Damaraland was a name given to the north-central part of South West Africa, which later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras. It was bordered roughly...
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The Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis), Damara mole rat or Damaraland blesmol, is a burrowing rodent found in southern Africa. Along with the smaller...
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Self-governance East Caprivi Kavangoland Ovamboland No self-governance Bushmanland Damaraland Hereroland Kaokoland Namaland Rehoboth Tswanaland Post-1980 Coloureds...
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Damaraland long-billed lark may refer to: Certhilauda benguelensis kaokoensis, a subspecies of the Benguela long-billed lark Karoo long-billed lark, a...
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Fawn-coloured lark (redirect from Damaraland fawn-coloured lark)
The fawn-coloured lark (Calendulauda africanoides) or fawn-coloured bush-lark is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae. It is found in south-central...
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Diocese of Namibia (redirect from Anglican Diocese of Damaraland)
the whole country of Namibia, was originally known as the Diocese of Damaraland. Most of the Anglicans in Namibia live in Ovamboland in the north of the...
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reproductive and non-reproductive castes, making it and the closely related Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis) the only widely recognized examples of eusociality...
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Petrified forest, Khorixas (redirect from Petrified forest of Damaraland)
Commons has media related to Petrified forest, Khorixas. Petrified forest, Damaraland 20°26′19″S 14°36′23″E / 20.4385°S 14.6064°E / -20.4385; 14.6064 v t...
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Pachydactylus fasciatus (redirect from Damaraland banded gecko)
thick-toed gecko, banded thick-toed gecko, thick-toed banded gecko, or Damaraland banded gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. It is endemic...
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degrees of sociality. Most species are solitary, but one species, the damaraland blesmol (Fukomys damarensis) is one of only two eusocial mammals, the...
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fighting. There are two eusocial rodents: the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat. Some shrimps, such as Synalpheus regalis, are eusocial. E. O...
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and naturalist William John Burchell. Common names include bontequagga, Damaraland zebra, and Zululand zebra (Gray, 1824). Burchell's zebra is the only subspecies...
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Benguela long-billed lark (redirect from Damaraland longbill)
placed in the genus Alaemon. Confusingly, the terms Damara longbill and Damaraland long-billed lark are used for both the Karoo long-billed lark and a subspecies...
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Female spraying sand to keep cool while standing guard over her calf, Damaraland, Namibia...
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tiger beetle native to South Africa, Transvaal, Bechuanaland, Ngami and Damaraland in Africa. This species was the second to be described in the genus Manticora...
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into the bantustan of Damaraland, an area of poor soil and irregular rainfall. About half of their numbers still occupy Damaraland.[citation needed] According...
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it is demonstrated in two rodent species: the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat. Presociality is when animals exhibit more than just sexual interactions...
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Self-governance East Caprivi Kavangoland Ovamboland No self-governance Bushmanland Damaraland Hereroland Kaokoland Namaland Rehoboth Tswanaland Post-1980 Coloureds...
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Sabota lark (redirect from Damaraland Sabota lark)
Several other terms have been used to name this subspecies including Damaraland Sabota lark, large-billed lark (not to be confused with another species...
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examples of colonial behavior in rodents are the eusocial naked mole rat and Damaraland mole rat. The naked mole rat lives completely underground and can form...
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through it towards territory farther north. After the Germans annexed Damaraland and Namaqualand (modern Namibia) in 1884, Britain annexed Bechuanaland...
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sheep Damara Megido, a character from the webcomic Homestuck (2009-2016) Damaraland, a region in Namibia inhabited by the Damara people This disambiguation...
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(Kingdom of Dagbon) Islam → Sunni Islam Damara Khoe → Khoekhoe Namibia (Damaraland) Christianity Damia Indo-European → Indo-Aryan → Dameli Pakistan (Chitral...
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is Namibia's highest mountain. Brandberg Mountain is located in former Damaraland, now Erongo, in the northwestern Namib Desert, near the coast, and covers...
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Bantustan territories (South West Africa) Kaokoland Ovamboland Damaraland Kavangoland East Caprivi Bushmanland Hereroland Rehoboth Tswanaland...
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pigeons in general. C. g. guinea, Lake Baringo, Kenya C. g. bradfieldi, Damaraland, Namibia C. g. phaeonota with chick in nest, Cape Town, South Africa....
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From 1825 onwards he and his council played a dominant political role in Damaraland and Namaland, creating a de facto state. Around 1840, he established a...
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from the Cape Colony (today, part of South Africa) to Namaqualand and Damaraland (now in Namibia). Oorlam clans were originally formed from mixed-race...
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solidified lava flow at the foot of a 12-kilometre-long volcanic ridge in Damaraland in northern Namibia. The 80-million-year-old stream of lava was formed...
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examples of primitively eusocial mammals are the naked mole-rat and the Damaraland mole-rat (Heterocephalus glaber and Fukomys damarensis, respectively)...
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