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African buffalo
Bovidae
Syncerus caffer · Near threatened
Males wear a "boss", a fusion of bone that joins their two horns across the forehead. The Swedish naturalist Anders Sparrman first described the African buffalo in 1779. It is the only living species of its genus, which emerged 500,000 to 1 million years ago.
Photo: Paul M Rae (CC BY 2.5)
African clawless otter
Mustelidae
Aonyx capensis · Near threatened
"Clawless" is what Aonyx, the genus name of the African clawless otter, means in Greek: its partly webbed feet have no claws. It is the second-largest freshwater otter and probably the third-largest living member of the weasel family, slightly heavier on average than the wolverine and the European badger.
Photo: Ruby 1x2 at English Wikipedia (Public domain)
Agami heron
Ardeidae
Agamia agami · Near threatened
In Brazil the agami heron is sometimes called the 'hummingbird heron' for its unusual colours. The only species in its genus, it has a bill about 15 cm long, extremely long for its size, which lets it strike prey from farther away than similar herons.
Photo: Erisvaldo Almeida (CC BY-SA 4.0)