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