Pictures of fauna [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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African elephant raising its trunk (Kenya) African elephants wading in a wetland (Tanzania) Guenther's Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus guentheri) Altum Angelfish (Pterophyllum altum) Headshot of a spotted hyena (Tanzania) Cheetah (Tanzania) Dwarf chameleon (Bradypodion species) (Tanzania) Green sea turtle infant making its way towards the sea Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) Macaques (unidentified) on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) (Tanzania) Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) African Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) (Kenya) Small lizard (Kenya) Silhouette of a hornbill (unidentified species) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Two male ostrich (Tanzania) Pair of Oriental jackal (Canis aureus) (Tanzania) Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) (Tanzania) Orphaned elephant drinking milk at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (Kenya) Dead katydid (unidentified species) in Sabah, Malaysia Infant green sea turtle White-headed vulture in flight (Kenya) Augur buzzard (Tanzania) Black and white colobus monkey in a Jacaranda tree (Kenya) Ruppell's and White-backed Vultures feeding on a zebra carcass (Kenya) Sea urchin Female waterbucks (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) Orphaned elephant at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (Kenya) Leatherback sea turtle eggs Thompson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) (Kenya) Lion cubs peaking around a tree (Tanzania) Young female lion (Tanzania) Infant elephant (Kenya) Male ostrich defending chicks (Tanzania) Domestic water buffalo in Sabah, Malaysia Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) on a dirt road (Tanzania) Large group of banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) (Tanzania) African elephant (Loxodonta africana) feeding in Zambezi River Bat-eating snake Cockroaches in the Gomantong Cave in Sabah, Malaysia Lions on the prowl (Kenya) Abdim's Storks (Ciconia abdimii) atop a tree (Tanzania) Augur buzzard (Tanzania) Male vervet monkey standing on hind legs (Tanzania) Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) (Tanzania) Egg in a nest atop a tree (Tanzania) Kirk's Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) (Tanzania) Herd of African buffalo (Syncerus caffeer) at sunset in Chobe Naitonal Park Spider on forest floor Hippos on the banks of the Mara river (Kenya) Lions showing camouflage abilities (Tanzania) Abdim's Stork (Ciconia abdimii) (Tanzania) Thompson's gazelles running (Kenya) Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) Cheetah (Tanzania) Close-up of infant Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) in Chobe National Park Lioness with zebra kill (Tanzania) Verreaux's Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus) (Tanzania) Striped rodent (Tanzania) Eland (Kenya) Pair of Blacksmith Plover (Tanzania) Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) (Tanzania) Go-away bird (Kenya) Fisher's Lovebird near the entrance of its nest hole (Tanzania) African Green Pigeon; Treron calva (Kenya) Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} (Tanzania) Albino alligator Black-chested Snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) (Kenya) Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) Ox-peckers on the back of a hippo (Kenya) African elephant (Loxodonta africana) swinging grass in Chobe National Park Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) (Kenya) Red and black butterfly (Kenya) Black crake on the back of a hippo (Tanzania) Herd of elephants in a riverbed (Tanzania) Scientist and volunteer taking data on leatherback sea turtle Hippo (Kenya) Female lion with wildebeest kill (Tanzania) Eagle nest (Tanzania) Suni (Neotragus moschatus) on Mt. Kenya (Kenya) Baboons atop a rock outcropping (Tanzania) Baboons (Tanzania) Black and white colobus monkey in a tree (Kenya) Guineafowl; thompson's gazelle and a hyena (Kenya) fauna: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22