Species list: Mammals

The following mammals have been recorded in the Greater Sossusvlei-Namib Landscape:

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

Species
Insectivores Eremitalpa granti Grant's golden mole
  Macroscelides proboscideus round-eared elephant shrew
  Elephantulus rupestris Smith's rock elephant shrew
  Crocidura cyanea reddish-grey musk shrew
Bats Hipposideros caffer Sundevall's leaf-nosed bat
  Nycteris thebaica Egyptian slit-faced bat
  Rhinolophus fumigatus Rüppell's horseshoe bat
  Rhinolophus clivosus Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
  Rhinolophus darlingi Darling's horseshoe bat
  Rhinolophus denti Dent's horseshoe bat
  Eptesicus hottentotus long-tailed serotine bat
  Eptesicus capensis Cape serotine bat
  Myotis seabrai Angola hairy bat
  Laephotis namibensis Namib long-eared bat
  Tadarida aegyptiaca Egyptian free-tailed bat
Primates Papio ursinus chacma baboon
Pangolin Manis temminckii pangolin
Hares & rabbits Lepus capensis Cape hare
  Pronolagus randensis Jameson's red rock rabbit
Rodents Xerus inauris ground squirrel
  Hystrix africaeaustralis porcupine
  Petromys typicus dassie rat
  Saccostomus campestris pouched mouse
  Malacothrix typical large-eared mouse
  Desmodillus auricularis short-tailed gerbil
  Gerbillurus paeba hairy- footed gerbil
  Gerbillurus vallinus brush-tailed hairy-footed gerbil
  Gerbillurus tytonis dune hairy-footed gerbil
  Gerbillurus setzeri Setzer's hairy-footed gerbil
  Aethomys namaquensis Namaqua rock mouse
  Rhabdomys pumilio striped mouse
  Thallomys nigricaudata = paedulcus? black-tailed tree rat = tree mouse?
  Parotomys littledalei Littledale's whistling rat
  Petromyscus collinus pygmy rock mouse
Carnivores Vulpes chama Cape fox
  Otocyon megalotis bat-eared fox
  Canis mesomalis black-backed jackal
  Mellivora capensis honey badger (ratel)
  Ictonyx striatus striped polecat
  Galerella sanguinea slender mongoose
  Cynictis penicillata yellow mongoose
  Suricata suricatta suricate (meerkat)
  Genetta genetta small spotted genet
  Crocuta crocuta spotted hyaena
  Hyaena brunnea brown hyaena
  Mellivora capensis honey badger (ratel)
  Proteles cristatis aardwolf
  Felis lybica African wild cat
  Felis nigripes small spotted = black-footed cat
  Felis caracal caracal
  Acinonyx jubatus cheetah
  Panthera pardus leopard
Aardvark Orycteroptus afer aardvark
Hyrax Procavia capensis rock hyrax (dassie)
Odd-toed ungulates Equus zebra hartmannae Hartmann's mountain zebra
  Equus burchellii Burchell's zebra
Even-toed ungulates Phacochoerus aethiopicus warthog
  Giraffa camelopardis giraffe
  Tragelaphus strepsiceros kudu
  Oryx gazella oryx
  Alcelaphus buselaphus red hartebeest
  Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi blesbok
  Antidorcus marsupialis springbok
  Oreotragus oreotragus klipspringer
  Raphicerus campestris steenbok
  Sylvicapra grimmia grey duiker

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