Species list: Mammals

The following mammals have been recorded in the Gondwana Canyon Park area of the Greater Fish River Canyon Landscape:

If you see unusual mammals in the landscape, please record them in Namibia's Mammal Atlas.

Small mammals

Reddish-Grey Musk Shrew Crocidura cyanea
Straw-Coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvum
Common / Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat Nycteris thebaica
Ruppell's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus fumigatus
Geoffroy's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus
Darling's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus darlingi
Cape Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus capensis
Dent's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus denti
Sundevall's Horseshoe Bat Hipposideros caffer
Flat-Headed Free-Tailed Bat Sauromys petrophilus
Little Free-Tailed Bat Chaerephon pumila
Egyptian Free-Tailed Bat T. aegyptiaca
Namibian Gland-Wing Bat Myotis seabrai
Namib Long-Eared Bat Laephotis namibensis
Long-Tailed Serotine Bat Eptesicus hottentotus
Cape Serotine Bat Eptesicus capensis
Schreibers' Long-Fingered Bat Miniopterus schreibersi
Yellow-Winged Bat Lavia frons
Pouched Mouse Saccostomus campestris
Berseba Rock Mouse Petromyscus monticularis
Namibian Rock Mouse Petromyscus collinus
Brukkaros Rock Mouse Petromyscus bruchus
Bushveld Gerbil Tatera leucogaster
Highveld Gerbil Tatera brantsii
Short-Tailed Gerbil Desmodillus auricularis
Pygmy Gerbil Gerbillurus paeba
Namaqua Brush-Tailed Gerbil / Brush-Tailed Hairy-Footed Gerbil Gerbillurus vallinus
Large-Eared Mouse Malacothrix typica
Pygmy Mouse Malacothrix minutoides
Striped Mouse Rhabdomys pumilio
Bush Karoo Rat Otomys unisulcatus
Social Whistling Rat Parotomys brantsii
Solitary Whistling Rat Parotomys littledalei
Tree Rat Thallomys paedulcus
Black-Tailed Tree Rat Thallomys nigricauda
Orange River Tree Rat Thallomys shortridgei
Namaqua Rock Rat Aethomys namaquensis
Namibia Rock Doormouse Graphiuru rupicola/platyops
Nokkie (Dassie Rat) Petromus typicus
Round-Eared Senghi Macroscelides proboscideus
Rock Elephant Shrew Elephantulus rupestris
Bushveld Senghi Elephantulus intufi
Cape Rock Senghi Elephantulus edwardi

» Download species list of small mammals recorded for Gondwana Canyon Park as a pdf

Large mammals

Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus
Damara Ground Squirrel Xerus princeps
Springhare Pedetes capensis
Southern African Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis
Cape Hare Lepus capensis
Smith's Red Rock Rabbit Pronolagus rupestris
African Wild Cat Felis lybica/sylvestris
Small-spotted (Black-footed) Cat Felis nigripes
Caracal Caracal caracal
Leopard Panthera pardus
Cheetah Acinonyx jubatus
Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta
Slender Mongoose Galerella sanguinea
Cape Grey Mongoose Galerella pulverulentus
Water Mongoose Atilax paludinosus
Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata
Brown Hyaena Hyaena brunnea
Spotted Hyaena Crocuta crocuta
Aardwolf Proteles cristatus
Cape Fox Vulpes chama
Bat-eared Fox Otocyon megalotis
Black-backed Jackal Canis mesomelas
African Clawless Otter Aonyx capensis
Striped Polecat Ictonyx striatus
Ratel / Honey Badger Mellivora capensis
Steenbok Raphicerus campestris
Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia
Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis
Gemsbok Oryx gazella
Kudu Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra Equus zebra hartmannae
Burchell's Zebra Equus burchelli
Red Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus caama
Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus
Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis
Antbear / Aardvark Orycteropus afer
Rock Dassie Procavia capensis

» Download species list of large mammals recorded for Gondwana Canyon Park as a pdf