Whale, hello, there!
So, living up to our name, we’ve put together an African animal alphabet. No, we’re not lion – we really did. Take a look at our quick index to the outrageous and wonderful creatures which inhabit our continent. It’s a little sealy, but hopefully it’ll have you coming to visit them yourself.

The African Animal Alphabet:
Absurd, amusing and ant eating – the aardvark

Bustling through Botswana – the buffalo

Charming and camouflaged – the cheetah

Dipping and diving – the dolphin

Enchanting and enormous – the elephant

Fascinating, fabulous and funky – the flamingo

Goofy but glamorous – the giraffe and guinea-fowl


Hilarious and hungry hyena, and heavy and (arguably) handsome hippopotamus


Immaculate and inspiring – the impala

Jittery and judicious – the jackal

Killer Kingfisher with Keen eyes

Lavish and luxurious – the lion and leopard


Mischievous and meddlesome – the meerkats


Naturally nimble – the nyala


Outrageous and oh-so-odd – the ostrich


Puzzling but very precious – the pangolin and penguin


Quirky and quaint- the quail (in this case, its’ cousins – the francolin and grouse)


Robust and rare – the rhino

Sneaky and secretive – the serval

Tranquil in turquoise- the turtle

Unbelievable and undiscovered – the unicorn (or in this case, something similar)

Vicious and valiant – the vulture

Wondrous whale and the whiney wild dog


Xenodochial Xenus squirrel

Yikes, a Yellow mongoose

Zesty and zippy – the zebra

And there we have it, the African Animal Alphabet.
Tell us about your favourite African animal in the comments below.