Main Report

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Chacma Baboon    Papio ursinus
Common Cape NP, Karoo NP, Grootvadersbosch NR.

Southern Ground Squirrel     Xerus inauris
Common Augrabies Falls NP and Kalahari NP.

Grey Squirrel      Sciurus carolinensis
1 Constantia 5/2, 1 Hout Bay 26/2. Introduced.

Springhare       Pedetes  capensis
4+ north of Nossob 16/2 on night drive.

Striped Mouse     Rhabdomys pumilio
2 Olifants Bay, Cape NR, 2 Bontebok NR 23/2.

Brant's Whistling Rat   Parotomys brantsii
1 near Twee Rivieren 15/2, 1 near Mata Mata 19/2.

Bateared Fox    Otocyon megalotis
2 north of Nossob on night drive.

Black-backed Jackal    Canis mesomelas
Common Kalahari NP, where now tame in camps and picnic areas. Wonderful, intelligent  creatures,

park authorities ask visitors not to feed them for obvious reasons. Don't leave shoes outside chalet overnight !
Slender Mongoose     Galerella sanguinea
2 Augrabies Falls NP 11/2.

Yellow Mongoose     Cynictis penicillata
1 Twee Rivieren 14/2, 1 northern 'dune road' 18/2, 1 farmland loops, Overberg 23/2 and 24/2.

Suricate [Meerkat]     Suricata suricatta
3 Bedinkt waterhole, north of Nossob 16/2, 17/2.

Spotted Hyaena        Crocuta crocuta
1 south of Nossob 15/2.

Caracal      Caracal caracal
1 just north of Nossob 16/2, on night drive.

Cheetah      Acinonyx jubatus
2 [ a male and a female ] Rooikop waterhole 16/2.

Lion     Panthera leo
3 females outside Nossob camp 15/2, 4 females there 16/2, 6 inc. one [probably immature] male just north of Nossob 17/2,
8 inc. one male Dalkeith waterhole 18/2.

Rock Dassie     Procavia capensis
Common all rocky, mountainous areas, particularly Cape peninsula, Augrabies, etc.

Cape Mountain Zebra    Equus zebra
20+ Karoo NP 20/2, 10+ Bontebok NP 23/2.

Giraffe    Giraffa camelopardalis
6 south of Mata-Mata 18/2, 8 near Dalkeith waterhole 19/2. First introduced 1990 with 8 relocated from Etosha NP, Namibia. Population now over 30; they favour the different acacia species seen around Craig Lockhart area.

Eland    Taurotragus oryx
12+ Karoo NP 20/2. Re-introduced here.

Bushbuck     Tragelaphus scriptus
1 female Grootvadersbosch NR 24/2.

Gemsbok    Oryx gazella
Very common along riverbeds of the Kgalagadi NP.

Mountain Reedbuck    Redunca arundinum
1 male and 1 female Karoo NP 20/2.

Grey Rhebok    Pelea capreolus
3 Silwerstroomstrand 6/2, c8 Bontebok NP 23/2.

Blue Wilderbeest    Connochaetes taurinus
Common along riverbeds of the Kgalagadi NP.

Red Haartebeest     Alcelaphus buselaphus
Fairly common around Nossob and northwards. 1 Karoo NP 20/2 [introduced], 1 Bontebok NP 23/2 [introduced].

Bontebok    Damaliscus dorcas
6 Buffels Bay 3/2, 6 Koeberg NR 6/2 , common Bontebok NP 23/2 and De Hoop NR 25/2. Bontebok, the Cape and De Hoop hold the largest numbers of this magnificent antelope; at Bontebok NP numbers were down to 17 individuals when the park was founded in 1931. Totally introduced Koeberg NR.

Springbok     Antidorcas marsuplialis
Truly native only in the Kgalagadi NP, where the most common antelope, but widespread virtually everywhere north of Cape Town, where introduced to farms and game reserves and an important source of venison.

Klipspringer     Oreotragus oreotragus
4 Augrabies Falls NP 11/2, 2 north of Pofadder 12/2, 5+ Karoo NP 20/2.

Steenbok     Raphicerus campestris
1 male West Coast NP 6/2, 2 Tanqua Karoo 8/2, 2 females near Nossob 16/2, fairly common northern 'dune road' Kgalagadi NP 18/2.

Cape Grysbok     Raphicerus melanotis
2 [pair] Sir Lowry's Pass, Cape Town, 26/2.

Risso's Dolphin     Grampus griseus
3+ on Simon's Town pelagic, 28/2.

Cape Fur Seal    Arctocephalus pusillus
Very common around Cape peninsula coast.

OTHER FAUNA

Leopard Tortoise     Geochelone pardalis
1 north of Twee Rivieren 15/2, 2 near Nossob 15/2.

Angulate Tortoise    Chersina angulata
8+ Cape peninsula 3/2, 4+ Bontebok NP 23/2.

Cape Cobra    Naja nivea
2 south of Nossob 15/2, 1 Bontebok NP 23/2.

Cape Flat Lizard    Platysaurus capensis
Very common Augrabies Falls NP.

Barking Gecko    Ptenopus garrulous
1 near Nossob on night drive 16/2.

Giant Ground Gecko     Chondrodactylus angulifer
1 near Nossob on night drive 16/2.

African Monarch  butterfly  
Common throughout, especially in the Kgalagadi NP.