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Kruger National Park

Afrikaans pronunciation approximately KRY-er (IPA [ˈkry.(j)ər]); an English reader's guess from the spelling alone is usually wrong.
Savanna and Grassland

Kruger National Park is a 19,623 square kilometer national park in South Africa's Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, a lowveld landscape of savanna grassland and mixed woodland under a hot, semi-arid climate. It grew from the smaller Sabi Game Reserve, proclaimed in 1898, and later absorbed the separate Singwitsi Reserve to the north. Its insect diversity remains only roughly known: the total number of Lepidoptera species in the park is unrecorded but estimated at around 7,000. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Classification
Biogeographic Realm
Afrotropic 1
Protected Status
Strictly Protected 1
Area (sq km)
19,623 1
Kruger National Park
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Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Hosts

Source African Bush Elephant (Wikipedia)

A 2011 park wildlife count places roughly 13,750 African bush elephants in Kruger.

Source Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)
African Lion, Species

A 2011 park wildlife count places roughly 1,620 to 1,720 lions in Kruger.

Source Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)
Source Wikidata: Bull Shark
Additional Source Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
Source African Wild Dog (Wikipedia)
Bull Shark, Species
Source Wikidata: Bull Shark
Additional Source Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
Impala, Species
Source Impala (Wikipedia)
Kori Bustard, Species
Source Wikidata: Bull Shark
Additional Source Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
Leopard, Species
Source Leopard (Wikipedia)
Lion, Species
Source Lion (Wikipedia)
Mosquito, Species
Source Wikidata: Bull Shark
Additional Source Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)Article text
Plains Zebra, Species
Source Plains Zebra (Wikipedia)
Prickly Pear, Species
Source Wikipedia
Secretarybird, Species
Source Secretarybird (Wikipedia)
Spotted Hyena, Species
Source Spotted Hyena (Wikipedia)
Termite, Species
Source Termite (Wikipedia)
Source World Wildlife Fund

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Savanna, Biomes
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Open Questions

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1. Kruger National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • lead section
    Kruger National Park (Afrikaans: [ˈkry.(j)ər]) is a national park in South Africa covering an area of 19,623 km2 (7,576 sq mi) in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in the country's northeast.
  • Biogeographic realm: afrotropic (derived from location stated in entity description)
  • Protected status (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    Kruger National Park is a 19,623 square kilometer national park in South Africa's Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces, a lowveld landscape of savanna grassland and mixed woodland under a hot, semi-arid climate.
  • Open Questions: Open Question: Kruger National Park
  • Hosts: African Elephant, Wildlife population table
    African bush elephant ... 13,750
  • Hosts: African Lion, Wildlife population table
    Lion (P. l. melanochaita) ... 1,620-1,720
  • Hosts: Bull Shark, Article text
    A Zambezi shark, Carcharhinus leucas, also known as the bull shark, was caught at the confluence of the Limpopo and Luvuvhu Rivers in July 1950.
  • Hosts: Mosquito, Article text
    Many species of mosquito occur in the park, including the Culex, Aedes and Anopheles genera which target mammals.
  • Hosts: African openbill, Article text
    Some representatives of this group are the African openbill, hooded vulture, Dickinson's kestrel, white-crowned lapwing, brown-necked parrot, Senegal coucal, broad-billed roller, trumpeter hornbill, Böhm's spinetail, tropical boubou, Meves's starling and scarlet-chested sunbird.
  • Hosts: Kori Bustard, Article text
    They are the lappet-faced vulture, martial eagle, saddle-billed stork, kori bustard, ground hornbill and the reclusive Pel's fishing owl, which is localized and seldom seen.
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World Wildlife Fund
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Demonstrates: WildfireView the Source
Leopard (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Leopard, Social spacing
Quote, Hosts: Leopard, Social spacing
In Kruger National Park, most leopards tend to keep 1 km (0.62 mi) apart.
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Impala (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Impala, Threats and conservation
Quote, Hosts: Impala, Threats and conservation
Around a quarter of the common impala populations occur in protected areas, such as the Okavango Delta (Botswana); Masai Mara and Kajiado (Kenya); Kruger National Park (South Africa); the Ruaha and Serengeti National Parks and Selous Game Reserve (Tanzania); Luangwa Valley (Zambia); Hwange, Sebungwe and Zambezi Valley (Zimbabwe).
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Spotted Hyena (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Spotted Hyena, Diet
Quote, Hosts: Spotted Hyena, Diet
In Kruger National Park, blue wildebeest, cape buffalo, plains zebra, greater kudu and impala are the spotted hyena's most important prey, while giraffe, impala, wildebeest and zebra are its major food sources in the nearby Timbavati area.
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Plains Zebra (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Plains Zebra, Conservation
Quote, Hosts: Plains Zebra, Conservation
The zebra can be found in numerous protected areas across its range, including the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Tsavo and Masai Mara in Kenya, Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, Etosha National Park in Namibia, and Kruger National Park in South Africa.
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Termite (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: Termite, Distribution and diversity
Quote, Hosts: Termite, Distribution and diversity
Approximately 1.1 million active termite mounds can be found in the northern Kruger National Park alone.
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Wikipedia
Hosts: Prickly Pear, Ecology
Quote, Hosts: Prickly Pear, Ecology
O. ficus-indica thrives in regions with mild winters having a prolonged dry spell followed by hot summers with occasional rain and relatively low humidity.
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African Wild Dog (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: African Wild Dog, Social and reproductive behaviour
Quote, Hosts: African Wild Dog, Social and reproductive behaviour
The African wild dog have strong social bonds, stronger than those of sympatric lions and spotted hyenas; thus, solitary living and hunting are extremely rare in the species.
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Secretarybird (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHosts: Secretarybird, Threats and conservation
Quote, Hosts: Secretarybird, Threats and conservation
Long-term monitoring across South Africa between 1987 and 2013 has shown that populations have declined across the country, even in protected areas such as Kruger National Park due to woody plant encroachment, an increase in the tall vegetation cover, resulting in loss of open habitat that the species prefers.
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African Bush Elephant (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationHosts: African Bush Elephant, Distribution and habitat
Quote, Hosts: African Bush Elephant, Distribution and habitat
Populations of African bush elephants are increasing in some areas such as the Kruger National Park, where an annual growth of 4.2% was recorded between 2003 and 2015.
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Lion (Wikipedia)
Hosts: Lion, Group organisation
Quote, Hosts: Lion, Group organisation
In Kruger National Park, dispersing male lions move more than 25 km (16 mi) away from their natal pride in search of their own territory.
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Open Questions (1 open question)
Open Question: Kruger National Park

Kruger National Park's own recorded insect inventory is incomplete; its Wikipedia entry states the total number of Lepidoptera species in the park is unknown but could be in the order of 7,000.

What would resolve this A systematic lepidopteran survey of the park's full range of habitats and seasons.
EntomologyKruger National Park (Wikipedia)

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