SOUTHERN AFRICA MAMMAL LIST, OCTOBER - DECEMBER 2015 Common Name Scientific Name Seen CHIROPTERA Vespertilipnidae Cape bat Neoromicia capensis 1 Pteropodidae Agolan fruit bat Lissonycteris angolensis 1 Hipposideridae Giant Lleaf-nosed bat Hipposideros gigas 1 PRIMATES Cercopithecidae Chacma baboon Papio ursinus 1 Yellow baboon Papio cynocephalus 1 Vervet monkey Chlorocebus pygerythrus 1 Samango monkey Cercopithecus mitis labiatus 1 Galagidae Thick-tailed greater galago Otolemur crassicaudatus 1 Southern lesser galago Galago moholi 1 MACROSCELIDEA Macroscelididae Eastern rock sengi Elephantulus myurus 1 LAGOMORPHA Leporidae Scrub hare Lepus saxatilis 1 Cape hare Lepus capensis 1 Natal red rock hare Pronolagus crassicaudatus 1 RODENTIA Pedetidae Spring hare Pedetes capensis 1 Sciuridae Mutable sun squirrel Heliosciurus mutabilis 1 South African ground squirrel Xerus inauris 1 Congo rope squirrel Funisciurus congicus 1 Ongoye red bush squirrel Paraxerus palliatus ornatus 1 Smith's bush squirrel Paraxerus cepapi 1 Eastern gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis 1 Muridae Four-striped grass mouse Rhabdomys pumilio 1 Sloggett's vlei rat Otomys sloggetti 1 Petromuridae Dassie rat Petromus typicus 1 CARNIVORA Canidae Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis 1 Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas 1 Herpestidae Banded mongoose Mungos mungo 1 Cape gray mongoose Galerella pulverulenta 1 Slender mongoose Galerella sanguinea 1 Common dwarf mongoose Helogale parvula 1 White-tailed mongoose Ichneumia albicauda 1 Yellow mongoose Cynictis penicillata 1 Meerkat Suricata suricatta 1 Mustelidae Spotted-necked otter Hydrictis maculicollis 1 Zorilla Ictonyx striatus 1 Viverridae Large-spotted genet Genetta maculata 1 African civet Civettictis civetta 1 Hyaenidae Spotted hyena Crocuta crocuta 1 Brown hyena Hyaena brunnea 1 Felidae Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus 1 Lion Panthera leo 1 Otanidae Cape fur seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus 1 PROBOSCIDEA Elephantidae African elephant Loxodonta africana 1 HYRACOIDEA Procaviidae Bush hyrax Heterohyrax brucei 1 Rock hyrax Procavia capensis 1 PERISSODACTYLA Equidae Hartmanns's mountain mebra Equus zebra hartmannae 1 Plains zebra Equus quagga 1 Rhinocerotidae Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis 1 White rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum 1 ARTIODACTYLA Suidae Common warthog Phacochoerus africanus 1 Hippopotamidae Hippoppotamus Hippopotamus amphibius 1 Giraffidae Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis 1 Bovidae African buffalo Syncerus caffer 1 Common eland Tragelaphus oryx 1 Greater kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros 1 Nyala Tragelaphus angasii 1 Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus 1 Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus 1 Red lechwe Kobus leche leche 1 Mountain reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula 1 Southern reedbuck Redunca arundinum 1 Grey rhebok Pelea capreolus 1 Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus taurinus 1 Red hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus caama 1 Tsessebe Damalascus lunatus lunatus 1 Bontebok Damaliscus pygargus pygargus 1 Blesbok Damaliscus pygargus phillipsi x Suni Neotragus moschatus 1 Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus 1 Steenbok Raphicerus campestris 1 Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis 1 Common impala Aepyceros melampus melampus 1 Black-faced impala Aepyceros melampus petersi x Roan antelope Hippotragus equinus 1 Sable antelope Hippotragus niger 1 Gemsbok Oryx gazella 1 Damara dik-dik Madoqua kirkii damarensis 1 Oribi Ourebia ourebi 1 Natal red duiker Cephalophus natalensis 1 Blue duiker Philantomba monticola 1 Common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia 1 Delphinidae Heaviside's dolphin Cephalorhynchys heavisidii 1 Common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus 1 Balaenopteridae Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae 1 Balaenidae Balaenidae Southern right whale Eubalaena australis 1 TOTAL 82