Editing Mount Kilimanjaro (section)

===Animals===
[[File:Elephants at Amboseli national park against Mount Kilimanjaro.jpg|thumb|Elephants at the [[Amboseli National Park]] against Mount Kilimanjaro]]

Large animals are rare on Kilimanjaro and are more frequent in the forests and lower parts of the mountain. [[African bush elephant|Elephants]] and [[African buffalo|Cape buffaloes]] are among the animals that can be potentially hazardous to trekkers. [[Cape bushbuck|Bushbuck]]s, [[chameleon]]s, [[dik-dik]]s, [[common duiker|duikers]], [[mongoose]]s, [[sunbird]]s, and [[Common warthog|warthogs]] have also been reported. [[Zebra]]s, [[leopards]] and [[hyena]]s have been observed sporadically on the Shira plateau.<ref>{{cite book | author=Cameron M. Burns | title=Kilimanjaro & East Africa: A Climbing and Trekking Guide | url=https://archive.org/details/kilimanjaroeasta0000burn | url-access=registration | year=2006 | publisher=The Mountaineers Books | isbn=978-0-89886-604-9 | page=[https://archive.org/details/kilimanjaroeasta0000burn/page/50 50] | access-date=2016-10-04 }}</ref> Specific species associated with the mountain include the [[Kilimanjaro shrew]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://ascendtanzania.com/mount-kilimanjaro-climbing | title=Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro | publisher=Ascend Tanzania | work=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | access-date=26 October 2019 | archive-date=3 January 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210837/https://ascendtanzania.com/mount-kilimanjaro-climbing | url-status=live }}</ref> and the chameleon ''[[Kinyongia tavetana]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Kinyongia&species=tavetana | title=Kinyongia tavetana (STEINDACHNER, 1891) | publisher=Zoological Museum Hamburg | work=The Reptile Database | access-date=15 August 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919092044/http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Kinyongia&species=tavetana | archive-date=19 September 2015 | url-status=live }}</ref>