The Serengeti National Park is a large national park in northern Tanzania that stretches over 14,763 km square (5,700 sq mi) It is located in eastern Mara Region and northeastern Simiyu Region and contains over 1,500,000 hectares (3,700,000 acres) of virgin savanna. The park was established in 1940. The Serengeti is well known for the largest annual animal migration in the world of over 1.5 million blue wildebeest and 250,000 zebras along with smaller herds of Thomson’s gazelle and eland.
The national park is also home to the largest lion population in Africa. More than 3,000 lions live in this ecosystem. African bush elephant herds, The African buffalo, The black rhinoceros. Other mammal carnivores include the cheetah, spotted hyena, black-backed jackal, African golden wolf, honey badger, striped hyena, caracal, serval, banded mongoose. Other mammals include hippopotamus, common warthog. Primates such as yellow and olive baboons, vervet monkey, and mantled guereza.
Reptiles include Nile crocodile, leopard tortoise, serrated hinged terrapin, rainbow agama, Nile monitor, Jackson’s chameleon, African python, black mamba, black-necked spitting cobra, and puff adder. More than 500 bird species can be seen and many species of vultures. Great migration: The great migration is the world’s second longest overland migration. The complete migration route is around 800 km (500 mi). South of this migration route covers the Ngorongoro Conservation Area where around half a million wildebeest are born between January and March.
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