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A Report from birdtours.co.uk

Systematic List of Mammals,

Stephen Poley

Note: mammal taxonomic order seems to be decidedly confused, with almost every book following its own family order, and its own splitting/lumping decisions. The order here is a fairly arbitrary one from my own database.

Cape baboon

1.      

Black-faced vervet monkey

Cercopithecus aethiops

Several in Kruger park

2.      

Cape Baboon

Papio (c.) ursinus

Cape peninsula and several other locations both inside and outside reserves

3.      

Silver-backed jackal

Canis mesomelas

1 at Suikerbosrand

4.      

Side-striped jackal

Canis adustus

1 at Kruger (night drive)

5.      

Hunting dog

Lycaon pictus

Pack of about 20 at Kruger (night drive)

6.      

Small-spotted genet

Genetta genetta

2 at Kruger (night drive)

7.      

African civet

Viverra civetta

1 glimpsed at Kruger (night drive)

8.      

"Yellow mongoose" (name given in Addo checklist)

Thought to be Herpestes pulverulentus

A few singles at Addo.

9.      

Suricate

Suricata surricatta

Family group at Wakkerstroom

10.   

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Group of 4 and a single, Kruger

11.   

Lion

Panthera leo

2 males, Kruger

12.   

Serval

Leptailurus serval

1 glimpsed at Kruger (night drive)

13.   

Bush baby

Galago crassicaudatus

1 glimpsed at Kruger (night drive)

14.   

Cape hyrax

Procavia capensis

1 at Table mountain.

15.   

African elephant

Loxodonta africana

Addo (over 60), a few at Kruger

16.   

White rhinoceros

Diceros simus

2 x mother and baby at Kruger. 3 at Ezelwini estate (status uncertain)

17.   

Common zebra

Equus burchelli

Common at Karoo NP, Kruger, Suikerbosrand

18.   

Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus amphibus

Kruger - Sabie river, Sunset dam, Mlondozi

19.   

Warthog

Phacochoerus aethiopicus

A few at Addo, Kruger

20.   

Common giraffe

Giraffa camelopardalis

Common at Kruger

21.   

Wildebeest

Connochaetes taurinus

Common at Kruger

22.   

White-tailed gnu

Connochaetes gnou

Suikerbosrand

23.   

Common duiker

Cephalophus grimmia

Addo

24.   

Red duiker

Cephalophus natalensis

1, False Bay

25.   

Klipspringer

Oreotragus oreotragus

1, Kruger (Orpen rocks)

26.   

Af. Steinbok

Raphicerus campestris

1, Kruger (night drive)

27.   

Defassa waterbuck

Kobus defassa

Saw some somewhere but carelessly forgot to note where!

28.   

Bontebok

Damaliscus dorcas

Mother & calf, Helderberg

29.   

Blesbok

Damaliscus dorcas

Suikerboschrand

30.   

Hartebeest

Alcelaphus buselaphus

Karoo NP, Suikerbosrand

31.   

Impala

Aepyceros melampus

Abundant at Kruger

32.   

Springbok

Antidorcas marsupialis

Karoo: both inside and outside the National Park.

33.   

Oryx

Oryx beisa

Karoo NP

34.   

Nyala

Tragelaphus angasi

False Bay

35.   

Greater kudu

Tragelaphus strepsiceros

Addo

36.   

Eland

Tarotragus oryx

Karoo NP, Suikerbosrand

37.   

African buffalo

Syncerus caffer

Kruger

38.   

Scrub hare

Lepus saxatilis

1, Kruger (night drive)

39.   

Cape ground squirrel

Xerus inauris

Kruger

 

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