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of Good Hope Nature Reserve - August 22 |
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Chacma Baboon
Papio ursinus
Cape Point, South Africa
22 August 2007
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Eland
Taurotragus oryx
Cape of Good Hope NP
South Africa
22 August 2007
(The Cape is not on their range map in the book - must have been
introduced here. But aren't they handsome?)
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Bontebok
Damaliscus dorcas dorcas
Cape of Good Hope NP
South Africa
22 August 2007
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| Aug.
23 - Gordon's Bay & Betty's Bay |
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Southern Right Whales
Lissodelphis peronii
Gordon's Bay by Rooi Els, South Africa
23 August 2007
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Rock Dassie (Hyrax)
Procavia capensis
Stony Point, Betty's Bay, South Africa
23 August 2007
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| West
Coast National Park - Aug. 25 |
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Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
West Coast NP
South Africa
25 August 2007
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Striped Mouse
Rhabdomys pumilio
Geelbek, West Coast NP
South Africa
25 August 2007
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| Langebaan
to Nieuwoudtville - Aug. 26-28 |
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Egyptian Mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Highway N7 near Piketberg, South Africa
26 August 2007
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Meerkat
Suricata suricatta
R27 Nieuwoudtville to Vanrhynsdorp
28 August 2007
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Springbok, Goegap Nature Reserve
& Augrabies Falls NP - Aug 28-30
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Gemsbok
Oryx gazella gazella
Goegap Nature Reserve
South Africa
29 August 2007
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African Ground Squirrel
Xerus inauris
Augrabies NP campground
29 August 2007
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Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
Augrabies Falls NP
South Africa
30 August 2007
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Rock Dassie (Hyrax)
Procavia capensis
Augrabies Falls NP
South Africa
30August 2007
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| Kgalagadi
Transfrontier Park - Aug. 30-Sep 1 |
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Black-backed Jackal
Canis mesomelas
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
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Leopard (male)
Panthera pardus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
[We followed this guy along the wash while he patrolled his territory;
he covered about 6K in about 2 hours.]
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Leopard (female)
Panthera pardus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
[look closely and you can see the blood on her muzzle; she has
a kill in the tree she's standing under]
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Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
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Common Eland (S African race)
Taurotragus oryx oryx
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
[stripes faint to nonexistant;
note swollen ankle on lead animal]
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Yellow Mongoose
Cynictis penicillata
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
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Blue Wildebeest (Brindled Gnu)
Connochaetes taurinus
Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
South Africa
31 August 2007
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Cape Fur Seal
Arctocephalus pusillus
Waterfront, Cape Town
South Africa
13 September 2007
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