BOTSWANA MAMMAL CHECKLIST - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE PRIMATES - PRIMATES Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus 36 Savannah (Vervet) Monkey Cercopithecus aethiops ssp. 60 South African Galago (Bushbaby) Galago moholi 103 INSECTIVORES - INSECTIVORA African Hedgehogs Atelerix - 4 species 141 HARES - LAGOMORPHA Cape Hare Lepus capensis 154 Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis 154 RODENTS - RODENTIA Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi 170 South African Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis 187 CARNIVORES - CARNIVORA Side-striped Jackal Canis aductus 218 Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas 219 Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis 225 Wild Dog Lycaon pictus 226 Zorilla (Striped Polecat) Ictonyx striatus 230 African (Cape) Clawless Otter Aonyx capensis 235 Spot-necked Otter Lutra maculicollis 237 Slender Mongoose Herpestes sanguinea 241 Dwarf Mongoose Helogale parvula 242 Selous's Mongoose Paracynictis selousi 245 Yellow Mongoose Cynictis pencillata 245 Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo 247 Suricate (Meerkat) Suricata suricata 247 BOTSWANA MAMMAL CHECKLIST - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE Marsh (Water) Mongoose Atilax paludinosus 252 Brown Hyaena Hyaena brunnea 260 Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta 262 Aardwolf Proteles cristatus 264 Common (Small-spotted) Genet Genetta genetta 267 Blotched (Large-spotted) Genet Genetta tigrina 268 African Civet Civettictis civetta 272 Serval Cat Felis serval 279 Caracal Felis caracal 280 Leopard Panthera pardus 282 Lion Panthera leo 284 Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus 286 AARDVARK - TUBULIDENTATA Aardvark Oryteropus afer 294 PROBOSCIDS - PROBOSCIDEA African Elephant Loxodonto africana 304 ODD-TOED UNGULATES - PERISSODACTYLA Plains (Burchell's) Zebra Equus quagga burchelli 312 Browse (Black) Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis 319 Grass (White) Rhinoceros Ceratotherium simum 321 EVEN-TOED UNGULATES - ARTIODACTYLA Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius 325 Bush Pig Potamochoerus larvatus 330 Desert Warthog Phacochoerus aethiopicus 334 Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis 341 African (Cape) Buffalo Syncerus caffer 348 Bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus 352 Sitatunga Tragelaphus spekei 355 Greater Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros 361 BOTSWANA MAMMAL CHECKLIST - 2007 DAILY OBSERVATIONS FAMILIES AND SPECIES SCIENTIFIC NAME PAGE Eland Taurotragus oryx 363 Bush (Common) Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia 368 Steinbuck Raphicerus campestris 388 Southern (Common) Reedbuck Redunca arundinum 402 Puku Kobus vardoni 404 Lechwe Kobus leche 405 Waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus 408 Springbuck Antidorcas marsupialis 420 Impala Aepyceros melampus 423 Topi (Tsessebe) Damaliscus lunatus 427 Kongoni (Hartebeest) Alcelaphus buselaphus 429 Brindled Gnu (Wildebeest) Connochaetes taurinus 432 Roan Antelope Hippotragus equinus 436 Sable Antelope Hippotragus niger 436 Southern Oryx (Gemsbok) Oryx gazella 441.