TheWildTales

 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 is a 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 in the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 of 𝐑𝐚𝐣𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧. It 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚 of 𝟏,𝟑𝟑𝟒 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 (𝟓𝟏𝟓 𝐬𝐪 𝐦𝐢). It is 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 to the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 by the 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 and to the 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 by the 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫. It is 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐭, which 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤.𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 was 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 as the 𝐒𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐢 𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 in 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓, initially covering an area of 𝟐𝟖𝟐 𝐤𝐦^𝟐 (𝟏𝟎𝟗 𝐬𝐪 𝐦𝐢). It was 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 one of the 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐓𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐬 in 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟒. It was 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 as a 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤 in 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎.          Tiger at Ranthambore National Park  𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 a 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚?...

 𝐇𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐮𝐦 𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢, also known as 𝐅𝐥𝐞𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐧'𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠 or the 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠, is a species of frog in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. It is found in the 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐬 from 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨 to 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫. Specifically , these frogs occur in 𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨, 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐄𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫, 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐚, 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬, 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐚, 𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐚, 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐮𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫.  This frog tends to have 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧, 𝐩𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐬 and 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐡.𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐬 are 𝟏𝟗–𝟐𝟖 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, while 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 from 𝟐𝟑–𝟑𝟐 𝐦𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠. They have a 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐢-𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 with 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐮𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭...

 𝐑𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐝𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫, known as the 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 or 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, is a species of 𝐧𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 in the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞 native to parts of the 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐑. 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 is 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐭 and 𝐯𝐢𝐩𝐞𝐫-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 in 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, and about 𝟐 𝐟𝐭 in 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 (𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥) when 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧. The 𝐞𝐲𝐞 is 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞. 𝐑. 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 is found in 𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 and 𝐒𝐫𝐢 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐚 especially on the 𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 rather than on the plains.It is also found in 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐞, 𝐌𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐭𝐫𝐚, 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐡, 𝐌𝐲𝐚𝐧𝐦𝐚𝐫, and possibly 𝐏𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧. 𝐑. 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 mainly on 𝐭𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬.𝐑. 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫 is 𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬.

 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐧'𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞 (𝐙𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚), also known as the 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞, is a 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 of the 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐑𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. Their 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭 is 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐝𝐬 in 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞, mainly in the 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭, and 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 the 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜.  They 𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭 in a 𝐝𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 in 𝐰𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐠𝐬, laying 𝟒–𝟖 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬. This species is 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 in 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚.It is also a 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫 in 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 and 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚.  They are 𝟏𝟔–𝟏𝟖 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡, and are 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 to the only 𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐞. Baillon's Crake has a 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥, 𝐲𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 or 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞. 𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 have mainly 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 with some 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬, and a 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞-𝐠𝐫𝐞...

 The 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞 (𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚 or 𝐆𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐚) is a 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬/𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 of Giraffe 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 to the 𝐇𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. It is differentiated from other types of Giraffe by its 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐭, which consists of 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞, 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐲𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 (or 𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝), 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤-𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬, which 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 onto the 𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬, 𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥 and 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. These prominent 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫-𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐬 also show 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦, when 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 to 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬. With up to 𝟔 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 in 𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, the reticulated giraffe is the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞 and the 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥. 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐬 historically occurred widely throughout 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. Their 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐛...

 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 (𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡: 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐮 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨) is the 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 of the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 is 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 in 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, in a region known as 𝐰𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚. The 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 in the 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐧 is the 𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 and 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 in 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞, with 𝟑𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 compared to the 𝟖𝟎𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬 in 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐧. The Western Lowland Gorilla  𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐨 is a 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞 for the 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 that 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 the 𝐆𝐮𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚 and the 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬. The basin 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬 in the 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 of the 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 with 𝐢𝐧𝐩𝐮𝐭 from 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐛...