Home Ethiopian Wildlife NEWS: Yumo.net is undergoing maintenance. The photographs will return shortly.   Main Menu Home About Yumo Tours Destinations Historical Route Safari Tours Trekking Routes Ethiopian Wildlife Birds of Ethiopia Mammals of Ethiopia Travel Information Contact Us Today's Weather Addis Ababa 16°C [Details] Report Time 23:00 Condition --- Wind Chill 15°C Dew Point 13°C Wind Direction 300NWW Variable Wind ---/--- Wind Speed 2.1mps Wind Gust --- Visibility 10 km Pressure 1025hpa Humidity 82.4% Hum. Index 18.8°C Heat Index --- Precipitation --- Snow --- Addis Ababa Bookmark Us     Ethiopian Wildlife Hammerkop The Hammerkop (Scopus umbretta) is a medium sized (56cm) bird with a long shaggy crest. The shape of its head with a curved bill and crest at the back is reminiscent of a hammer, hence its name. Its plumage is all-brown. It is related to the herons, but is usually placed in a family of its own because of its unique characteristics. Read more...   Wattled Ibis Ibises are a group of long-legged wading birds in the family Threskiornithidae. They all have long downcurved bills, and usually feed as a group, probing mud for food items, usually crustaceans. Most species nest in trees, often with spoonbills or herons. Read more...   Gelada baboon Gelada (Theropithecus gelada) is a species of Old World monkey, found only in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Like baboons, they are terrestrial, and spend their time foraging in grasslands. Some authorities used to group the Gelada with baboons in the genus Papio, but since 1979 it has become customary to place them in a separate genus, Theropithecus. Theropithecus gelada is the only living species, but at least two separate lineages are known in the fossil record. While Geladas are restricted to Ethiopia and Eritrea today, fossils of the genus are known from South Africa, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and India. Read more...   Giant Molerat Giant molerat, tachyoryctes macrocephalus, is found only in the high meadows and sub-alpine moorland of the Bale Mountains. It can be observed only when it emerges from underground to gather food as the temperature rises. It falls prey to the Ethiopian Wolf. Read more...   Meneliks bushbuck The Bushbuck (Traelaphus scriptus) is an antelope that is found in forest and woodland throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. Read more...   Mountain Nyala The Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni known in Ethiopian as Azagen) is an antelope found in high altitude woodland in a small part of central Ethiopia. Mountain Nyala were named for their similarity to the Nyala but they are now considered closer relatives of the Kudu. Read more...   Oryx An Oryx is one of three or four large antelope species of the genus Oryx, typically having long straight nearly upright horns. Three of the species are found in Africa with a fourth in Arabia. Read more...   Starcks hare Starck?s Hare, Lepus starcki, an endemic species found in open country, and mainly nocturnal. It may be seen in Bale Mountains National Park.   Swaynes hartebeest The Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) is a grassland antelope found in West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. Read more...   Walia Ibex An ibex is a type of wild mountain goat with large recurved horns that are transversely ridged in front. Ibex are found in Eurasia and North Africa. The five species of ibex are grouped with four other species in the genus Capra. Read more...

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