Mammals of South Africa - Systematic List

	Order	Family	English Common Name	Spanish Common Name	Portuguese Common Name	Scientific Name	Belonging	Records	Chance of observation
1	Proboscidea	Elephantidae	African Savanna Elephant	Elefante Africano		Loxodonta africana	Not listed	11	IV
2	Hyracoidea	Procaviidae	Rock Hyrax	Damán Roquero		Procavia capensis	Not listed	7	IV
3	Primates	Cercopithecidae	Grivet Monkey	Mono de Sykes		Chlorocebus aethiops	Not listed	3	III
4			Vervet Monkey	Cercopiteco Verde		Chlorocebus pygerythrus	Not listed	8	IV
5			Chacma Baboon	Papión Chacma		Papio ursinus	Not listed	11	IV
6		Galagidae	Southern Lesser Galago			Galago moholi	Not listed	3	III
7			Thick-tailed Greater Galago	Gálago de Cola Ancha		Otolemur crassicaudatus	Not listed	1	II
8	Lagomorpha	Leporidae	Scrub Hare	Liebre De Matorral		Lepus saxatilis	Native	6	IV
9	Rodentia	Hystricidae	Cape Porcupine			Hystrix africaeaustralis	Not listed	1	II
10		Sciuridae	Eastern Gray Squirrel	Ardilla de las Carolinas		Sciurus carolinensis	Not listed	1	II
11			Smith´s Bush Squirrel	Ardilla Africana de Matorral		Paraxerus cepapi	Not listed	9	IV
12			South African Ground Squirrel	Ardilla Terrestre de El Cabo		Geosciurus inauris	Not listed	5	III
13		Pedetidae	Southern African Springhare	Liebre Saltadora de El Cabo		Pedetes capensis	Not listed	3	III
14		Muridae	Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat			Rhabdomys pumilio	Native	3	III
15			Sub-Saharan Pygmy Mouse			Mus minutoides	Native	1	II
16			Brants´s Whistling Rat			Parotomys brantsii	Native	1	II
17	Eulipotyphla	Erinaceidae	Southern African Hedgehog			Atelerix frontalis	Not listed	1	II
18	Chiroptera	Pteropodidae	Wahlberg´s Epauletted Fruit Bat			Epomophorus wahlbergi	Not listed	1	II
19		Molossidae	Little Free-tailed Bat			Mops pumilus	Native	1	II
20			Egyptian Free-tailed Bat			Tadarida aegyptiaca	Not listed	1	II
21	Carnivora	Mustelidae	Honey Badger	Tejon De La Miel		Mellivora capensis	Native	2	III
22		Otariidae	Afro-Australian Fur Seal	Lobo Marino de El Cabo		Arctocephalus pusillus	Native	7	IV
23		Canidae	Black-backed Jackal	Chacal de Lomo Negro		Lupulella mesomelas	Not listed	5	III
24			African Wild Dog	Perro Salvaje Africano		Lycaon pictus	Not listed	3	III
25			Bat-eared Fox	Zorro Orejudo		Otocyon megalotis	Not listed	2	III
26			Cape Fox		Raposa-do-cabo	Vulpes chama	Not listed	1	II
27		Felidae	Cheetah	Guepardo		Acinonyx jubatus	Native	10	IV
28			African Wildcat			Felis lybica	Native	3	III
29			Lion	León	Leão	Panthera leo	Not listed	14	V
30			Leopard	Leopardo		Panthera pardus	Not listed	6	IV
31		Herpestidae	Marsh Mongoose			Atilax paludinosus	Native	3	III
32			Yellow Mongoose	Mangosta Amarilla		Cynictis penicillata	Native	6	IV
33			Cape Gray Mongoose	Mangosta Gris Del Cabo		Herpestes pulverulentus	Native	1	II
34			Common Slender Mongoose	Mangosta Esbelta		Herpestes sanguineus	Native	6	IV
35			White-tailed Mongoose	Mangosta de Cola Blanca		Ichneumia albicauda	Not listed	2	III
36			Common Dwarf Mongoose	Mangosta Enana Común		Helogale parvula	Not listed	4	III
37			Banded Mongoose	Mangosta Rayada		Mungos mungo	Native	5	III
38			Meerkat	Suricata		Suricata suricatta	Native	5	III
39		Hyaenidae	Spotted Hyena	Hiena Manchada		Crocuta crocuta	Native	8	IV
40		Viverridae	Common Genet	Gineta		Genetta genetta	Not listed	5	III
41	Perissodactyla	Rhinocerotidae	White Rhinoceros	Rinoceronte Blanco		Ceratotherium simum	Native	15	V
42			Black Rhinoceros	Rinoceronte Negro		Diceros bicornis	Not listed	1	II
43		Equidae	Plains Zebra	Cebra de Burchell		Equus quagga	Not listed	19	VI
44			Mountain Zebra	Cebra de Montaña de El Cabo		Equus zebra	Not listed	2	III
45	Artiodactyla	Bovidae	Impala	Impala		Aepyceros melampus	Not listed	19	VI
46			Hartebeest	Alcelafo Caama		Alcelaphus buselaphus	Not listed	7	IV
47			Black Wildebeest	Ñu de Cola Blanca		Connochaetes gnou	Not listed	4	III
48			Blue Wildebeest	Ñú Azul		Connochaetes taurinus	Not listed	14	V
49			Tsessebe	Topi		Damaliscus lunatus	Not listed	1	II
50			Bontebok	Bontebok		Damaliscus pygargus	Not listed	10	IV
51			Springbok	Gacela Saltarina		Antidorcas marsupialis	Not listed	6	IV
52			Oribi	Oribi		Ourebia ourebi	Not listed	1	II
53			Steenbok	Raficero Común		Raphicerus campestris	Native	9	IV
54			Sharpe´s Grysbok	Raficero De Sharpe		Raphicerus sharpei	Native	1	II
55			Bush Duiker			Sylvicapra grimmia	Not listed	3	III
56			Roan Antelope	Antílope Ruano		Hippotragus equinus	Not listed	1	II
57			Sable Antelope	Antílope Sable		Hippotragus niger	Not listed	3	III
58			Gemsbok	Oryx de El Cabo		Oryx gazella	Not listed	4	III
59			Klipspringer	Saltarrocas		Oreotragus oreotragus	Not listed	5	III
60			Waterbuck	Antílope Acuático		Kobus ellipsiprymnus	Not listed	14	V
61			Southern Reedbuck	Redunca Meridional		Redunca arundinum	Not listed	1	II
62			Mountain Reedbuck	Redunca de Montaña		Redunca fulvorufula	Not listed	2	III
63			Cape Buffalo	Búfalo Cafre		Syncerus caffer	Not listed	9	IV
64			Nyala	Antílope Nyala		Tragelaphus angasii	Not listed	6	IV
65			Common Eland	Eland Común		Tragelaphus oryx	Not listed	7	IV
66			Northern Bushbuck	Antílope Geroglifico		Tragelaphus scriptus	Not listed	6	IV
67			Greater Kudu	Gran Kudú		Tragelaphus strepsiceros	Not listed	14	V
68			Southern Bushbuck	Imbabala		Tragelaphus sylvaticus	Not listed	2	III
69		Giraffidae	Northern Giraffe	Jirafa		Giraffa camelopardalis	Not listed	15	V
70		Suidae	Common Warthog	Facóquero Común		Phacochoerus africanus	Not listed	14	V
71		Hippopotamidae	Common Hippopotamus	Hipopótamo Común		Hippopotamus amphibius	Not listed	13	V

Mammals 71 - Systematic List