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Mopani
Last update: 03-04-2010
Pictures by Aat Vuik
HLAMVU
NAME
Hlamvu is named after the small river between Mopani and Shingwedzi. At the southern part of this small river Hlamvu was first spotted and photographed.
(Hlamvu is a temporary name for this emerging tusker just for identification purposes)
CHARACTERISTICS
V shaped notch in left ear at the lower part of the earlobe. The right ear has several notches. Both tusks are curved inwards. (Hlamvu looks a bit similar to Mahudzi but the tusks of Mahudzi are longer and there are some differences in the ears)
AREA
Hlamvu roams the area between Mopani and South of Shingwedzi
Photographed by Aat Vuik
Location: Near Hlamvu river along the S50 in Mopani area.
Date: February 23th 2009.
Tuskers of Africa
Photographed by Andrew Aveley
Location: Near Babalala (picknick place) between Shingwedzi en Punda Maria
Date: September 2009.