List of mammals of Angola
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Angola. There are 298 mammal species in Angola
, of which 1 is critically endangered, 5 are endangered, 8 are vulnerable, and 10 are near-threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
:
Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:
Order: Afrosoricida
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The order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles of southern Africa
and the tenrecs of Madagascar
and Africa, two families of small mammals that were traditionally part of the order Insectivora.
Often called sengisi, the elephant shrews or jumping shrews are native to southern Africa
. Their common English name derives from their elongated flexible snout and their resemblance to the true shrew
s.
The order Tubulidentata consists of a single species, the Aardvark. Tubulidentata are characterised by their teeth which lack a pulp cavity and form thin tubes which are continuously worn down and replaced.
The hyraxes are any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. About the size of a domestic cat they are well-furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail. They are native to Africa and the Middle East.
Order: Proboscidea
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The elephants comprise three living species and are the largest living land animals.
Order: Sirenia
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Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered.
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The order Primates contains all the species commonly related to the lemur
s, monkey
s, and ape
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimian
s, monkeys of the New World
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
.
Order: Rodent
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Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisor
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
Order: Lagomorpha
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The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae
(hare
s and rabbit
s), and Ochotonidae (pika
s). Though they can resemble rodent
s, and were classified as a superfamily
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.
The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehog
s and gymnure
s. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats.
Order: Soricomorpha
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The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and soledons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout bodied burrowers.
The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
The order Philodota comprises the eight species of pangolin. Pangolins are anteaters and have the powerful claws, elongated snout and long tongue seen in the other unrelated anteater
species.
Order: Cetacea
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The order Cetacea includes whale
s, dolphin
s and porpoise
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
Order: Carnivora
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There are over 260 species of carnivorans, the majority of which feed primarily on meat. They have a characteristic skull shape and dentition.
The odd-toed ungulates are browsing and grazing
mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
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The even-toed ungulates are ungulate
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
s.
Angola
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola , is a country in south-central Africa bordered by Namibia on the south, the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the north, and Zambia on the east; its west coast is on the Atlantic Ocean with Luanda as its capital city...
, of which 1 is critically endangered, 5 are endangered, 8 are vulnerable, and 10 are near-threatened.
The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the IUCN
World Conservation Union
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources is an international organization dedicated to finding "pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges." The organization publishes the IUCN Red List, compiling information from a network of...
:
| EX | Extinct | No reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. |
| EW | Extinct in the wild | Known only to survive in captivity or as a naturalized populations well outside its previous range. |
| CR | Critically Endangered | The species is in imminent risk of extinction in the wild. |
| EN | Endangered | The species is facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| VU | Vulnerable | The species is facing a high risk of extinction in the wild. |
| NT | Near Threatened | The species does not meet any of the criteria that would categorise it as risking extinction but it is likely to do so in the future. |
| LC | Least Concern | There are no current identifiable risks to the species. |
| DD | Data Deficient | There is inadequate information to make an assessment of the risks to this species. |
Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of Near Threatened and Least Concern categories:
| LR/cd | Lower Risk/conservation dependent | Species which were the focus of conservation programmes and may have moved into a higher risk category if that programme was discontinued. |
| LR/nt | Lower Risk/near threatened | Species which are close to being classified as Vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programmes. |
| LR/lc | Lower Risk/least concern | Species for which there are no identifiable risks. |
Order: AfrosoricidaAfrosoricidaThe order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles of southern Africa and the tenrecs of Madagascar and Africa, two families of small mammals that have traditionally been considered to be a part of the order Insectivora.Some biologists use Tenrecomorpha as the name for the tenrec-golden mole clade,...
(tenrecs and golden moles)
----The order Afrosoricida contains the golden moles of southern Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
and the tenrecs of Madagascar
Madagascar
The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...
and Africa, two families of small mammals that were traditionally part of the order Insectivora.
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- Family: TenrecidaeTenrecidaeTenrecidae is a family of mammals found on Madagascar and parts of Africa. Tenrecs are widely diverse, resembling hedgehogs, shrews, opossums, mice and even otters, as a result of convergent evolution. They occupy aquatic, arboreal, terrestrial and fossorial environments...
(tenrecs)- Subfamily: PotamogalinaePotamogalinaePotamogalinae is the subfamily of "otter shrews", a group of semiaquatic riverine mammals in the family Tenrecidae indigenous to Subsaharan Africa. All otter shrews are carnivorous, preying on any aquatic animal they can find with their sensitive whiskers. As their common name suggests, they bear...
- Genus: Potamogale
- Giant Otter ShrewGiant Otter ShrewThe Giant Otter Shrew is a semiaquatic, carnivorous tenrec. It is found in the main rainforestblock of Central Africa from Biafra to Zambia, with a few isolated populations in Kenya and Uganda. It is found in streams, wetlands, and slowly flowing larger rivers...
Potamogale velox LC
- Giant Otter Shrew
- Genus: Potamogale
- Subfamily: Potamogalinae
- Family: Chrysochloridae
- Subfamily: Amblysominae
- Genus: CalcochlorisCalcochlorisCalcochloris is a genus of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family.It contains the following species:* Congo Golden Mole * Yellow Golden Mole * Somali Golden Mole...
- Congo Golden MoleCongo Golden MoleThe Congo Golden Mole is a species of mammal in the Chrysochloridae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, and Democratic Republic of the Congo...
Calcochloris leucorhinus DD
- Congo Golden Mole
- Genus: Calcochloris
- Subfamily: Amblysominae
- Family: Tenrecidae
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Order: Macroscelidea (elephant-shrews)
----Often called sengisi, the elephant shrews or jumping shrews are native to southern Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
. Their common English name derives from their elongated flexible snout and their resemblance to the true shrew
Shrew
A shrew or shrew mouse is a small molelike mammal classified in the order Soricomorpha. True shrews are also not to be confused with West Indies shrews, treeshrews, otter shrews, or elephant shrews, which belong to different families or orders.Although its external appearance is generally that of...
s.
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- Family: Macroscelididae (elephant-shrews)
- Genus: ElephantulusElephantulusElephantulus is a genus of elephant shrew in the Macroscelididae family.It contains the following species:* Short-snouted Elephant Shrew * Cape Elephant Shrew...
- Short-snouted Sengi Elephantulus brachyrhynchus LC
- Bushveld Sengi Elephantulus intufi LC
- Western Rock Sengi Elephantulus rupestris LC
- Genus: Petrodromus
- Four-toed Sengi Petrodromus tetradactylus LC
- Genus: Elephantulus
- Family: Macroscelididae (elephant-shrews)
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Order: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)
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- Family: OrycteropodidaeOrycteropodidaeOrycteropodidae is a family of afrotherian mammals. Although there are many fossil species, the only species surviving today is the aardvark, Orycteropus afer. Orycteropodidae is recognized as the only family within the order Tubulidentata, so the two are effectively synonyms.The family arose in...
- Genus: OrycteropusOrycteropusOrycteropus is a genus of mammals in the family Orycteropodidae within Tubulidentata.The only living species of all Tubulidentata is the Aardvark .- Species :* Orycteropus afer - Aardvark* † Orycteropus abundulafus...
- AardvarkAardvarkThe aardvark is a medium-sized, burrowing, nocturnal mammal native to Africa...
Orycteropus afer LC
- Aardvark
- Genus: Orycteropus
- Family: Orycteropodidae
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Order: Hyracoidea (hyraxes)
----The hyraxes are any of four species of fairly small, thickset, herbivorous mammals in the order Hyracoidea. About the size of a domestic cat they are well-furred, with rounded bodies and a stumpy tail. They are native to Africa and the Middle East.
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- Family: Procaviidae (hylaxes)
- Genus: Dendrohyrax
- Southern Tree HyraxSouthern Tree HyraxThe Eastern Tree Dassie, Eastern Tree Hyrax, Southern Tree Dassie, or Southern Tree Hyrax is a species of mammal in the Procaviidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe...
Dendrohyrax arboreus LC
- Southern Tree Hyrax
- Genus: Heterohyrax
- Yellow-spotted Rock HyraxYellow-spotted Rock HyraxThe Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax or Bush Hyrax is a species of mammal in the Procaviidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Southern Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Northern South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda,...
Heterohyrax brucei LC
- Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax
- Genus: Procavia
- Cape HyraxCape HyraxThe Rock Hyrax , or Cape Hyrax, is one of the four living species of the order Hyracoidea, and the only living species in the genus Procavia. Like all hyraxes, it is a medium-sized terrestrial mammal, superficially resembling a guinea pig with short ears and tail...
Procavia capensis LC
- Cape Hyrax
- Genus: Dendrohyrax
- Family: Procaviidae (hylaxes)
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Order: ProboscideaProboscideaProboscidea is a taxonomic order containing one living family, Elephantidae, and several extinct families. This order was first described by J. Illiger in 1881 and encompasses the trunked mammals...
(elephants)
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- Family: ElephantidaeElephantidaeElephantidae is a taxonomic family, collectively elephants and mammoths. These are terrestrial large mammals with a trunk and tusks. Most genera and species in the family are extinct...
(elephants)- Genus: LoxodontaLoxodontaAfrican elephants are the species of elephants in the genus Loxodonta , one of the two existing genera in Elephantidae. Although it is commonly believed that the genus was named by Georges Cuvier in 1825, Cuvier spelled it Loxodonte...
- African Bush ElephantAfrican Bush ElephantThe African Bush Elephant or African Savanna Elephant is the larger of the two species of African elephant. Both it and the African Forest Elephant have usually been classified as a single species, known simply as the African Elephant...
Loxodonta africana VU
- African Bush Elephant
- Genus: Loxodonta
- Family: Elephantidae
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Order: SireniaSireniaSirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. Four species are living, in two families and genera. These are the dugong and manatees...
(manatees and dugongs)
----Sirenia is an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit rivers, estuaries, coastal marine waters, swamps, and marine wetlands. All four species are endangered.
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- Family: Trichechidae
- Genus: Trichechus
- African ManateeAfrican ManateeThe African manatee , also known as the West African manatee or seacow, is a species of manatee and is the most endangered of the four species of sirenians. Scientists think they are most similar to West Indian manatees...
Trichechus senegalensis VU
- African Manatee
- Genus: Trichechus
- Family: Trichechidae
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Order: Primates
----Lemur
Lemurs are a clade of strepsirrhine primates endemic to the island of Madagascar. They are named after the lemures of Roman mythology due to the ghostly vocalizations, reflective eyes, and the nocturnal habits of some species...
s, monkey
Monkey
A monkey is a primate, either an Old World monkey or a New World monkey. There are about 260 known living species of monkey. Many are arboreal, although there are species that live primarily on the ground, such as baboons. Monkeys are generally considered to be intelligent. Unlike apes, monkeys...
s, and ape
Ape
Apes are Old World anthropoid mammals, more specifically a clade of tailless catarrhine primates, belonging to the biological superfamily Hominoidea. The apes are native to Africa and South-east Asia, although in relatively recent times humans have spread all over the world...
s, with the latter category including humans. It is divided informally into three main groupings: prosimian
Prosimian
Prosimians are a grouping of mammals defined as being primates, but not monkeys or apes. They include, among others, lemurs, bushbabies, and tarsiers. They are considered to have characteristics that are more primitive than those of monkeys and apes. Prosimians are the only primates native to...
s, monkeys of the New World
New World monkey
New World monkeys are the five families of primates that are found in Central and South America: Callitrichidae, Cebidae, Aotidae, Pitheciidae, and Atelidae. The five families are ranked together as the Platyrrhini parvorder and the Ceboidea superfamily, which are essentially synonymous since...
, and monkeys and apes of the Old World
Catarrhini
Catarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the higher primates . It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes, which in turn are further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans...
.
- Suborder: StrepsirrhiniStrepsirrhiniThe clade Strepsirrhini is one of the two suborders of primates. Madagascar's only non-human primates are strepsirrhines, and others can be found in southeast Asia and Africa...
- Infraorder: LorisiformesLorisiformesLorisiformes are a group of primates found throughout Africa and Asia. Members of this infraorder include the galagos and the lorises. As strepsirrhines, they are related to the lemurs.* Order Primates** Suborder Strepsirrhini: non-tarsier prosimians...
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- Family: LorisidaeLorisidaeLorisidae is a family of strepsirrhine primates. The lorisids are all slim arboreal animals and include the lorises, pottos and angwantibos. Lorisids live in tropical, central Africa as well as in south and southeast Asia....
(lorises, bushbabies)- Genus: Arctocebus
- Golden AngwantiboGolden AngwantiboThe golden angwantibo is a strepsirrhine primate from the family Lorisidae. It shares the Arctocebus genus with the Calabar angwantibo and together they are commonly called the golden pottos. The golden...
Arctocebus aureus LR/nt
- Golden Angwantibo
- Genus: Perodicticus
- PottoPottoThe potto is a strepsirrhine primate from the Lorisidae family. It is the only species in genus Perodicticus...
Perodicticus potto LR/lc
- Potto
- Genus: Arctocebus
- Family: Galagidae
- Genus: GalagoGalagoGalagos , also known as bushbabies, bush babies or nagapies , are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa, and make up the family Galagidae...
- Allen's Bushbaby Galago alleni LR/nt
- Demidoff's Dwarf Galago Galago demidoff LR/lc
- Mohol Galago Galago moholi LR/lc
- Thomas's BushbabyThomas's BushbabyThomas's bushbaby is a species of primate in the Galagidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda....
Galago thomasi LR/lc
- Genus: Otolemur
- Brown Greater GalagoBrown Greater GalagoThe brown greater galago is a nocturnal primate, the largest in the family of galagos.-Physical characteristics:This species has a rounded head with a short, wide snout, very large ears and relatively small eyes...
Otolemur crassicaudatus LR/lc
- Brown Greater Galago
- Genus: Euoticus
- Western Needle-clawed Galago Euoticus elegantulus LR/nt
- Genus: Galago
- Family: Lorisidae
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- Infraorder: Lorisiformes
- Suborder: HaplorrhiniHaplorrhiniThe haplorhines, the "dry-nosed" primates , are members of the Haplorhini clade: the prosimian tarsiers and the anthropoids...
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
- Parvorder: CatarrhiniCatarrhiniCatarrhini is one of the two subdivisions of the higher primates . It contains the Old World monkeys and the apes, which in turn are further divided into the lesser apes or gibbons and the great apes, consisting of the orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos, and humans...
- Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
- Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
- Genus: Allenopithecus
- Allen's Swamp MonkeyAllen's Swamp MonkeyAllen's swamp monkey is a primate species that is categorized in its own genus Allenopithecus in the Old World monkey family...
Allenopithecus nigroviridis LR/nt
- Allen's Swamp Monkey
- Genus: Miopithecus
- Southern Talapoin Monkey Miopithecus talapoin LR/lc
- Genus: Cercopithecus
- ChlorocebusChlorocebusChlorocebus is a genus of medium-sized primates from the family of Old World monkeys. There are six species currently recognized, although some classify them all as a single species with numerous subspecies...
Cercopithecus aethiops LR/lc - Black-cheeked White-nosed Monkey Cercopithecus ascanius LR/lc
- Moustached GuenonMoustached GuenonThe moustached guenon or moustached monkey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon....
Cercopithecus cephus LR/lc - Blue MonkeyBlue MonkeyThe blue monkey or diademed monkey is a species of Old World monkey native to Central and East Africa, ranging from the upper Congo River basin east to the Great Rift Valley and south to northern Angola and Zambia...
Cercopithecus mitis LR/lc - De Brazza's MonkeyDe Brazza's MonkeyDe Brazza's monkey is an Old World monkey endemic to the wetlands of central Africa.- Taxonomy :Locally known as swamp monkeys, these primates are named after the Italian-French explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. They were given the species name neglectus because of their skill in hiding from...
Cercopithecus neglectus LR/lc - Greater Spot-nosed MonkeyGreater Spot-nosed MonkeyThe greater spot-nosed monkey or Putty-nosed monkey is one of the smallest Old World monkeys. It is a guenon of the C. mitis group, native to West Africa and living to some extent in rain forests but more often in the transition zone between rain forest and savannah. It is primarily arboreal and...
Cercopithecus nictitans LR/lc - Crowned Guenon Cercopithecus pogonias LR/lc
- Chlorocebus
- Genus: Lophocebus
- Grey-cheeked MangabeyGrey-cheeked MangabeyThe grey-cheeked mangabey is an Old World monkey found in the forests of Central Africa. It ranges from Cameroon down to Gabon. The grey-cheeked mangabey is a dark monkey, looking in shape overall like a small, hairy baboon. Its thick brown fur is almost black in its forest home, with a slightly...
Lophocebus albigena LR/lc - Black Crested MangabeyBlack Crested MangabeyThe Black crested mangabey is a species of primate in the Cercopithecidae family. It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Lophocebus aterrimus LR/nt
- Grey-cheeked Mangabey
- Genus: Papio
- Yellow BaboonYellow BaboonThe yellow baboon is a baboon from the Old World monkey family.Cynocephalus literally means "dog-head" in Greek due to the shape of its muzzle and head. It has a slim body with long arms and legs and a yellowish-brown hair. It resembles the Chacma baboon but is smaller and its muzzle is not as...
Papio cynocephalus LR/lc - Chacma BaboonChacma BaboonThe Chacma baboon , also known as the Cape baboon, is, like all other baboons, from the Old World monkey family. With a body length of up to 115 cm and a weight from 15 to 31 kg, it is among the largest and heaviest baboon species. The Chacma is generally dark brown to gray in color,...
Papio ursinus LR/lc
- Yellow Baboon
- Subfamily: ColobinaeColobinaeColobinae is a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 59 species in 10 genera, including the skunk-like black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs. Some classifications split the colobine monkeys into two tribes, while others split them into...
- Genus: Colobus
- Angola ColobusAngola ColobusThe Angola colobus, Angolan black-and-white colobus or Angolan colobus is an arboreal Old World monkey belonging to the Colobus genus....
Colobus angolensis LR/lc
- Angola Colobus
- Genus: Colobus
- Genus: Allenopithecus
- Family: Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys)
- Superfamily: Hominoidea
- Family: HominidaeHominidaeThe Hominidae or include them .), as the term is used here, form a taxonomic family, including four extant genera: chimpanzees , gorillas , humans , and orangutans ....
(humans)- Subfamily: HomininaeHomininaeHomininae is a subfamily of Hominidae, which includes humans, gorillas and chimpanzees, and some extinct relatives; it comprises all those hominids, such as Australopithecus, that arose after the split from orangutans . Our family tree, which has 3 main branches leading to chimpanzees, humans and...
- Tribe: Gorillini
- Genus: GorillaGorillaGorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...
- Western GorillaWestern GorillaThe western gorilla is a great ape and the most populous species of the genus Gorilla.-Taxonomy:Nearly all of the individuals of this taxon belong to the western lowland gorilla subspecies whose population is approximately 95,000 individuals...
Gorilla gorilla EN
- Western Gorilla
- Genus: Gorilla
- Tribe: HomininiHomininiHominini is the tribe of Homininae that comprises Homo, and the two species of the genus Pan , their ancestors, and the extinct lineages of their common ancestor . Members of the tribe are called hominins...
- Genus: PanChimpanzeeChimpanzee, sometimes colloquially chimp, is the common name for the two extant species of ape in the genus Pan. The Congo River forms the boundary between the native habitat of the two species:...
- Common ChimpanzeeCommon ChimpanzeeThe common chimpanzee , also known as the robust chimpanzee, is a great ape. Colloquially, the common chimpanzee is often called the chimpanzee , though technically this term refers to both species in the genus Pan: the common chimpanzee and the closely related bonobo, formerly called the pygmy...
Pan troglodytes EN
- Common Chimpanzee
- Genus: Pan
- Tribe: Gorillini
- Subfamily: Homininae
- Family: Hominidae
- Superfamily: Cercopithecoidea
- Parvorder: Catarrhini
- Infraorder: Simiiformes
Order: RodentRodentRodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
ia (rodents)
----Incisor
Incisors are the first kind of tooth in heterodont mammals. They are located in the premaxilla above and mandible below.-Function:...
s in the upper and lower jaw which grow continually and must be kept short by gnawing. Most rodents are small though the capybara
Capybara
The capybara , also known as capivara in Portuguese, and capibara, chigüire in Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador ronsoco in Peru, chigüiro, and carpincho in Spanish, is the largest living rodent in the world. Its closest relatives are agouti, chinchillas, coyphillas, and guinea pigs...
can weigh up to 45 kg (100 lb).
- Suborder: HystricomorphaHystricomorphaThe term Hystricomorpha has had many definitions throughout its history. In the broadest sense it refers to any rodent with a hystricomorphous zygomasseteric system. This includes the Hystricognathi, Ctenodactylidae, Anomaluridae, and Pedetidae...
- Family: Bathyergidae
- Genus: CryptomysCryptomysCryptomys is the genus of common mole rats, endemic to Africa. Most of the species formerly placed in this genus were moved to the genus Fukomys in 2006.-References:...
- Bocage's Mole RatBocage's Mole RatBocage's Mole Rat is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae.It is found in Angola, Namibia, possibly Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly Zambia....
Cryptomys bocagei DD - Damaraland Mole RatDamaraland Mole RatThe Damaraland Mole Rat, or Damaraland blesmol is a burrowing rodent found in sub-Saharan Africa. Along with the smaller, less hairy Naked Mole Rat, it is one of only two known eusocial mammals....
Cryptomys damarensis LC - Mechow's Mole RatMechow's Mole RatMechow's Mole Rat is a species of rodent in the family Bathyergidae.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and possibly Malawi....
Cryptomys mechowi LC
- Bocage's Mole Rat
- Genus: Cryptomys
- Family: Petromuridae
- Genus: Petromus
- Dassie RatDassie RatThe dassie rat, Petromus typicus, is an African rodent found among rocky outcroppings. It is the only living member of its genus, Petromus, and family, Petromuridae. The name "dassie" means "hyrax" in Afrikaans, and the two animals are found in similar habitats...
Petromus typicus LC
- Dassie Rat
- Genus: Petromus
- Family: Bathyergidae
- Suborder: SciurognathiSciurognathiSciurognathi is a suborder of rodents that includes squirrels, chipmunks, beavers, and many types of mice. The group is characterized by a specific shape to the lower jaw. In sciurognaths, the angular process of the jaw is in the same plane as the root of the incisors...
- Family: Anomaluridae
- Subfamily: Anomalurinae
- Genus: AnomalurusAnomalurusAnomalurus is the largest genus in the rodent family Anomaluridae, with four species. It is the only genus in the subfamily Anomalurinae.- Species :*A. beecrofti - Beecroft's Scaly-tailed Squirrel...
- Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed Squirrel Anomalurus derbianus LC
- Genus: Anomalurops
- Beecroft's Scaly-tailed Squirrel Anomalurops beecrofti LC
- Genus: Anomalurus
- Subfamily: Anomalurinae
- Family: PedetidaePedetidaePedetidae is a family of mammals from the rodent order. The two living species, the springhares, are distributed throughout much of southern Africa and also around Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Fossils have been found as far north as Turkey. Together with the anomalures, Pedetidae forms the suborder...
(spring hare)- Genus: PedetesPedetesPedetes is a genus of rodent in the Pedetidae family. Members of the genus are distributed across southern Africa and also occur in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.-Species:...
- SpringhareSpringhareThe springhare , or springhaas, is not actually a hare, but a member of the order Rodentia. It is one of a number of species in the genus Pedetes, and is native to southern Africa. Synonyms are P. caffer or P...
Pedetes capensis LC
- Springhare
- Genus: Pedetes
- Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
- Subfamily: XerinaeXerinaeXerinae is a subfamily of squirrels, many of which are highly terrestrial. It includes the tribes Marmotini , Xerini , and Protoxerini .-References:* Thorington, R. W. and R. S. Hoffmann. 2005. Family Sciuridae. Pp 754-818 in Wilson, E. D...
- Tribe: Xerini
- Genus: Xerus
- Mountain Ground SquirrelMountain Ground SquirrelThe Mountain Ground Squirrel is a rodent that is native to southwestern Angola, western Namibia, and western South Africa. It is also known as the Kaoko Ground Squirrel or the Damara Ground Squirrel....
Xerus princeps LC
- Mountain Ground Squirrel
- Genus: Xerus
- Tribe: ProtoxeriniProtoxeriniProtoxerini is a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. There are thirty species in six genera.-Genera:Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Myosciurus Paraxerus...
- Genus: Funisciurus
- Lunda Rope SquirrelLunda Rope SquirrelThe Lunda Rope Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitat is moist savanna....
Funisciurus bayonii DD - Congo Rope SquirrelCongo Rope SquirrelThe Congo Rope Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Namibia....
Funisciurus congicus LC - Fire-footed Rope SquirrelFire-footed Rope SquirrelThe Fire-footed Rope Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and...
Funisciurus pyrropus LC
- Lunda Rope Squirrel
- Genus: Heliosciurus
- Gambian Sun SquirrelGambian Sun SquirrelThe Gambian Sun Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra...
Heliosciurus gambianus LC
- Gambian Sun Squirrel
- Genus: Paraxerus
- Smith's Bush SquirrelSmith's Bush SquirrelSmith's Bush Squirrel , also known as Yellow-footed Squirrel and in South Africa as the Tree Squirrel, is an African bush squirrel found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.It is a common rodent which...
Paraxerus cepapi LC
- Smith's Bush Squirrel
- Genus: Protoxerus
- Forest Giant SquirrelForest Giant SquirrelThe Forest Giant Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone,...
Protoxerus stangeri LC
- Forest Giant Squirrel
- Genus: Funisciurus
- Tribe: Xerini
- Subfamily: Xerinae
- Family: Gliridae (dormice)
- Subfamily: Graphiurinae
- Genus: GraphiurusGraphiurusThe African dormice, Graphiurus, are a genus of dormouse that live throughout sub-Saharan Africa in a variety of habitats. They are very agile climbers and have bushy tails...
- Graphiurus angolensisGraphiurus angolensisThe Angolan African Dormouse is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is endemic to Angola.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.-References:...
DD - Kellen's DormouseKellen's DormouseKellen's Dormouse is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gambia, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Senegal, Tanzania, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry...
Graphiurus kelleni DD - Small-eared DormouseSmall-eared DormouseThe Small-eared Dormouse is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:*Holden, M. E.. 2005. Family Gliridae. Pp...
Graphiurus microtis LC - Monard's DormouseMonard's DormouseMonard's Dormouse is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and possibly Zambia. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.-References:...
Graphiurus monardi DD - Rock DormouseRock DormouseThe Rock Dormouse is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.-References:* Grubb, P. 2004. . Downloaded on 29 July 2007....
Graphiurus platyops LC - Stone DormouseStone DormouseThe Stone Dormouse is a species of rodent in the Gliridae family. It is found in Namibia, South Africa, and possibly Angola. Its natural habitat is rocky areas.-References:...
Graphiurus rupicola LC
- Graphiurus angolensis
- Genus: Graphiurus
- Subfamily: Graphiurinae
- Family: SpalacidaeSpalacidaeThe Spalacidae, or spalacids are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. They are native to eastern Asia, the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, and south-eastern Europe. It includes the blind mole rats, bamboo rats, root rats, and zokors...
- Subfamily: Tachyoryctinae
- Genus: TachyoryctesTachyoryctesTachyoryctes is a genus of rodent in the Spalacidae family.It contains the following species:* Ankole Mole Rat * Mianzini Mole Rat * Audacious Mole Rat...
- Ankole Mole RatAnkole Mole RatThe Ankole Mole Rat or Ankole African Mole Rat is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It is found in Angola and Uganda. Its natural habitats are moist savanna and arable land.-References:...
Tachyoryctes ankoliae LC
- Ankole Mole Rat
- Genus: Tachyoryctes
- Subfamily: Tachyoryctinae
- Family: NesomyidaeNesomyidaeNesomyidae is a family of African rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes several subfamilies, all of which are native to either continental Africa or to Madagascar...
- Subfamily: Petromyscinae
- Genus: PetromyscusPetromyscusPetromyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Nesomyidae. It is so distinct from other rodents that it is placed as the only genus in subfamily Petromyscinae. In previous classifications, Delanymys brooksi, has also been placed in the subfamily. They are found in southwestern Africa. These animals...
- Pygmy Rock MousePygmy Rock MouseThe Pygmy Rock Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
Petromyscus collinus LC - Shortridge's Rock MouseShortridge's Rock MouseShortridge's Rock Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola and Namibia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
Petromyscus shortridgei LC
- Pygmy Rock Mouse
- Genus: Petromyscus
- Subfamily: DendromurinaeDendromurinaeDendromurinae is a subfamily of rodents in the family Nesomyidae and superfamily Muroidea. The dendromurines are currently restricted to Africa, as is the case for all extant members of the family Nesomyidae. The authorship of the subfamily has been contributed to both Alston, 1876, and to G. M...
- Genus: DendromusDendromusMice in the genus Dendromus are commonly referred to as African climbing mice or tree mice, although these terms are often used to describe all members of the subfamily Dendromurinae...
- Gray Glimbing Mouse Dendromus melanotis LC
- Chestnut Climbing MouseChestnut Climbing MouseThe Chestnut Climbing Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist...
Dendromus mystacalis LC - Nyika Climbing MouseNyika Climbing MouseThe Nyika Climbing Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
Dendromus nyikae LC - Vernay's Climbing MouseVernay's Climbing MouseVernay's Climbing Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitat is moist savanna.-References:* Dieterlen, F. 2004. . Downloaded on 19 July 2007....
Dendromus vernayi DD
- Genus: MalacothrixMalacothrixMalacothrix may refer to:*Malacothrix - a genus of rodents*Malacothrix - a genus of plants...
- Gerbil MouseGerbil MouseThe Gerbil Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa....
Malacothrix typica LC
- Gerbil Mouse
- Genus: SteatomysSteatomysSteatomys is a genus of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It contains the following species:* Bocage's African Fat Mouse * Northwestern Fat Mouse * Dainty Fat Mouse...
- Kreb's Fat MouseKreb's Fat MouseThe Kreb's Fat Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia....
Steatomys krebsii LC - Tiny Fat MouseTiny Fat MouseThe Tiny Fat Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
Steatomys parvus LC - Fat MouseFat MouseThe Fat Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
Steatomys pratensis LC
- Kreb's Fat Mouse
- Genus: Dendromus
- Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
- Genus: Cricetomys
- Gambian Pouched RatGambian pouched ratThe Gambian pouched rat , also known as the African giant pouched rat, is a nocturnal pouched rat of the giant pouched rat genus Cricetomys. It is among the largest muroids in the world, growing up to about long including their tail which makes up half their length...
Cricetomys gambianus LC
- Gambian Pouched Rat
- Genus: SaccostomusSaccostomusSaccostomus is a genus of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It contains the following species:* South African Pouched Mouse * Mearns's Pouched Mouse -References:...
- South African Pouched MouseSouth African Pouched MouseThe South African Pouched Mouse or Southern African Pouched Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Nesomyidae, which is viewed as actually representing a complex of undescribed species...
Saccostomus campestris LC
- South African Pouched Mouse
- Genus: Cricetomys
- Subfamily: Petromyscinae
- Family: MuridaeMuridaeMuridae is the largest family of mammals. It contains over 600 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. They have been introduced worldwide. The group includes true mice and rats, gerbils, and relatives....
(mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)- Subfamily: DeomyinaeDeomyinaeThe subfamily Deomyinae consists of four genera of mouse-like rodents that were placed in the subfamilies Murinae and Dendromurinae until very recently. They are sometimes called Acomyinae, particularly in references that predate the discovery that the link rat, Deomys ferugineus, is part of the...
- Genus: Lophuromys
- Yellow-spotted Brush-furred RatYellow-spotted Brush-furred RatThe Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania, and Zambia....
Lophuromys flavopunctatus LC - Rusty-bellied Brush-furred RatRusty-bellied Brush-furred RatThe Rusty-Bellied Brush-Furred Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone,...
Lophuromys sikapusi LC
- Yellow-spotted Brush-furred Rat
- Genus: Lophuromys
- Subfamily: Otomyinae
- Genus: OtomysOtomysAfrican vlei rats , also known as groove-toothed rats, live in many areas of sub-Saharan Africa. They live in marshlands and grasslands, and eat the green grass and herbs that grow there, occasionally supplementing this with roots and seeds...
- Angolan Vlei RatAngolan Vlei RatThe Angolan Vlei Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland....
Otomys anchietae LC - Cuanza Vlei RatCuanza Vlei RatThe Cuanza Vlei Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland and swamps.-References:...
Otomys cuanzensis LC - Large Vlei RatLarge Vlei RatThe Large Vlei Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, and Zambia....
Otomys maximus LC
- Angolan Vlei Rat
- Genus: Otomys
- Subfamily: Gerbillinae
- Genus: Desmodillus
- Cape Short-eared GerbilCape Short-Eared GerbilThe Cape Short-eared Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is the only species in the genus Desmodillus.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa....
Desmodillus auricularis LC
- Cape Short-eared Gerbil
- Genus: GerbillurusGerbillurusGerbillurus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae. It contains the following species:* Hairy-footed Gerbil * Namib Brush-tailed Gerbil * Dune Hairy-footed Gerbil...
- Hairy-footed GerbilHairy-Footed GerbilThe Hairy-footed Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe....
Gerbillurus paeba LC - Setzer's Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus setzeri LC
- Hairy-footed Gerbil
- Genus: Tatera
- Boehm's GerbilBoehm's GerbilBoehm's Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia....
Tatera boehmi LC - Highveld GerbilHighveld GerbilThe Highveld Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
Tatera brantsii LC - Bushveld GerbilBushveld GerbilThe Bushveld Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are dry savanna, subtropical or tropical dry...
Tatera leucogaster LC - Savanna GerbilSavanna GerbilThe Savanna Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
Tatera valida LC
- Boehm's Gerbil
- Genus: Desmodillus
- Subfamily: MurinaeMurinaeThe Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species. This subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the...
- Genus: AethomysAethomysAethomys is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as rock rats, bush rats or rock mice.-Species:*Genus Aethomys**Aethomys bocagei - Bocage's Rock Rat...
- Bocage's Rock RatBocage's Rock RatBocage's Rock Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna....
Aethomys bocagei LC - Red Rock RatRed Rock RatThe Red Rock Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
Aethomys chrysophilus LC - Kaiser's Rock RatKaiser's Rock RatThe Kaiser's Rock Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia....
Aethomys kaiseri LC - Namaqua Rock RatNamaqua Rock RatThe Namaqua Rock Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes included in the genus Michaelamys....
Aethomys namaquensis LC - Nyika Rock RatNyika Rock RatThe Nyika Rock Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
Aethomys nyikae LC - Thomas's Rock RatThomas's Rock RatThomas's Rock Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
Aethomys thomasi LC
- Bocage's Rock Rat
- Genus: Colomys
- African Water Rat Colomys goslingi LC
- Genus: DasymysDasymysDasymys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Glover Allen's Shaggy Rat * Crawford-Cabral's Shaggy Rat * Fox's Shaggy Rat...
- Common Dasymys Dasymys incomtus LC
- Angolan Marsh RatAngolan Marsh RatThe Angolan Marsh Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, and Zambia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland and swamps....
Dasymys nudipes NT
- Genus: GrammomysGrammomysGrammomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Arid Thicket Rat * Grammomys brevirostris* Bunting's Thicket Rat...
- Woodland Thicket RatWoodland Thicket RatThe Woodland Thicket Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests,...
Grammomys dolichurus LC - Shining Thicket RatShining Thicket RatThe Shining Thicket Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural...
Grammomys rutilans LC
- Woodland Thicket Rat
- Genus: HybomysHybomysHybomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Eisentraut's Hybomys * Bioko Hybomys * Moon Striped Mouse...
- Peters' Striped Mouse Hybomys univittatus LC
- Genus: HylomyscusHylomyscusHylomyscus is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:Genus Hylomyscus - African wood mice*H. aeta group**Beaded Wood Mouse, Hylomyscus aeta**Hylomyscus grandis*H...
- Allen's Wood Mouse Hylomyscus alleni LC
- Angolan Wood Mouse Hylomyscus carillus LC
- Montane Wood Mouse Hylomyscus denniae LC
- Genus: Lemniscomys
- Griselda's LemniscomysGriselda's LemniscomysGriselda's Lemniscomys or Griselda's Striped Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia.Its natural habitat is dry savanna....
Lemniscomys griselda LC - Single-striped Grass MouseSingle-Striped Grass MouseThe Single-striped Grass Mouse or Single-striped Lemniscomys is a species of rodent in the family Muridae....
Lemniscomys rosalia LC - Rosevear's LemniscomysRosevear's LemniscomysRosevear's Lemniscomys or Rosevear's Striped Grass Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Zambia and possibly Angola.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests....
Lemniscomys roseveari DD - Typical Striped Grass MouseTypical Striped Grass MouseThe Typical Striped Grass Mouse is a small rodent of the suborder Myomorpha, native to Africa, and with longitudinally-striped fur...
Lemniscomys striatus LC
- Griselda's Lemniscomys
- Genus: MalacomysMalacomysMalacomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Cansdale's Swamp Rat * Edward's Swamp Rat * Big-eared Swamp Rat -References:...
- Big-eared Swamp RatBig-eared Swamp RatThe Big-eared Swamp Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria, Sudan, Uganda, and Zambia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...
Malacomys longipes LC
- Big-eared Swamp Rat
- Genus: MastomysMastomysMastomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Awash Mastomys * Southern Multimammate Mouse * Guinea Multimammate Mouse...
- Southern Multimammate MouseSouthern Multimammate MouseThe Southern Multimammate Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe....
Mastomys coucha LC - Natal Multimammate MouseNatal Multimammate MouseThe Natal Multimammate Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is also known as the Natal Multimammate Rat, the Common African Rat, or the African Soft-furred Rat.-Range:...
Mastomys natalensis LC - Shortridge's Multimammate MouseShortridge's Multimammate MouseShortridge's Multimammate Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, and Namibia....
Mastomys shortridgei LC
- Southern Multimammate Mouse
- Genus: Mus
- Callewaert's MouseCallewaert's MouseCallewaert's Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitat is dry savanna.-References:...
Mus callewaerti DD - Desert Pygmy MouseDesert Pygmy MouseThe Desert Pygmy Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland....
Mus indutus LC - African Pygmy MouseAfrican Pygmy MouseThe African Pygmy Mouse, is possibly the smallest of all rodents and one of the smallest mammals. It is widespread within sub-Saharan Africa, and is kept as a pet in other parts of the world...
Mus minutoides LC - Thomas's Pygmy MouseThomas's Pygmy MouseThe Thomas's Pygmy Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda....
Mus sorella LC - Gray-bellied Pygmy MouseGray-Bellied Pygmy MouseThe Gray-bellied Pygmy Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia....
Mus triton LC
- Callewaert's Mouse
- Genus: MylomysMylomysMylomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* African Groove-toothed Rat * Ethiopian Mylomys -References:...
- Mill Rat Mylomys dybowskii LC
- Genus: MyomyscusMyomyscusMyomyscus is a genus of rodent. Species in this genus are often placed in the genus Myomys Thomas, 1915, but the type specimen for Myomys is actually a Mastomys...
- Angolan Multimammate MouseAngolan Multimammate MouseThe Angolan Multimammate Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna.-References:...
Myomyscus angolensis LC
- Angolan Multimammate Mouse
- Genus: OenomysOenomysOenomys is a genus of African rodents. Known as rufous-nosed rats or rusty-nosed rats, they occur from Sierra Leone east to Ethiopia and as far south as northern Angola...
- Rufous-nosed Rats Oenomys hypoxanthus LC
- Genus: PelomysPelomysPelomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat * Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat * Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat...
- Bell Groove-toothed Swamp RatBell Groove-Toothed Swamp RatThe Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo....
Pelomys campanae LC - Creek Groove-toothed Swamp RatCreek Groove-Toothed Swamp RatThe Creek Groove-toothed Swamp Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
Pelomys fallax LC - Least Groove-toothed Swamp RatLeast Groove-Toothed Swamp RatThe Least Groove-toothed Swamp Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Zambia.Its natural habitat is moist savanna.-References:...
Pelomys minor LC
- Bell Groove-toothed Swamp Rat
- Genus: PraomysPraomysPraomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Praomys coetzeei* Dalton's Mouse, Praomys daltoni* De Graaff's Soft-furred Mouse, Praomys degraaffi...
- Jackson's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys jacksoni LC
- Tullberg's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys tullbergi LC
- Genus: RhabdomysRhabdomysRhabdomys is a small muroid rodent that is widespread and abundant in the southern African subregion...
- Four-striped Grass MouseFour-Striped Grass MouseThe Four-striped Grass Mouse or Four-striped Grass Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its natural habitats...
Rhabdomys pumilio LC
- Four-striped Grass Mouse
- Genus: ThallomysThallomysThe Acacia rats are a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
- Black-tailed Tree RatBlack-Tailed Tree RatThe Black-tailed Tree Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Zambia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
Thallomys nigricauda LC
- Black-tailed Tree Rat
- Genus: ZelotomysZelotomysZelotomys is a small genus of rodent from Africa with only two species. They are commonly referred to as broad-headed stink mice or broad-headed mice.-Species:Genus Zelotomys - stink mice...
- Hildegarde's Zelotomys Zelotomys hildegardeae LC
- Woosnam's Zelotomys Zelotomys woosnami LC
- Genus: Aethomys
- Subfamily: Deomyinae
- Family: Anomaluridae
Order: LagomorphaLagomorphaThe lagomorphs are the members of the taxonomic order Lagomorpha, of which there are two living families, the Leporidae , and the Ochotonidae...
(lagomorphs)
----The lagomorphs comprise two families, Leporidae
Leporidae
Leporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
(hare
Hare
Hares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares less than one year old are called leverets. Four species commonly known as types of hare are classified outside of Lepus: the hispid hare , and three species known as red rock hares .Hares are very fast-moving...
s and rabbit
Rabbit
Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae of the order Lagomorpha, found in several parts of the world...
s), and Ochotonidae (pika
Pika
The pika is a small mammal, with short limbs, rounded ears, and short tail. The name pika is used for any member of the Ochotonidae, a family within the order of lagomorphs, which also includes the Leporidae . One genus, Ochotona, is recognised within the family, and it includes 30 species...
s). Though they can resemble rodent
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
s, and were classified as a superfamily
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
in that order until the early 20th century, they have since been considered a separate order. They differ from rodents in a number of physical characteristics, such as having four incisors in the upper jaw rather than two.
- Family: LeporidaeLeporidaeLeporids are the approximately 50 species of rabbits and hares which form the family Leporidae. The leporids, together with the pikas, constitute the mammalian order Lagomorpha. Leporids differ from pikas in having short furry tails, and elongated ears and hind legs...
(rabbits, hares)- Genus: Poelagus
- Bunyoro RabbitBunyoro RabbitThe Bunyoro Rabbit or Central African Rabbit is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Poelagus. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda.-References:* Lagomorph Specialist...
Poelagus marjorita LR/lc
- Bunyoro Rabbit
- Genus: Pronolagus
- Jameson's Red Rock HareJameson's Red Rock HareJameson's Red Rock Hare is a leporid found only on the continent of Africa, mostly in the southern portion of the continent. South Africa has a population of this red rock hare but it is only found in the northwestern part of the country. Botswana also has a population, they occur mostly in the...
Pronolagus randensis LR/lc
- Jameson's Red Rock Hare
- Genus: LepusHareHares and jackrabbits are leporids belonging to the genus Lepus. Hares less than one year old are called leverets. Four species commonly known as types of hare are classified outside of Lepus: the hispid hare , and three species known as red rock hares .Hares are very fast-moving...
- Cape HareCape HareThe Cape, Common or Brown Hare is a hare natively found throughout Africa, and has spread to many parts of the Europe, Middle East and Asia. The Cape Hare is a nocturnal herbivore.They are fast...
Lepus capensis LR/lc
- Cape Hare
- Genus: Poelagus
Order: Erinaceomorpha (hedgehogs and gymnures)
----The order Erinaceomorpha contains a single family, Erinaceidae, which comprise the hedgehog
Hedgehog
A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae and the order Erinaceomorpha. There are 17 species of hedgehog in five genera, found through parts of Europe, Asia, Africa, and New Zealand . There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, and no living species native to the Americas...
s and gymnure
Gymnure
The gymnure, also called a hairy hedgehog or moonrat, is a type of mammal belonging to the subfamily Galericinae, in the family Erinaceidae and the order Erinaceomorpha...
s. The hedgehogs are easily recognised by their spines while gymnures look more like large rats.
- Family: ErinaceidaeErinaceidaeErinaceidae is the only living family in the order Erinaceomorpha, which has recently been subsumed with Soricomorpha into the order Eulipotyphla...
(hedgehogs)- Subfamily: Erinaceinae
- Genus: AtelerixAtelerixAtelerix is a genus of mammal in the Erinaceidae family. It contains four species.-Species:* Four-toed Hedgehog * North African Hedgehog * Southern African Hedgehog...
- Southern African HedgehogSouthern African HedgehogThe Southern African Hedgehog is a species of mammal in the Erinaceidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.-Physical description:...
Atelerix frontalis LR/lc
- Southern African Hedgehog
- Genus: Atelerix
- Subfamily: Erinaceinae
Order: SoricomorphaSoricomorphaThe order Soricomorpha is taxon within the class of mammals. In previous years it formed a significant group within the former order Insectivora...
(shrews, moles, and soledons)
----The "shrew-forms" are insectivorous mammals. The shrews and soledons closely resemble mice while the moles are stout bodied burrowers.
- Family: Soricidae (shrews)
- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
- Genus: CrociduraCrociduraThe genus Crocidura is one of nine genus of the shrew subfamily Crocidurinae. Members of the genus are commonly called white-toothed shrews or musk shrews, although both also apply to all of the species in the subfamily. With 182 species, Crocidura contains the largest number of species of any...
- Reddish-gray Musk ShrewReddish-gray Musk ShrewThe Reddish-gray Musk Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...
Crocidura cyanea LC - Heather ShrewHeather ShrewThe Heather Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is endemic to Angola. It is threatened by habitat loss....
Crocidura erica DD - Tiny Musk Shrew Crocidura fuscomurina LC
- Lesser Red Musk ShrewLesser Red Musk ShrewThe Lesser Red Musk Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...
Crocidura hirta LC - Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew Crocidura luna LC
- Swamp Musk ShrewSwamp Musk ShrewThe Swamp Musk Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It occurs in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is swamps....
Crocidura mariquensis LC - Black White-toothed Shrew Crocidura nigricans LC
- Tenebrous Shrew Crocidura nigrofusca LC
- Olivier's Shrew Crocidura olivieri LC
- Small-footed ShrewSmall-footed ShrewThe Small-footed Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia...
Crocidura parvipes LC - Roosvelt's Shrew Crocidura roosevelti LC
- Lesser Gray-brown Musk ShrewLesser Gray-brown Musk ShrewThe Lesser Gray-brown Musk Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...
Crocidura silacea LC - Tumultuous Shrew Crocidura turba LC
- Reddish-gray Musk Shrew
- Genus: SuncusSuncusSuncus is a genus of shrews in the family Soricidae.-Classification:*Genus Suncus**Taita Shrew **Black Shrew **Day's Shrew **Etruscan Shrew...
- Greater Dwarf ShrewGreater Dwarf ShrewThe Greater Dwarf Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.-References:* Hutterer, R....
Suncus lixus LC
- Greater Dwarf Shrew
- Genus: Sylvisorex
- Climbing ShrewClimbing ShrewThe Climbing Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family, which is found in subtropical Africa. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi,...
Sylvisorex megalura LC
- Climbing Shrew
- Genus: Crocidura
- Subfamily: Crocidurinae
Order: Chiroptera (bats)
----The bats' most distinguishing feature is that their forelimbs are developed as wings, making them the only mammals in the world naturally capable of flight. Bat species account for about 20% of all mammals.
- Family: Pteropodidae (flying foxes, Old World fruit bats)
- Subfamily: PteropodinaePteropodinaePteropodinae is a subfamily of megabats. Species within this subfamily are:Subfamily Pteropodinae* Genus Acerodon**Sulawesi Flying Fox, Acerodon celebensis**Talaud Flying Fox, Acerodon humilis...
- Genus: EidolonEidolon (genus)Eidolon is a genus of megabats in the Pteropodidae family. It contains two species:*Madagascan Fruit Bat, Eidolon dupreanum*Straw-coloured Fruit Bat, Eidolon helvum-References:...
- Straw-coloured Fruit BatStraw-coloured Fruit BatThe Straw-coloured Fruit Bat is the most widely distributed of all the African megabats. It is quite common throughout its area ranging from southwestern Arabian Peninsula, forest and savanna zones of Africa and to the offshore island of Madagascar...
Eidolon helvum LC
- Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
- Genus: EpomophorusEpomophorusEpomophorus is a genus of bat in the Pteropodidae family. They have a distribution throughout Africa.-Species:Epomophorus contains the following species:Genus Epomophorus* Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomophorus angolensis...
- Angolan Epauletted Fruit BatAngolan Epauletted Fruit BatThe Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola and Namibia. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
Epomophorus angolensis NT - Peters's Epauletted Fruit BatPeters's Epauletted Fruit BatThe Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe...
Epomophorus crypturus LC - Lesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit BatLesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit BatThe Lesser Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola and Republic of the Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is threatened...
Epomophorus grandis DD - Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit BatWahlberg's Epauletted Fruit BatThe Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland,...
Epomophorus wahlbergi LC
- Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat
- Genus: EpomopsEpomopsEpomops is a genus of bat in the Pteropodidae family.It contains the following species:* Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomops buettikoferi* Dobson's Fruit Bat, Epomops dobsoni* Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat, Epomops franqueti...
- Dobson's Fruit BatDobson's Fruit BatDobson's Epauletted Fruit Bat, or Dobson's Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Zambia. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.-References:* Mickleburgh, S., Hutson, A.,...
Epomops dobsoni LC - Franquet's Epauletted Fruit BatFranquet's Epauletted Fruit BatFranquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family.-Range and habitat:Franquet's epauletted fruit bat ranges from Ivory Coast to southern Sudan and south to Angola and Zambia....
Epomops franqueti LC
- Dobson's Fruit Bat
- Genus: Hypsignathus
- Hammer-headed batHammer-headed batThe Hammer-headed Bat , also known as the Big-lipped Bat, is a megabat widely distributed in equatorial Africa. This large bat is found in riverine forests, mangroves, swamps, and palm forests at elevations less than 1800 meters.- Taxonomy :The hammer-headed bat is a member of the family Pteropodidae...
Hypsignathus monstrosus LC
- Hammer-headed bat
- Genus: LissonycterisLissonycterisLissonycteris is a genus of bat in the Pteropodidae family.It contains the following species:* Angolan Fruit Bat * Harrison's Fruit Bat * Petra Fruit Bat...
- Angolan Rousette Lissonycteris angolensis LC
- Genus: MicropteropusMicropteropusMicropteropus is a genus of bat in the Pteropodidae family.It contains the following species:* Hayman's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat, Micropteropus intermedius* Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat, Micropteropus pusillus...
- Hayman's Epauletted Fruit Bat Micropteropus intermedius DD
- Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit BatPeter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit BatPeter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia,...
Micropteropus pusillus LC
- Genus: MyonycterisMyonycterisMyonycteris is a genus of bat in the Pteropodidae family.It contains the following species:Genus Myonycteris* Sao Tomé Collared Fruit Bat, Myonycteris brachycephala* East African Little Collared Fruit Bat, Myonycteris relicta...
- Little Collared Fruit BatLittle Collared Fruit BatThe Little Collared Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan,...
Myonycteris torquata LC
- Little Collared Fruit Bat
- Genus: Plerotes
- D'anchieta's Fruit BatD'Anchieta's Fruit BatD'Anchieta's Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the family Pteropodidae. It is the only species in the genus Plerotes. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, and Zambia, where it lives in subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and moist savanna. It is listed...
Plerotes anchietae DD
- D'anchieta's Fruit Bat
- Genus: RousettusRousettusRousettus is a genus of Old World fruit bats or megabats. They are sometimes referred to as dog-faced fruit bats, or flying foxes. The genus is a member of the suborder Megachiroptera...
- Egyptian fruit batEgyptian fruit batThe Egyptian Fruit Bat or Egyptian Rousette is a species of Old World fruit bat found throughout Africa, except in the desert regions of the Sahara, and throughout the Middle East, as far east as Pakistan and northern India...
Rousettus aegyptiacus LC
- Egyptian fruit bat
- Genus: Eidolon
- Subfamily: Macroglossinae
- Genus: Megaloglossus
- Woermann's Fruit Bat Megaloglossus woermanni LC
- Genus: Megaloglossus
- Subfamily: Pteropodinae
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: KerivoulinaeKerivoulinaeKerivoulinae is a subfamily of vesper bats. There are 25 species in 2 genera within this subfamily:Subfamily Kerivoulinae*Genus Kerivoula - Painted bats**Tanzanian Woolly Bat, Kerivoula africana**St...
- Genus: KerivoulaKerivoulaKerivoula is a genus of vesper bats in the subfamily Kerivoulinae.Species within this genus are:*Tanzanian Woolly Bat *St...
- Damara Woolly BatDamara Woolly BatThe Damara Woolly Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family found in Africa.Its natural habitat is moist savanna.-References:...
Kerivoula argentata LC
- Damara Woolly Bat
- Genus: Kerivoula
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- Genus: CistugoCistugoCistugo is a genus of bats from southern Africa. The two species have historically been included in the genus Myotis , but molecular studies show that the genus is distinct from all other Vespertilionidae, and in fact distinctive enough to be placed in its own family, Cistugidae.The two species...
- Angolan Hairy BatAngolan Hairy BatThe Angolan Hairy Bat is a species of bat in the Cistugidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Namibia, and South Africa.It is found in these habitats: hot deserts.-Source:...
Cistugo seabrai NT
- Angolan Hairy Bat
- Genus: Myotis
- Rufous Mouse-eared BatRufous Mouse-eared BatThe Rufous Mouse-Eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon,...
Myotis bocagii LC - Welwitch's Bat Myotis welwitschii LC
- Rufous Mouse-eared Bat
- Genus: Cistugo
- Subfamily: VespertilioninaeVespertilioninaeVespertilioninae is a subfamily of Vesper Bats from the family Vespertilionidae.-Classification:Subfamily Vespertilioninae*Tribe Eptesicini**Genus Arielulus***Collared Pipistrelle, Arielulus aureocollaris...
- Genus: GlauconycterisGlauconycterisGlauconycteris is a genus of vespertilionid bats in Africa.-Species:Glauconycteris is a genus of vespertilionid bats in Africa.-Species:Glauconycteris is a genus of vespertilionid bats in Africa.-Species:...
- Silvered BatSilvered BatThe Silvered Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, and Tanzania.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland...
Glauconycteris argentata LC - Beatrix's BatBeatrix's BatBeatrix's Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria.It is found in these habitats: subtropical or...
Glauconycteris beatrix NT - Machado's Butterfly BatMachado's Butterfly BatMachado's Butterfly Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found only in Angola.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-Source:...
Glauconycteris machadoi DD - Butterfly BatButterfly BatThe variegated butterfly bat is a species of vesper bat. It is sometimes also called the leaf-winged bat, or simply the butterfly bat. It is not currently endangered, but may be threatened by habitat loss....
Glauconycteris variegata LC
- Silvered Bat
- Genus: HypsugoHypsugoThe genus Hypsugo contains many bats referred to as pipistrelles or pipistrelle bats. They belong to the family Vespertilionidae or vesper bats within the order Chiroptera.-Species:*Hypsugo alaschanicus...
- Anchieta's PipistrelleAnchieta's PipistrelleAnchieta's Pipistrelle is a species of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Madagascar....
Hypsugo anchietae LC - Broad-headed PipistrelleBroad-Headed PipistrelleThe Broad-headed Pipistrelle is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Kenya, Sudan, and Uganda....
Hypsugo crassulus LC
- Anchieta's Pipistrelle
- Genus: LaephotisLaephotisLaephotis is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Species within this genus are:*Angolan Long-eared Bats *Botswanan Long-eared Bat *Namib Long-eared Bat...
- Angolan Long-eared BatsAngolan Long-eared BatsThe Angolan Long-eared Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family. It can be found in moist savanna in Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo.-References:...
Laephotis angolensis NT
- Angolan Long-eared Bats
- Genus: Mimetillus
- Moloney's Flat-headed Bat Mimetillus moloneyi LC
- Genus: NeoromiciaNeoromiciaNeoromicia is a genus of vesper bat in the family Vespertilionidae.It contains the following species:* Dark-Brown Serotine * Cape Serotine * Yellow Serotine...
- Cape SerotineCape SerotineThe Cape Serotine is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea,...
Neoromicia capensis LC - Yellow SerotineYellow SerotineThe Yellow Serotine is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Malawi, and Mozambique....
Neoromicia flavescens DD - Banana PipistrelleBanana PipistrelleThe Banana Pipistrelle is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial...
Neoromicia nanus LC - White-winged SerotineWhite-winged SerotineThe White-Winged Serotine is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,...
Neoromicia tenuipinnis LC - Neoromicia zuluensisNeoromicia zuluensisNeoromicia zuluensis is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe....
LC
- Cape Serotine
- Genus: Nycticeinops
- Schlieffen's Twilight Bat Nycticeinops schlieffeni LC
- Genus: PipistrellusPipistrellusPipistrellus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae and subfamily Vespertilioninae. The name of the genus is derived from the Italian word Pipistrello, meaning "bat"....
- Rüppel's PipistrelleRüppel's PipistrelleRüppell's Pipistrelle is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family found in Africa. It is found in these habitats: dry savanna, moist savanna, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and hot deserts.-References:...
Pipistrellus rueppelli LC - Rusty PipistrelleRusty PipistrelleThe Rusty Pipistrelle is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.Its...
Pipistrellus rusticus LC
- Rüppel's Pipistrelle
- Genus: ScotoecusScotoecusScotoecus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.-Species:Scotoecus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.-Species:Scotoecus is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae.-Species:...
- White-bellied Lesser House BatWhite-bellied Lesser House BatThe White-Bellied Lesser House Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, Uganda, and Zambia.-References:...
Scotoecus albigula DD - Dark-winged Lesser House BatDark-winged Lesser House BatThe Dark-Winged Lesser House Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria,...
Scotoecus hirundo DD
- White-bellied Lesser House Bat
- Genus: ScotophilusScotophilusScotophilus is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly called yellow bats. They are found in southern Asia and Africa.- Species :- Reproduction :...
- White-bellied Yellow BatWhite-bellied Yellow BatThe White-Bellied Yellow Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia,...
Scotophilus leucogaster LC
- White-bellied Yellow Bat
- Genus: Glauconycteris
- Subfamily: Miniopterinae
- Genus: MiniopterusMiniopterusMiniopterus is a genus of bats and the only genus of the family Miniopteridae. The genus was previously placed in its own subfamily, Miniopterinae, of the vesper bat family, but is now classified in its own family....
- Natal Long-fingered BatNatal Long-fingered BatThe Natal Long-Fingered Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, possibly Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda,...
Miniopterus natalensis NT
- Natal Long-fingered Bat
- Genus: Miniopterus
- Subfamily: Kerivoulinae
- Family: Molossidae
- Genus: ChaerephonChaerephonChaerephon , of the Athenian deme Sphettus, was a loyal friend and follower of Socrates. He is known only through brief descriptions by classical writers and was "an unusual man by all accounts", though a man of loyal democratic values.-Life:...
- Ansorge's Free-tailed BatAnsorge's Free-tailed BatThe Ansorge's Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, and Zimbabwe...
Chaerephon ansorgei LC - Nigerian Free-tailed BatNigerian Free-tailed BatThe Nigerian Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia,...
Chaerephon nigeriae LC - Little Free-tailed BatLittle Free-tailed BatThe Little Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,...
Chaerephon pumila LC
- Ansorge's Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: MopsFree-tailed batMolossidae, or free-tailed bats, are a family of bats within the order Chiroptera. They are generally quite robust, and consist of many strong flying forms with relatively long and narrow wings. Another common name for some members of this group, and indeed a few species from other families, is...
- Angolan Free-tailed BatAngolan Free-tailed BatThe Angolan Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra...
Mops condylurus LC - White-bellied Free-tailed BatWhite-bellied Free-tailed BatThe White-bellied Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and moist savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Cotterill,...
Mops niveiventer LC
- Angolan Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: OtomopsOtomopsOtomops is a genus of bat in the family Molossidae.It contains the following species:* Javan Mastiff Bat * Otomops johnstonei* Madagascar Free-tailed Bat...
- Large-eared Free-tailed BatLarge-eared Free-tailed BatThe Large-eared Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and possibly...
Otomops martiensseni NT
- Large-eared Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: TadaridaTadaridaThe genus Tadarida has ten or more species of bats divided into two subgenera, with the first of these containing seven species spread across the Old World...
- Egyptian Free-tailed BatEgyptian Free-tailed BatThe Egyptian Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is distributed through most of Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman to Pakistan and India and Sri Lanka...
Tadarida aegyptiaca LC
- Egyptian Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: Chaerephon
- Family: Emballonuridae
- Genus: ColeuraColeuraColeura is a genus of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It contains the following species:* African Sheath-tailed Bat * Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat...
- African Sheath-tailed BatAfrican Sheath-Tailed BatThe African Sheath-Tailed Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It is found in Angola, Benin, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Madagascar,...
Coleura afra LC
- African Sheath-tailed Bat
- Genus: SaccolaimusSaccolaimusSaccolaimus is a genus of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It contains the following species:* Yellow-Bellied Pouched Bat * Troughton's Pouched Bat...
- Pel's Pouched BatPel's Pouched BatThe Pel's Pouched Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical...
Saccolaimus peli NT
- Pel's Pouched Bat
- Genus: TaphozousTaphozousTaphozous is a genus of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae.It contains the following species:* Indonesian Tomb Bat * Coastal Tomb Bat * Sharp-Nosed Tomb Bat...
- Mauritian Tomb BatMauritian Tomb BatThe Mauritian Tomb Bat is a species of sac-winged bat in the family Emballonuridae that is found in central and southern Africa and Madagascar. It was discovered in 1818 by Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and is characterized by an all-white ventral surface, grizzled dorsal coloration, and conical...
Taphozous mauritianus LC
- Mauritian Tomb Bat
- Genus: Coleura
- Family: NycteridaeNycteridaeNycteridae is the family of slit-faced or hollow-faced bats. They are grouped in a single genus, Nycteris. The bats are found in East Malaysia, Indonesia and many parts of Africa....
- Genus: Nycteris
- Bate's Slit-Faced BatBate's Slit-Faced BatBate's Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat frequently confused with Nycteris major. It is broadly distributed and common, living throughout many parts of Africa in forests and savannas.-References:...
Nycteris arge LC - Hairy Slit-Faced BatHairy Slit-Faced BatThe Hairy Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat that is widely distributed throughout forests and savannas in Africa. Two recognized subspecies exist: Nycteris hispida hispida and Nycteris hispida pallida...
Nycteris hispida LC - Intermediate Slit-Faced BatIntermediate Slit-Faced BatThe Intermediate Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat living in forest and savanna regions of west and central Africa. It is easily confused with Nycteris arge and Nycteris nana. N. Intermedia is broadly distributed, but is classified as near-threatened because of the threat of predicted...
Nycteris intermedia NT - Large-Eared Slit-Faced BatLarge-Eared Slit-Faced BatThe Large-Eared Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat which lives in forests and savannas throughout Africa. Nycteris vinsoni was once considered a synonym of N. macrotis, but it became recognized as a separate species in 2004. Some, however, still consider N. vinsoni to be a subspecies of...
Nycteris macrotis LC - Dwarf Slit-Faced BatDwarf Slit-Faced BatThe Dwarf Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat living in forest and savanna regions of Central Africa. Two subspecies have been noted: N. nana nana and N. nana tristis.-References:...
Nycteris nana LC - Egyptian Slit-Faced BatEgyptian Slit-Faced BatThe Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat is a species of slit-faced bat broadly distributed throughout Africa and the Middle East. It can live in widely diverse habitats, including forests, caves, deserts, savannas, shrublands, and grasslands. Its subspecies include:*N. thebaica adana*N. thebaica albiventer*N....
Nycteris thebaica LC
- Bate's Slit-Faced Bat
- Genus: Nycteris
- Family: Rhinolophidae
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
- Genus: Rhinolophus
- Geoffroy's Horseshoe BatGeoffroy's Horseshoe BatGeoffroy's Horseshoe Bat is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family found in Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, caves, subterranean habitats , and hot deserts.-References:* Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W., Taylor,...
Rhinolophus clivosus LC - Darling's Horseshoe BatDarling's Horseshoe BatDarling's Horseshoe Bat is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family found in Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats .-References:...
Rhinolophus darlingi LC - Dent's Horseshoe BatDent's Horseshoe BatDent's Horseshoe Bat is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family.It is found in Angola, Botswana, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. The bat's natural habitats are dry savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats.-References:* Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W., Taylor,...
Rhinolophus denti DD - Rüppell's Horseshoe BatRüppell's Horseshoe BatRüppell's Horseshoe Bat is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family found in Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, moist savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats .-References:* Jacobs, D., Cotterill, F.W., Taylor, P. & Griffin, M. 2004. . ...
Rhinolophus fumigatus LC - Lander's Horseshoe BatLander's Horseshoe BatLander's Horseshoe Bat is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family found in Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and caves.-References:...
Rhinolophus landeri LC - Swinny's Horseshoe BatSwinny's Horseshoe BatSwinny's Horseshoe Bat is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family. It is found in Angola, Republic of the Congo, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, dry savanna, moist savanna, caves, and subterranean...
Rhinolophus swinnyi NT
- Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat
- Genus: Rhinolophus
- Subfamily: HipposiderinaeHipposiderinaeHipposideridae is a family of bats commonly known as the "Old World Leaf-nosed Bats". While it has often been seen as a subfamily, Hipposiderinae, of the family Rhinolophidae, it is now more generally classified as its own family...
- Genus: HipposiderosHipposiderosHipposideros is a one of the most diverse genera of bats with more than 70 species. They are collectively called roundleaf bats after the shape of their nasal ornament...
- Sundevall's Roundleaf BatSundevall's Roundleaf BatSundevall's roundleaf bat , also called Sundevall's leaf-nosed bat, is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae....
Hipposideros caffer LC - Hipposideros gigasHipposideros gigasGiant Roundleaf Bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria,...
LC - Noack's Roundleaf BatNoack's Roundleaf BatNoack's Roundleaf Bat is a species of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,...
Hipposideros ruber LC
- Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat
- Genus: TriaenopsTriaenopsTriaenops is a genus of bat in the family Hipposideridae. It is classified in the tribe Triaenopini, along with the closely related genus Paratriaenops and perhaps the poorly known Cloeotis. The species of Paratriaenops, which occur on Madagascar and the Seychelles, were placed in Triaenops until...
- Persian Trident BatPersian Trident BatTriaenops persicus, also known as the Persian Trident Bat or Triple Nose-leaf Bat, is a species of bat in the genus Triaenops. It occurs in southwestern Pakistan, southern Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen. In the last country, it occurs together with the much smaller Triaenops parvus...
Triaenops persicus LC
- Persian Trident Bat
- Genus: Hipposideros
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
Order: Pholidota (pangolins)
----Anteater
Anteaters, also known as antbear, are the four mammal species of the suborder Vermilingua commonly known for eating ants and termites. Together with the sloths, they compose the order Pilosa...
species.
- Family: Manidae
- Genus: Manis
- Giant PangolinGiant PangolinThe Giant Pangolin is a pangolin species. Members of the species inhabit Africa with a range stretching along the equator from west Africa to Uganda. The Giant Pangolin is the largest species of pangolin, or "scaly anteaters" – the large, scaled mammals belonging to the Manidae family. It...
Manis gigantea LR/lc - Ground Pangolin Manis temminckii LR/nt
- Long-tailed PangolinLong-tailed PangolinThe Long-tailed Pangolin , also called the Black-bellied Pangolin or ipi, is an arboreal pangolin native to the sub-Saharan forests of Africa. Its common name is derived from its especially long tail...
Manis tetradactyla LR/lc - Tree PangolinTree pangolinThe Tree Pangolin is one of eight extant species of pangolin and is native to equatorial Africa. Also known as the White-bellied Pangolin or Three-cusped Pangolin, it is the most common of the African forest pangolins.-Taxonomy:The Tree Pangolin belongs to the subgenus Phataginus and some...
Manis tricuspis LR/lc
- Giant Pangolin
- Genus: Manis
Order: CetaceaCetaceaThe order Cetacea includes the marine mammals commonly known as whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Cetus is Latin and is used in biological names to mean "whale"; its original meaning, "large sea animal", was more general. It comes from Ancient Greek , meaning "whale" or "any huge fish or sea...
(whales)
----Whale
Whale is the common name for various marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale sometimes refers to all cetaceans, but more often it excludes dolphins and porpoises, which belong to suborder Odontoceti . This suborder also includes the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga...
s, dolphin
Dolphin
Dolphins are marine mammals that are closely related to whales and porpoises. There are almost forty species of dolphin in 17 genera. They vary in size from and , up to and . They are found worldwide, mostly in the shallower seas of the continental shelves, and are carnivores, mostly eating...
s and porpoise
Porpoise
Porpoises are small cetaceans of the family Phocoenidae; they are related to whales and dolphins. They are distinct from dolphins, although the word "porpoise" has been used to refer to any small dolphin, especially by sailors and fishermen...
s. They are the mammals most fully adapted to aquatic
Aquatic adaptation
Several animal groups have undergone aquatic adaptation, going from being purely terrestrial animals to living at least part of the time in water. The adaptations in early speciation tend to develop as the animal ventures into water in order to find available food. As successive generations spend...
life with a spindle-shaped nearly hairless body, protected by a thick layer of blubber, and forelimbs and tail modified to provide propulsion underwater.
- Suborder: Mysticeti
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Genus: BalaenopteraBalaenopteraBalaenoptera is a genus of Balaenopteridae, the Rorqual whales, and contains eight species. The species Balaenoptera omurai was published in 2003...
- Bryde's WhaleBryde's WhaleBryde's whales are baleen whales, one of the "great whales" or rorquals. They prefer tropical and temperate waters over the polar seas that other whales in their family frequent. They are largely coastal rather than pelagic. Bryde's whales are very similar in appearance to sei whales and almost as...
Balaenoptera edeni DD - Fin WhaleFin WhaleThe fin whale , also called the finback whale, razorback, or common rorqual, is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. It is the second longest whale and the sixth largest living animal after the blue whale, bowhead whale, and right whales, growing to nearly 27 metres long...
Balaenoptera physalus EN
- Bryde's Whale
- Genus: Balaenoptera
- Subfamily: Megapterinae
- Genus: Megaptera
- Humpback WhaleHumpback WhaleThe humpback whale is a species of baleen whale. One of the larger rorqual species, adults range in length from and weigh approximately . The humpback has a distinctive body shape, with unusually long pectoral fins and a knobbly head. It is an acrobatic animal, often breaching and slapping the...
Megaptera novaeangliae VU
- Humpback Whale
- Genus: Megaptera
- Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Suborder: Odontoceti
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
- Family: Kogiidae
- Genus: Kogia
- Pygmy Sperm WhalePygmy Sperm WhaleThe Pygmy Sperm Whale is one of three species of toothed whale in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea, and most of what is known about them comes from the examination of stranded specimens.-Taxonomy:...
Kogia breviceps LR/lc - Dwarf Sperm WhaleDwarf Sperm WhaleThe Dwarf Sperm Whale is one of three species in the sperm whale family. They are not often sighted at sea. As such, most information is a result of the study of stranded carcasses.-Taxonomy:...
Kogia sima LR/lc
- Pygmy Sperm Whale
- Genus: Kogia
- Family: Ziphidae
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Blainville's Beaked WhaleBlainville's Beaked WhaleBlainville's beaked whale , or the dense-beaked whale, is the widest ranging mesoplodont whale and perhaps the most documented. Henri de Blainville first described the species in 1817 from a small piece of jaw—the heaviest bone he had ever come across—which resulted in the name densirostris...
Mesoplodon densirostris DD
- Blainville's Beaked Whale
- Genus: Mesoplodon
- Subfamily: Hyperoodontidae
- Family: Delphinidae (marine dolphins)
- Genus: CephalorhynchusCephalorhynchusCephalorhynchus is a genus in the dolphin family Delphinidae. It consists of four species:*Commerson's Dolphin, Cephalorhyncus commersonii*Chilean Dolphin, Cephalorhyncus eutropia*Heaviside's Dolphin, Cephalorhyncus heavisidii...
- Heaviside's DolphinHeaviside's DolphinThe Haviside's Dolphin , or mistakenly the Heaviside's Dolphin, is a small dolphin that is found off the coast of Namibia and the west coast of South Africa...
Cephalorhynchus heavisidii DD
- Heaviside's Dolphin
- Genus: Steno
- Rough-toothed DolphinRough-toothed DolphinThe Rough-toothed dolphin is species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823...
Steno bredanensis DD
- Rough-toothed Dolphin
- Genus: StenellaStenellaStenella is a genus of aquatic mammals in Delphinidae, the family informally known as the oceanic dolphins.Currently five species are recognised in this genus:*Pantropical Spotted Dolphin, S. attenuata*Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, S. frontalis...
- Atlantic Spotted DolphinAtlantic Spotted DolphinThe Atlantic Spotted Dolphin is a dolphin found in the Gulf Stream of the North Atlantic Ocean. Older members of the species have a very distinctive spotted coloration all over their body.-Taxonomy:...
Stenella frontalis DD - Spinner DolphinSpinner DolphinThe Spinner Dolphin is a small dolphin found in off-shore tropical waters around the world. It is famous for its acrobatic displays in which they spin longitudinally along their axis as they leap through the air.-Taxonomy:...
Stenella longirostris LR/cd
- Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
- Genus: Lagenodelphis
- Fraser's DolphinFraser's DolphinFraser's Dolphin or Sarawak Dolphin is a cetacean in the family Delphinidae found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans.-Taxonomy:...
Lagenodelphis hosei DD
- Fraser's Dolphin
- Genus: LagenorhynchusLagenorhynchusLagenorhynchus is a genus in the order Cetacea, traditionally containing six species:* white-beaked dolphin, Lagenorhynchus albirostris* Atlantic white-sided dolphin, Lagenorhynchus acutus...
- Dusky DolphinDusky DolphinThe dusky dolphin is a dolphin found in coastal waters in the Southern Hemisphere. Its specific epithet is Latin for "dark" or "dim". It is very closely genetically related to the Pacific white-sided dolphin, but current scientific consensus is that they are distinct species...
Lagenorhynchus obscurus DD
- Dusky Dolphin
- Genus: Feresa
- Pygmy Killer WhalePygmy Killer WhaleThe pygmy killer whale is a small, rarely seen cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family . It derives its common name from sharing some physical characteristics with the orca It is the smallest species that has "whale" in its common name. In fact, "killer" may be more apt in the case of the pygmy...
Feresa attenuata DD
- Pygmy Killer Whale
- Genus: Cephalorhynchus
- Family: Kogiidae
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
Order: CarnivoraCarnivoraThe diverse order Carnivora |Latin]] carō "flesh", + vorāre "to devour") includes over 260 species of placental mammals. Its members are formally referred to as carnivorans, while the word "carnivore" can refer to any meat-eating animal...
(carnivorans)
----- Suborder: FeliformiaFeliformiaThe Feliformia are a suborder within the order Carnivora and includes cats , hyenas, mongooses, civets and related taxa. The other suborder of Carnivora is Caniformia...
- Family: FelidaeFelidaeFelidae is the biological family of the cats; a member of this family is called a felid. Felids are the strictest carnivores of the thirteen terrestrial families in the order Carnivora, although the three families of marine mammals comprising the superfamily pinnipedia are as carnivorous as the...
(cats)- Subfamily: FelinaeFelinaeFelinae is a subfamily of the family Felidae which includes the genera and species listed below. Most are small to medium-sized cats, although the group does include some larger animals, such as the Cougar and Cheetah....
- Genus: AcinonyxAcinonyxAcinonyx is a genus of mammals from the family Felidae. It is currently distributed in Africa and Asia, but at one time was also present in Europe. The cheetah is the only extant species in the genus. Wozencraft put the genus Acinonyx in their own monophyletic subfamily, Acinonychinae. Salles ,...
- CheetahCheetahThe cheetah is a large-sized feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of the Middle East. The cheetah is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx, most notable for modifications in the species' paws...
Acinonyx jubatus VU
- Cheetah
- Genus: CaracalCaracalThe caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa.The word caracal comes from the Turkish word "karakulak", meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a Persian term...
- CaracalCaracalThe caracal is a fiercely territorial medium-sized cat ranging over Western Asia, South Asia and Africa.The word caracal comes from the Turkish word "karakulak", meaning "black ear". In North India and Pakistan, the caracal is locally known as syahgosh or shyahgosh, which is a Persian term...
Caracal caracal LC
- Caracal
- Genus: FelisFelisFelis is a genus of cats in the family Felidae, including the familiar domestic cat and its closest wild relatives. The wild species are distributed widely across Europe, southern and central Asia, and Africa; the domestic cat has been introduced worldwide.Members of the genus Felis are all small...
- Black-footed CatBlack-footed CatThe black-footed cat is the smallest African cat, and is endemic in the south west arid zone of the southern African subregion. It is one of the lesser studied African carnivores, and has been listed as Vulnerable by IUCN since 2002....
Felis nigripes VU - WildcatWildcatWildcat is a small felid native to Europe, the western part of Asia, and Africa.-Animals:Wildcat may also refer to members of the genus Lynx:...
Felis silvestris LC
- Black-footed Cat
- Genus: Leptailurus
- ServalServalThe serval , Leptailurus serval or Caracal serval, known in Afrikaans as Tierboskat, "tiger-forest-cat", is a medium-sized African wild cat. DNA studies have shown that the serval is closely related to the African golden cat and the caracal...
Leptailurus serval LC
- Serval
- Genus: Profelis
- African Golden CatAfrican Golden CatThe African Golden Cat is a medium-sized wild cat distributed over the rainforests of West and Central Africa. It is about long, and has a tail of about in length...
Profelis aurata VU
- African Golden Cat
- Genus: Acinonyx
- Subfamily: PantherinaePantherinaePantherinae is the subfamily of the family Felidae, which includes the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis.The divergence of Pantherinae from Felinae has been ranked between six and ten million years ago. DNA analysis suggests that the snow leopard Uncia uncia is basal to the entire Pantherinae and...
- Genus: PantheraPantheraPanthera is a genus of the family Felidae , which contains four well-known living species: the tiger, the lion, the jaguar, and the leopard. The genus comprises about half of the Pantherinae subfamily, the big cats...
- LionLionThe lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera, and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger...
Panthera leo bleyenberghi VU - LeopardLeopardThe leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...
Panthera pardus LC
- Lion
- Genus: Panthera
- Subfamily: Felinae
- Family: Viverridae (civets, mongooses, etc.)
- Subfamily: ViverrinaeViverrinaeThe subfamily Viverrinae is the largest of the four subfamilies within the family Viverridae, containing the genets, some of the Asian civets, and the two African linsangs for a total of 22 species, comprising two-thirds of the Viverrids....
- Genus: Civettictis
- African CivetAfrican CivetThe African Civet is the largest representative of the African Viverridae. It is the sole member of its genus. African Civets can be found from coast to coast across sub-Saharan Africa. They are primarily nocturnal and spend the day sleeping in dense vegetation...
Civettictis civetta LR/lc
- African Civet
- Genus: Genetta
- Angolan GenetAngolan GenetThe Angolan Genet , is a mammal from the Carnivora order, related to civets and linsangs. It is one of fourteen species of genets...
Genetta angolensis LR/lc - Common GenetCommon GenetThe Common Genet , also known as the Small-spotted Genet or European Genet, is a mammal from the order Carnivora, related to civets and linsangs. The most far-ranging of all the fourteen species of genet, it can be found throughout Africa, parts of the Middle East, and in Europe in Spain, Portugal,...
Genetta genetta LR/lc - Rusty-spotted Genet Genetta maculata LR/lc
- Angolan Genet
- Genus: Civettictis
- Subfamily: Viverrinae
- Family: Nandiniidae
- Genus: Nandinia
- African Palm CivetAfrican Palm CivetThe African palm civet , also known as the two-spotted palm civet, is a small mammal, with short legs, small ears, a body resembling a cat, and a long lithe tail as long as its body. Adults usually weigh . It is native to the forests of eastern Africa, where it usually inhabits trees...
Nandinia binotata LR/lc
- African Palm Civet
- Genus: Nandinia
- Family: Herpestidae (mongooses)
- Genus: Atilax
- Marsh MongooseMarsh MongooseThe Marsh Mongoose, or Water Mongoose, is a medium-sized mammal but a large mongoose. Weight can range from , with an average range of . From the head to the base of the tail, these animals range from , with the tail adding . It is a member of the mongoose family and the only member of its genus...
Atilax paludinosus LR/lc
- Marsh Mongoose
- Genus: CrossarchusCrossarchusCrossarchus is a genus of mongoose, commonly referred to as the kusimanse, mangue, or dwarf mongoose.-Range and habitat:...
- Angolan Kusimanse Crossarchus ansorgei LR/lc
- Genus: Cynictis
- Yellow MongooseYellow MongooseThe Yellow Mongoose , sometimes referred to as the Red Meerkat, is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb in weight and about 20 in in length...
Cynictis penicillata LR/lc
- Yellow Mongoose
- Genus: GalerellaGalerellaGalerella is a genus of mongooses native to Africa commonly called the slender mongooses.There are four species in this genus:* Angolan Slender Mongoose, Galerella flavescens* Somalian Slender Mongoose, Galerella ochracea...
- Angolan Slender Mongoose Galerella flavescens LR/lc
- Slender MongooseSlender MongooseThe Slender Mongoose , also known as the Black-tipped Mongoose or the Black-tailed Mongoose, is a very common species of mongoose.-Range and habitat:...
Galerella sanguinea LR/lc
- Genus: HelogaleHelogaleHelogale is a genus of two species of mongooses, namely the Common Dwarf Mongoose and Ethiopian Dwarf Mongoose. They are the smallest species of mongoose and both are endemic to Africa. The distribution of the latter species is more tropical, and overlaps completely with that of the Common Dwarf...
- Common Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula LR/lc
- Genus: HerpestesHerpestesHerpestes is a genus of the mongoose family, Herpestidae .It contains the following species and subspecies:* Short-tailed Mongoose, Herpestes brachyurus** H. b. brachyurus...
- Egyptian MongooseEgyptian mongooseThe Egyptian Mongoose , also known as the Ichneumon, is a species of mongoose. It may be a reservoir host for Visceral leishmaniasis in Sudan.-Range and habitat:...
Herpestes ichneumon LR/lc
- Egyptian Mongoose
- Genus: Ichneumia
- White-tailed MongooseWhite-tailed MongooseThe White-tailed Mongoose is the largest species of mongoose. It is the only member of the genus Ichneumia.-Range and Habitat:...
Ichneumia albicauda LR/lc
- White-tailed Mongoose
- Genus: MungosMungosMungos is a mongoose genus in the family Herpestidae.It contains the following species:* Gambian Mongoose, Mungos gambianus* Banded Mongoose, Mungos mungo...
- Banded MongooseBanded MongooseThe Banded Mongoose is a mongoose commonly found in the central and eastern parts of Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and feeds primarily on beetles and millipedes. Mongooses use various types of dens for shelter including termite mounds...
Mungos mungo LR/lc
- Banded Mongoose
- Genus: Paracynictis
- Selous' MongooseSelous' MongooseSelous' Mongoose is a carnivore of southern Africa. It is the only member of the genus Paracynictis. It is tawny grey in colour.-Range:...
Paracynictis selousi LR/lc
- Selous' Mongoose
- Genus: SuricataMeerkatThe meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan"...
- MeerkatMeerkatThe meerkat or suricate, Suricata suricatta, is a small mammal belonging to the mongoose family. Meerkats live in all parts of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, in much of the Namib Desert in Namibia and southwestern Angola, and in South Africa. A group of meerkats is called a "mob", "gang" or "clan"...
Suricata suricatta LR/lc
- Meerkat
- Genus: Atilax
- Family: Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
- Genus: Crocuta
- Spotted HyenaSpotted HyenaThe spotted hyena also known as laughing hyena, is a carnivorous mammal of the family Hyaenidae, of which it is the largest extant member. Though the species' prehistoric range included Eurasia extending from Atlantic Europe to China, it now only occurs in all of Africa south of the Sahara save...
Crocuta crocuta LR/cd
- Spotted Hyena
- Genus: HyaenaHyaenaFor the Siouxsie and the Banshees album, see Hyæna.For the group of animals commonly known as "hyaena", see Hyena.Hyaena is a genus comprising two of the living species of hyenas: the striped hyena from western Asia and northern Africa and the brown hyena from southern Africa...
- Brown HyenaBrown HyenaThe brown hyena is a species of hyena which occurs in Namibia, Botswana, western and southern Zimbabwe, southern Mozambique and South Africa. It is currently the rarest hyena.-Description:...
Hyaena brunnea LR/nt
- Brown Hyena
- Genus: Proteles
- AardwolfAardwolfThe aardwolf is a small, insectivorous mammal, native to Eastern and Southern Africa. The name means "earth wolf" in Afrikaans/Dutch. It is also called "maanhaar jackal". It is related to hyenas, but unlike its relatives, it does not hunt large prey. This unusual animal preys on insects...
Proteles cristatus LR/lc
- Aardwolf
- Genus: Crocuta
- Family: Felidae
- Suborder: CaniformiaCaniformiaCaniformia, or Canoidea , is a suborder within the order Carnivora. They typically possess a long snout and non-retractile claws . The Pinnipedia evolved from caniform ancestors and are accordingly assigned to this group...
- Family: CanidaeCanidaeCanidae is the biological family of carnivorous and omnivorous mammals that includes wolves, foxes, jackals, coyotes, and domestic dogs. A member of this family is called a canid . The Canidae family is divided into two tribes: Canini and Vulpini...
(dogs, foxes)- Genus: VulpesVulpesVulpes is a genus of the Canidae family. Its members are referred to as 'true foxes', although there are species in other genera whose common names include the word 'fox'....
- Cape FoxCape FoxThe Cape fox , also called the cama fox or the silver-backed fox, is a small fox.It has black or silver gray fur with flanks and underside in light yellow. The tip of its tail is always black....
Vulpes chama LC
- Cape Fox
- Genus: CanisCanisCanis is a genus containing 7 to 10 extant species, including dogs, wolves, coyotes, and jackals, and many extinct species.-Wolves, dogs and dingos:Wolves, dogs and dingos are subspecies of Canis lupus...
- Side-striped JackalSide-striped JackalThe side-striped jackal is a species of jackal, native to central and southern Africa. Unlike its cousin, the smaller black-backed jackal, which dwells in open plains, the side-striped jackal primarily dwells in woodland and scrub areas....
Canis adustus LC - Black-backed JackalBlack-backed JackalThe black-backed jackal , also known as the silver-backed or red jackal, is a species of jackal which inhabits two areas of the African continent separated by roughly 900 km. One region includes the southern-most tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe...
Canis mesomelas LC
- Side-striped Jackal
- Genus: Otocyon
- Bat-eared FoxBat-eared FoxThe bat-eared fox is a canid of the African savanna, named for its large ears. Fossil records show this canid to first appear during the middle Pleistocene, about 800,000 years ago....
Otocyon megalotis LC
- Bat-eared Fox
- Genus: Lycaon
- African Wild DogAfrican Wild DogLycaon pictus is a large canid found only in Africa, especially in savannas and lightly wooded areas. It is variously called the African wild dog, African hunting dog, Cape hunting dog, painted dog, painted wolf, painted hunting dog, spotted dog, or ornate wolf...
Lycaon pictus EN
- African Wild Dog
- Genus: Vulpes
- Family: MustelidaeMustelidaeMustelidae , commonly referred to as the weasel family, are a family of carnivorous mammals. Mustelids are diverse and the largest family in the order Carnivora, at least partly because in the past it has been a catch-all category for many early or poorly differentiated taxa...
(mustelids)- Genus: IctonyxIctonyxIctonyx is a genus in the Mustelidae family . It contains two species:* Saharan Striped Polecat * Striped Polecat...
- Striped PolecatStriped PolecatThe Striped Polecat is a member of the Mustelidae family which somewhat resembles a skunk. It is found in savannahs and open country in sub-saharan Africa excluding the Congo basin and west Africa.Like other polecats, this carnivore is nocturnal...
Ictonyx striatus LR/lc
- Striped Polecat
- Genus: Poecilogale
- African Striped WeaselAfrican striped weaselThe African striped weasel , the lone member of genus Poecilogale, is a small black and white weasel native to sub-Saharan Africa. It looks very much like a striped polecat, but it is much thinner and has shorter hair. It is a sleek, black color with a white tail and four white stripes running...
Poecilogale albinucha LR/lc
- African Striped Weasel
- Genus: Mellivora
- RatelRatelThe honey badger , also known as the ratel, is a species of mustelid native to Africa, the Middle East and the Indian Subcontinent. Despite its name, the honey badger does not closely resemble other badger species, instead bearing more anatomical similarities to weasels...
Mellivora capensis LR/lc
- Ratel
- Genus: LutraLutraLutra is a genus of otters.*Lutra nippon - Japanese otter*Lutra sumatrana - Hairy-nosed otter*Lutra lutra - European otter-Habitat:Lutra are semi-aquatic mammals and therefore need to be well-adapted to both water and land...
- Speckle-throated OtterSpeckle-throated OtterThe spotted-necked otter , or speckle-throated otter, is an otter native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is a smallish otter 95-105 cm long, including the tail, and weighing 3 to 6.5 kg . Like other otters it is sleek and has webbed paws for swimming...
Lutra maculicollis LC
- Speckle-throated Otter
- Genus: AonyxAonyxAonyx is a genus of otters, containing two species, the African Clawless Otter and the Oriental Small-clawed Otter. The word 'Aonyx' means 'clawless', derived from the prefix 'a-' and .-Species and subspecies:...
- African Clawless OtterAfrican Clawless OtterThe African clawless otter , also known as the cape clawless otter or groot otter, is the second largest freshwater species of otter. African clawless otters are found near permanent bodies of water in savannah and lowland forest areas...
Aonyx capensis LC - Oriental Small-clawed OtterOriental Small-clawed OtterThe oriental small-clawed otter , also known as Asian small-clawed otter, is the smallest otter species in the world, weighing less than 5 kg. It lives in mangrove swamps and freshwater wetlands of Bangladesh, Burma, India, southern China, Taiwan, Laos, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines,...
Aonyx congicus DD
- African Clawless Otter
- Genus: Ictonyx
- Family: Otariidae (eared seals, sealions)
- Genus: ArctocephalusArctocephalusThe genus Arctocephalus consists of eight of the nine species of fur seal. For details see the fur seal article, or the individual species articles.-Taxonomy:* SUBORDER PINNIPEDIA* Family Otariidae...
- Cape Fur SealCape Fur SealThe brown fur seal , also known as the Cape fur seal, South African fur seal and the Australian fur seal is a species of fur seal.-Description:...
Arctocephalus pusillus LR/lc
- Cape Fur Seal
- Genus: Arctocephalus
- Family: Phocidae (earless seals)
- Genus: Mirounga
- Southern Elephant SealSouthern Elephant SealThe Southern Elephant Seal is one of the two extant species of elephant seal. It is both the most massive pinniped and member of the order Carnivora living today...
Mirounga leonina LR/lc
- Southern Elephant Seal
- Genus: Mirounga
- Family: Canidae
Order: Perissodactyla (odd-toed ungulates)
----Grazing
Grazing generally describes a type of feeding, in which a herbivore feeds on plants , and also on other multicellular autotrophs...
mammals. They are usually large to very large, and have relatively simple stomachs and a large middle toe.
- Family: EquidaeEquidaeEquidae is the taxonomic family of horses and related animals, including the extant horses, donkeys, and zebras, and many other species known only from fossils. All extant species are in the genus Equus...
(horses etc.)- Genus: EquusEquus (genus)Equus is a genus of animals in the family Equidae that includes horses, donkeys, and zebras. Within Equidae, Equus is the only extant genus. Like Equidae more broadly, Equus has numerous extinct species known only from fossils. This article deals primarily with the extant species.The term equine...
- Burchell's ZebraBurchell's ZebraBurchell's Zebra is a southern subspecies of the Plains Zebra.-Range:Formerly Burchell's zebra ranged north of the Vaal/Orange river system, extending northwest via southern Botswana to Etosha and the Kaokoveld, southeast to Swaziland and Kwazulu-Natal...
Equus burchellii LC - Mountain ZebraMountain ZebraThe Mountain Zebra, Equus zebra, is a threatened species of equid native to south-western Angola, Namibia and South Africa. It has two subspecies, the Cape Mountain Zebra and Hartmann's Mountain Zebra , though it has been suggested these should be considered separate species.-Taxonomy:In 2004,...
Equus zebra EN
- Burchell's Zebra
- Genus: Equus
- Family: Rhinocerotidae
- Genus: Diceros
- Black RhinocerosBlack RhinocerosThe Black Rhinoceros or Hook-lipped Rhinoceros , is a species of rhinoceros, native to the eastern and central areas of Africa including Kenya, Tanzania, Cameroon, South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Angola...
Diceros bicornis CR
- Black Rhinoceros
- Genus: Diceros
Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
----Ungulate
Ungulates are several groups of mammals, most of which use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed, to sustain their whole body weight while moving. They make up several orders of mammals, of which six to eight survive...
s whose weight is borne about equally by the third and fourth toes, rather than mostly or entirely by the third as in perissodactyls. There are about 220 artiodactyl species, including many that are of great economic importance to human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s.
- Family: SuidaeSuidaeSuidae is the biological family to which pigs belong. In addition to numerous fossil species, up to sixteen extant species are currently recognized, classified into between four and eight genera...
(pigs)- Subfamily: Phacochoerinae
- Genus: PhacochoerusPhacochoerusPhacochoerus is a genus of wild pigs in the Suidae family that are known as warthogs. It is the sole genus of subfamily Phacochoerinae. They are found in open and semi-open habitats, even in quite arid regions, in sub-Saharan Africa...
- WarthogWarthogThe Warthog or Common Warthog is a wild member of the pig family that lives in grassland, savanna, and woodland in Sub-Saharan Africa. In the past it was commonly treated as a subspecies of P...
Phacochoerus africanus LR/lc
- Warthog
- Genus: Phacochoerus
- Subfamily: SuinaeSuinaeSuinae is a subfamily of mammals that includes at least some of the living members of the family Suidae and their closest relatives—the domestic pig and related species, such as babirusas. Several extinct species within Suidae are classified in subfamilies other than Suinae...
- Genus: PotamochoerusPotamochoerusPotamochoerus is a genus in the pig family . The two species are restricted to Sub-saharan Africa, although the Bushpig, possibly due to introduction by man, also occurs in Madagascar and nearby islands.-Species:...
- BushpigBushpigThe bushpig, Potamochoerus larvatus, is a member of the pig family and lives in forests, woodland, riverine vegetation and reedbeds in East and Southern Africa. Probably introduced populations are also present in Madagascar and the Comoros archipelago. Bushpigs are mainly nocturnal. There are...
Potamochoerus larvatus LR/lc
- Bushpig
- Genus: Potamochoerus
- Subfamily: Phacochoerinae
- Family: HippopotamidaeHippopotamidaeHippopotamuses are the members of the family Hippopotamidae. They are the only extant artiodactyls which walk on four toes on each foot.- Characteristics :...
(hippopotamuses)- Genus: HippopotamusHippopotamusThe hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
- HippopotamusHippopotamusThe hippopotamus , or hippo, from the ancient Greek for "river horse" , is a large, mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae After the elephant and rhinoceros, the hippopotamus is the third largest land mammal and the heaviest...
Hippopotamus amphibius VU
- Hippopotamus
- Genus: Hippopotamus
- Family: Tragulidae
- Genus: Hyemoschus
- Hyemoschus aquaticusHyemoschus aquaticusThe water chevrotain , also known as the fanged deer, is a small ruminant found in tropical Africa. It is the largest of the ten species of chevrotains, evolutionarily primitive even-toed ungulates which are similar to deer but are barely larger than small dogs...
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- Hyemoschus aquaticus
- Genus: Hyemoschus
- Family: GiraffidaeGiraffidaeThe giraffids are ruminant artiodactyl mammals that share a common ancestor with deer and bovids. The biological family Giraffidae, once a diverse group spread throughout Eurasia and Africa, contains only two living members, the giraffe and the okapi. Both are confined to sub-saharan Africa: the...
(giraffe, okapi)- Genus: GiraffaGiraffaGiraffa is a genus of mammals in the Giraffidae family. The genus consists of seven species including the giraffe, Giraffa camelopardalis, the only extant species.- Species :There are six species in the genus Giraffa....
- GiraffeGiraffeThe giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant...
Giraffa camelopardalis LR/cd
- Giraffe
- Genus: Giraffa
- Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
- Subfamily: AlcelaphinaeAlcelaphinaeThe subfamily Alcelaphinae contains Wildebeest, Hartebeest, Bonteboks and several similar species. All in all it contains 10 species in 4 genera, although Beatragus is sometimes considered a subgenus of Damaliscus, and Sigmoceros for the Lichtenstein's Hartebeest.* Family Bovidae** Subfamily...
- Genus: AlcelaphusAlcelaphusAlcelaphus is a genus of antelope. It contains the Hartebeest, Red Hartebeest and Lichtenstein's Hartebeest....
- HartebeestHartebeestThe hartebeest is a grassland antelope found in West Africa, East Africa and Southern Africa. It is one of the three species classified in the genus Alcelaphus....
Alcelaphus buselaphus LR/cd - Lichtenstein's HartebeestLichtenstein's HartebeestLichtenstein's Hartebeest is a savannah and floodplain dwelling antelope found in southern Central Africa. By some this species is classified as Sigmoceros lichtensteinii....
Alcelaphus lichtensteinii LR/cd
- Hartebeest
- Genus: Connochaetes
- Blue WildebeestBlue WildebeestThe Blue Wildebeest , also called the Common Wildebeest, is a large antelope and one of two species of wildebeest. It grows to 115–145 cm shoulder height and attains a body mass of 168–274 kg. They range the open plains, bushveld and dry woodlands of Southern and East Africa, living for...
Connochaetes taurinus LR/cd
- Blue Wildebeest
- Genus: DamaliscusDamaliscusDamaliscus, known as sassabies is a genus of antelope with just four species in the family Bovidae, subfamily Alcelaphinae found in Africa....
- TopiTopiThe Tsessebe , is one of five subspecies in the binomial class D. lunatus. The other subspecies include Korrigum , Tiang , Coastal Topi , and Topi . Tesessebe are found primarily in Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and South Africa...
Damaliscus lunatus LR/cd
- Topi
- Genus: Alcelaphus
- Subfamily: AntilopinaeAntilopinaeAntilopinae is a subfamily of Bovidae. The gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags and Central Asian gazelles are often referred to as "True Antelopes" and are usually the sole representatives of the Antilopinae...
- Genus: Antidorcas
- Springbok AntelopeSpringbok AntelopeThe springbok is a medium-sized brown and white gazelle that stands about high. Springbok males weigh between and the females between...
Antidorcas marsupialis LR/cd
- Springbok Antelope
- Genus: Madoqua
- Kirk's Dik-dikKirk's Dik-dikKirk's Dik-dik is a small antelope found in eastern and southwestern Africa. It grows to in length and weighs up to when full grown. It has a reddish-brown head and a tail that is long....
Madoqua kirkii LR/lc
- Kirk's Dik-dik
- Genus: Oreotragus
- KlipspringerKlipspringerThe Klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus, is a small species of African antelope.-Name:The word klipspringer literally means "rock jumper" in Afrikaans/Dutch...
Oreotragus oreotragus LR/cd
- Klipspringer
- Genus: Ourebia
- OribiOribiOribi are graceful slender-legged, long-necked small antelope found in grassland almost throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.-Description:...
Ourebia ourebi LR/cd
- Oribi
- Genus: RaphicerusRaphicerusRaphicerus is a genus of small antelopes of the Tribe Neotragini .Raphicerus is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Kenya in the north to the Western Cape in South Africa.The genus contains three species:...
- SteenbokSteenbokThe Steenbok, Raphicerus campestris, is a common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa. It is sometimes known as the Steinbuck or Steinbok.- Description :...
Raphicerus campestris LR/lc
- Steenbok
- Genus: Antidorcas
- Subfamily: BovinaeBovinaeThe biological subfamily Bovinae includes a diverse group of 10 genera of medium to large sized ungulates, including domestic cattle, the bison, African buffalo, the water buffalo, the yak, and the four-horned and spiral-horned antelopes...
- Genus: Syncerus
- African BuffaloAfrican BuffaloThe African buffalo, affalo, nyati, Mbogo or Cape buffalo is a large African bovine. It is not closely related to the slightly larger wild Asian water buffalo, but its ancestry remains unclear...
Syncerus caffer LR/cd
- African Buffalo
- Genus: TragelaphusTragelaphusThe genus Tragelaphus contains several species of bovine, all of which are relatively antelope-like. Species in this genus tend to be large sized, lightly built, have long necks and considerable sexual dimorphism. The Common Eland was once classified in this genus as T. oryz...
- Bongo (antelope)Bongo (antelope)The western or lowland bongo, Tragelaphus eurycerus eurycerus, is a herbivorous, mostly nocturnal forest ungulate and among the largest of the African forest antelope species....
Tragelaphus eurycerus LR/nt - Common ElandCommon ElandThe common eland , also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is the largest antelope in the African continent...
Tragelaphus oryx LR/cd - BushbuckBushbuckThe bushbuck is the most widespread antelope in Sub-Saharan Africa, and is found in rain forests, montane forests, forest-savanna mosaics and bush savannaforest and woodland. Recently, genetic studies have shown that the bushbuck, is in fact a complex of two geographically and phenotypically...
Tragelaphus scriptus LR/lc - SitatungaSitatungaThe situtunga or marshbuck is a swamp-dwelling antelope found throughout Central Africa, centering on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and parts of Southern Sudan as well as in Ghana, Botswana, Zambia, Gabon, Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya.-Description:Situtunga stand about one and a...
Tragelaphus spekii LR/nt - Greater KuduGreater KuduThe Greater Kudu is a woodland antelope found throughout eastern and southern Africa. Despite occupying such widespread territory, they are sparsely populated in most areas, due to a declining habitat, deforestation and hunting....
Tragelaphus strepsiceros LR/cd
- Bongo (antelope)
- Genus: Syncerus
- Subfamily: Cephalophinae
- Genus: Cephalophus
- Bay DuikerBay DuikerThe Bay Duiker is a forest dwelling Duiker found in Gabon, southern Cameroon and northern Congo as well as Sierra Leone, Liberia, and the southern parts of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana and Benin...
Cephalophus dorsalis LR/nt - Blue DuikerBlue DuikerBlue Duiker is a small forest dwelling duiker found in the Central Africa and southern South Africa.Blue Duikers stand around 35 centimetres tall at the shoulder and weigh 4 kilograms.They are the smallest of the antelope family. Blue Duikers have a brown coat with a slight blue tinge – hence...
Cephalophus monticola LR/lc - Black-fronted DuikerBlack-fronted DuikerThe Black-fronted Duiker , is a small antelope found in central and west-central Africa. It averages and a shoulder height of . It has been found as far south as northern Angola.-External links:*wildaboutyou.com -...
Cephalophus nigrifrons LR/nt - Yellow-backed DuikerYellow-backed DuikerThe Yellow-backed Duiker , is an antelope found in central and western Africa. They have the widest range of any duiker in the genus Cephalophus....
Cephalophus silvicultor LR/nt
- Bay Duiker
- Genus: Sylvicapra
- Common DuikerCommon DuikerThe Common Duiker, Sylvicapra grimmia, also known as the Grey or Bush Duiker, is a small antelope with small horns found in west, central, east, and southern Africa- essentially everywhere in Africa south of the Sahara, excluding the horn of Africa and the rainforests of the central and western...
Sylvicapra grimmia LR/lc
- Common Duiker
- Genus: Cephalophus
- Subfamily: Hippotraginae
- Genus: HippotragusHippotragusHippotragus is a genus of antelope which includes three species. The species are:* Roan Antelope, Hippotragus equinus* Bluebuck, Hippotragus leucophaeus †* Sable Antelope, Hippotragus niger...
- Roan AntelopeRoan AntelopeThe Roan Antelope is a savanna antelope found in West, Central, East Africa and Southern Africa.Roan Antelope stand about a metre and half at the shoulder and weigh around 250 kilograms. Named for the "roan' colour , they have a lighter underbelly, white eyebrows and cheeks and a black face,...
Hippotragus equinus LR/cd - Sable AntelopeSable AntelopeThe Sable Antelope is an antelope which inhabits wooded savannah in East Africa south of Kenya, and in Southern Africa.-Subspecies:There are four subspecies:* H. n. niger which is considered low risk conservation dependent...
LR/cd
- Roan Antelope
- Genus: OryxOryxOryx is one of four large antelope species of the genus Oryx. Three of the species are native to arid parts of Africa, with a fourth native to the Arabian Peninsula. Their pelage is pale with contrasing dark markings in the face and on the legs, and their long horns are almost straight...
- GemsbokGemsbokThe gemsbok or gemsbuck is a large antelope in the Oryx genus. It is native to the arid regions of southern Africa, but formerly some authorities included the East African Oryx as a subspecies...
Oryx gazella LR/cd
- Gemsbok
- Genus: Hippotragus
- Subfamily: Aepycerotinae
- Genus: Aepyceros
- ImpalaImpalaAn impala is a medium-sized African antelope. The name impala comes from the Zulu language meaning "gazelle"...
Aepyceros melampus LR/cd
- Impala
- Genus: Aepyceros
- Subfamily: ReduncinaeReduncinaeThe subfamily Reduncinae is composed 8 species of antelope all of which dwell in marshes, floodplains or other well-watered areas, including the waterbucks and reedbucks...
- Genus: KobusReduncinaeThe subfamily Reduncinae is composed 8 species of antelope all of which dwell in marshes, floodplains or other well-watered areas, including the waterbucks and reedbucks...
- WaterbuckWaterbuckThe Waterbuck is a large antelope found widely in Sub-Saharan Africa.Waterbuck stand at the shoulder. Males weigh and females . Their coats are reddish brown in colour and become progressively darker with age; they have a white 'bib' under their throats and white on their rumps...
Kobus ellipsiprymnus LR/cd - LechweLechweThe Lechwe, or Southern Lechwe, is an antelope found in Botswana, Zambia, south-eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, north-eastern Namibia, and eastern Angola, especially in the Okavango Delta, Kafue Flats and Bangweulu Swamps....
Kobus leche LR/cd - PukuPukuThe Puku is an antelope found in wet grasslands in southern Democratic Republic of Congo, in Namibia and in Zambia.Puku stand about 80 centimetres at the shoulder and weigh from 70 to 80 kilograms. Puku are sandy brown in colour, the underbelly is a slightly lighter brown...
Kobus vardonii LR/cd
- Waterbuck
- Genus: Redunca
- Southern ReedbuckSouthern ReedbuckThe Southern Reedbuck, Rietbok or Common Reedbuck is a diurnal antelope typically found in southern Africa.It was first described by Pieter Boddaert, a Dutch physician and naturalist, in 1785...
Redunca arundinum LR/cd
- Southern Reedbuck
- Genus: Kobus
- Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
See also
- List of chordate orders
- List of regional mammals lists
- List of prehistoric mammals
- Mammal classificationMammal classificationMammalia is a class of animal within the Phylum Chordata. Mammal classification has been through several iterations since Carolus Linnaeus initially defined the class. Many earlier ideas have been completely abandoned by modern taxonomists, among these are the idea that bats are related to birds...
- New mammal species