Species list: Mammals
This species list of mammals was compiled as part of the Windhoek Biodiversity Inventory, an inventory of an area which overlaps significantly with the Windhoek Green Belt Landscape and has similar habitats. It therefore gives an indication of species which are known or may be expected to occur in the landscape.
If you see unusual mammals in the landscape, please record them in Namibia's Mammal Atlas.
| Shrews | Reddish-grey Musk Shrew | Crocidura cyanea |
| Lesser Red Musk Shrew | Crocidura hirta | |
| Hedgehogs | South African Hedgehog | Atelerix frontalis |
| Elephant Shrews | Round-eared Elephant Shrew | Macroscelides proboscideus |
| Smith’s Rock Elephant-shrew | Elephantulus rupestris | |
| Bushveld Elephant-shrew | Elephantulus intufi | |
| Bats | Egyptian Free-tailed Bat | Tadarida aegyptiaca |
| Schreibers’s Long-fingered Bat | Miniopterus schreibersii | |
| Long-tailed Greater Serotine Bat | Eptesicus hottentotus | |
| Angola Wing-gland Bat | Myotis [Cistugo] seabrai | |
| Cape Serotine Bat | Pipistrellus capensis | |
| Yellow House Bat | Scotophilus dinganii | |
| Common Slit-faced Bat | Nycteris thebaica | |
| Rüppell’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus fumigatus | |
| Geoffroy’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus clivosus | |
| Darling’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus darlingi | |
| Dent’s Horseshoe Bat | Rhinolophus denti | |
| Sundevall’s Leaf-nosed Bat | Hipposideros caffer | |
| Commerson’s Leaf-nosed Bat | Hipposideros commersoni | |
| Bushbabies | South African Lesser Bushbaby | Galago moholi |
| Monkeys & Baboons | Chacma Baboon | Papio ursinus |
| Pangolin | Pangolin | Manis [Smutsia] temminckii |
| Hares & Rabbits | Cape Hare | Lepus capensis |
| Scrub Hare | Lepus saxatilis | |
| Jameson’s Red Rock Rabbit | Pronolagus randensis | |
| Rodents | ||
| Molerat | Damara Molerat | Cryptomys damarensis |
| Squirrels | Cape Ground Squirrel | Xerus inauris |
| Kaokoveld Ground Squirrel | Xerus princeps | |
| Porcupine, Springhare & Dassie Rat | Cape Porcupine | Hystrix africaeaustralis |
| Springhare | Pedetes capensis | |
| Dassie rat | Petromus typicus | |
| Rats & Mice | Rock Dormouse | Graphiurus playops |
| Woodland Dormouse | Graphiurus murinus | |
| Striped Mouse | Rhabdomys pumilio | |
| House Mouse | Mus musculus | |
| Desert Pygmy Mouse | Mus indutus | |
| Mutimammate Mouse | Mastomys coucha | |
| Natal Mutimammate Mouse | Mastomys natalensis | |
| Black-tailed Tree Rat | Thallomys nigricauda | |
| Namaqua Rock Mouse | Aethomys namaquensis | |
| Red Veld Rat | Aethomys chrysophilus | |
| Short-tailed Gerbil | Desmodillus auricularis | |
| Hairy-footed Gerbil | Gerbillurus paeba | |
| Bushveld Gerbil | Tatera leucogaster | |
| Highveld Gerbil | Tatera brantsii | |
| Pouched Mouse | Saccostomus campestris | |
| Large-eared Mouse | Malacothrix typica | |
| Pygmy rock mouse | Petromyscus collinus | |
| Carnivores | Aardwolf | Proteles cristatus |
| Brown Hyaena | Hyaena brunnea | |
| Cheetah | Acinonyx jubatus | |
| Leopard | Panthera pardus | |
| Caracal | Felis caracal | |
| African Wild Cat | Felis lybica | |
| Small Spotted Cat | Felis nigripes | |
| Bat-eared Fox | Otocyon megalotis | |
| Cape Fox | Vulpes chama | |
| Black-backed Jackal | Canis mesomelas | |
| Ratel or Honey Badger | Mellivora capensis | |
| Striped Polecat | Ictonyx striatus | |
| Small-spotted Genet | Genetta genetta | |
| Suricate | Suricata suricatta | |
| Yellow Mongoose | Cynictis penicillata | |
| Slender Mongoose | Galerella [Herpestes] sanguinea | |
| Banded Mongoose | Mungos mungo | |
| Aardvark | Aardvark | Orycteropus afer |
| Dassie | Rock Dassie | Procavia capensis |
| Pig | Warthog | Phacochoerus aethiopicus |
| Antelopes | Red Hartebeest | Alcelaphus buselaphus |
| Common Duiker | Sylvicapra grimmia | |
| Springbok | Antidorcas marsupialis | |
| Klipspringer | Oreotragus oreotragus | |
| Steenbok | Raphicerus campestris | |
| Gemsbok | Oryx gazella | |
| Kudu | Tragelaphus strepsiceros |
