Tag: herbivores

Uganda kob

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The Uganda kob is reddish-brown, like the impala but larger in appearance and wi...

Sitatunga

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The sitatunga resembles the bushbuck and is connected to it genetically and ecol...

Rothschild's giraffe

Rothschild's giraffe

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Murchison Falls National Park is home to Rothschild's giraffes. Uganda's giraffe...

Roan antelope

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The roan antelope in Uganda is very rare. There are only a few left in the Pian ...

Rhinoceros

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The White Rhinoceros, also known simply as the rhino, is a huge herbivorous anim...

Reedbuck

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A reedbuck is a medium-sized, rusty-brown antelope (of the family Bovidae). The ...

The Oribi

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The Oribi (Ourebia ourebi) is a small antelope that looks like a gazelle. It liv...

Klipspringer

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Oreotragus oreotragus, commonly known as the klipspringer, is a goat-like mammal...

Impala

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The impala (Aepyceros melampus) is a medium-sized antelope that looks a lot like...

Hippopotamus

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Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, and Lake Mburo National Parks are the finest p...

The Hartebeest

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The Lelwei and Jackson's hartebeest are two species of the huge, awkward-looking...

Guenther’s dik-dik

Guenther’s dik-dik

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In Uganda's savannahs, the Guenther's dik-dik (Madoqua guentheri) is the smalles...

Greater kudu

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The Greater Kudu, one of the largest bushbuck antelopes, is remarkably attractiv...

Grant’s Gazelle

Grant’s Gazelle

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A species of gazelle known as the Grant's gazelle (Nanger granti) can be found f...

Common eland

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The second-largest savannah and plains antelope in the world is the common eland...

The bushbuck

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Bushbuck are primarily nocturnal, but they may be active at twilight or dawn. Th...