Category: Animals

The African painted dog, also known as African wild dog and African hunting dog, is a carnivorous member of the canine family.

The shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) is a large carnivorous waterbird, similar to a stork.

Few animals are more iconic than the black-and-white striped plains zebra.

Despite the wide range across Uganda, the African leopard is on the brink of extinction

Uganda is home to over half of Africa’s Nubian (formerly Rothschild’s) giraffes (G. c. camelopardalis), a subspecies of the Northern giraffe.

The elegant, wildly-fast cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) is a large carnivorous cat found across Africa, with a small population of Asiatic cheetahs in Iran.

Bushbabies – also known as galagos – are small saucer-eyed nocturnal primates that spend most of their time in the trees of forests.

In 2005, efforts were made to introduce the southern white rhino to Uganda in Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary.

Uganda is home to approximately 5,000 common, or eastern, chimpanzees.