Fauna and Flora Of Africa
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We have 114 Mammals, 42 Birds, 25 Insects, 8 spiders, 2 scorpions, 17 Reptiles, 53 Trees, 3 Grasses and 7 Lichens listed
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Mammals
Birds
Insects
Aracnidas
ReptilesPress to scroll up
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Plants
Grasses
Lichens and Fungi

 
Rats - Muridae
Nile Rat 
 

Molerats - Bathyergidae
Common mole rat 
East-african molerat 

Shrews - Soricidae
Lesser red musk shrew 
Greater musk shrew

Hedgehog - Erinacidae
Hedgehog 

Golden moles - Chrysochloridae
Grant's golden mole 
Hottentot golden mole 

Elephant shrews - Macroscelididae
Four toed elephant shrew 
Round eared elephant shrew 
Short snouted elephant shrew 
Rock elephant shrew
East African Long-Eared Elephant Shrew 

Bushbabies - Lorisidae
Lesser Bushbaby 
Thick-tailed Bushbaby

Cane Rat - Thryonomyidae
Greater cane rat

Pangolin - Manidae
Pangolin

Antbear - Orycteropodidae
Antbear 

Hares and Rabbits - Leporidae
Smith's red rock rabbit 
Natal red rock rabbit
Jameson's red rock rabbit
Riverine Rabbit 
Scrub Hare 
Cape Hare

Flying Squirrel - Anomaluridae
Lord Derby's Flying Squirrel 
 

Squirrels - Sciuridae
Ground Squirrel 
Tree Squirrel

Spring Hare - Peditidae
Spring Hare

Porcupine - Hystricidae
Porcupine 
African Brush-tailed Porcupine

Weasels, Polecats, Badgers and Otters - Mustelidae
Striped Polecat 
Honey Badger
Clawless Otter
 

Cusimanses - Herpestidae
Cusimanse

Civets, Suricates, Genets and Mongooses - Viveridae
African Civet 
Large spotted Genet 
Small spotted Genet 
Savanna Mongoose 
Selous' Mongoose 
Yellow Mongoose 
Small Grey Mongoose 
White-tailed Mongoose 
Water Mongoose 
Large Grey Mongoose 
Slender Mongoose 
Banded Mongoose 
Dwarf Mongoose 
Suricate 

Hyraxes - Procaviidae
Rock Dassie 
Tree Hyrax 
Yellow-spot Hyrax 

Pigs - Suidae
Warthog 
Bushpig 

Manatee - Trichechidae
African Manatee 

Antelope - Bovidae
Addax antelope 
Damara Dik-dik 
Oribi 
Suni 
Grysbok
Sharpe's Grysbok 
Klipspringer
Blue Duiker 
Red Duiker 
Common Duiker 
Zebra Duiker 
Black Duiker 
Steenbok 
Mountain Gazelle
Moroccan Gazelle 
Mhorr's Gazelle
Clark's Gazelle 
Bushbuck
Blesbok 
Bontebok
Reedbuck 
Mountain Reedbuck 
Grey Rheebuck
Springbuck 
Impala 
Blue Wildebeest
Black Wildebeest 
Tsessebe
Gemsbuck 
Schimitar- Horned Oryx
Red Hartebeest 
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest 
Hunter's Hartebeest 
Sable
Roan 
Puku 
Waterbuck 
Red Lechwe 
Nyala 
Sitatunga 
Kudu 
Eland 
Western giant Eland 
Buffalo 

Zebras - Equidae
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra 
Cape Mountain Zebra 
Burchell's Zebra 

Baboons and Monkeys - Cercopithecidae
Black Colobus Monkey 
Black And White Colobus
Redtail Monkey 
Vervet Monkey 
Baboon 
Chacma baboon 

Jackals and Foxes - Canidae
Wild Dog 
Cape Fox 
Black-backed Jackal
Bat-eared Fox 
Side-striped Jackal 
Simien fox 

Bats - Chiroptera
Megachiroptera
Rodrigues Flying Fox 
Peter's epauletted fruit bat 
Wal\hlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Straw-coloured fruit bat 
Egyptian fruit bat 
Banana bat 
Microchiroptera
Large slit-faced bat 
Common slit-faced bat 
Hairy slit-faced bat 
Yellow house bat 
Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat
Cape horseshoe bat 
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat 
Sundevall's leaf-nosed bat 
Commerson's leaf-nosed bat
African Giant Free-tailed Bat 
Egyptian free-tailed bat 
Midas free-tailed bat 
Schreiber's long-fingered bat 
Tomb bat 
Egyptian tomb bat 
Damara woolly bat
 
 
 

Hyenas - Hayenidae
Spotted Hayena 
Brown Hayena 
Aardwolf 

Cats - Felidae
Lion 
Leopard 
Cheetah 
Caracal 
Serval 
African Wildcat 
Small spotted Cat 

Giraffe - Giraffidae
Giraffe

Rhinoceroses - Rhinocerotidae
Black Rhinoceros 
White Rhinoceros 

Hippopotamus - Hipopotamidae
Hippopotamus

Elephants - Elephantidae
Elephant 
 
 

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