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7227 Adult male olive baboon (Papio anubis) eating meat
Scientific Name Papio anubis
Location Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Comments Baboons occasionally kill and eat mammalian prey. In this case the source of the meat was unknown.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Behavior Predation or scavenging
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Creation Date 1999
Attached to Group Papio (Cercopithecidae): view page image collection
Title bab+meat.jpg
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ALT Text Adult male olive baboon (Papio anubis) eating meat
ID 7227
7228 A male baboon (Papio anubis) grooms an infant suckling from its mother
Scientific Name Papio anubis
Location Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
Comments Baboons live in troops of about 50 individuals. Within the troop, an individual male may form friendships with one or more females. Here an adult male (right) grooms a black infant, i.e. one that is six months old or less. The infant clings to its mother, suckling.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Behavior Grooming, nursing, affiliative
Sex male and female
Life Cycle Stage Adult male, adult female, infant
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Creation Date 1985
Attached to Group Papio (Cercopithecidae): view page image collection
Title babfamily.jpg
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ALT Text A male baboon (Papio anubis) grooms an infant suckling from its mother
ID 7228
7229 Beisa Oryx (Oryx gazella) and oxpecker in Samburu Reserve, Kenya
Scientific Name Oryx gazella beisa
Location Samburu Reserve, Kenya
Comments The oryx is well adapted to life in dry areas. It is light-colored to reflect radiant heat, it can sustain prolonged high body temperature, it browses mainly at night to maximise water intake and it seldom needs to drink. Long straight horns are present in both sexes and are used in defense against predators. The red-billed oxpecker bird on the oryx's rump is specialised for eating ectoparasites such as ticks.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Creation Date 1981
Attached to Group Oryx gazella: view page image collection
Title beisaoryx.jpg
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ALT Text Beisa Oryx (Oryx gazella) and oxpecker in Samburu Reserve, Kenya
ID 7229
7230 Adult male bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) on Mt Kenya
Scientific Name Tragelaphus (Boocerus) eurycerus
Location Mt Kenya Safari Club, Kenya
Comments The bongo is restricted to certain tropical African forests. This is one of a captive breeding group held at the Animal Orphanage of the Mt Kenya Safari Club. Wild populations still exist in Kenya in the forests of the Aberdares and Mt Kenya.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Creation Date 1999
Attached to Group Tragelaphus eurycerus (Bovidae): view page image collection
Title bongo.jpg
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ALT Text Adult male bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) on Mt Kenya
ID 7230
7231 Bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), Tanzania
Scientific Name Potamochoerus porcus
Location Arusha, Tanzania
Comments Young captive specimen probably from the Mt Meru population.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Life Cycle Stage Young adult
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Creation Date 1978
Attached to Group Potamochoerus porcus (Potamochoerus): view page image collection
Title bushpig.jpg
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ALT Text Bushpig (Potamochoerus porcus), Tanzania
ID 7231
7232 Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) eating a Thomson's gazelle in Serengeti NP. Tanzania
Location Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Comments This cheetah had just killed an adult Thomson's gazelle, and after eating part of the haunch she dragged the carcass into the taller grass where she would be less easily seen by competitors such as hyaenas.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Behavior Predation
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Creation Date 1977
Attached to Group Acinonyx jubatus: view page image collection
Title cheetahkill.jpg
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ALT Text Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) eating a Thomson's gazelle in Serengeti NP. Tanzania
ID 7232
7233 Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) with cubs in Serengei NP
Location Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Comments Cheetah with two cubs sitting on a termite hill, scanning the grassland for prey.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Behavior Resting, searching for prey
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Adult female with cubs of about 6 months
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Creation Date 1977
Attached to Group Acinonyx jubatus: view page image collection
Title cheetahcubscopy.jpg
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ALT Text Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) with cubs in Serengei NP
ID 7233
7235 Genet (Genetta genetta) climbing tree in Serengeti NP
Location Seronera, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Comments The Small-spotted Genet is a common small nocturnal African carnivore. Though cat-like in behavior it is more closely allied to mongooses.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Behavior Climbing, foraging
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Creation Date 1976
Attached to Group Genetta genetta (Carnivora): view page image collection
Title genet.jpg
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ALT Text Genet (Genetta genetta) climbing tree in Serengeti NP
ID 7235
7236 Male Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) stands bibedally to browse in Samburu Reserve
Scientific Name Litocranius walleri
Location Samburu Game Reserve, Kenya
Comments The gerenuk or giraffe antelope has a long neck and the ability to stand on its hind legs. It can thus reach nutritious acacia foliage up to 2m above the ground, at times when all other vegetation is dry and brown.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Behavior Feeding, standing bipedal
Sex Male
Life Cycle Stage Adult
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Creation Date 1981
Attached to Group Litocranius walleri: view page image collection
Title gerenuk.jpg
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ALT Text Male Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) stands bibedally to browse in Samburu Reserve
ID 7236
7237 Common or Plains Zebra (Equus burchelli) with newborn foal, Ngorongoro Crater
Scientific Name Equus burchelli
Location Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
Comments The foal has just been born and is learning to stand. Its coat is still wet and shows traces of blood.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By David Bygott
Behavior Maternal
Sex Female
Life Cycle Stage Adult and neonate
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Creation Date 1977
Attached to Group Equidae (Perissodactyla): view page image collection
Title PlainsZebra&inf.jpg
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ALT Text Common or Plains Zebra (Equus burchelli) with newborn foal, Ngorongoro Crater
ID 7237
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