More than 30 million tourists visit Africa every year ... Although this cat mainly feeds on small birds and rodents, they're capable of taking down animals as large as antelopes.

This brings significant safety concerns, as Africa is home to numerous powerful animals, and close interactions pose risks to humans. Rhinoceroses, or rhinos, are the second-largest land animals ...

The Drill is a huge animal that's native to Central Africa. It has a robust build and can be found often in social groups.

The opposite is also true. In the 19th century, European cattle brought rinderpest—a virus that’s nearly always fatal to hoofed animals—to Africa, and it caused buffalo numbers to crash ...

Africa, south of the Sahara, is home to the richest diversity of animal life on the planet ... They stand nearly five feet at the shoulder, live in small family groups or herds, are sociable ...

African leopards (female pictured ... They may also hunt rodents and other small animals, but they are nowhere near as predatory as their ancestors (or, in some cases, parents) are.