He spies bat-eared foxes, porcupines, wildebeest, buffalo - oh, and a leopard tortoise.
The Gambia has no migrating wildebeest, giraffes or any of the large animals commonly associated with Africa.
You can only see those wildebeest in Kenya or Libya and far away from this country, Lome, Togo, West Africa.
A second and larger species is the brindled gnu or blue wildebeest (C. taurinus or Catoblepas gorgon), also known by the Bechuana name kokon or kokoon; and there are several East African forms more or less closely related to the latter which have received distinct names.
In the Vryheid district the kudu, blue wildebeest, waterbuck, reedbuck, impala, steinbok and klipspringer are also found.