Mammals
A warm-blooded animal, that has fur or hair. Generally found on land, but there are also marine mammals.
Mammals give birth to live young, who drink milk from their mother.
Famous Big 5 Safari Animals
Addax
antelope
Damara Dik-dik
Oribi
Suni
Grysbok
Sharpe's
Grysbok
Klipspringer
Red Duiker
Common Duiker
Black Duiker
Steenbok
Mountain
Gazelle
Moroccan
Gazelle
Mhorr's Gazelle
Clark's Gazelle
Bushbuck
Blesbok
Bontebok
Reedbuck
Mountain
Reedbuck
Grey Rheebuck
Springbuck
Impala
Blue
Wildebeest
Black
Wildebeest
Tsessebe
Gemsbok
Schimitar- Horned
Oryx
Red Hartebeest
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
Sable
Roan
Puku
Waterbuck
Red Lechwe
Nyala
Sitatunga
Kudu
Eland
Western
Giant Eland
Zebras - Equidae
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
Cape
Mountain Zebra
Burchell's
Zebra
Baboon / Monkey - Cercopithecidae
Black
And White Colobus
Redtail Monkey
Vervet Monkey
Chacma baboon
Jackal / Foxes - Canidae
Wild Dog
Cape Fox
Black-backed Jackal
Bat-eared Fox
Side-striped Jackal
Simien Fox
Bats - Chiroptera
Rodrigues Flying Fox
African Giant Free-tailed Bat
Walhlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Egyptian fruit bat
Hyenas - Hyenidae
Spotted Hyena
Brown Hyena
Aardwolf
Cats - Felidae
Cheetah
Caracal
Serval
African
Golden Cat
African Wild
Cat
Small spotted
Cat
Giraffe - Giraffidae
Giraffe
Hippopotamus - Hipopotamidae
Hippopotamus
Mole rat - Bathyergidae
Common mole
rat
East-african
mole rat
Hedgehog - Erinacidae
Hedgehog
Bushbabies - Lorisidae
Lesser
Bushbaby
Thick-tailed Bushbaby
Cane Rat - Thryonomyidae
Greater cane
rat
Pangolin - Manidae
Pangolin
Antbear - Orycteropodidae
Antbear
Hares and Rabbits - Leporidae
Riverine
Rabbit
Scrub Hare
Cape Hare
Flying Squirrel - Anomaluridae
Lord
Derby's Flying Squirrel
Squirrels - Sciuridae
Ground Squirrel
Tree Squirrel
Spring Hare - Peditidae
Spring Hare
Hystricidae
Porcupine
Porcupine
African Brush-tailed Porcupine
Weasels, Polecats, Badgers and Otters -
Mustelidae
Striped
Polecat
Honey Badger
Clawless Otter
Suricate, Genet, Mongoose - Viveridae
Civet,
African Civet
Large
spotted Genet
Small
spotted Genet
Savanna
Mongoose
Selous
Mongoose
Yellow
Mongoose
Small Grey
Mongoose
White-tailed Mongoose
Water Mongoose
Large Grey
Mongoose
Slender
Mongoose
Banded
Mongoose
Dwarf Mongoose
Suricate
Hyraxes - Procaviidae
Rock Dassie
Tree Hyrax
Yellow-spot
Hyrax
Pigs - Suidae
Warthog
Bush pig
Manatee - Trichechdae
African
Manatee
Birds
Southern Africa has wonderful bird diversity, ranging from the largest (Ostrich) to the smallest (Cape Penduline Tit).
There are many endemic species: Example: Namib Dune Lark.
Raptors
Black Eagle
Martial
Eagle
African Fish Eagle
Bateleur
Crowned
Eagle
Steppe
Eagle
Tawny Eagle
Wahlberg's Eagle
Brown Snake
Eagle
Gabargos Hawk
Ovambo
Sparrowhawk
White-backed vulture
Owls
Giant Eagle Owl
Grass Owl
African Hoopoe
African Jacana
Blue Waxbill
Burchell's
Coucal
Dusky
Flycatcher
Fork-tailed
Drongo
Mozambique
Nightjar
Pin-tailed
Whydah
Red-chested
Cuckoo
Water Dikkop
Kingfishers
Brown
Hooded Kingfisher
Pied Kingfisher
Woodland
Kingfisher
Doves
Cape Turtle Dove
Green
Spotted Dove
Francolins
Crested
Francolin
Swainson's
Francolin
Guinea-fowl
Crested
Guinea-fowl
Helmeted
Guinea-fowl
Rollers
Eurasean Roller
Lilac
Breasted Roller
Storks
Saddlebilled
Stork
Woollynecked
Stork
Hadeda Ibis
Ducks
Knob-billed Duck
White-faced Duck
Hornbills
Red-billed
Hornbill
Yellow-billed Hornbill
Reptiles
Africa has a wide diversity of reptiles. These include the Nile Crocodile (largest in Africa), various snakes, tortoises and turtles, skinks, lizards and gecko's.
Snakes
Berg Adder
Peringuey's
Adder
Red Adder
Barbours
Short-headed Viper
Other Reptiles
Agamas
Namibian
Rock Agama
Gecko's
Carp's
Barking Gecko
Web Footed
Gecko
Skinks
Ovambo tree
Skink
Lizards
Reticulated Desert Lizard
Shovel
Snouted Lizard
Waterberg Sand Lizard
Legless Skinks
Brain's
Leggless Skink
Chameleons
Namaqua Chameleon
Coarse Chameleon
Johnstons Chameleon
Smooth Chameleon
Tortoises
Leopard
Tortoise
Amphibians
Southern Africa is famous for the many frogs and amphibians that are found in it's rivers, swamps and deltas.
Frogs
Insects
There are a multitude of spider and scorpion species in Southern Africa, with only four spiders and two scorpions, being really venomous.
Arachnids
Oxyopidae
Nephila senegalensis
Carparachne
Bark Spider
Nephila madagscariensis
Cosmophasis
Gasteracantha
Sicarius
To cover all the insects in Southern Africa, would need many years. Here on the site we cover the most commonly found insects found in Southern Africa, concentrating on Namibia.
Beetles
Zophosis moralesi
Zophosis amabilis
Stenocara eburnea
Scarabaeinae
Ptinidae
Onymacris plana
Lepidochora kahani
Cauricara phalangium
Ants & Termites
Ponerinae
Bugs
Mantidae
Pentatomidae
Butterflies
Anthene lunulata lunulata
Aphnaeus marshalli
Axiocerses bambana
Cacyreus lingeus lingeus
Graphium taboranus
Hypolycaena liara plana
Iolaus bowkeri
Iolaus coeculus coeculus
Mylothris agathine
Oxylides faunus albata
Papilio demodocus
Papilio nireus
Spindasis homeyeri
Uranothauma poggei poggei
Plants & Trees
Africa is home to an amazing plant diversity, and some very rare old species. In this section you will find the most commonly seen trees and plants of Southern Africa.
Trees of Southern Africa
Acacia
erioloba
Acacia
erubscens
Acacia
exuvialis
Acacia
hebeclada
Acanthosicyos horrridus
Acokanthera oppositifolia
Adansonia
digitata
Adenolobus pechuelii
Adenium multiflorum
Albizia
anthelmintica
Aloe
asperifolia
Aloe dichotoma
Aloe
littoralis
Aloe zebrina
Arthraerua leubnitziae
Asclepias buchenaviana
Asparagus
africanus
Euclea
pseudebenus
Bauhinia
galpinii
Blepharis
grossa
Boscia foetida
Carrissa
bispinosa
Catophractes alexandri
Cleome
angustifolia
Colophospermum mopane
Combretum
imberbe
Commiphora
saxicola
Croton
gratissimus
Cucumus
zeyheri
Cyphostemma currorii
Datura
stramonium
Diospyros mespiliformis (African Ebony, Jackal Berry)
Hyphaene petersiana (Makalani Palm)
Kleinia
longiflora
Momordica
balsamina
Moringa
ovalifolia
Nicotiana
glauca
Orthanthera
albida
Pachypodium
lealii
Pechuel-Loeschea leubnitziae
Pellaea
calomelanos
Peltophorum africanum
Pergularia
daemia
Plicosepalus curviflorus
Prosopis
glandulosa
Salsola tuberculatiformis
Salvadora
persica
Sansevieria aethiopica
Sansevieria pearsonii
Tamarix
usneoides
Terminalia prunioides
Welwitschia
Ziziphus
mucronata
Zygophyllum stapffii
The lichens we deal with on this site are mostly found along the Namibian coast, and many are endemic only to that area.
The various grasses are most from Namibia and Namib Desert.
Namib Dune bushman grass
Ostrich
grass
Silky bushman grass
Teloschistes capensis
Xanthomaculina convoluta
Waterberg Lichen 1
Namib Desert Lichen 1
Namib Desert Lichen 2
Namib Desert Lichen 3
Namib Desert Lichen 4