Order Family Common Name Scientific Name Zulu Name Eulipotyphla Soricidae Dark Footed Forest Shrew Forest Shrew Lesser Dwarf
Mavela Mammal List
Order Family Common Name Scientific Name Zulu Name
Soricidae Dark footed forest shrew Eulipotyphla forest shrew
lesser dwarf shrew
Swamp Musk Shrew
reddish grey musk shrew
Peters musk shrew
lesser red musk shrew
Solenodontidae Yellow Golden Mole
Zulu Goldren Mole
Hottentot golden mole
Wahlbergs epauletted fruit bat Chiroptera Straw-coloured fruit bat
Egyptian fruit bat
Tomb bat
Angola free tailed bat
Little free tailed bat
Ansorge's free tailed bat
Egyptian free tailed bat
Lesser long fingered bat
Schreibers long-fingered bat
Temminicks hairy bat
Kuhl's bat
Banana bat
Long Tailed serotine bat
Cape serotine bat
Damara woolly bat
lesser woolly bat Common slit faced bat
Geofrey's horseshoe bat
Bushveld horseshoe bat
Sundervall's leaf-nosed bat
Short-eared trident bat
Lorisidae Thick tailed bush baby Otolemur crassicaudatus Isinkwe Primates Cercopithecidae Chacma baboon Papio urinus Mfeni
Vervet monkey Cercopithecus pygerythrus Inkawu
Leporidae Scrub hare Lepus Saxatilis Unogwaja Lagomorpha Natal red rock rabbit Pronolagus crassicaudatus
Bathyergidae Rodentia Common molerat Cryptomys hottentotus Hystricidae Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis Ngungumbane
Gliridae Woodland dormouse Graphiurus murinus Thryonomyidae Greater Canerat Thryonomys swinderianus Muridae Laminate vlei rat Otomys laminatus
Angni vlei rat Otomys angoniensis
Vlei rat otomys irroratus
single striped mouse lemniscomys rosalia
Striped mouse rhabdomys pumilio
water rat dasymys incomtus
Woodland mouse grammomys dolichurus
Pygmy mouse mus minutoides
Natal multimamate mouse Prys natalensis
Tree rat Thallomys paedulcus
Black tailed tree rat thallomys nigricauda
Namaqua rock mouse Aethomys namaquensis
Red veld rat Aethomys chrysophilius
House Rat Rattus rattus
Highveld Gerbil Tatera brantsii
White tailed mouse Mastromys albicaudatus
Pouched mouse Saccostomus campestris
Grey Climbing mouse Dendromus melanotis Chestnut climbing mouse Dendromus mystacalis
Fat mouse Steatomys pratensis
Tiney fat mouse steatomys parvus
Carnivora Protelidae Aardwolf Protelese cristatus Hyaenidae Spotted hyaena Crocuta crocuta Mpisi
Brown Hyaena Hyaena brunnea Felidae Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Ngulule
Leopard Panthera pardus Ingwe
Lion Panthera leo Bubess
Caracal Filis caracal Indabushe
Serval Filis serval Indlozi
African wild cat Felis lybica
Canidae Side Striped Jackal Canis adustus Black backed jackal Canis mesomelas Mpungushe
Wild dog Lycaon pictus Inkentshane
Mustelidae Cape clawless otter Aonyx capensis
Spotted-necked otter Lutra maculicollis
Honey Badger Melivora capensis
Polecat Ictonyx striatus Viverridae Civet Civettictis civetta Iqaqa
Tubulindentata Orycteropodidae Aardvark (Antbear) Orycteropus afer Sambane
Proboscidea Elehantidae African elephant Loxodonta africana Ndlovu
Hydracoidea Procaviidae
Rhinocerotidae Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis Bhejane Perissodactyla White rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum Mkhombe
Equidae Burchell's zebra Equus quagga Idube
Suidae Bushpig Potumochoerus porcus Ingulube Artiodactyla Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus Ntibane
Hipopotimidae Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Imvubu
Giraffidae Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis Indulamithi
Bovidae Red Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus Nglozele
Blue wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus Nkonkoni Common duiker Sylvicapra rimmia Mpunzi
Red duiker Cephalophus natalensis Msumpe
Suni Neotragus Moschatus Inhlengane
Steenbok Raphicerus Campestris Iquina
Impala Aepyceros metampus Impala
Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros Umgankla
Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus Imbabala
Nyala Tragelaphus angasii Nyala
Buffalo Syncerus caffer Inyathi
Mountain reedbuck Redunca falvorufula Nxala
Reedbuck Redunca arundinum Mziki
Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus Phiva