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photo credit:Yorkshire Wildlife Park by Sam Leech
Lion
- Scientific name
- Panthera leo
- Taxonomy
- Family:Felidae
- Genus:Panthera
- Range
- Africa,India
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photo credit:Sumatran tiger. by Bernard Spragg. NZ
Tiger
- Scientific name
- Panthera tigris
- Taxonomy
- Family:Felidae
- Genus:Panthera
- Range
- Asia
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photo credit:Brooks Lodge by Max Goldberg
Brown bear
- Scientific name
- Ursus arctos
- Taxonomy
- Family:Ursidae
- Genus:Ursus
- Range
- Northern part of Northern Hemisphere
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photo credit:Dungarees by Emma
Polar bear
- Scientific name
- Ursus maritimus
- Taxonomy
- Family:Ursidae
- Genus:Ursus
- Range
- Arctic
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photo credit:Black Rhino, Etosha National Park, Namibia by Frank Vassen
Black rhinoceros
- Scientific name
- Diceros bicornis
- Taxonomy
- Family:Rhinocerotidae
- Genus:Diceros
- Range
- Africa
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photo credit: Hippopotamus study (sequence) at Kruger National Park by Derek Keats
Hippopotamus
- Scientific name
- Hippopotamus amphibius
- Taxonomy
- Family:Hippopotamidae
- Genus:Hippopotamus
- Range
- Africa
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photo credit: Keep your distance from my baby! by Lip Kee
Indian rhinoceros
- Scientific name
- Rhinoceros unicornis
- Taxonomy
- Family:Rhinocerotidae
- Genus:Rhinoceros
- Range
- South Asia
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photo credit: White Rhinoceros by Brian Snelson
White rhinoceros
- Scientific name
- Ceratotherium simum
- Taxonomy
- Family:Rhinocerotidae
- Genus:Ceratotherium
- Range
- Africa
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photo credit: Pinnewala, Sri Lanka by Nigel Swales
Asian elephant
- Scientific name
- Elephas maximus
- Taxonomy
- Family:Elephantidae
- Genus:Elephas
- Range
- South Asia,Southeast Asia
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photo credit: Never forget! by Duncan
African elephant
- Scientific name
- Loxodonta africana
- Taxonomy
- Family:Elephantidae
- Genus:Loxodonta
- Range
- Africa