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The Abyssinia Slug-eater (Duberria lutrix) is a species of non-venomous typical snake of the subfamily Colubrinae, family Colubridae found in Ethiopia, that feeds on small invertebrates and other small reptiles. The Abyssinia Slug-eater grows to an average length of 40 cm. Research Abyssinia Slug-Eater
Bruceae is a genus of Simarubaceae, named in honour of the Abyssinian traveller. It consists of shrubs with compound leaves, flowers in heads, parts of the flower in fours, and stamens attached to a stalk supporting the four drupes. The stamens are sterile in the female flowers. The species are natives of Ethiopia and China and some of them possess properties similar to quassia, a drug furnished by a tree of the same family. Research Bruceae
The gazelle (Gazella dorcas) is the type of a sub-family of antelopes (the Gazellinae), which includes some 23 species of small, mostly desert-living forms. The gazelle is a light fawn colour upon the back, deepening into dark-brown in a wide band which edges the flanks and forms a line of demarcation between the colour of the upper portions of the body and the pure white of the abdomen. The eye of the gazelle is large, soft, and lustrous. Both sexes are provided with horns, round, black, and lyrated, about 33 cm long. The gazelle is found to the north side of the Atlas Mountains, in Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria, Arabia, and South Iraq. Research Gazelle
The gelada (Theropithecus) is a dark, shaggy-maned baboon found in Ethiopia of the family Cercopithedcidae remarkable for the heavy mane which hangs over the shoulders, and which only grows when the animal is adult. It was originally called Gelada Ruppelii, in honour of Dr. Ruppell, its discoverer. Research Gelada
Jackal is a common name of any of four Old World wild dogs. The Asian, or golden, jackal (Canis aureus), is common from northern Africa to south-eastern Europe and India. The black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas), and the side-striped jackal (Canis adustus), inhabit eastern and southern Africa. The Simien jackal (Canis simensis), is found in central Ethiopia. Its size, narrow head, and pointed muzzle are fox like, but its other physical characteristics are similar to those of wolves. The coat is typically grizzled tawny buff in colour; the tip of the bushy tail is dark. The jackal feeds on carrion, small poultry, and occasionally fruit; it hunts at night, in small groups or in pairs, uttering its cry, called the pheal.
Jackals inhabit plains, deserts, and prairies, living during the day in holes in the ground. Their life span is 12 to 15 years.
Jackals interbreed with domestic dogs. Research Jackal
The Somali Wild Ass (Equus asinus somalicus) is the only surviving subspecies of the African Wild Ass. The Somali Wild Ass stands about 130 centimetres tall, has a large head in proportion to its body, and is a uniform light grey in colour. The Somali Wild Ass resembles the domestic donkey (Equus asinus), but is not actually a donkey. Rather, domestic donkeys are descended from the now extinct Nubian Wild Ass which was very similar to the Somali Wild Ass. The
Somali Wild Ass is now on the verge of extinction and is one of the rarest animals left in the world, with just a few hundred remaining in Ethiopia and Somalia. Research Somali Wild Ass
Alois da Cadamosto was a Venetian explorer. He was born about 1432 and died in 1464. He explored the west coast of Africa as far south as the Gambia. His Book of the First Voyage over the Ocean to the Land of Negroes in Lower Ethiopia was published in 1507. Research Alois da Cadamosto
The Gallas are a Hamitic people of East Africa, mainly Kenya and Ethiopia. They are tall, with dark brown skin, wiry bodies. Their nose is often straight or arched and they have moderate lips. Research Gallas
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