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It is famous for its annual migration of millions of blue (or brindled) wildebeest, or gnu.
The "big five" animals of the park, so named by hunters on safari decades ago, are lions, leopards, elephants, rhinoceroses, and Cape buffalo . The park is also home to hyenas, cheetah, zebras, raptors, and many other species.
Close to the park lies Olduvai Gorge, where many of the oldest hominidSubfamily Ponginae Pongo Orangutans Subfamily Homininae Gorilla Gorillas Pan Chimpanzees Homo Humans Paranthropus † Australopithecus † Sahelanthropus † Ardipithecus † Kenyanthropus † The Hominids Hominidae are a biologic fossils and artifacts have been found. It is located in the Ngorongoro Conservation Area which is part of the larger Serengeti ecosystemIn ecology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms also referred as biocenose) together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a unit. The term ecosystem first appeared in a 1935 publication by the.
Serengeti National Park has been listed by the UNESCO as one of the World Heritage Sites.