01 o 08
Nā'Aiwi'ē aʻe o'Afelika
ʻo Caracal. Tambako i ka Jaguar / Flickr.com ʻO nā pōpoki nui o nā savanna gula o'Akelika'Ākau he kaulana kaulana i ke ao. ʻO ka liona a me ka leopadi kekahi hapa o ka mea kaulanaʻo Big Five , aʻo ka diaetah he mea kānalua ia o kekahi o nā mea iʻike nuiʻia e ka leka . Eia naʻe, he home ka'Ālika no nā pōpoki liʻiliʻiʻehiku -ʻo kekahi o ia mau mea heʻano paʻakikī paha a ua pilikia paha he meaʻuʻuku wale nō ka poʻe iʻike i ko lākou nohoʻana. ʻO lākou kekahi o nā mea nani loa o ka honua, a ma kēiaʻatikala, e nānā kākou i ke kumu o ka hilinaʻi nuiʻana o nā manu o'Afelika.
02 o 08
ʻOhana (Leptailurus serval)
Kauā. ʻO Diana Robinson Keʻena / Getty Images ʻO ka mea lawelawe, he'ōpiopio nui loa ia, heʻoluʻolu aloha i loaʻa ma nā māla oʻAmelika. Aia heʻumikumamāwalu mau makahiki, me ka hapa liʻiliʻi e koe i ka'āinaʻoʻAmelika o Morocco. ʻO lākou nā'ōpiopio liʻiliʻi, me kaʻilima o kaʻanuʻu-a-poʻohiwi o 24 mau'niha / 60 mau keneta. A me kahi kapa komoʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele,ʻeleʻele ko lākou mau poʻo, hoʻonui i nā pepeiao, aʻo nā wā lōʻihi loa o nā'īlio e like me ka nui. Hoʻohana lākou i kā lākou lohe kūʻokoʻa e kiʻi ai i nā'ōpena, kahi e kū ai lākou ma ke kauʻana iā lākou mai nā kiʻekiʻe heʻeono kapuaʻi a me 2 mau mika. Mālamaʻia nā wahi aloha me ka nui o ka mauʻu mau, a hiki keʻikeʻia i ka lā.
03 o 08
Nā Wildcat African (Felis silvestris lybica)
ʻO Wildcat Wildlife. ʻO Franz Aberham / Getty Images ʻO nā poʻe i hiki keʻike i kahi pilikinoʻAmelika ma kona wahi kūlohelohe e hiki ke kalaʻia no kaʻaeʻana no ka nui o kaʻoiaʻiʻo, mahalo i kona kapa komo aliʻi a me nāʻiliʻeleʻele maʻamau. ʻAʻole kēia kūpono, no ka mea, ua ulu nā pōpoki home i nā pipi'āhiuli i ka Middle East ma kahi o 10,000 makahiki i hala. I kēia lā, loaʻa lākou ma waena o'Akaloka a kokoke i ka palena o ka Peninsula Arabian. Hiki iā lākou ke ola ma nāʻano nohona he nui, akā, makemake i nā wahi kūpono a me nā mea maʻamau i ka wao akua. He pōkole ka ulu lāʻau'ākau oʻAmelika, a hoʻohana i nāʻano hana e hopu ai i nā koʻi liʻiliʻi, nā manu a me nā mea kolo. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻaʻana i nā pōpili hale e hiki ke hōʻehaʻia i kēiaʻano 'mea e hiki mai ana.
04 o 08
Kalecal (Kalikalō)
ʻo Caracal. GP232 / Getty Images Uaʻikeʻiaʻo ia i ka'īlio a me kaʻulaʻula i Afrikaans , uaʻikeʻia ka huakaʻi i loko o ka savannah a me nā wahi maloʻo maloʻo ma lalo o'Aharica. Noho lākou i nā wahi o ka Hikina Hikina a me ka lāhui o India. Ua laweʻia ko lākou inoa mai ka hua'ōlelo Turkish i kapaʻia "pepeiao pepeiaoʻeleʻele", aʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻo ka lōʻihi o nā pepeiao pepeiaoʻeleʻele kekahi o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona. ʻO ka'ōnika he kapaʻulaʻula keʻokeʻo, aʻo ia ka puʻupuʻuʻoi loa loa o nā pōpoki liʻiliʻi o'Afelika me ka kaumaha o 40 mau paona / 18 kilokani. He mau mea pāʻani nui lākou, hiki ke piʻi i nā lāʻau a lele iʻoi aku i ka 10 kapuaʻi / 3 mika i ka lewa e hopu ai i nā manu i waena o ka lele. ʻAʻole paʻakikī kaʻike o nā Caracals, no ka nocturnal a he hūnā.
05 o 08
Kupuna Sand (Felis margarita)
Ke Kahola Sand. Tambako i ka Jaguar / Flickr.com Loaʻa ka pōkole ma'Akehāka Ākau a meʻAkau Hema a me Central Central, aʻo ia wale nō ka iʻa e noho ai i nā wahi o kahi wao akua maoli. ʻO kona mau hiʻohiʻonaʻokoʻa, he poʻo pālahalaha, ākea; nā wāwae wāwae a me nā pepeiao nui. He wahi pōkole liʻiliʻi, me kahi kiʻekiʻe o ka'ūhā papahele e pili ana i 12 iniha / 30 mau kenimika - akā naʻe, me ka nui o kona nui,ʻo ia ka mea nui loa o ka helu nui o kēlā me kēiaʻano manu. Hoʻokumuʻo ia i nā koʻi liʻiliʻi, a ua kūpono ke kūpono i ka ola ma ka wao akua. ʻO kona paleʻeleʻele a me ke koloka ka mea e hiki ai ke hoʻoulu maikaʻi i nā'ōpū, aʻo nā poʻohiwi o kona mau pāpā ua uhiʻia i ka huluʻeleʻele e pale ai iā lākou mai ke one. Hiki i nā'ōpili kuli ke pale i nā mahana e piʻi mai ana mai -5 ° C / 23 ° F a 52 ° C / 126 ° F, a eʻimi i kahi e noho ai i loko o nāʻanuʻu o nā holoholona'ē aʻe.
06 o 08
Ka uluwehi o ka'āpana (Felis chaus)
Ka'Ōlapa Mala. Lillian King / Getty Images Kāheaʻia nō hoʻiʻo kaʻohe a me ka pipi puapili, heʻano lōʻihi ka wāwae o ka pua hihiu me nā pepeiao nui, a hāmama a me ke kapa'ahuʻula. He papa keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo, a aia ma Kina, ka Middle East, ka'āina'Ānelani a me nā hapa o Central a me Kona Hikina. Ma'Afelika, aia wale nō ia maʻAigupita. Uaʻikeʻia nā'āpiki'ūlū i nā hale kupapaʻu o nā poʻe malihini oʻAigupita, e hōʻike ana ua hoʻolakoʻia lākou i ka manawa i hoʻohanaʻia a hoʻohanaʻia e kōkua i ka mālamaʻana i ka lehulehu. Ma muli o kona inoa, hoʻokuʻu ka puaʻa hihiu i nā wao nahele a me nā wahi ulu lāʻau a makemake nō hoʻi e mālama i nā moku, nāʻauwaha a me nā awa. Hoʻomaka ka hanana ulu ma ka lā, a hānai i nā koʻi liʻiliʻi a me nā manu.
07 o 08
Kaʻileʻaleʻeleʻele (Felis nigripes)
Kaʻileʻaleʻaʻeleʻele. Dave Hamman / Getty Images ʻIkeʻia hoʻiʻo ka'īlio liʻiliʻi,ʻo kēiaʻano e pili ana i ka hema o'Afelika, kahi i loaʻa nui ai i kahi maloʻo, nā wahi hāmama o Aferika Hema a me Namibia. ʻO ka pēpēʻeleʻele ka mea liʻiliʻi loa o nāʻano iʻa a pau oʻAmelika e like me ke kiʻekiʻe o ka'ūhā poʻohiwi wale nō he 25 mau keneta / 10 inches. He hale kūpili me nā maka nui a me nā pepeiao pepeiao, a ua kahakahaʻia kona kapaʻulu me nā wahiʻeleʻele. He mea hilahila lākou, akā he mea hōʻeha i ka wā i kuʻiʻia ai -ʻo ia ke kumu i kapaʻia ai ko lākou poʻe'Aterika e kapaʻia he "'ūpokiʻoki". Ua heluʻia nā pōpokiʻeleʻele me nā mea kūpono ma ka list List Red, a he mea paʻakikī loa ke nānā aku no ko lākouʻano nowa. I ka wanaʻao, hiamoe lākou i loko o nā mea i haʻaleleʻia o nā holoholona'ē aʻe.
08 o 08
Ka MoanaʻApelika'Apau (Caracal aurata)
ʻOʻApelikaʻOi. ʻO Ricky Reino ʻO ka'ōpiliʻokoʻa oʻAmelika e pili ana i nā ululaau pālahalaha o West and Central Africa , mai ka Central African Republic ma ka'ākau a hiki i ka'ākau o Angola i ka hema. He pili pili loa ia i ka lawelawe a me ka huakaʻi, a heʻelua manawa ka nui o ka'īlio home. Hoʻokumu paʻaʻia nā pōpili gula oʻApelika, aʻano'ē keʻano keʻokeʻo mai kaʻulaʻula i ke oho hina. Loaʻa kekahi i nā wahi a pau, aʻo nā mea'ē aʻe iʻike waleʻia ma nā'ōpū a me nā wāwae i loko. Ua heluʻia lākou ma ka hōʻailona o ka IUCN Red Liste ma muli o ka liloʻana o ka noho a me ka huliʻana i ka nāhelehele, a uaʻikeʻia no ka hūnā nui. Ma muli o kēia mea, kiʻi kiʻiʻia nā pōpili gulaʻApelika no ka manawa mua ma ka nahelehele i ka makahiki 2002.