Species list: Mammals
If you see unusual mammals in the landscape, please record them in Namibia's Mammal Atlas.
This species list of reptiles gives an indication of mammal species which are known or may be expected to occur in the landscape:
| Species | ||
| Elephant Shrews | Bushveld Elephant-shrew | Elephantulus intufi |
| Aardvark | Aardvark | Orycteropus afer |
| Shrews | Tiny Musk Shrew | Crocidura fuscomurina |
| Reddish-grey Musk Shrew | Crocidura cyanea | |
| Lesser Red Musk Shrew | Crocidura hirta | |
| Hyrax | Rock Hyrax | Procavia capensis |
| Bats | African Straw-coloured Fruit Bat | Eidolon helvum |
| Sundevall’s Leaf-nosed Bat | Hipposideros caffer | |
| Giant Leaf-nosed Bat | Hipposideros gigas | |
| Striped Leaf-nosed Bat | Hipposideros vittatus | |
| Blasius’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus blasii | |
| Geoffroy’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus clivosus | |
| Darling’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus darlingi | |
| Dent’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus denti | |
| Rüppell’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus fumigatus | |
| Hildebrandt’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus hildebrandtii | |
| Mauritian Tomb Bat | Taphozous mauritianus | |
| Egyptian Slit-faced Bat | Nycteris thebaica | |
| Ansorge’s Free-tailed Bat | Chaerephon ansorgei | |
| Nigerian Free-tailed Bat | Chaerephon nigeriae | |
| Midas Free-tailed Bat | Mops midas | |
| Egyptian Free-tailed Bat | Tadarida aegyptiaca | |
| Natal Long-fingered Bat | Miniopterus natalensis | |
| Long-tailed Serotine Bat | Eptesicus hottentotus | |
| Cape Serotine Bat | Neoromicia capensis | |
| Namibian Wing-gland Bat | Cistugo seabrai | |
| Variegated Butterfly Bat | Glauconycteris variegata | |
| Botswana Long-eared Bat | Laephotis botswanae | |
| Cape Serotine | Neoromicia capensis | |
| Zulu Serotine | Neoromicia zuluensis | |
| Rüppell’s Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus rueppellii | |
| Rusty Pipistrelle | Pipistrellus rusticus | |
| Yellow-bellied House Bat | Scotophilus dinganii | |
| White-bellied House Bat | Scotophilus leucogaster | |
| Hares and Rabbits | Scrub Hare | Lepus saxatilis |
| Molerat | Damaraland Mole-Rat | Cryptomys damarensis |
| Porcupine | Cape Porcupine | Hystrix africaeaustralis |
| Rats and Mice | Dassie Rat | Petromys typicus |
| Springhare | Pedetes capensis | |
| South African Ground Squirrel | Xerus inaurus | |
| Woodland Dormouse | Graphiurus murinus | |
| Single-striped Grass Mouse | Lemniscomys rosalia | |
| Four-striped Grass Mouse | Rhabdomys pumilio | |
| Woosnam’s Desert Mouse | Zelotomys woosnami | |
| Desert Pygmy Mouse | Mus indutus | |
| Natal Multimammate Mouse | Mastomys natalensis | |
| Southern Multimammate Mouse | Mastomys coucha | |
| Acacia Rat | Thallomys paedulcus | |
| Black-tailed Tree Rat | Thallomys nigricauda | |
| Red Veld Rat | Aethomys chrysophilus | |
| Namaqua Rock Mouse | Micaelamys namaquensis | |
| Cape Short-tailed Gerbil | Desmodillus auricularis | |
| Hairy-footed Gerbil | Gerbillurus paeba | |
| Bushveld Gerbil | Tatera leucogaster | |
| Highveld Gerbil | Tatera brantsii | |
| Pouched Mouse | Saccostomus campestris | |
| Gerbil Mouse | Malacothrix typica | |
| Fat Mouse | Steatomys pratensis | |
| House Mouse | Mus musculus | |
| Primates | South African Galago | Galago moholi |
| Chacma Baboon | Papio ursinus | |
| Hedgehog | Southern African Hedgehog | Atelerix frontalis angolae |
| Pangolin | Ground Pangolin | Manis temminckii |
| Carnivores | Aardwolf | Proteles cristatus |
| Brown Hyena | Hyaena brunnea | |
| Spotted Hyena | Crocuta crocuta | |
| Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | |
| Leopard | Panthera pardus | |
| Caracal | Caracal caracal | |
| African Wild Cat | Felis silvestris | |
| Black-footed Cat | Felis nigripes | |
| Serval | Leptailurus serval | |
| African Civet | Civettictis civetta | |
| Small Spotted Genet | Genetta genetta | |
| Suricate | Suricata suricatta | |
| Yellow Mongoose | Cynictis penicillata | |
| Slender Mongoose | Galerella sanguinea | |
| Banded Mongoose | Mungos mungo | |
| Dwarf Mongoose | Helogale parvula | |
| Bat-eared Fox | Otocyon megalotis | |
| African Wild Dog | Lycaon pictus | |
| Cape Fox | Vulpes chama | |
| Black-backed Jackal | Canis mesomelas | |
| Honey Badger/Ratel | Mellivora capensis | |
| Striped Polecat | Ictonyx striatus | |
| Pigs | Common Warthog | Phacochoerus africanus |
| Giraffes | Giraffe | Giraffa camelopardalis |
| Antelopes | Greater Kudu | Tragelaphus strepsiceros |
| Eland | Tragelaphus oryx | |
| Blue Wildebeest | Connochaetes taurinus | |
| Red Hartebeest | Alcelaphus buselaphus | |
| Gemsbok | Oryx gazella | |
| Common Duiker | Sylvicapra grimmia | |
| Springbok | Antidorcas marsupialis | |
| Damara Dik-Dik | Madoqua damarensis | |
| Steenbok | Raphicerus campestris | |
| Klipspringer | Oreotragus oreotragus | |
Source: this list is based on the report Ecological assessment of upgrading the Grootfontein-Otjinene road link, prepared by P. Cunningham.
