Amazing Animals Djibouti

This African country is on the eastern Horn of Africa and is almost entirely desert. There are two large lakes where wetland species can survive.

Abyssinian genets are a species of genets native to Africa. They inhabit coastal plains and mountain moorlands. These animals have long tails, short faces, and short legs.

Beiras are small, poorly known species of antelope that inhabit the arid regions of the Horn of Africa. They have coarse coats and bushy tails and are perfectly adapted to harsh desert environments.

Desert warthogs are native to the Horn of Africa. They live in social groups that consist of females and their offspring. Males prefer to live solitary or in all-male groups. Desert warthogs are known to forage on the ground, using their tusks to dig for food. They enjoy grasses, roots and tubers, and leaves and fruit.

Hamadryas baboons (pictured above) are a species of Old World monkeys native to the Horn of Africa. They are highly intelligent animals. Hamadryas baboons lead a diurnal lifestyle, being active by day and sleeping by night. Although they are generally terrestrial, they prefer sleeping in trees or cliffs. These monkeys are omnivores and consume food of both animal and plant origin, such as fruits, tree gums, acacia seeds, acacia flowers, seeds, grass, rhizomes, corms, roots, and tubers, as well as small vertebrates, insects, and small mammals, including antelope.

Northeast African cheetahs are among the most iconic animals of Africa. These animals live in wide open lands, grasslands, semi-arid areas, and other open habitats where prey is abundant, such as in the East Sudanian Savanna.They are carnivores and mostly feed on herbivorous animals, such as Grant's gazelles, Cape hares, guineafowl, and large animals like hartebeests.

Birds

Common buzzards are a medium-sized species of birds of prey. They are found in parts of Africa and western Asia since they migrate and breed there. They live between open grounds and woodlands. Common buzzards will dine on anything, from mammals and birds to fish, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians.

Egyptian vultures are widely distributed from the Iberian Peninsula to western Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and sub-Saharan Africa. These vultures live solitary lives or in pairs. They are known to use tools like stones to crack large eggs.

Steppe eagles are among the most common raptors in Djibouti. They are an unusual species of eagle, specializing in hunting for ground squirrels. They are the only eagles that nest on the ground. Steppe eagles dine on insects, carrion, and landfill in the winter.

Aquatic Animals

Blue whales are mammals and baleen whales. They have huge, long, slim, narrow bodies. Their skin is hairless and smooth and grayish blue, lighter on the underside, with a series of grooves on the throat. Their large tails are straight, splitting at the end into two rubbery flukes.They have two blowholes that expel stale air and seawater out of the top of their heads when they come up to the surface to breathe. Blue whales are generally solitary creatures that may spend some time in pairs and occasionally come together in casual groups to feed. They are carnivores and feed on krill and small crustaceans.

Dugongs are a species of marine mammals and inhabit the coastal waters of East Africa, western India, and southeastern Asia. They have no hind limbs or dorsal fins.

Hawksbill sea turtles are among the most famous species of sea turtles. They have a worldwide distribution but like to nest in tropical beaches such as the ones of Djibouti.

Mallards are dabbling ducks. They breed throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa. They live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and prefer to congregate in flocks of varying sizes.