List of mammals of Burundi
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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Burundi. There are 155 mammal species in Burundi
, of which 0 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 10 are vulnerable, and 3 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:
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.
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: 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.
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.
Burundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
, of which 0 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 10 are vulnerable, and 3 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: Tubulidentata (aardvarks)
----- 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
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.
- Family: Procaviidae (hylaxes)
- 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: Heterohyrax
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)
----- 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
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...
- 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: 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: Perodicticus
- 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...
- Demidoff's Dwarf Galago Galago demidoff LR/lc
- Eastern Needle-clawed Bushbaby Galago matschiei LR/nt
- 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: Galago
- Family: Lorisidae
- 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: 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
- L'Hoest's MonkeyL'Hoest's MonkeyL'Hoest's monkey , or mountain monkey, is a guenon found in the upper eastern Congo basin. They mostly live in mountainous forest areas in small, female-dominated groups...
Cercopithecus lhoesti LR/nt - 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
- 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
- Grey-cheeked Mangabey
- Genus: Papio
- Olive BaboonOlive BaboonThe olive baboon , also called the Anubis baboon, is a member of the family Cercopithecidae . The species is the most widely spread of all baboons: it is found in 25 countries throughout Africa, extending south from Mali to Ethiopia and to Tanzania. Isolated populations are also found in some...
Papio anubis LR/lc
- Olive 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: Cercopithecus
- 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: 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: Hominini
- 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)
----Rodents make up the largest order of mammals, with over 40 percent of mammalian species. They have two incisor
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: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
- Genus: HystrixHystrixHystrix is a genus of porcupine that contains what are the best known and most distinctive of the Old World porcupines.-Species:*Genus Hystrix**Subgenus Thecurus***Hystrix crassispinis - Thick-spined Porcupine...
- Cape PorcupineCape PorcupineThe Cape Porcupine or South African Porcupine, Hystrix africaeaustralis, is a species of Old World porcupine. Contrary to its name, this porcupine species inhabits much of Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding the southwestern deserts of the continent. This rodent is nocturnal and inhabits rocky outcrops...
Hystrix africaeaustralis LC
- Cape Porcupine
- Family: Thryonomyidae (cane rats)
- Genus: Thryonomys
- Greater Cane RatGreater Cane RatThe Greater Cane Rat is one of two species of cane rats, a small family of African hystricognath rodents. It inhabits Africa, south of the Saharan Desert. The cane rat lives by reedbeds and riverbanks. As humans move into such territories, the cane rats accepted plantations and cultivated areas...
Thryonomys swinderianus LC
- Greater Cane Rat
- Genus: Thryonomys
- Genus: Hystrix
- Family: Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)
- 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: 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: ProtoxeriniProtoxeriniProtoxerini is a tribe of squirrels found in Africa. There are thirty species in six genera.-Genera:Epixerus Funisciurus Heliosciurus Myosciurus Paraxerus...
- Genus: Funisciurus
- Carruther's Mountain SquirrelCarruther's Mountain SquirrelThe Carruther's Mountain Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Funisciurus carruthersi 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
- Carruther's Mountain Squirrel
- Genus: Heliosciurus
- Red-legged Sun SquirrelRed-legged Sun SquirrelThe Red-legged Sun Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra...
Heliosciurus rufobrachium LC - Ruwenzori Sun SquirrelRuwenzori Sun SquirrelThe Ruwenzori Sun Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and arable land....
Heliosciurus ruwenzorii LC
- Red-legged Sun Squirrel
- Genus: Paraxerus
- Boehm's Bush SquirrelBoehm's Bush SquirrelThe Boehm's Bush Squirrel is a species of rodent in the Sciuridae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes,...
Paraxerus boehmi LC
- Boehm'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: Protoxerini
- Subfamily: Xerinae
- 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...
- Ruanda Mole RatRuanda Mole RatThe Ruanda Mole Rat is a species of rodent in the Spalacidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda...
Tachyoryctes ruandae LC
- Ruanda 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: 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...
- Kivu Climbing MouseKivu Climbing MouseThe Kivu Climbing Mouse is a species of rodent in the Nesomyidae family.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia....
Dendromus kivu LC
- Kivu Climbing Mouse
- Genus: Dendromus
- Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
- Genus: Cricetomys
- Cricetomys eminiCricetomys eminiEmin's Pouched Rat , also known as the African pouched rat, is a large "rat" of the muroid superfamily. It is related to Cricetomys gambianus, the Gambian pouched rat....
LC- 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
- Cricetomys emini
- Genus: Cricetomys
- Subfamily: Dendromurinae
- 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
- Woosnam's Brush-furred RatWoosnam's Brush-furred RatThe Woosnam's Brush-furred Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Lophuromys woosnami LC
- Woosnam's 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...
- Dent's Vlei RatDent's Vlei RatThe Dent's Vlei Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia....
Otomys denti NT - Tropical Vlei RatTropical Vlei RatThe Tropical Vlei Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda....
Otomys tropicalis LC
- Dent's Vlei Rat
- Genus: Otomys
- Subfamily: Gerbillinae
- 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 - Kemp's GerbilKemp's GerbilKemp's Gerbil is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, and possibly...
Tatera kempi 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: Tatera
- 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...
- Hinde's Rock RatHinde's Rock RatHinde's Rock Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda....
Aethomys hindei 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
- Hinde's Rock Rat
- Genus: ArvicanthisArvicanthisArvicanthis is a genus of rodent from Africa. They are commonly referred to as unstriped grass mice, unstriped grass rats, and kusu rats-Species:Genus Arvicanthis - unstriped grass mice...
- African Grass RatAfrican Grass RatThe African Grass Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is mainly distributed in the Sahel and the sudano-zambesian Savanna belt, namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana,...
Arvicanthis niloticus LC
- African Grass Rat
- Genus: Colomys
- African Water Rat Colomys goslingi LC
- 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 - Forest Thicket RatForest Thicket RatThe Forest Thicket Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Grammomys dryas NT - 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...
- Beaded Wood Mouse Hylomyscus aeta LC
- Montane Wood Mouse Hylomyscus denniae LC
- Stella Wood Mouse Hylomyscus stella LC
- Genus: Lemniscomys
- 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
- Typical Striped Grass Mouse
- Genus: MastomysMastomysMastomys is a genus of rodent in the family Muridae.It contains the following species:* Awash Mastomys * Southern Multimammate Mouse * Guinea Multimammate Mouse...
- Guinea Multimammate MouseGuinea Multimammate MouseThe Guinea Multimammate Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia,...
Mastomys erythroleucus 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
- Guinea Multimammate Mouse
- Genus: Mus
- Toad MouseToad MouseThe Toad Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and arable land.-References:...
Mus bufo 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 - 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
- Toad 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...
- 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 - Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp RatHopkins's Groove-Toothed Swamp RatThe Hopkins's Groove-toothed Swamp Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, possibly Burundi, and possibly Tanzania.Its natural habitat is swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Pelomys hopkinsi VU
- Creek 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...
- Praomys degraaffiPraomys degraaffiDe Graaff's Soft-furred Mouse is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
VU - Jackson's Soft-furred Mouse Praomys jacksoni LC
- Praomys degraaffi
- Genus: ThamnomysThamnomysThe thicket rats, genusThamnomys, are a group of Old World rats from East Central Africa.-Species:*Genus Thamnomys**Kemp's Thicket Rat - Thamnomys kempi Dollman, 1911 **Hatt's Thicket Rat - Thamnomys major Hatt, 1934...
- Kemp's Thicket RatKemp's Thicket RatKemp's Thicket Rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss....
Thamnomys kempi VU
- Kemp's Thicket 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
- Genus: Aethomys
- Subfamily: Deomyinae
- Family: Sciuridae (squirrels)
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: 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 - African Savanna HareAfrican Savanna HareThe African Savanna Hare is a species of mammal in the Leporidae family. It is found in Algeria, Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Namibia, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa,...
Lepus microtis 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...
- Four-toed HedgehogFour-toed hedgehogThe Four-toed Hedgehog , or African Pygmy Hedgehog, is a species of hedgehog found throughout much of central and eastern Africa....
Atelerix albiventris LR/lc
- Four-toed 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)
----- 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...
- Long-tailed Musk ShrewLong-tailed Musk ShrewThe Long-tailed Musk Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Nigeria, and Uganda....
Crocidura dolichura LC - Tiny Musk Shrew Crocidura fuscomurina LC
- Hildegarde's ShrewHildegarde's ShrewThe Hildegarde's Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania...
Crocidura hildegardeae LC - Jackson's ShrewJackson's ShrewThe Jackson's Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded...
Crocidura jacksoni LC - Greater Gray-brown Musk Shrew Crocidura luna LC
- Dark Shrew Crocidura maurisca DD
- Tenebrous Shrew Crocidura nigrofusca LC
- Stony Shrew Crocidura niobe 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 - Tumultuous Shrew Crocidura turba LC
- Long-tailed Musk Shrew
- Genus: Paracrocidura
- Greater Shrew Paracrocidura maxima NT
- Genus: Ruwenzorisorex
- Ruwenzori ShrewRuwenzori ShrewThe Ruwenzori Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Ruwenzorisorex. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. It is semiaquatic, living along streams in tropical cloud forest.-References:* Hutterer, R. & Kerbis...
Ruwenzorisorex suncoides VU
- Ruwenzori Shrew
- Genus: Scutisorex
- Armored Shrew Scutisorex somereni LC
- Genus: Sylvisorex
- Johnston's Shrew Sylvisorex johnstoni LC
- Crescent Shrew Sylvisorex lunaris LC
- 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 - Volcano ShrewVolcano ShrewThe Volcano Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in the high altitude rainforest of Burundi, Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda...
Sylvisorex vulcanorum LC
- Genus: Crocidura
- Subfamily: MyosoricinaeMyosoricinaeAccording to the current taxonomy, Myosoricinae is a subfamily of shrews. As such, they form one of three main types of shrew, the other two being the red-toothed shrews and the white-toothed shrews...
- Genus: MyosorexMyosorexMyosorex is a mammal genus in the Soricidae family. The genus contains the following species:*Babault's Mouse Shrew, Myosorex babaulti*Montane Mouse Shrew, Myosorex blarina*Dark-footed Mouse Shrew, Myosorex cafer...
- Babault's Mouse ShrewBabault's Mouse ShrewThe Babault's Mouse Shrew is a species of mammal in the Soricidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* Kerbis Peterhans, J. & Hutterer, R. 2004. ....
Myosorex babaulti VU
- Babault's Mouse Shrew
- Genus: Myosorex
- 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...
- Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit BatEthiopian Epauletted Fruit BatThe Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat is a species of megabat in the Pteropodidae family. It is found in Burundi, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry...
Epomophorus labiatus LC - 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
- Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit 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...
- 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
- Peter's Dwarf Epauletted 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: Pteropodinae
- Family: Vespertilionidae
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- 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: Myotis
- 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
- Silvered Bat
- 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
- Cape Serotine
- 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
- Rüppel's Pipistrelle
- Genus: ScotophilusScotophilusScotophilus is a genus of vespertilionid bats commonly called yellow bats. They are found in southern Asia and Africa.- Species :- Reproduction :...
- African Yellow BatAfrican Yellow BatThe African Yellow Bat is a species of vesper bat in the Vespertilionidae family.It can be found in the following countries: Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea,...
Scotophilus dinganii LC
- African Yellow Bat
- Genus: Glauconycteris
- Subfamily: Myotinae
- 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:...
- Spotted Free-tailed BatSpotted Free-tailed BatThe Spotted Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and rocky areas.-References:* Mickleburgh,...
Chaerephon bivittata 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
- Spotted Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: Mops
- 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 - Midas Free-tailed BatMidas Free-tailed BatThe Midas Free-tailed Bat is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria,...
Mops midas LC
- Angolan Free-tailed Bat
- Genus: Chaerephon
- 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 - 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 - 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: MegadermatidaeMegadermatidaeMegadermatidae, or False Vampire Bats, are a family of bats found from central Africa, eastwards through southern Asia, and into Australia. They are relatively large bats, ranging from 6.5 cm to 14 cm in head-body length. They have large eyes, very large ears and a prominent nose-leaf. They have a...
- Genus: LaviaLaviaLavia is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Satakunta region.The municipality is unilingually Finnish.-External links:* – Official website...
- Yellow-winged batYellow-winged batThe Yellow-winged bat is one of five species of false vampire bat from Africa.-Description:The yellow-winged bat has a total length of 58-80 mm and a body weight of 28-36 g. Females tend to be slightly larger than males. The wingspan averages 36 cm...
Lavia frons LC
- Yellow-winged bat
- Genus: Lavia
- 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 - 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 - Hildebrandt's Horseshoe BatHildebrandt's Horseshoe BatHildebrandt's Horseshoe Bat is a species of bat in the Rhinolophidae family found in Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, caves, and subterranean habitats .-References:...
Rhinolophus hildebrandti 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
- 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 - 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: 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 - 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
- Giant Pangolin
- Genus: Manis
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: 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...
- 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
- Wildcat
- 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 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: 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: 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: Mungos
- 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: 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: 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
- Side-striped Jackal
- 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: Canis
- 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:...
- 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
- Oriental Small-clawed Otter
- Genus: Ictonyx
- 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
- Burchell's Zebra
- Genus: Equus
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: Hylochoerus
- Giant forest hogGiant forest hogThe Giant Forest Hog is native to wooded habitats in Africa and generally is considered the largest wild member of the Suidae . Despite its large size and relatively wide distribution, it was only described by scientists in 1904...
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni LR/lc
- Giant forest hog
- 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: Hylochoerus
- 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...
DD- 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....
- 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
- Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
- Genus: Alcelaphus
- Subfamily: Alcelaphinae
- Family: Bovidae (cattle, antelope, sheep, goats)
- 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
- Hyemoschus aquaticus
- 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: 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: Oreotragus
- 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...
- 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
- Common Eland
- Genus: Syncerus
- Subfamily: Cephalophinae
- Genus: Cephalophus
- 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 - Weyns's DuikerWeyns's DuikerWeyns Duiker , is a tiny antelope found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya. It is sometimes spelled "Weyn's", or as "Weyns' Duiker"....
Cephalophus weynsi LR/nt
- Blue 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
- Roan Antelope
- 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
- Waterbuck
- Genus: Redunca
- Bohor ReedbuckBohor ReedbuckThe Bohor Reedbuck is an antelope native to central Africa in the genus Redunca, that mostly lives in grasslands near water.-Description:...
Redunca redunca LR/cd
- Bohor Reedbuck
- Genus: Kobus
- Genus: Hyemoschus
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