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Wednesday 14 October 2026

A black dung beetle with a faint green sheen pushing a ball of dung bigger than itself across red, stony ground.
Photo: Sunčana Bradley · CC BY 4.0 · iNaturalist

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Dung beetle

Before rolling its dung ball away, it climbs on top and turns around in a little dance to set its course.

Lives in
SavannaSavannas and grasslands of southern and eastern Africa
More about the dung beetleScientific name and Red List status
Scientific name
Kheper nigroaeneus
IUCN Red List
Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has assessed 175,909 species. This one has not been assessed yet. What this means

Fact source: Baird et al., 2012

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