amazon Rain Forest, PERU.  South America<br />
RANGE: Venezuela, Guianas, Brazil. Colombia, Ecuador, Peru & Bolivia
    1084949 Spix's guan.tif
  • White-Bellied Spider Monkey (Ateles belzebuth)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Tropical forests of Brazil, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela
    White-Bellied Spider Monkey2512.jpg
  • Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sub-tropics and tropics of southern USA to northern Argentina.
    TIP17498 Collared Peccary.jpg
  • Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sub-tropics and tropics of southern USA to northern Argentina.
    TIP5987 Collared Peccary.jpg
  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in saltlick<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near water in the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West.<br />
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
    TIP5263 Brazilian Tapir.jpg
  • Lion (Panthera leo) & Lioness<br />
Marakele Private Reserve, Waterberg Biosphere Reserve<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
RANGE:
    20120126_Lion_&_Lioness_185.tif
  • Green Urania Diurnal Moth<br />
Urania leilus<br />
Amazon Rain Forest. PERU South America
    1053223 Diurnal moth.tif
  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Mother & Baby on bank of Tiputini River<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near water in the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West.<br />
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
    Brazilian Tapirs on Riverbank1337.jpg
  • Lion (Panthera leo) & Lioness<br />
Marakele Private Reserve, Waterberg Biosphere Reserve<br />
Limpopo Province<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
RANGE:
    20120126_Lion_&_Lioness_185.jpg
  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Swimming across Tiputini River<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near water in the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West.<br />
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
    Brazilian Tapir Swimming1297.jpg
  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) Mother & Baby on bank of Tiputini River<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near water in the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West.<br />
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
    Brazilian Tapirs on Riverbank1338.jpg
  • Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sub-tropics and tropics of southern USA to northern Argentina.
    TIP5965 Collared Peccary.jpg
  • Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sub-tropics and tropics of southern USA to northern Argentina.
    TIP5975 Collared Peccary.jpg
  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in saltlick<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near water in the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West.<br />
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
    TIP5245 Brazilian Tapir.jpg
  • Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Sub-tropics and tropics of southern USA to northern Argentina.
    TIP17500 Collared Peccary.jpg
  • Brazilian Tapir (Tapirus terrestris) in saltlick<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Near water in the Amazon Rainforest and River Basin in South America, east of the Andes. Range stretches from Venezuela, Colombia, and Guianas in the north to Brazil, Argentina, and Paraguay, in the south, to Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador in the West.<br />
IUCN CONSERVATION STATUS: Vulnerable
    TIP2521 Brazilian Tapir.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22293_Giant_anteater.tif
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Central Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22861_Giant_anteater.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Central Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22867_Giant_anteater.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Central Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22866_Giant_anteater.jpg
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Central Pantanal. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22861_Giant_anteater.tif
  • Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)<br />
PHOTOGRAPHED IN: Serra da Bodoquena. Limestone elevated area which devides the Pantanal and the Cerrado. Mato Grosso do Sul Province. BRAZIL.  South America.<br />
RANGE: Central America, South America E of Andes to Uruguay and nw Argentina. Found in grasslands, swamps and lowland tropical forests. Density depends of food availability.  They are members of the Xenarthra (edentulous/toothless) order together with sloths and armadillos but are the only toothless members of the Order. They eat mainly ants and termites which are found by smell, then digging into the ground and inserting their sticky tongues into the nest. They feed for short periods at each nest, taking a very small percentage of usually worker ants which does not cause damage to the nest. Their tongues can extend up to 61cm / 12 inches and are coated with a thick saliva. It can move as rapidly as 150 times per minute licking up ants. Their stomachs do not secrete hydrochloric acid but depend instead on the formic acid content of the ants they eat to assist with digestion. They consume as much as 35,000 ants per day. They are usually active at dawn and dusk and spend up to 15 hours a day resting. They make shallow depressions in which to lay down and cover themselves with their tails to remain camourflaged. Giant anteaters have the lowest recorded body temperature of any placental mammal, 32,7 degrees C. 90.9 degrees F. A single young is born in the spring and is immediately able to use its claws to climb up onto the mothers back where it is carried around for several months.
    22293_Giant_anteater.tif
  • Sulfur Butterflies on mineral lick (Phoebis sp.)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:Sulfur Butterflies on mineral lick (Pieridae, Phoebis sp.)<br />
Yasuni National Park, Amazon Rainforest<br />
ECUADOR. South America<br />
HABITAT & RANGE:
    Sulfur Butterflies on mineral lick...jpg
  • African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) at mineral lick<br />
Marataba Park<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
RANGE: Throughout sub-Saharan Africa
    20140104_African_elephants_at_minera...tif
  • African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) at mineral lick<br />
Marataba Park<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
RANGE: Throughout sub-Saharan Africa
    20140104_African_elephants_at_minera...tif
  • African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) at mineral lick<br />
Marataba Park<br />
SOUTH AFRICA<br />
RANGE: Throughout sub-Saharan Africa
    20140104_African_elephants_at_minera...tif
  • Scarlet Macaw<br />
Ara macao<br />
Serjali Clay Lick, Mishagua River. Amazon, PERU<br />
SOUTH AMERICA
    108537 Scarlet Macaw.tif
  • Scarlet Macaws<br />
Ara macao<br />
Serjali Clay Lick, Mishagua River. Amazon, PERU<br />
SOUTH AMERICA
    108764 Scarlet Macaws.tif
  • John's Earth Boa (Eryx johnii) Juvenile<br />
Gujarat, INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
A boa which can reach up to 90cm.  They are stout, heavy and muscular snakes more or less uniform in girth from head to tail with little constriction at the neck. The head scales are a little larger than the back scales. These snakes have a mental (chin) groove and a pronounced angular ridge on the muzzle. They have a short, stumpy, rounded tail and in general form very simular to the head. <br />
They are deft and speedy burrowers nosing their way into the earth by using the transvese ridge on its snout as a digging implement. On the ground it is slow moving.<br />
They feed mainly on mammalian like rats, mice and other small mammals which are killed by constriction. They are non-venemous.<br />
This boa is ovoviviparous and lays eggs.<br />
RANGE & HABITAT: Widely distributed in the plains of the Indian subcontinent. In hills up to 600 meters.<br />
STATUS: Common.<br />
Snake charmers who carry this species often mutilate the tail, making marking to suggest eyes and cutting a transverse incision at the tip, which leaves a scar suggesting a mouth. <br />
In south India they believe that a bite or lick from this snake can cause leprosy. In Punjab they believe that if one bites someone the same person will be bitten on each succeeding annivesary by the same snake, which will be visible only to its victim.
    IND3686_John's_Earth_Boa.tif
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_9...jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_9...jpg
  • John's Earth Boa (Eryx johnii) Juvenile<br />
Gujarat, INDIA<br />
CAPTIVE<br />
A boa which can reach up to 90cm.  They are stout, heavy and muscular snakes more or less uniform in girth from head to tail with little constriction at the neck. The head scales are a little larger than the back scales. These snakes have a mental (chin) groove and a pronounced angular ridge on the muzzle. They have a short, stumpy, rounded tail and in general form very simular to the head. <br />
They are deft and speedy burrowers nosing their way into the earth by using the transvese ridge on its snout as a digging implement. On the ground it is slow moving.<br />
They feed mainly on mammalian like rats, mice and other small mammals which are killed by constriction. They are non-venemous.<br />
This boa is ovoviviparous and lays eggs.<br />
RANGE & HABITAT: Widely distributed in the plains of the Indian subcontinent. In hills up to 600 meters.<br />
STATUS: Common.<br />
Snake charmers who carry this species often mutilate the tail, making marking to suggest eyes and cutting a transverse incision at the tip, which leaves a scar suggesting a mouth. <br />
In south India they believe that a bite or lick from this snake can cause leprosy. In Punjab they believe that if one bites someone the same person will be bitten on each succeeding annivesary by the same snake, which will be visible only to its victim.
    IND3692_John's_Earth_Boa.tif
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_1...jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_1...jpg
  • Congo African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus erithacus) on mineral lick<br />
Lango Bai<br />
Republic of Congo (Congo - Brazzaville)<br />
AFRICA<br />
CITES: appendix II<br />
IUCN: Vulnerable<br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Primary & secondary rain forests. Islands of Príncipe and Bioko, Ivory Coast to western Kenya, northwest Tanzania, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and northern Angola.
    20130603_Congo African Grey Parrot_9...jpg
  • Hanuman Langur or Black-faced, Common or Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) Ranthambhore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests, from plains up to 3,600 meters elevations in the Himalaya, open areas, villages and towns of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and N. Pakistan. In Ranthambhore they are often found around the Fort area.<br />
They are more arboreal than the Rhesus Macaque that inhabitats similar areas. They do however spend a considerable time on the ground foraging and visiting salt licks. Hanuman langurs are diurnal although most active early mornings and late afternoons. They walk and run on all four feet, leap with hind limbs and land on fore and hind limbs. They fequently  associate with chital deer and Rhesus macaques. Feed on shoots, leaves, flowers, buds and fruit and occasionally raid crops.<br />
STATUS: Abundant but Protected in the Hindu regions as it is regarded as the Monkey-God, Hanuman, from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, hence the name.<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.
    IND994_Hanuman_Langur.jpg
  • Hanuman Langur or Black-faced, Common or Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) Ranthambhore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests, from plains up to 3,600 meters elevations in the Himalaya, open areas, villages and towns of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and N. Pakistan. In Ranthambhore they are often found around the Fort area.<br />
They are more arboreal than the Rhesus Macaque that inhabitats similar areas. They do however spend a considerable time on the ground foraging and visiting salt licks. Hanuman langurs are diurnal although most active early mornings and late afternoons. They walk and run on all four feet, leap with hind limbs and land on fore and hind limbs. They fequently  associate with chital deer and Rhesus macaques. Feed on shoots, leaves, flowers, buds and fruit and occasionally raid crops.<br />
STATUS: Abundant but Protected in the Hindu regions as it is regarded as the Monkey-God, Hanuman, from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, hence the name.<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.
    IND994_Hanuman_Langur.tif
  • Hanuman Langur or Black-faced, Common or Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) Ranthambhore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests, from plains up to 3,600 meters elevations in the Himalaya, open areas, villages and towns of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and N. Pakistan. In Ranthambhore they are often found around the Fort area.<br />
They are more arboreal than the Rhesus Macaque that inhabitats similar areas. They do however spend a considerable time on the ground foraging and visiting salt licks. Hanuman langurs are diurnal although most active early mornings and late afternoons. They walk and run on all four feet, leap with hind limbs and land on fore and hind limbs. They fequently  associate with chital deer and Rhesus macaques. Feed on shoots, leaves, flowers, buds and fruit and occasionally raid crops.<br />
STATUS: Abundant but Protected in the Hindu regions as it is regarded as the Monkey-God, Hanuman, from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, hence the name.<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.
    IND963_Hanuman_Langur.tif
  • Hanuman Langur or Black-faced, Common or Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) and Pilgrims in Ranthambhore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests, from plains up to 3,600 meters elevations in the Himalaya, open areas, villages and towns of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and N. Pakistan. In Ranthambhore they are often found around the Fort area.<br />
They are more arboreal than the Rhesus Macaque that inhabitats similar areas. They do however spend a considerable time on the ground foraging and visiting salt licks. Hanuman langurs are diurnal although most active early mornings and late afternoons. They walk and run on all four feet, leap with hind limbs and land on fore and hind limbs. They fequently  associate with chital deer and Rhesus macaques. Feed on shoots, leaves, flowers, buds and fruit and occasionally raid crops.<br />
STATUS: Abundant but Protected in the Hindu regions as it is regarded as the Monkey-God, Hanuman, from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, hence the name.<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.
    IND931_Hanuman_Langur.tif
  • Hanuman Langur or Black-faced, Common or Grey Langur (Presbytis entellus) Ranthambhore National Park. Rajasthan. INDIA. <br />
HABITAT & RANGE: Forests, from plains up to 3,600 meters elevations in the Himalaya, open areas, villages and towns of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and N. Pakistan. In Ranthambhore they are often found around the Fort area.<br />
They are more arboreal than the Rhesus Macaque that inhabitats similar areas. They do however spend a considerable time on the ground foraging and visiting salt licks. Hanuman langurs are diurnal although most active early mornings and late afternoons. They walk and run on all four feet, leap with hind limbs and land on fore and hind limbs. They fequently  associate with chital deer and Rhesus macaques. Feed on shoots, leaves, flowers, buds and fruit and occasionally raid crops.<br />
STATUS: Abundant but Protected in the Hindu regions as it is regarded as the Monkey-God, Hanuman, from the Hindu epic, Ramayana, hence the name.<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.
    IND950_Hanuman_Langur.jpg
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