the fauna includes the lion, leopard, cheetah, elephant, giraffe, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, buffalo, zebra, kudu and many other kinds of antelope, wild pig, ostrich and crocodile. angola previously served as a habitat for the endangered african wild dog, which is now deemed to be extinct within the entire country, stemming from human activities during the period 1965 to 1991. among fish are the barbel, bream and african yellow fish.