"name is a reference to Kordofan in Sudan. There are around 2,000 individuals living in the wild. ""The Christian Science Monitor"" lists only 38 individuals being alive in the embattled Garamba National Park in The Democratic Republic of Congo due to poaching; their skin is used for luxury goods and they are said to produce enough meat to feed poachers for weeks . Recent genetic studies also shows distinct genetic populations of giraffe that makes conservation of these subspecies even more important. Kordofan giraffe The Kordofan giraffe (""Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum"") is a subspecies of giraffe found in northern Cameroon, southern"
"Nubian wild ass The Nubian wild ass (""Equus africanus africanus"") is the nominate subspecies of African wild ass, and one of the ancestors of the domestic donkey, which was domesticated about 6,000 years ago. It is presumed to be extinct, though two populations potentially survive on the Caribbean island of Bonaire and in Gebel Elba. According to Groves & Chubb, Nubian wild asses had longer ears than the Somali wild ass, ranging from 182-245mm in length. These animals also possessed the ""cross-pattern"" famous in domestic donkeys but absent in the Somali subspecies, and lacked the ""zebra-stripe-pattern"" on the legs as"
"North African ostrich (""Struthio camelus camelus"", LC); ferruginous duck (""Aythya nyroca"", NT); lesser flamingo (""Phoenicopterus minor"", NT); white-backed vulture (""Gyps africanus"", NT); Rueppell's griffon (""Gyps rueppellii"", NT); pallid harrier (""Circus macrourus"", NT); red kite (""Milvus milvus"", NT); Stanley bustard (""Neotis denhami"", NT); Nubian bustard (""Neotis nuba"", NT); corn crake (""Crex crex"", NT); black crowned crane (""Balearica pavonina"", NT); Eurasian curlew (""Numenius arquata"", NT); black-tailed godwit (""Limosa limosa"", NT); great snipe (""Gallinago media"", NT); African skimmer (""Rynchops flavirostris"", NT); European roller (""Coracias garrulus"", NT); red-footed falcon (""Falco vespertinus"", NT); sooty falcon (""Falco concolor"", NT); white-headed vulture (""Trigonoceps occipitalis"", VU); Beaudouin's snake-eagle"
"to be home to a wild population of Nubian wild asses. However, the purity of the animals in question has yet to be studied. Nubian wild ass The Nubian wild ass (""Equus africanus africanus"") is the nominate subspecies of African wild ass, and one of the ancestors of the domestic donkey, which was domesticated about 6,000 years ago. It is presumed to be extinct, though two populations potentially survive on the Caribbean island of Bonaire and in Gebel Elba. According to Groves & Chubb, Nubian wild asses had longer ears than the Somali wild ass, ranging from 182-245mm in length."
"Numidotherium Numidotherium (""Numidia beast"") is an extinct genus of early proboscidean, discovered in 1984, that lived during the middle Eocene of North Africa some 46 million years ago. It was about 90-100 centimetres tall at the shoulder and weighed about 250-300 kilograms. The type species, ""N. koholense"", is known from an almost complete skeleton from the site of El Kohol, southern Algeria, dating from the early/middle Eocene period. The animal had the size and the appearance of a modern tapir. In appearance, it was more slender and more plantigrade than an elephant, its closest modern relative. A new species, ""N."
"the aardwolf, yellow baboon, bat, Cape buffalo, bushbaby, bushbuck, caracal, African wildcat, cheetah, civet, dik-dik, African hunting dog, African dormouse, blue duiker, bush duiker, red duiker, eland, African bush elephant, bat-eared fox, greater galago, gazelle, large-spotted genet, small-spotted genet, gerenuk, giraffe, African hare, springhare, Coke's hartebeest, East African hedgehog, spotted hyena, striped hyena, rock hyrax, tree hyrax, impala, black-backed jackal, side-striped jackal, klipspringer, lesser kudu, leopard, lion, banded mongoose, dwarf mongoose, Egyptian mongoose, marsh mongoose, slender mongoose, white-tailed mongoose, vervet monkey, Sykes' monkey, fringe-eared oryx, clawless otter, ground pangolin, crested porcupine, cane rat, giant rat, naked mole rat, ratel, bohor"
"is now widely seen as Nilo-Saharan. However, the evidence is slight, and a conservative classification would treat it as an independent family. Kordofanian languages The Kordofanian languages are a geographic grouping of five language groups spoken in the Nuba Mountains of the Kurdufan, Sudan: Talodi–Heiban languages, Lafofa languages, Rashad languages, Katla languages and Kadu languages. The first four groups are branches of the Niger–Congo family, whereas Kadu is now widely seen as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family. In 1963, Joseph Greenberg added them to the Niger–Congo family, creating his Niger–Kordofanian proposal. The Kordofanian languages have not been shown to"
"include the Serval (""Leptilaurus serval"") Caracal (""Caracal caracal""), African Wild Cat (""Felis silvestris""), Bat-Eared Fox (""Otocyon megalotis""), Black-Backed Jackal (""Canis mesomelis""), Cape Fox (""Vulpes chama""), Ground Pangolin (""Manis teminckii""), Aardvark (Orycteropus afer), Aardwolf (""Proteles cristatus""), and Honey-Badger (""Mellivora capensis""). Small carnivores include the Striped Polecat ""(Ictonyx striatus""), the Small-Spotted Genet (""Genetta genetta""), Yellow Mongoose (""Cynictis penicillata""), Kaokoland Slender Mongoose (""Galerella flavescens""), Banded Mongoose (""Mungos mungo""), and Meerkat (""Suricata suricatta""). In Namibia, leopards are considered ‘problem animals’ since farmers perceive them as a threat to livestock. As a result, these creatures are now considered elusive as they have had to adapt"
"Kordofanian languages The Kordofanian languages are a geographic grouping of five language groups spoken in the Nuba Mountains of the Kurdufan, Sudan: Talodi–Heiban languages, Lafofa languages, Rashad languages, Katla languages and Kadu languages. The first four groups are branches of the Niger–Congo family, whereas Kadu is now widely seen as a branch of the Nilo-Saharan family. In 1963, Joseph Greenberg added them to the Niger–Congo family, creating his Niger–Kordofanian proposal. The Kordofanian languages have not been shown to be more distantly related than other branches of Niger–Congo, however, nor have they been shown to constitute a valid group. Today the"
"stork, Stanley crane, cattle egret, dromedary camel, wolf guenon, DeBrazza's monkey, klipspringer, Madagascar ground boa, Madagascar tree boa, ostrich, African grooved frog, Lady Ross turaco, Aldabra tortoise, African wild dog, African pancake tortoise, Sudanese plated lizard, and African Slender-snouted Crocodile. Tasmanian devil, koala, echidna, Matschie's tree kangaroo, saltwater crocodile, lorikeet, carpet python, princess of wale's parakeet, wompoo fruit dove, emu, red kangaroo, laughing kookaburra, budgerigar, Micronesian kingfisher, palm cockatoo, Major Mitchell's cockatoo. Asian elephant, Bactrian camel, snow leopard, Malayan tiger, red panda, king cobra, reticulated python, Indian python, wrinkled hornbill, pygmy slow loris, slow loris, orangutan, siamang, Komodo dragon, Chinese"
"woodlands constituting the third zone. Black rhino, elephants and buffalo inhabit the park. Other species include night ape, honey badger, civet, small spotted genet, slender mongoose, banded mongoose, spotted hyena, serval, lion, leopard, yellow-spotted rock hyrax, black rhinoceros, zebra, warthog, common duiker, grysbok, klipspringer, waterbuck, bushbuck, scrub hare, porcupine, vervet monkey, chacma baboon, side-striped jackal, hippopotamus, roan antelope, kudu and bush squirrel, African clawless otter, white-tailed mongoose, reedbuck, sable antelope, eland, civet, rusty spotted genet, caracal and bush pig; sighted on rarely are Cape wild dog, cheetah, roan and pangolin. The Matobo National Park is part of the UNESCO Matubo"
"and ""Cuon"". Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to"
"African wild dog The African wild dog (""Lycaon pictus""), also known as the painted hunting dog, painted wolf, African hunting dog or African painted dog, is a canid native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is the largest of its family in Africa, and the only extant member of the genus ""Lycaon"", which is distinguished from ""Canis"" by dentition highly specialised for a hypercarnivorous diet, and a lack of dewclaws. It was classified as endangered by the IUCN in 2016, as it had disappeared from much of its original range. The 2016 population was estimated at roughly 39 subpopulations containing 6,600 adults,"
"the Natal red rock hare (""P. crassicaudatus"") are three species of hare that live in rocky environments, hence their name. These species are isolated from one another in where they live. There is an introduced population of European rabbits on Robben Island, which is under a culling programme. The origins of the taxon Afrotheria is deeply rooted in the African continent. The best known of these is the aardvark and the African bush elephant. Most members of the Afrotheria have remained in Africa. The African bush elephant is the only proboscidean in South Africa, and the largest native animal. It"
"Nubian lies within the Eastern Sudanic family, which is part of the Nilo-Saharan phylum. There are seven Hill Nubian languages, according to ""Ethnologue"" and Glottolog. Some of the languages have dialects. Their internal classification within Hull Nubian is not well established. Glottolog classifies Hill Nubian (Kordofan Nubian) into two branches: Eastern Kordofan Nubian and Western Kordofan Nubian, containing three and four languages respectively. ""Ethnologue"", however, only groups Kadaru and Ghulfan together, leaving the rest unclassified within Hill Nubian, as follows: Additionally, one extinct language known only from a word list of 36 words, Haraza, is unclassified within Hill Nubian. More"
"Lappet-faced vulture The lappet-faced vulture or Nubian vulture (""Torgos tracheliotos"") is an Old World vulture belonging to the bird order Accipitriformes, which also includes eagles, kites, buzzards and hawks. It is the only member of the genus ""Torgos"". It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, and does not share the good sense of smell of some members of that group. The lappet-faced vulture was formerly considered monotypical, but now is separated into two subspecies. The nominate race lives throughout Africa. The subspecies ""T. t. negevensis"", differing considerably in appearance from African vultures (as described below),"
"red-knobbed coot. Bald ibis and buttonquail are also rare on today's Western Sahara. Several species such as golden nightjar, Sudan golden sparrow, hooded vulture, dark chanting goshawk, speckled pigeon, African mourning dove, blue-naped mousebird, Kordofan lark, red-chested swallow, chestnut-bellied starling, African swallow-tailed kite, tawny eagle, slender-billed curlew, demoiselle crane, Arabian bustard, ostrich, lappet-faced vulture, helmeted guineafowl are seemingly locally rare or extinct, or rather visitors of vagrants. Terrestrial animals are less diverse than birds, including Ruppell's fox, fennec fox, caracal, hyena, camel, gazelles, addaxes, hares, hedgehog variants, fat sand rat, lesser Egyptian jerboa, bats, and others. Barbary lion and hartebeest"
"Nubian. The Anglo-Nubian breed originated in England as a 1920s–1930 cross between the Old English milch goat and imported bucks, including Zariby and Nubian, imported from India, Russia, and Egypt. The typical Nubian goat is large in size and carries more flesh than other dairy breeds. The Nubian breed standard specifies large size, markings can be any colour, the ears are long, pendulous and floppy and they have a very round nose, which is referred to as a 'Roman Nose'. The Nubian temperament is sociable, outgoing, and vocal. Because of its elongated ears and sleek body, the Nubian has a"
"giraffe"" are now known to be the Kordofan giraffe (""G. c. antiquorum""). Older studies on giraffe subspecies have caused some researchers to question the separate status of ""G. c. peralta"" and the Kordofan giraffe (""G. c. antiquorum""). Genetic testing published in 2007 confirmed the distinctiveness of the West African giraffe. Most captive giraffes from northwestern Africa are in French zoological parks, a result of the history of French colonialism in what was French West Africa. Those giraffes were formerly treated as ""G. c. peralta"". However, since genetic analysis revealed that only giraffes to the west of Lake Chad belong to"
"elephants, is Greek for ""oblique-sided tooth"". Elephants belong to the family Elephantidae, the sole remaining family within the order Proboscidea which belongs to the superorder Afrotheria. Their closest extant relatives are the sirenians (dugongs and manatees) and the hyraxes, with which they share the clade Paenungulata within the superorder Afrotheria. Elephants and sirenians are further grouped in the clade Tethytheria. Three species of elephants are recognised; the African bush elephant (""Loxodonta africana"") and forest elephant (""Loxodonta cyclotis"") of sub-Saharan Africa, and the Asian elephant (""Elephas maximus"") of South and Southeast Asia. African elephants have larger ears, a concave back, more"
"this subspecies, the populations in European zoos are in fact Kordofan giraffes (""G. c. antiquorum""). The West African giraffe is more closely related to the giraffes of East Africa than to those of Central Africa. Its ancestor may have migrated from East to North Africa during the Quaternary and then to West Africa with the development of the Sahara desert. At its largest, Lake Chad may have acted as a barrier between West African and Kordofan giraffes during the Holocene. The Nigerien giraffe population relies upon seasonal migration between the relatively drought-resistant lowlands of the Niger River valley and the"
"Giraffe The giraffe (""Giraffa"") is a genus of African even-toed ungulate mammals, the tallest living terrestrial animals and the largest ruminants. The genus currently consists of one species, ""Giraffa camelopardalis"", the type species. Seven other species are extinct, prehistoric species known from fossils. Taxonomic classifications of one to eight extant giraffe species have been described, based upon research into the mitochondrial and nuclear DNA, as well as morphological measurements of ""Giraffa,"" but the IUCN currently recognises only one species with nine subspecies. The giraffe's chief distinguishing characteristics are its extremely long neck and legs, its horn-like ossicones, and its distinctive"
"Tufted capuchin The tufted capuchin (""Sapajus apella""), also known as brown capuchin, black-capped capuchin, or pin monkey is a New World primate from South America. As traditionally defined, it is one of the most widespread primates in the Neotropics, but it has recently been recommended considering the black-striped, black and golden-bellied capuchins as separate species in a new genus, thereby effectively limiting the tufted capuchin to the Amazon basin and nearby regions. The tufted capuchin is an omnivorous animal, mostly feeding on fruits and invertebrates, although it sometimes feeds on small vertebrates (e.g. lizards and bird chicks) and other plant"
"Numidotheriidae Numidotheriidae is an extinct family of primitive proboscidean that lived from the late Paleocene to the early Eocene periods of North Africa. Fragmentary fossils (mainly teeth) of the early Eocene genera, ""Daouitherium"" and ""Phosphatherium"" have been found in the Ouled Abdun Basin, Morocco. ""Numidotherium"" is known from an almost complete skeleton from late early Eocene deposits in southern Algeria and Libya. Compared to modern elephants, the Numidotheriidae were quite small. ""Phosphatherium"" for instance was only 60 cm long and weighed approximately 15 kg. ""Numidotherium"" was about 1 m in length. They occupied a similar ecological niche to the modern"
"Lycaon (genus) Lycaon is a genus of canid. There are two known species: the extant ""Lycaon pictus"", a canid with common names including ""African wild dog"", ""painted dog"", ""ornate wolf"", and ""African hunting dog""; and the extinct, less cursorial ""Lycaon sekowei"", known from the Pliocene and Pleistocene of South Africa. This hypercarnivorous and highly cursorial genus is distinguished by accessory cusps on the premolars. It branched off from the wolf-like canids lineage during the Plio-Pleistocene. Since then, ""Lycaon"" has become lighter and tetradactyl, but has remained hypercarnivorous. Some authors consider the extinct ""Canis"" subgenus ""Xenocyon"" as ancestral to both ""Lycaon"""
"Senegal coucal (""Centropus senegalensis""), the scaly-throated honeyguide (""Indicator variegatus"") and several species of hornbill, ranging in size from the northern red-billed hornbill (""Tockus erythrorhynchus"") to the silvery-cheeked hornbill (""Bycanistes brevis""). Among passerines, the most frequently taken are likely to be corvids, which are often favored by ""Bubo"" owls from around the world due to their large size, relatively open nests and frequently easy-to-find, communal nocturnal roosts. To date the cape crow (""Corvus capensis"") and pied crow (""Corvus albus"") are the corvids reported in dietary studies but in Ethiopia thick-billed ravens (""Corvus crassirostris""), which at are possible the heaviest corvid species"
"million individuals in total. The white-eared kob is protected in Boma National Park and Bandingilo National Park in South Sudan, and Gambella National Park in Ethiopia. Kob The kob (""Kobus kob"") is an antelope found across Central Africa and parts of West Africa and East Africa. Together with the closely-related reedbucks, waterbucks, lechwe, Nile lechwe, and puku, it forms the Reduncinae tribe. Found along the northern savanna, it is often seen in Murchison Falls and Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda; Garamba and Virunga National Park, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as grassy floodplains of South Sudan."
"Five of these families, Kadu, Temein, Daju, Nyima and Hill Nubian, belong to the Nilo-Saharan language phylum, while four, Katla, Rashad, Lafofa and Talodi–Heiban, belong to the Niger–Congo language family. Kadu's relationship to Nilo-Saharan is uncertain; it was previously classified as Niger–Congo, and a conservative classification would consider it an independent family. Previously, the four Niger–Congo language groups along with the Nilo-Saharan Kadu group were classified together as the Kordofanian languages. However, Kordofanian is no longer considered a valid family. Almost all of the languages spoken in the Nuba Mountains are indigenous to the mountains and found nowhere else. The"
"Afrikaner sheep The Afrikaner sheep (also known as ""Cape fat tail"") is a breed of fat tailed, hair sheep indigenous to South Africa. Afrikaner sheep are one of the oldest native sheep breeds in South Africa, along with sheep such as the Damara, Blackhead Persian, Pedi, and Zulu (Nguni). Their ancestors were brought down from the middle east by the Khoikhoin people. Ronderib Afrikaners are thought to be the first sheep imported to Australia, with the First Fleet in 1788, but today are very rare in the country. There are two varieties of Afrikaner sheep; The Namaqua Afrikaner and the"
"Afrikaner sheep The Afrikaner sheep (also known as ""Cape fat tail"") is a breed of fat tailed, hair sheep indigenous to South Africa. Afrikaner sheep are one of the oldest native sheep breeds in South Africa, along with sheep such as the Damara, Blackhead Persian, Pedi, and Zulu (Nguni). Their ancestors were brought down from the middle east by the Khoikhoin people. Ronderib Afrikaners are thought to be the first sheep imported to Australia, with the First Fleet in 1788, but today are very rare in the country. There are two varieties of Afrikaner sheep; The Namaqua Afrikaner and the"
"possibly the largest in West Africa. The endangered West African wild dog (""Lycaon pictus manguensis"") was recorded in Pendjari National Park during a survey in April 2000, as well as African leopard, spotted hyena, side-striped jackal, and African civet. The number of waterbucks (""Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa"") decreased from about 3000 in the 1970s to only 120 in 2004. In 2014 and 2015, camera-traps recorded caracal (""Caracal caracal""), serval (""Leptailurus serval""), African wildcat (""Felis lybica""), African civet (""Civettictis civetta""), ""Genetta"" species, Egyptian mongoose (""Herpestes ichneumon""), white-tailed mongoose (""Ichneumia albicauda""), marsh mongoose (""Atilax paludinosus""), golden jackal (""Canis aurus"") and honey badger (""Mellivora"
"Northern giraffe The northern giraffe (""Giraffa camelopardalis""), also known as three-horned giraffe, is a proposed species of giraffe native to North Africa. In the current IUCN taxonomic scheme, there is only one species of giraffe with the name ""G. camelopardalis"" and nine subspecies. Once abundant throughout Africa since the 19th century, it ranged from Senegal, Mali and Nigeria from West Africa to up north in Egypt. The West African giraffes once lived in Algeria and Morocco in ancient periods until their extinctions due to the Saharan dry climate. It is isolated in South Sudan, Kenya, Chad and Niger. All giraffes"
"to 10 subcaudal scales, and females typically measure two to four subcaudal scales. The color pattern is typically black or dark brown with light brown or gold sides and dorsal blotches. The belly is a white or cream that may include scattered black markings. However, those in the pet industries have, through selective breeding, developed many morphs (genetic mutations) with altered colors and patterns. They are found in west Sub Saharan Africa from Senegal, Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria through Cameroon, Chad, and the Central African Republic to Sudan and Uganda. No type"