African Safari FAQ

Animal and game reserve list

Following a list of approxiametly 100 mammals of Southern & East Africa you are most likely to come accross on safari in these regions. Please note that this list is not 100% accurate as animals are constintly being reintroduced back into areas where they were once exstinct. You will deduct from the list below that the following game reserve have the bigest variety of animals: Kruger National Park, Pilanesberg and Hluhluwe in South Africa, Moremi and Chobe in Botswana, South Luangwa in Zambia, Serengeti in Tanzania and Masai Mara in Kenya, so if it is your first safari to Africa, keep these names in mind when deciding on your itinerary. Southern and East African safaris will also ensure excellent bird watching. Not all the reserves and animals in the area are included in this list.

1. Elephant (Loxodonta africana) - Addo, Hluhluwe, Kruger, Pilanesburg, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Ruaha, Tsavo, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Ruwenzori, Virunga, Garamba, Kidepo, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Mt Elgon, Marsabit, Samburu, Mt Kenya, Aberdares, Masai Mara, Amboseli.

Habitat - Elephants have a wide habitat range.

2. White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) - Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kreuger, Pilanesberg, Chobe, Hwange, Garamba

Habitat - Typical habitat is permanent water woodlands with thickets.

3. Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) - Addo, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Pilanesberg, Etosha, Hwange, Mana Pools, South Luangwa, Tsavo, Serengeti, Nairobi

Habitat - Woodlands with thickets and permanent water but also occurs under arid conditions.

4. Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) - St Lucia, Ndumo, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Meru, Masai Mara

Habitat - Needs permanent water.

5. Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) - Addo Elephant, Hluhluwe, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Tsavu, Arusha, Serengeti, Murchison Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Mt Elgon, Samburu, Meru, Mt Kenya, Aberdares, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli

Habitat - Needs lots of grass and at least 250 mm rain per year.

6. Cape Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra zebra) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok, Karoo, Mountain Zebra

Habitat - Mountainous areas of the Eastern & Western cape.

7. Grevy's Zebra (Equus grevyi) - East Turkana, Samburu, Meru

Habitat - Inhabits semi desert plains and dry open woodland savana.

8. Plains Zebra / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) - Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Pilanesburg, Etosha, Chobe, Kafue, Luangwa, Ruaha, Tsavo, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Nairobi

Habitat - Open woodland scrub and grassland.

9. Hartmanns Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae) - Namibia

Habitat - Occurs where mountains and lowlands meet.

10. Okapi (Okapi johnstoni) - Salonga, Maiko, Virunga

Habitat - Dense forest.

11. Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) - Most african game reserves

Habitat - Areas of dry savanna woodland.

12. Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) - Kgalagadi, Namib-Naukluft, Etosha, Hwange, Tsavo, Serengeti, Samburu, Meru

Habitat - Arid and semi arid open grassland, scrub, light open woodland, penetrating into savanna woodland. Truly desert adapted.

13. Eland (Taurotragus oryx) - Mountain Zebra, Addo, Kruger, Pilanesburg, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Ruaha, Tsavo, Arusha, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Samburu, Meru, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli

Habitat - Arid scrub and grassland, savanna woodland, Cape macchia and montane grassland. Independant of water.

14. Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) - Kruger, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Ruaha, Selous, Shimba Hills

Habitat - Savvanna woodland, avoids dense woodland and short grass.

15. Raon Antelope (Hippotragus equinus) - Kruger, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Luangwa, Nyika Plateau, Upemba, Ruaha, Shimba Hills, Trangire, Serengeti, Garamba, Kidepo, Masai Mara

Habitat - Lightly wooded savanna with open areas of medium to tall grass.

16. Common waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) - St lucia, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Tsavo, Garamba, Samburu, Meru, Nairobi

Habitat - Permanent water in proximity to woodland open grassland close to cover of reedbeds.

17. Defassa Waterbuck (Kobus e defassa) - Ngorongoro, Nairobi

Habitat - Permanent water in proximity to woodland open grassland close to cover of reedbeds

18. Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus stresiceros) - Karoo, Addo, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Ruaha, Ngoronngoro, Kidepo, Marsabit.

Habitat - woodland and arid areas along water courses.

19. Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis) - Ruaha, Tsavo, Tarangire, kidepo, Meru

Habitat - Acacia woodland and dense scrub.

20. Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) - Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Ndumo, Kruger

Habitat - Thickets in savanna woodland, including forest patches on old termite hills and dense riverine bush.

21. Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei) - Moremi, Chobe, Kafue, Salonga, Ruwenzori, Queen Elizabeth.

Habitat - Restricted to dense reedbeds and adjacent grassland in wetlands.

22. Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus) - Addo, St Lucia, Hluhluwe, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Nyika Plateau, Upemba, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Ruwenzori, Virunga, Garamba, Queen Elizabeth, Mt Elgon, Marsabit, Samburu, Meru, Mt Kenya, Aberdares, Masai Mara, Nairobi.

Habitat - Dense cover in the underbush of woodland and forest, near permanet water.

23. Bongo (Boocercus euryceros) - Salonga, Virunga, Garamba, Mt Kenya, Aberdares

Habitat - Dense forest and bamboo thickets.

24. Lechwe (Kobus leche) - Moremi, Chobe, Kafue

Habitat - Seasonally and permanent wet grasslands.

25. Puku (Kobus vardonii) - Chobe, Kafue, Luangwa

Habitat - Floodplains

26. Kob (Kobus Kob) - Ruwenzori, Garamba, Kidepo, Murchison Falls, Semliki, Queen Elizabeth

Habitat - Fllodplains and rolling hills, need permanent water.

27. Mountain Reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula) - Mt Zebra, Giant's Castle, Kruger, Pilanesburg, Mt Kilimanjaro, Ngorongoro, Kidepo, Meru.

Habitat - Dry stony slopes with grass caover and scattered bushes.

28. Southern Reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) - St Lucia, Hluhluwe, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Ruaha, Selous.

Habitat - Permanent water with tall grass and reedbeds.

29. Grey Rhebok (Pelea caprelus) - Bontebok, Giants castle.

Habitat - Mountainous country.

30. Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) - Karoo, Mt Zebra, Giants Castle

Habitat - Open Karoo and grasslands where water is available.

31. Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) - Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Kgalgadi, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Kafue, Luangwa, Selous, Tarangire, Ngorongoro, Sereengeti, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli

Habitat - Open woodland, scrub and grassland, needs access to water or space to migrate.

32. Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Sigmoceros lichtensteinii) - Kruger, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Ruaha

Habitat - Savanna woodland adjacent to floodplains.

33. Red Hartebeest (Karoo, Mt Zebra, Addo, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Hwange, Selous, Tsavo, Serengeti, kidepo, Masai Mara, Nairobi.

Habitat - Open grasslands and semi arid bush savanna.

34. Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus) Pilanesburg, Kruger, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange

Habitat - Open woodland and grassland bordering woodland.

35. Topi (Damaliscus kooigum) Tsavo, Serengeti, Salonga, Masai Mara

Habitat - Inhabit open savanah woodland

36. Blesbok (Damaliscus dorcas phillipsi) Mt Zebra, Willem Pretorius

Habitat - Highveld grassland with permanent water.

37. Bontebok (Damaliscus dorcas dorcas) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok

Habitat - Mixture of grassland and low scrub in the fynbos zone.

38. Impala (Aepyceros melampus) - Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Ruaha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Samburu, Meru, Nairobi.

Habitat - Open woodland and dependant on water.

39. Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri) - Tsavo, Samburu, Meru

Habitat - Arid country in thorn scrub.

40. Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis) - Karoo, Mt Zebra, Kgalagadi, Namib-Naukluft, Etosha

Habitat - Arid and semi desert scrub and grassland.

41. Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) - Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli

Habitat - Occupies open grassland.

42. Grant's Cazelle (Gazelle granti) - Ngorongoro, Samburu, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli

Habitat - Semi dessert scrub to open savannah woodland.

43. Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) - Karoo, Mt Zebra, Kruger, Namib-Naukluft, Hwange, Upemba, Tsavo, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Mt Kilimanjaro, Samburu.

Habitat - Confined to rocky areas.

44. Oribi (Ourebia ourebia) - Giants Castle, Chobe, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Serengeti, Akagera, Kidepo, Murchison Falls, Mt Elgon.

Habitat - Open habitat with short grass and patches of heavy cover.

45. Steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) - Bontebok, Karoo, Mt Zebra, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Pilanesburg, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Nairobi.

Habitat -

46. Sharpe's Grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei) - Kruger, Mana Pools, Hwange, Kafue, Luangwa

Habitat - Vegetated rockey hills and adjacent areas of open grassland.

47. Cape Grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok, Addo Elephant

Habitat - Thick scrub and bush including fynbos.

48. Red Duiker (Cephalophus natalensis) - St Lucia, Ndumo, Kruger, Mt Kenya, Selous, Kilimanjaro, Ysavo, Akagera

Habitat - Forest and dense woodland

49. Blue Duiker (Philantomba monticola) - St Lucia, Ndumo, Kafue, South Luangwa, Upemba, Garamba, Mt Elgon

Habitat - Forest and dense bush.

50. Common Duiker (Sylvicapra Grimmia) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok, Karoo, Addo, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Upemba, Salonga, Virunga.

Habitat - Scrub and bush, woodland with an understory of bushes, grassland with patches of bush.

51. Damara Dik-dik (Madoqua kirkii) Etosha, Ruaha, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Masai Mara.

Habitat - Dense woodland and thicket with plenty of low shrubs but little grass.

52. Suni (Neotragus moschatus) - St Lucia, Kruger, Mana Pools, Arusha, Mt Kilimanjaro, Mt Kenya, Amboseli.

Habitat - Dry woodland with thickets and underbush.

53. Warthog (Phacochoerus aethiopicus) - Most of Southern and East Africa.

Habitat - Open woodland grassland vleis and floodplains.

54. Bushpig (Potomochoerus porcus) - Addo, St Lucia, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Arusha, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Queen Elizabeth, Masai Mara

Habitat - Forest thickets and dense growth along rivers.

55. Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni) - Ruwenzori, Virunga, Garamba, Queen Elizabeth, Mt Elgon, Mt Kenya, Aberdares.

Habitat - Dense forset and montane areas.

56. Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) - Karoo, Mt Zebra, Addo, Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Tsavo, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Queen Elizabeth, Nairobi.

Habitat - Main habitat required is a supply of ants and termites for food.

57. Lion (Panthera Leo) - Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Ruaha, Tsavo, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Kidepo, Murchinson Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Marasbit, Samburu, Meru, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli.

Habitat - A wide range of habitats except forest and true desert.

58. Leopard (Panthera pardus) - Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, Luangwa, Upemba, Ruaha, Tsavo, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Kidepo, Murchinson Falls, Queen Elizabeth, Marasbit, Samburu, Meru, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli.

Habitat - Wide habitat tolerance usually assciated with broken rocky country or forest. Not dependant on water.

59. Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) - Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Kafue, Luangwa, Tsavo, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Marasabit, Meru, Masai Mara, Amboseli

Habitat - Open grassland and savannah woodland extending into arid areas. 60. Caracal (Felis Caracal) - Cape of Good Hope, Karoo, Mt zebra, Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Kafue, Luangwa, Tsavo, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Mt Kenya
Habitat - A very wide habitat but does not occur in true desert

61. Small spotted cat (Felis nigripes) - Southern africa

Habitat - Open dry areas with sparse plant cover.

62. African Wild Cat (Felis lybica) - Most of Southern and East African reserves

Habitat - In all habitats except true desert.

63. Seval (felis serval) - Giants Castle, Hluhluwe, Kruger, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Kafue, Luangwa, Tsavo, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Queen Elizabeth, Marsabit, Samburu

Habitat - Dense well watered grassland, reedbeds always near water.

64. Civet (Civettictis civetta) - Kruger, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Kafue, Luangwa, Tsavo, Urusha, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Queen Elizabeth, Masai Mara

Habitat - Woodland with permanent water.

65. Large-spotted Genet (Genetta tigrina) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok, Addo, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Luangwe, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Queen Elizabeth.

Habitat - Prefers forests and forest fringes and depends on the availability of drinking water.

66. Small-spotted Genet (Genetta genetta) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok, Karoo, Mt Zebra, Kruger, Pilanesberg, Kgalgadi, Namib Naukluft, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Upemba, Tsavo, Serengeti, Samburu, Masai Mara, Nairobi.

Habitat - Woodland, scrub, fynbos. Occurs in arid areas and penetrates desert along rivers.

67. Spotted Hyaena (Crocta crocuta) - Umfolozi/Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Namib Naukluft, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Nyika Plateau, Upemba, Tsavo, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Mt Elgon, Marsabit, Samburu

Habitat - A wide range of habitats excluding only deserts and dense forests.

68. Brown Hyaena (Hyaena brunnea) - St Lucia, Kruger, Pilanesberg, kgalagadi, Namib-Naukluft, Cape Cross, Etosha, Hwange.

Habitat - Occurs in a wide range of habitats from Savanna woodland to deserts.

69. Striped Hyaena (Hyaena hyaena) - Serengeti, Marsabit, Samburu

Habitat - It occurs in arid areas and is found mostly around rocky outcrops.

70. Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok, Karoo, Mt Zebra, Willem Pretorius, Hluhluwe/Umfolozi, Kruger, Pilanesberg, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Tsavo, Serengeti, Nairobi.

Habitat - Occurs were harvester termites are avaialable, except in true deserts and forests.

71. Wild Dog ( Lycaon pictus) - Umfolozi/Hluhluwe, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Arusha, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Samburu, Masai Mara

Habitat - Open grassland, woodland and bushveld and broken hilly areas.

72. Golden Jackal (Canis aureus) - Serengeti

Habitat - Open country.

73. Black-backed Jackel (Canis mesomelas) - Karoo, Addo Elephant, Giants Castle, Willem Pretorius, Umfolozi/Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Namib Naukluft, Etosha, Hwange, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Marsabit, Samburu, Masai Mara, Nairobi

Habitat -Occurs in almost any habitat except thick forest.

74. Side-striped Jackel (Canis adustus) - St Lucia, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Kundelungu, Upemba, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Mt Elgon, Marsabit, Samburu

Habitat - Mostly associated with woodland but in Northern Natal occurs in grassland.

75. Bat-eard Fox (Otocyon megalotis) - Karoo, Mt Zebra, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Namib Naukluft, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Tsavo, Lake Manyara, Serengeti, Samburu, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli

Habitat - Habitat must include the presence of harvester termites. Short grassland with bare ground and open woodland with sparse ground cover.

76. Cape Fox (Vulpes chama) - Bontebok Park, Karoo, Mt Zebra, Willem Pretorius, Kgalagadi, Namib-Naukluft, Etosha.

Habitat - Semi-arid open grassland, light woodland and Karoo scrub.

77. Cape Clawless Otter (Aonys capensis) - Karoo, Giants Castle, St Lucia, Mkuzi, Kruger, Chobe, Kafue, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Virunga, Garamba, Masai Mara.

Habitat - Fresh water, estuaries, lagoons and the sea as long as fresh drinking water is available.

78. Spotted-necked Otter (Lutra maculicollis) - Giants Castle, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Kafue, Gombe Stream, Rubando Island, Salonga, Maiko, Virunga, Garamba.

Habitat -Fresh water only and dense vegetation for shelter.

79. Honey Badger (Mellivora capensis) - Karoo, Umfolozi/Hluhluwe, Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha,Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Upemba, Tsavo, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Maiko, Virunga, Queen Elizabeth, Masai Mara

Habitat - Occurs in wide range of habitat except desert.

80. Striped Weasel (Poecilogale albinucha) - Willem Pretorius, Hluhluwe/Umfolozi, Kgalagadi, Upemba, Virunga, Queen Elizabeth.

Habitat - Most grassland or open woodland.

81. Striped polecat (Ictonyx striatus) - Virtually All

Habitat - Occurs in almost any habitat.

82. Suricate (Suricata suricatta) - Karoo, Mt Zebra, Willem Pretorius, Kgalagadi, Namib Naukluft

Habitat - In scrub, open woodland and grassland extending into fynbos.

83. Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) - Cape Gross Seal.

Habitat - Occurs in coastal waters upto 160 km from the coast.

84. Dugong (Dugong dugong) - None (Mozambique and west coast of africa)

Habitat - Inhabits the shallow protected waters of bays and lagoons

85. Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla) - Kahuzi-Biega, Maiko, Virunga Habitat - Forest

Habitats, less than 20 000 survive in the wild.

86. Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) -Gombe Stream, Kahuzi-biega, Maiko, Virunga, Garamba, Murchison Falls.

Habitat - Occurs in various forest types, mixed woodland and open grasslands.

87. Olive Baboon (Papio cynocephalus) - Kafue, Kundelungu, Gombe Stream, Tsavo, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro, Serengeti, Salonga, Murchison Falls, Mt Elgon, Mt Kenya, Nairobi

Habitat - Most habitats in East Africa.

88. Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus) - Cape of Good Hope, Mt Zebra, Giants Castle, Willem Pretorius, Hluhluwe/Umfolozi, Kruger, Pilanesberg, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, South Luangwa.

Habitat - As long as food and water and suitable sleeping place is avaialble.

89. Vervet Monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops) - Addo Elephant, Hluhluwe, Mkuzi, Kruger, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Tsavo, Serengeti, Lake Naivasha, Nairobi, Amboseli

Habitat -Occurs in wide variety of woodland and tree savanna.

90. Samango Monkey (Cercopithecus mitis) - St Lucia, Hluhluwe/Umfolozi, Ndumo, Nyika Plateau, Mt Kilimanjaro, Salongo, Virunga, Mt Kenya.

Habitat - Confined to forests including plantations.

91. Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas) - Serengeti, Murchison Falls, Masai Mara, Amboseli.

Habitat - Occupies dry savanna and rocky habitats.

92. Thick-tailed Bushbaby(Large-eared Greater Galago) (Otolemur crassicaudatus) - Kruger, Pilanesberg, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Upemba, Tsavo, Serengeti, Masai Mara, Nairobi.

Habitat - Forest, thickets and savanna woodland.

93. Lesser Bushbaby (Lesser Galago) (Galago moholi) - Kruger, Pilanesberg, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Upemba, Tsavo, Serengeti, Masai Mara, Nairobi, Amboseli.

Habitat - Woodland, savanna, riverine bush and forest fringes with acacia trees as a source of gum.

94. Pangolin (Manis temminckii) - Kruger, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Serengeti, Marsabit, Masai Mara.

Habitat - Occurs in a wide range of habitat except swamp, forest, open grassland and desert.

95. Rock Hyrax (Dassie) (Procavia capensis) - Cape of Good Hope, Bontebok, Karoo, Mt Zebra, Giants Gastle, Willem Pretorius, Kruger, Pilansberg.

Habitat - Ocurs where it can find shelter among rocks.

96. Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis) - Virtually all.

Habitat - Occurs in all sorts of habitats except in Namib desert coastal strip.

97. Springhare (Pedetes capensis) - Mt Zebra, Kruger, Pilanesberg, Kgalagadi, Etosha, Chobe, Hwange, Kafue, Mana Pools, Serengeti, Masai Mara, Amboseli

Habitat - Occurs on sandy soils.

98. Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) - Willem Pretorius, Kgalagadi, Namib Naukluft, Etosha

Habitat - Prefers open ground with sparse bush and grass cover and needs hard ground to dig burrows.

99. Tree Squirrel (Paraxerus cepapi) - Kruger, Etosha, Moremi, Chobe, Hwange, Mana Pools, Kafue, South Luangwa, Upemba, Gombe Stream.

Habitat - Savanna woodland.

100. Southern African Hedgehog (Atelerix frontalis) - Mt Zebra, Willem Pretorius, Etosha, Hwange

Habitat - Semi-arid and sub-temperate areas.

101. Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - Most of the South african coastline

Habitat - Inshore on the South african coastline

102. Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - Mozambique and South Africa, Nambia - north of Walvis bay.

Habitat - Occurs in inshore waters.

103. Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) - South africa (Lamberts bay to Algoa Bay)

Habitat - Between June and October in the inshore waters.

104. Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - Southern african coastline.

Habitat - Coastal waters while migrating.

South Africa
- Cape of Good Hope
- Bontebok
- Karoo
- Mountain Zebra
- Addo Elephant
- Giants Castle
- Willem Pretorius
- St Lucia Complex
- Hluhluwe/Umfolozi
- Mkuzi
- Ndumo
- Kruger
- Pilanesberg
- Kgalagkadi

Swaziland
- Hlane
- Mlilwane
- Mkhaya

Lesotho
- Sehlabathebe

Namibia
- Namib Naukluft
- Cape Cross
- Etosha

Botswana
- Kgalagkadi
- Moremi
- Chobe

Zimbabwe
- Hwange
- Mana Pools

Mozambique
- Maputo Elephant
- Gorongoza
- Bazaruto
- Niassa

Zambia
- Kafue
- South Luangwa
- Nyika Plateau

Tanzania
- Gombe Stream
- Ruaha
- Selous
- Mt Kilimanjaro
- Kilimanjar
- Tarangire
- Ngorongoro
- Serengeti
- Rubondo Island

Uganda
- Kidepo
- Murchison Falls
- Semliki
- Queen Elizabeth

Kenya
- East Turkana
- Mt Elgon
- Marsabit
- Samburu
- Meru
- Mt Kenya
- Aberdares
- Lake Nakuru
- Masai Mara
- Nairobi
- Amboseli