The Mammal Species of Djuma Game Reserve

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Index

 
     
Cercopithecidae Canidae Equidae
Baboon Hunting Dog Zebra
Vervet Monkey Black-backed Jackal  
  Side-striped Jackal Suidae
Lorisidae   Warthog
Lesser Bushbaby Mustelidae Bushpig
Thick-tailed Bushbaby Honey Badger  
    Hippopotamidae
Manidae Viverridae Hippopotamus
Pangolin African Civet  
  Small-spotted Genet Giraffidae
Leporidae Large-spotted Genet Giraffe
Shrub Hare Slender Mongoose  
  White-tailed Mongoose Bovidae
Hystricidae Banded Mongoose Wildebeest
Porcupine Dwarf Mongoose Tsessebe
    Duiker
Sciuridae Orycteropodidae Steenbok
Squirrel Aardvark Impala
    Sable Antelope
Hyaenidae Elephantidae Buffalo
Spotted Hyena Elephant Kudu
Aardwolf   Nyala
  Rhinocerotidae Bushbuck
Felidae White Rhinoceros Reedbuck
Cheetah Black Rhinoceros Waterbuck
Leopard    
Lion    
Caracal    
African Wild Cat    
Serval    

Cercopithecidae

 
CHACMA BABOON Papio ursinus

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VERVET MONKEY Ceropsithecus pygerythrus

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Lorisidae

 
LESSER BUSHBABY Galago senegalensis

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Manidae

 
PANGOLIN Manis temminckii

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Leporidae
 
SCRUB HARE Lepus saxatilis

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Hystricidae
 
PORCUPINE Hystrix africaeaustralis

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Sciuridae
 
TREE SQUIRREL Paraxerus cepapi

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Hyaenidae
 
SPOTTED HYENA Crocuta crocuta

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Felidae
 
CHEETAH Acononyx jubatus

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LEOPARD Panthera pardus

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LION Panthera leo

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CARACAL Felis caracal

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AFRICAN WILD CAT Felis lybica

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SERVAL Felis serval

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Canidae
 
WILD DOG Lycaon pictus

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BLACK BACKED JACKAL Canis mesomelas

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SIDE-STRIPED  JACKAL Canis adustus

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Mustelidae
 

HONEY BADGER Mellivora capensis

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Viverridae
 

AFRICAN CIVET Civetticus civetta

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SMALL SPOTTED GENET Genetta genetta

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LARGE SPOTTED GENET Genetta tigrina

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SLENDER MONGOOSE Galarella sanguinea

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WHITE TAILED MONGOOSE Ichneumia albicauda

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BANDED MONGOOSE Mungos mungo

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DWARF MONGOOSE Helogale parvula

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Orycteropodidae
 
AARDVARK Orycteropus afer

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Elephantidae
 
AFRICAN ELEPHANT Loxodonta africana

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Rhinocerotidae
 
WHITE RHINOCEROS Ceratotherium simum

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Equidae
 

BURCHELL'S ZEBRA Equus burchelli

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Suidae
 
WARTHOG Phacochoerus aethiopicus

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Hippopotamidae
 
HIPPOPOTAMUS Hippopotamus amphibius

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Giraffidae
 
GIRAFFE

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Bovidae
 
WILDEBEEST Connochaetes taurinus

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TSESSEBE Damaliscus lunatus

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COMMON DUIKER Sylvicarpa grimmia

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STEENBOK Raphicerus campestris

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IMPALA Aepyceros melampus

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SABLE ANTELOPE Hippotragus niger

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CAPE BUFFALO Syncerus caffer

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KUDU Tragalaphus strepsiceros

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NYALA Tragalaphus angasii

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BUSHBUCK Tregalaphus scriptus

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REEDBUCK Redunca arundinum

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WATERBUCK Kobus ellipsiprymnus

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Note: the numerous small rodent, shrew and bat species have not been included.

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