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a warthog standing in the middle of a dirt road with trees in the background

Wildlife photography: The Wonders of South African Animals | Wild Animals African elephants have big ears, long trunks, and short tails. They are grayish-brown in color and have wrinkled skin. Male African elephants have two finger-like growths on the end of their trunks. The smallest animal in South Africa is the ant. There are many different kinds of ants in South Africa. The smallest ant is the pygmy TRANSCRIPT NOT FOUND.

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This is the olive baboon! (Papio anubis) Also called Anabis baboons. The most extensively distributed of the baboons, they range through 26 African countries in a wide variety of woodland and forest-mosaic habitats. In some regions, they hybridize with yellow baboons, geladas, and possibly Guinea baboons. They travel and forage in troops of up to 150 individuals. Widespread and locally common despite trapping, shooting, and poisoning campaigns in part of their range; populations are stable.

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