The African ground squirrel is a very social fellow and lives in groups with up to 3 females and 2 or 3 males. Mature male squirrels form their own groups or bands of up to 20 individuals

Every zebra (Equus) has its own stripe patterns - no two patterns are the same, much as with our fingerprints. Young zebras often have brown stripes as they grow.

The little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) is a common resident in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. Reaching only 15 - 17 cm in lenght - the smallest African bee-eater - they are solitary nesters, making a tunnel in sandy banks, or sometimes in the entrance to an aardvark den

South Africa's national bird - the beautiful Blue Crane - is now classified as vulnerable due to massive population declines due to deliberate and accidental poisoning. Happily these distinctive, elegant burds are still regularly seen in the grasslands of the Western and Southern Cape

The Cape Batis is a chunky little insect eater, hunting flies in the air and also taking prey from the ground. Both the male and female (this is a female one) will defend its territory vociferously when larger birds, animals or humans approach

Born in 2010, Amy the Caracal and her siblings were rejected by their mother and when rescued were in a dire state of dehydration. She was the only one to survive and has happily settled into her new home at Panthera Africa

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - conservation status, vulnerable. The cheetah can run faster than any other land animal (in short bursts) with the ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km per hour in three seconds

The Created Barbet is found in forests, thickets and watercourses and has also adapted well to living in suburban gardens, calling in a long trill that go on and on (and on). This bold fellow is having a bad hair day!

Crowned Crane (Balearica regulorum) - conservation status, endangered. This bird occurs in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats