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Species List Tanzania: Species List Mammals Specie Seen Location Bushpig Giantpangolin Tree pangolin Servaline genet Large spotted genet (Blotched or Rusty-spotted) Miombo genet (Angolan genet) African palm civet Marsh mongoose Bushy tailed mongoose Jackson's mongoose Sokoke dog mongoose Somali dwarf mongoose Dwarf mongoose Egyptian mongoose Slender mongoose White tailed mongoose Banded mongoose Mellers mongoose Spotted hyaena Striped hyaena Aardwolf Cheetah Caracal Serval Wild cat Lion Leopard Savanna elephant Burchell's zebra (Common zebra or Plains zebra) Black rhinoceros Western tree hyrax Southern tree hyrax East African tree hyrax Rock hyrax Bush hyrax Aardvark Warthog African hedgehog Large eared greater galago Small eared greater galago Silver greater galago Mohol lesser galago Senegal galago Zanzibar galago Grant's galago Diani lesser galago Mountain galago Rondo galago Grey cheeked mangabey Sanje mangabey Vervet monkey Red tailed monkey Kipunji Blue monkey Patas monkey Olive baboon Yellow baboon Angolan black and white colobus Abyssinian black and white colobus Kirk's red colobus (Zanzibar red colobus) Iringa red colobus (Udzungwa red colobus) Central African red colobus Chimpanzee Side striped jackal Golden jackal Black backed jackal Wild dog Bat eared fox African clawless otter (Cape clawless otter) Spotted necked otter Zorilla (Striped polecat) Honey badger (Ratel) Striped weasel (White-naped weasel) African civet Common genet Giant forest hog Hippopotamus Giraffe Coke's hartebeest (Kongoni) Lichtenstein's hartebeest Blue wildebeest (Brindled gnu) Topi Impala Grant's gazelle Thomson's gazelle Gerenuk African buffalo Cape eland Greater kudu Lesser kudu Bushbuck Sitatunga Ader's duiker Harvey's red duiker Natal red duiker Blue duiker Abbott's duiker Peters' duiker (Weyn’s duiker) Grey duiker Roan antelope Sable antelope Oryx Kirk's dikdik Suni Klipspringer Oribi Sharpe's grysbok Steenbuck Common waterbuck Puku Southern reedbuck (Common reedbuck) Mountain reedbuck Bohor reedbuck Ground pangolin Birds Specie Seen Location Common Quail Harlequin Quail Blue Quail Helmeted Guineafowl Crested Guineafowl Vulturine Guineafowl Fulvous Whistling-Duck White-faced Whistling-Duck White-backed Duck Maccoa Duck Egyptian Goose Spur-winged Goose Comb Duck African Pygmy-Goose Cape Teal Gadwall Eurasian Wigeon African Black Duck Yellow-billed Duck Cape Shoveler Northern Shoveler Red-billed Duck Northern Pintail Garganey Common Teal Hottentot Teal Southern Pochard Common Pochard Tufted Duck Small Buttonquail Black-rumped Buttonquail Lark Buttonquail Scaly-throated Honeyguide Greater Honeyguide Lesser Honeyguide Least Honeyguide Pallid Honeyguide Green-backed Honeyguide Wahlberg's Honeyguide Rufous-necked Wryneck Nubian Woodpecker Bennett's Woodpecker Reichenow's Woodpecker Golden-tailed Woodpecker Mombasa Woodpecker Green-backed Woodpecker Tullberg's Woodpecker Buff-spotted Woodpecker Brown-eared Woodpecker Cardinal Woodpecker Stierling's Woodpecker Bearded Woodpecker Grey Woodpecker Grey-headed Woodpecker Olive Woodpecker Brown-backed Woodpecker Grey-throated Barbet White-eared Barbet Whyte's Barbet Green Barbet Moustached Tinkerbird Green Tinkerbird Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird Yellow-fronted Tinkerbird Red-fronted Tinkerbird Yellow-spotted Barbet Hairy-breasted Barbet Red-fronted Barbet Miombo Barbet Spot-flanked Barbet Black-throated Barbet White-headed Barbet Red-faced Barbet Black-billed Barbet Black-collared Barbet Brown-breasted Barbet Black-backed Barbet Double-toothed Barbet Crested Barbet Red-and-yellow Barbet D'Arnaud's Barbet Red-billed Hornbill Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill Von der Decken's Hornbill Crowned Hornbill African Grey Hornbill Pale-billed Hornbill Trumpeter Hornbill Silvery-cheeked Hornbill Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill Southern Ground-Hornbill Eurasian Hoopoe African Hoopoe Green Woodhoopoe Violet Woodhoopoe White-headed Woodhoopoe Common Scimitar-bill Abyssinian Scimitar-bill Narina Trogon Bar-tailed Trogon European Roller Lilac-breasted Roller Racket-tailed Roller Rufous-crowned Roller Broad-billed Roller Half-collared Kingfisher Malachite Kingfisher African Pygmy-Kingfisher Grey-headed Kingfisher Woodland Kingfisher Mangrove Kingfisher Blue-breasted Kingfisher Brown-hooded Kingfisher Striped Kingfisher Giant Kingfisher Pied Kingfisher White-fronted Bee-eater Little Bee-eater Blue-breasted Bee-eater Cinnamon-chested Bee-eater Swallow-tailed Bee-eater Somali Bee-eater White-throated Bee-eater Boehm's Bee-eater Blue-cheeked Bee-eater Madagascar Bee-eater European Bee-eater Northern Carmine Bee-eater Southern Carmine Bee-eater Speckled Mousebird White-headed Mousebird Blue-naped Mousebird Red-faced Mousebird Great Spotted Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo Red-chested Cuckoo Black Cuckoo Common Cuckoo African Cuckoo Lesser Cuckoo Madagascar Cuckoo Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Klaas's Cuckoo African Emerald Cuckoo Dideric Cuckoo Yellowbill Black Coucal Blue-headed Coucal Coppery-tailed Coucal Senegal Coucal White-browed Coucal Burchell's Coucal Grey Parrot Brown-necked Parrot Red-fronted Parrot Meyer's Parrot Red-bellied Parrot Brown-headed Parrot Red-headed Lovebird Fischer's Lovebird Yellow-collared Lovebird Lilian's Lovebird Scarce Swift Mottled Spinetail Bat-like Spinetail African Palm-Swift Alpine Swift Mottled Swift Common Swift Nyanza Swift African Swift Forbes-Watson's Swift Little Swift Horus Swift White-rumped Swift Black-billed Turaco Schalow's Turaco Fischer's Turaco Livingstone's Turaco Hartlaub's Turaco Purple-crested Turaco Ross's Turaco Grey Go-away-bird White-bellied Go-away-bird Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Great Blue Turaco Barn Owl African Grass-Owl Sokoke Scops-Owl Common Scops-Owl White-faced Scops-Owl Cape Eagle-Owl Spotted Eagle-Owl Usambara Eagle-Owl Verreaux's Eagle-Owl .
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