Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

African grey

parrot

The mandrill has the most colorful face in the monkey world—and a bluish-purple bottom!

Mandrill

HABITAT KEYWetlandsTropical grasslandsMountains

MangrovesTropical forests

Emperor scorpionAt 8 in (20 cm) long, the emperor is the largest scorpion on the planet. Surprisingly, despite its big size, its sting is not deadly for humans.

Bonobo

Okapi

Leopard

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF

THE CONGO

CONGO

GABON

CAMEROON

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SOUTH SUDAN

CHAD

UGANDA

RWANDA

Co

ng

o

Ka

sa

i

MITUM

BA^ M

OU

NTA

IN

S

U

b

an

gi

aL

ek blA

tre

aL

ek

dE

w

dra

Bangui

A

D

A

M

A

W

A

H

I

G

H

L

A

N

D

S

Yaoundé

Bujumbura

Juba Kigali

Western gorilla

African buffalo

Congo BasinOften called “Africa’s Green Heart,” the Congo Basin

is a huge area of land surrounding the Congo River.

This supports the world’s second-largest rain forest,

and, along with swamps and lakes, it is a haven for hundreds of amazing animals—including bonobos

and chimpanzees, the closest living relatives of humans.

Adult male gorillas are called “silverbacks” because of the silvery- white hair that covers their backs.

This slender, peaceful ape eats less meat than its chimpanzee cousins and spends more time in trees.

One of the world’s

most intelligent birds, gentle African greys can learn lots of human words.

Although its legs are striped like a zebra’s, the secretive okapi is a close relative of the giraffe.

If one buffalo is attacked by a lion, the rest of its herd will rush to defend it.

This big cat stashes its prey up trees to keep it out of reach of other predators.

Violet turaco

The turaco gets its bright colors from copper, a metal found in the plants that it eats.

Timid bongos have many stripes that look like light and shade, so they can hide easily in dense rain forests.

Bongo

BURUNDI

M

B

A

N

G

M

O

U

N

T

A

I

N

S

US_038_039_Congo_Basin.indd 38 31/03/2017 14:48