Boma National Park
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Boma National Park is a protected area in eastern South Sudan near the Ethiopian border. It was established in 1977 and covers 22,800 km2 of grasslands and floodplains. ()
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Wildlife
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Bongo
The bongo is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate. Bongos are characterised by a striking reddish-brown coat, black and white markings, white-yellow stripes and long slightly...
Mammals
Rüppell's Vulture
Rüppell's vulture, also called Rüppell's griffon vulture, named after Eduard Rüppell, is a large vulture that can be found throughout the Sahel region of central Africa.
Birds
Northeast African cheetah
The Northeast African cheetah is a cheetah subspecies occurring in Northeast Africa. Contemporary records are known in South Sudan and Ethiopia, but population status in Eritrea, Djibouti...
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Nile lechwe
The Nile lechwe or Mrs Gray's lechwe is an endangered species of antelope found in swamps and grasslands in South Sudan and Ethiopia.
Mammals
Lesser kudu
The lesser kudu is a forest antelope found in East Africa. It is placed in the genus Tragelaphus and family Bovidae. It was first described by the English zoologist Edward Blyth in 1869...
Mammals
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