- African expedition - African wildlife tour - Animal observing expedition - Animal viewing expedition - Expedition in East Africa - Expedition to observe animals in their habitat - Holiday trip
- African animal - Camelopard - Long necked mammal - Long-necked ruminant - Tall mammal - Tallest mammal - An African ruminant (Camelopardalis giraffa) related to
the deers and antelopes, but placed in a family by itself; the
camelopard. It is the tallest of animals, being sometimes twenty feet
from the hoofs to the top of the head. Its neck is very long, and its
fore legs are much longer than its hind legs.
- Either one of two species of large, savage African wild
hogs of the genus Phacoch/rus. These animals have a pair of large,
rough, fleshy tubercles behind the tusks and second pair behind the
eyes. The tusks are large and strong, and both pairs curve upward. The
body is scantily covered with bristles, but there is long dorsal mane.
The South African species (Phacoch/rus Aethiopicus) is the best known.
Called also vlacke vark. The second species (P. Aeliani) is native of
the coasts of the Red Sea.