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EXOTIC SPECIES
MAMMALS
HIPPOPOTAMUS
Central and Southern Sub-Saharan Africa.
Hippopotamus amphibius
Scientific name
3.3 - 5.2 m
Length
2,860 - 3,960 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
The diet is fundamentally herbivorous. Its diet includes roots, tubers, plants, leaves and fruits. They are semi-aquatic animals, living in rivers and lakes, in dense and humid forests and jungles. Males reach weights between 3,300 to 3,960 lbs and females, weights between 2,860 to 3,300 lbs. They have gray skin and mostly hairless, around the mouth, eyes and ears are pink. Their legs and tails are short and thick.
AFRICAN LION
Central and Eastern Africa
Panthera leo
Scientific name
1.4 - 2.5 m
Length
264 - 550 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
In this species there is sexual dimorphism; the male has a mane and is larger, with a body length that varies from 1.7 to 2.5 m, the tail measures from 90 to 105 cm and the weight varies from 330 to 550 lbs. The female does not have a mane and is smaller in size with a total body length that varies from 1.4 to 1.75 m, her tail measures from 70 to 100 cm and the weight varies from 264 to 400 Lb. The general coloration of the body is golden, however, the central region is white and the tip of the tail is black. This species inhabits the savannah, open forests and shrubby areas. The diet is carnivorous, comprising mainly medium and large animals such as wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, buffalo, among others.
LEOPARD
East and South of the Asian and African continent
Panthera pardus
Scientific name
91 - 190 cm
Length
61.6 - 198 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
The diet is carnivorous, comprising mainly small and medium-sized ungulates, domestic animals, primates, rodents, birds and even arthropods. The body length varies between 91 cm to 1.91 m, the length of the tail is 0.58 to 1.1 m. Males have a weight of 81 to 198 Lb and females 61.60 to 132 Lb. Their skin has brown spots on the body, these are usually of different sizes and distribution, these spots being known as rocetas.
