That is a nice mix, although if I am not mistaken (which I could be) the addra gazelle do not fit geographically.
jbnbsn99 changed his avatar. That is not an aurochs by chance? (I am assuming they died out before photography was around).
No they don't. The zoo used to have Thomson's gazelle, Roan antelope, Cinereous vultures. Those were a better fit then the new Addra gazelle.
I didn't technically change it, I never had one. I figured since I'm writing a book on the beast, might as well go whole hog, I mean errr, ummm whole ox.
Below is an excerpt from my 2010 review of this underrated zoo, and it includes a species list for the Savanna: The centerpiece adjacent to the large village is the 18-acre Savanna with these 10 species: Reticulated giraffe, Grant’s zebra, marabou stork, ostrich, African crowned crane, bontebok, impala, greater kudu, Addra gazelle and waterbuck. There are numerous viewing opportunities of this enormous field, and while at times there perhaps could be more of the animals than just a handful of each (for example I saw zero kudu and only one bontebok) there can certainly be no complaints about the amount of space given to such a variety of savanna creatures.
When a species is described for the first time, statistics (i.e. measurments, weights etc) are recorded from a particular individual that is representative of the species. this individual - the Holotype - is then lodged in a museum. If there is some discussion or disagreement in the future about the species, then the Holotype is the one they refer back to.
