Burundi was once habitat to about 2,500 types of plants, 597 birds, 26 amphibians, 80 mammals, and 116 reptiles. These figures have subsequently reduced as this place was affected with habitat destruction where several animals were exposed to massive danger and threatening.
A nkole-Watusi cattle are supposedly the native animals of the region. Recognized for their giant horns, they were even known as "the cattle of kings." Bred in the Nile Valley the Tutsi kings honored them for their milk.
With little of wooded areas left the place is survived with plants like eucalyptus, acacia, fig, and oil palms.
Among the native animals one can view wildlife like elephant, hippopotamus, crocodile, wild boar, lion, antelope, and flying lemur and birds like guinea fowl, partridge, duck, geese, quail, and snipe. The crowned crane is supposedly the endangered species of the lot that is loosing its existence today.
Fishes that thrive along the Lake Tanganyika include specimens like the Nile perch, freshwater sardines, and other rare breeds.
Do travel to the famous national parks of the region, which includes Kibira National Park in the northwest region, the Nyungwe Forest National Park in Rwanda and the Rurubu National Park to the northeast adjacent to the Rurubu River.
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