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2. A nocturnal animal species with thick brown fur and a short tail. They are from the phylum Chordata and the order Lagomorpha.
5. This organism is from a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They like to hop.
7. The common name of this grass belongs to the genus hypoxis that has bright yellow “star-like” flowers.
10. The common name for this plant in Africa, it is a perennial tussock-forming grass widespread in Africa, Australia, Asia and the Pacific.
12. Large bird of prey that inhabits Africa. It can be observed both north and south of the Sahara desert.
13. A member of the antelope family. They have a large, box-like head with curving horns.
15. One of the world’s most-recognizable cats, known especially for its speed and spots.
18. A medium-sized, slender member of the cat family found across Africa and Central and Southwestern Asia. These strongly built felines have tan to brick red coats.
19. They are medium¬-sized antelopes with a striking reddish-brown to purplish-red coat. Distinct black patches appear on their face, their upper forelegs, and on their hips and thighs.
20. It is the second-largest living big cat after the tiger.

1. Named after Joseph Thomson, a Scottish explorer, and are endemic to eastern Africa.
3. A nocturnal burrowing mammal with long ears, a tubular snout, and a long extensible tongue, feeding on ants and termites.
4. A group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.
6. A genus of about 160 species of trees and shrubs in the pea family commonly found in Australia and Africa.
8. Any of nearly three dozen species of small bold predatory carnivores found mainly in Africa.
9. The common for any of the species or genera of ants that collect seeds.
11. This organism is a type of beetle that feed on feces.
14. A swift-running antelope, the most abundant ruminant in the savannas of eastern and southern Africa.
16. A four-legged, carnivorous mammal that has both dog-like and cat-like features. They don’t actually laugh.
17. A wild member of the pig family found in grassland, savanna, and woodland in sub-Saharan Africa. Hakuna Matata.