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  2. Apex predator - Wikipedia

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    The lion is the world's second-largest big cat and serves as an apex land predator in Africa. [1] [2] The saltwater crocodile is the largest living reptile and the dominant predator throughout its range. [3] [4] The great white shark (bottom) is one of the top marine predators; however, the orca (top) is known to prey upon them. Thus, great ...

  3. Savanna - Wikipedia

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    A tree savanna at Tarangire National Park in Tanzania in East Africa A grass savanna at Kruger National Park in South Africa. A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) biome and ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close.

  4. Wildlife of Benin - Wikipedia

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    The protected area of Benin which is defined as a National Protected Area System is in northern Benin, mostly with a woody savanna ecosystem. It covers 10.3% of the nation and is part of the three-nation W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (WAP) (of which 43%, 36% and 21% is in Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger respectively). [1] [2] [3] [4]

  5. Keystone species - Wikipedia

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    Without keystone species, the ecosystem would be dramatically different or cease to exist altogether. Some keystone species, such as the wolf and lion, are also apex predators. The role that a keystone species plays in its ecosystem is analogous to the role of a keystone in an arch. While the keystone is under the least pressure of any of the ...

  6. Northwest African cheetah - Wikipedia

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    In Niger, populations occur in the northern parts of the country in the Ténéré desert and in the southern savanna region of W National Park. Records in Togo date to the 1970s. The Saharan cheetah is thought to be regionally extinct in Morocco , Western Sahara , Senegal , Guinea , Guinea-Bissau , Sierra Leone , Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana .

  7. African savanna hare - Wikipedia

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    The African savanna hare is a medium-sized species growing to a length of between 41 and 58 cm (16 and 23 in) with a weight of between 1.5 and 3 kilograms (3.3 and 6.6 lb). The ears have black tips, the dorsal surface of head and body is greyish-brown, the flanks and limbs are reddish-brown and the underparts are white.

  8. Ancient ‘terror birds’ were giant apex predators. Suspected ...

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    “They are the only group of birds that achieved the role of terrestrial apex predators, evolving species that basically conquered South America during the Miocene (about 23.03 million to 5.33 ...

  9. Serval - Wikipedia

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    It will seek cover to escape its view, and, if the predator is very close, immediately flee in long leaps, changing its direction frequently and with the tail raised. [20] The serval is an efficient, though not frequent, climber; an individual was observed to have climbed a tree to a height of more than 9 m (30 ft) to escape dogs. [ 24 ]