Sunday, November 6, 2011

10. Wildlife of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The country's rain -forest contain great biodiversity, including many national  rare and endemic species, such as both species of chimpanzee: the common chimpanzee and the bonobo, mountain tigers, Okapi and White rhino. 


Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo#Birds 


There are many traditional wildlife in the  Democratic Republic of the Congo, but I introduced Bonobo  and peafowl.

Bonobo




The Democratic Republic of the Congo is the only country in the world in which  Bonobos (Pygmy Chimpanzees)  are found in the world. The Bonobos  previously called the Pgymy Chimpanzee and less often, the dwarf of gracile chimpanzee, is a great ape and one of the two species making up the genus pan.


Source;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo

Peafowl
The Congo peafowl is a species of peafowl.  The male is a large bird of up the 70 cm (28 in) in  length. Its features are deep blue with metallic green  and violate tinge. It has bare red neck  skin, grey feet, and a black tail with fourteen features.The female is generally a chestnut  brown bird with a black abdomen, metallic green back ,and a short chestnut bro chest.


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