Childrens Illustrated Animal Atlas

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African lion

Location

Savanna covers more than

half of Africa, mostly in the

central and southern parts.

These areas have a rainy and

a dry season, but it is hot all year.

HABITAT KEY

Wetlands

Tropical

grasslands

Mangroves

Mountains

Deciduous

forests

Tropical

forests

Hot desert

SCALE

100 kilometers

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0

100 miles

Grant’s zebra

Just like human fingerprints, a

zebra’s stripe pattern is unique.

This means that no two zebras

have the exact same stripes.

ANGOLA

Black rhinoceros

NAMIBIA

BOTSWANA

DEMOCRATIC

REPUBLIC OF

THE CONGO

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Kinda baboon

Kinda baboon babies

can have white, gray,

black, or even

multicolored fur.

Hippopotamus

African wild dog

“Hippopotamus” means

“water horse,” but the

hippo’s closest relatives

are dolphins and whales!

Lions are social cats.

They live in groups

called prides.

Rhinoceroses don’t see

very well, but they have

good hearing and an

excellent sense of smell.

These dogs help each

other. They rarely fight,

and they take care of

young, old, sick, or injured

members of their pack.

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Mohol

galago

This tree-dwelling

primate, also called

a bush baby, can jump

as far as 16 ft (5 m)

in a single leap.

African elephant

Earth’s largest land

animal, the African

elephant has a brain

four times bigger

than a human brain.

Southern

savanna

Much of southern Africa is covered in tropical

grasslands called savanna. They’re great places to

find grazing animals, such as zebras and antelopes.

This also means that they attract predators, such

as lions.

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