Of course, there can be no African animals without the Elephant.
Elephants constitute the family Elephantidae in the mammalian order Proboscidea. Each of
the two living genera has a single species: Loxodonta africana, the African elephant, and
Elephas maximus, the Asian, or Indian, elephant. African elephants are the largest living
land animals, although some forest-dwelling African elephants are small. The largest African elephants are 7.5 m long, including the trunk. They have a 1.4-m tail, stand 4 m tall at the shoulders, and weigh 7,500 kg

Monkeys, you can watch them for hours - may be they look just like someone
you know about ? Then here is one that doesn't have to climb the trees to get his food:

The giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, family Giraffidae, order Artiodactyla, is the tallest of all animals, as much as 5.5 m high. A series of valves in the vessels of the vascular system ensures
a blood supply to the head. The shoulder height may be up to 3.7 m , and the weight 1,400 kg . There are usually three skin-covered horns, two on top of the head and one between the eyes. Patterns and shades of dark patches on the tawny coat, which help conceal the animals
when they stand in the shade of trees, vary among the subspecies. The long tongue is used for plucking leaves from trees. Giraffes live on tree-dotted grasslands south of the Sahara in Africa. Their chief foods are acacia and mimosa leaves. When startled, a giraffe can gallop up to
48 km/h (30 mph) for a moderate distance. The female gives birth to a single young,
rarely twins. The lifespan is from 15 to 20 years

Now to something big again. The river-horse...
Hippopotamuses are two species of herbivorous, chiefly aquatic mammals belonging to the
family Hippopotamidae, order Artiodactyla. The name hippopotamus means "river horse."
With the exception of the elephant, Hippopotamus amphibius is the largest living land animal
and may weigh more than 3,600 kg . It may be 4.3 m long and measure 1.5 m tall at the
shoulder. The hippopotamus has short legs, and its eyes and nostrils protrude high on
the head, which allows it to stay comfortably submerged in water for long periods.
Hippopotamus amphibius lives from the Upper Nile to South Africa. The calf is born
and nurses underwater.

this one is a surprise!

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