Africa Travel in 1936: "Wheels Across Africa" 1936 Dodge, Armand Denis

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more at http://travel.quickfound.net/ "Armand Davis leads motor expedition in Africa, powered by Dodge cars." NEW VERSION with improved video & sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArV_O8hbnlQ Public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archive, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna_of_Africa ...Birds There live (temporarily or permanently) more than 2600 bird species in Africa (about 1500 of them Passerines). Some 114 of them are threatened species. The Afrotropic has various endemic bird families, including ostriches (Struthionidae), Mesites, sunbirds, Secretary bird (Sagittariidae), guineafowl (Numididae), and mousebirds (Coliidae). Also, several families of passerines are limited to the Afrotropics. These include rock-jumpers (Chaetopidae), Bushshrike (Malaconotidae), Wattle-eyes, (Platysteiridae) and rockfowl (Picathartidae). Other common birds include parrots (Lovebirds, Poicephalus, Psittacus), various cranes (Crowned Cranes, Blue Crane, Wattled Crane), storks (Slaty Egret, Black Heron, Marabous, Abdim's Stork, Shoebill), bustards (Kori Bustard, Neotis, Eupodotis, Lissotis), sandgrouse (Pterocles), Coraciiformes (Bee-eaters, Hornbills, Ceratogymna), Phasianids (Francolins, Congo Peafowl, Blue Quail, Harlequin Quail, Stone Partridge, Madagascar Partridge). The woodpeckers and allies include Honeyguides, African barbets, African Piculet, Ground Woodpecker, Dendropicos and Campethera. The birds of prey include the Buzzards, Harriers, Old World vultures, Bateleur, Circaetus, Melierax and others. Trogons are represented by one genus (Apaloderma). African Penguin is the only penguin species. Madagascar was once home to the now extinct Elephant Birds. Africa is home to numerous songbirds (Pipits, Orioles, Antpeckers, Brubrus, Cisticolas, Negrofinches, Olivebacks, Pytilias, Green-backed Twinspot, Crimson-wings, Seedcrackers, Bluebills, Firefinches, Waxbills, Amandavas, Quailfinches, Munias, Weavers, Tit-hylia, Amadina, Anthoscopus, Mirafra, Hypargos, Eremomela, Euschistospiza, Erythrocercus, Malimbus, Pitta, Uraeginthus, Pied Crow, White-necked Raven, Thick-billed Raven, Cape Crow and others). The Red-billed Quelea is the most abundant bird species in the world. Of the 589 species of birds (excluding seabirds) that breed in the Palaearctic (temperate Europe and Asia), 40% spend the winter elsewhere. Of those species that leave for the winter, 98% travel south to Africa... Mammals More than 1100 mammal species live in Africa. Africa has three endemic orders of mammals, the Tubulidentata (aardvarks), Afrosoricida (tenrecs and golden moles), and Macroscelidea (elephant shrews). The current research of mammalian phylogeny has proposed an Afrotheria clade (including the exclusively African orders). The East-African plains are well known for their diversity of large mammals. ...African rabbits and hares include Riverine Rabbit, Bunyoro Rabbit, Cape Hare, Scrub Hare, Ethiopian Highland Hare, African Savanna Hare, Abyssinian Hare and several species of Pronolagus. Among the marine mammals there are several species of dolphins, 2 species of Sirenians and seals (e.g. Cape Fur Seal). Of the Carnivores there are 60 species, including the conspicuous hyenas, lions, leopards, cheetahs, serval, as well as the less prominent Bat-eared Fox, African Polecat, African Striped Weasel, Caracal, Honey Badger, Speckle-throated Otter, several mongooses, jackals, civets, etc. The family Eupleridae is restricted to Madagascar The African list of ungulates is longer than in any other continent. The largest number of modern bovids is found in Africa (African Buffalo, Duikers, Impala, Rhebok, Reduncinae, Oryx, Dik-dik, Klipspringer, Oribi, Gerenuk, True gazelles, Hartebeest, Wildebeest, Dibatag, Eland, Tragelaphus, Hippotragus, Neotragus, Raphicerus, Damaliscus)... African fauna contains 64 species of primates. Four species of Great Apes (Hominidae) are endemic to Africa: both species of Gorilla (Western Gorilla, Gorilla gorilla, and Eastern Gorilla, Gorilla beringei) and both species of Chimpanzee (Common Chimpanzee, Pan troglodytes, and Bonobo, Pan paniscus). Humans and their ancestors originated in Africa. Other primates include Colobuses, Baboons, Geladas, Vervet monkeys, Guenons, Macaques, Mandrills, Crested mangabeys, White-eyelid mangabeys, Kipunji, Allen's Swamp Monkey, Patas Monkey, Talapoin. Lemurs and Aye-aye are characteristic to Madagascar...