© 2016 AfricaFreak.com African Animal Checklist Species Scientific Name Tick Observations Aardvark Orycteropus afer Aardwolf Proteles cristatus Antelope - Roan Hippotragus equinus Antelope - Sable Hippotragus niger Baboon - Chacma Papio ursinus Baboon - Olive Papio anubis Baboon - Yellow Papio cynocephalus Blesbok Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi Bongo Tragelaphus euryceros Bontebok Damaliscus dorcas dorcas Buffalo - African (Cape) Syncerus caffer Bushbaby - Lesser Galago moholi Bushbaby - Thick-tailed Otolemur crassicaudatus Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus Bushpig Potamochoerus porcus Caracal Felis caracal Cat - African Wild Felis lybica Cat - Small Spotted Felis nigripes Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes Civet - African Civettictis civetta Colobus - Black & White Colobus guereza/angolensis Crocodile - Nile Crocodylus niloticus Dik-Dik - Kirk's Madoqua kirkii Dog - Wild (Hunting Dog) Lycaon pictus Duiker - Blue Philantomba monticola Duiker - Common Sylvicapra grimmia Duiker - Red Cephalophus natalensis Eland Taurotragus oryx Elephant Loxodonta africana Fox - Bat-eared Otocyon megalotis Fox - Cape Vulpes chama Gazelle - Grant's Gazella granti Gazelle - Thomson's Gazella thomsoni Gemsbok Oryx gazella Genet - Large-spotted Genetta tigrina Genet - Small-spotted Genetta genetta Gerenuk Litocranius walleri Giraffe - Masai (Maasai) Giraffa c. tippelskirchi Giraffe - Reticulated Giraffa c. reticulata Giraffe - Rothschild's Giraffa c. rothschildi Giraffe - Thornicroft Giraffa c. thornicrofti Gorilla - Lowland Gorilla gorilla graueri Gorilla - Mountain Gorilla gorilla beringei Grysbok - Sharpe's Raphicerus sharpei Grysbok - Southern (Cape) Raphicerus melanotis Hare - Cape Lepus capensis Hare - Scrub Lepus saxatilis Hare - Spring Pedetes capensis 1 © 2016 AfricaFreak.com Hartebeest (Kongoni) - Red Alcelaphus buselaphus Hedgehog Atelerix frontalis Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Honey Badger Mellivora capensis Hyena - Brown Hyaena brunnea Hyena - Spotted Crocuta crocuta Hyena - Striped Hyaena hyaena Hyrax (Dassie) - Rock Procavia capensis Hyrax (Dassie) - Tree Dendrohyrax arboreus Impala Aepyceros melampus Jackal - Black-backed Canis mesomelas Jackal - Common Canis aureus Jackal - Side-striped Canis adustus Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus Kob - Uganda Kobus kob Kudu - Greater Tragelaphus strepsiceros Kudu - Lesser Tragelaphus imberbis Lechwe - Black (Bangweulu) Kobus leche smithemani Lechwe - Kafue (Brown) Kobus leche kafuensis Lechwe - Red (Zambesi) Kobus leche Leopard Panthera pardus Lion Panthera leo Mongoose - Banded Mungos mungo Mongoose - Dwarf Helogale parvula Mongoose - Large Grey Herpestes ichneumon Mongoose - Meller's Rhynchogale melleri Mongoose - Selous' Paracynictis selousi Mongoose - Slender Galerella sanguinea Mongoose - Small Grey Galerella pulverulenta Mongoose - Water Atilax paludinosus Mongoose - White-tailed Ichneumia albicauda Mongoose - Yellow Cynictis penicillata Monkey - Patas Erythrocebus patas Monkey - Sykes' (Blue) Cercopithecus mitis Monkey - Vervet Cercopithecus aethiops Nyala Tragelaphus angasii Oribi Ourebia ourebi Oryx - Beisa Oryx beisa Ostrich Struthio camelus Otter - Cape Clawless Aonyx capensis Otter - Spotted-necked Lutra maculicollis Pangolin Manis temminckii Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis Puku Kobus vardonii Reedbuck - Bohor Redunca redunca Reedbuck - Common Redunca arundinum Reedbuck - Mountain Redunca fulvorufula Rhebuck - Grey Pelea capreolus Rhino - Black Diceros bicornis Rhino - White Ceratotherium simum Serval Felis serval Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekei Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis 2 © 2016 AfricaFreak.com Squirrel - Ground Xerus inauris Squirrel - Tree Paraxerus cepapi Steenbok Raphicerus campestris Suni Neotragus moschatus Suricate Suricata suricatta Topi Damaliscus korrigum Tsessebe Damaliscus lunatus Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus Waterbuck - Common Kobus ellipsiprymnus Waterbuck - Defassa Kobus ellipsiprymnus defassa Wildebeest - Black Connochaetes gnou Wildebeest - Blue Connochaetes taurinus Zebra - Burchell's Equus burchellii Zebra - Grevy's Equus grevyi Zebra - Mountain Equus zebra zebra 3.