Greater Waterberg Landscape: 87 species of mammals known or expected to occur:
Elephant Shrews Bushveld Elephant-shrew Elephantulus intufi
Aardvark Aardvark Orycteropus afer
Shr ews Tiny Musk Shrew Crocidura fuscomurina
Reddish-grey Musk Shrew Crocidura cyanea
Lesser Red Musk Shrew Crocidura hirta
Hyrax Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis
Bats African Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum
Sundevall’s Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros caffer
Giant Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros gigas
Striped Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros vittatus
Blasius’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii
Geoffroy’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus
Darling’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus darlingi
Dent’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus denti
Rüppell’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus fumigatus
Hildebrandt’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus hildebrandtii
Mauritian Tomb Bat Taphozous mauritianus
Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica
Ansorge’s Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon ansorgei
Nigerian Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon nigeriae
Midas Free-tailed Bat Mops midas
Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca
Natal Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis
Long-tailed Serotine Bat Eptesicus hottentotus
Cape Serotine Bat Neoromicia capensis
Namibian Wing-gland Bat Cistugo seabrai
Variegated Butterfly Bat Glauconycteris variegata
Botswana Long-eared Bat Laephotis botswanae Cape Serotine Neoromicia capensis
Zulu Serotine Neoromicia zuluensis
Rüppell’s Pipistrelle Pipistrellus rueppellii
Rusty Pipistrelle Pipistrellus rusticus
Yellow-bellied House Bat Scotophilus dinganii
White-bellied House Bat Scotophilus leucogaster
Hares and Rabbits Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis
Molerat Damaraland Mole-Rat Cryptomys damarensis
Porcupine Cape Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
Rats and Mice Dassie Rat Petromys typicus
Springhare Pedetes capensis
South African Ground Squirrel Xerus inaurus
Woodland Dormouse Graphiurus murinus
Single-striped Grass Mouse Lemniscomys rosalia
Four-striped Grass Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio
Woosnam’s Desert Mouse Zelotomys woosnami
Desert Pygmy Mouse Mus indutus
Natal Multimammate Mouse Mastomys natalensis
Southern Multimammate Mouse Mastomys coucha
Acacia Rat Thallomys paedulcus
Black-tailed Tree Rat Thallomys nigricauda
Red Veld Rat Aethomys chrysophilus
Namaqua Rock Mouse Micaelamys namaquensis
Cape Short-tailed Gerbil Desmodillus auricularis
Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus paeba
Bushveld Gerbil Tatera leucogaster
Highveld Gerbil Tatera brantsii
Pouched Mouse Saccostomus campestris
Gerbil Mouse Malacothrix typica
Fat Mouse Steatomys pratensis House Mouse Mus musculus
Primate s South African Galago Galago moholi
Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus
Hedgehog Southern African Hedgehog Atelerix frontalis angolae
Pangolin Ground Pangolin Manis temminckii
Carnivores Aardwolf Proteles cristatus
Brown Hyena Hyaena brunnea
Spotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
Leopard Panthera pardus
Caracal Caracal caracal
African Wild Cat Felis silvestris
Black-footed Cat Felis nigripes
Serval Leptailurus serval
African Civet Civettictis civetta
Small Spotted Genet Genetta genetta
Suricate Suricata suricatta
Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata
Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea
Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo
Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
African Wild Dog Lycaon pictus
Cape Fox Vulpes chama
Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas
Honey Badger/Ratel Mellivora capensis
Striped Polecat Ictonyx striatus
Pigs Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus
Gir affes Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
Antelopes Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros Eland Tragelaphus oryx
Blue Wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus
Red Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus
Gemsbok Oryx gazella
Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis
Damara Dik-Dik Madoqua damarensis
Steenbok Raphicerus campestris
Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus