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The Clanwilliam redfin occurs in the Cederberg Wilderness Area and the Matjies River Nature Reserve, where it is at least safe from habitat destruction. It is listed as Endangered by the Nature Conservation Ordinance of Western Cape Province. For the time being, it may not be killed or caught.
The Clanwilliam and Bulshoek dams are located on the river and provide water for the towns and farms along the watercourse. The river is approximately 285 km long with a catchment area of 46,220 km 2. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean at Papendorp, 250 km north of Cape Town.
The Cape kurper (Sandelia capensis) is native to South Africa but does not occur naturally in the Twee River redfin's range; it has been introduced to the Suurvlei River, however. The kurper competes with the redfin for food and probably also eats young S. erubescens. It is the probable cause for the redfin's disappearance from the lower ...
The series is a follow-up of the 1989 radio series, also called Last Chance to See, in which Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine set out to find endangered animals. In this updated television version, produced for the BBC, Stephen Fry and Carwardine revisit the animals originally featured to see how they're getting on almost 20 years later.
The Eastern Cape redfin (Pseudobarbus afer) is an African freshwater fish species in the family Cyprinidae, [2] this appears to be a species complex rather than a single species. [ 3 ]
Widdringtonia wallichii, Clanwilliam cedar or Clanwilliam cypress, previously Widdringtonia cedarbergensis [3] [4] is a species of Widdringtonia native to South Africa, where it is endemic to the Cederberg Mountains northeast of Cape Town in Western Cape Province.
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The sawfin (Cheilobarbus serra), also known as Clanwilliam sawfin, is a ray-finned fish species in the family Cyprinidae. [2] It was formerly placed with the South African redfins in Pseudobarbus. It is tetraploid. Its closest living relative is the Cape whitefish (C. capensis). [3]