Addo checklist, Mammals, Reptiles & Amphibians.
List of Mammals, Reptiles & AmphibiansAddo Elephant National Park Note: This list is not comprehensive and may not include all species found in the Park. It includes animals found in the main game area, as well as some found in other sections of the Park. * Indicates animals not found in the main game viewing section of the Park. KEYSA Red Data Book (2004) StatusCE = Critically Endangered E = Endangered V = Vulnerable NT = Near Threatened All other species classified as ‘Least Concern’ or ‘Data Deficient’ I = Introduced MAMMALS INSECTIVORA*Lesser Dwarf Shrew Suncus varillaReddish-grey Musk Shrew Crocidura cyaneaLeast Dwarf Shrew Suncus infinitissimusForest Shrew Mysorex variusGreater Musk Shrew Crocidura flavescens*Sclater’s Golden Mole Chlorotalpa scalteri*Hottentot Golden Mole Amblysomus hottentotusSouthern African Hedgehog Atelerix frontalis NT CHIROPTERA*Straw-coloured Fruit Bat Eidolon helvumEgyptian Fruit Bat Rousettus aegypticus*Geoffrey’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus clivosus NTCape Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus capensis NT*Swinny’s Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus swinnyi E*Temminck's Hairy Bat Myotis tricolor NTCape Serotine Bat Neoromicia capensisEgyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica*Yellow House Bat Scotophilus dinganii*Schreiber’s Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus schreibersi NT*Mauritian Tomb Bat Taphozous mauritianus*Angola Free-tailed Bat Mops condylura*Wahlberg’s Epaulated Bat Epomophorus wahlbergi*Banana Bat Neoromicia nanus*Egyptian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida aegyptiaca*Lesser Woolly Bat Kerivoula lanosa CARNIVORAAardwolf Proteles cristata RareSpotted Hyena Crocuta crocuta NTBateared Fox Otocyon megalotisCape Fox Vulpes chamaBlackbacked Jackal Canis mesomelasStriped Polecat Ictonyx striatusStriped Weasel Poecilogale albinuchaHoney Badger Mellivora capensis NT*Cape Clawless Otter Aonyx capensisSmall-spotted Genet Genetta genetta*Large-spotted Genet Genetta tigrinaSmall Grey Mongoose Galerella pulverulenta*Large Grey Mongoose Herpestes ichneumonWater Mongoose Atilax paludinosusYellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillataSuricate/Meerkat Suricata suricattaAfrican Wildcat Felis sylvestris Black-footed Cat Felis nigripes Caracal/Rooikat Caracal caracalLion Panthera leo VLeopard Panthera pardus *Cape Fur Seal Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus*Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonia E TUBULIDENTATAAntbear/Aardvark Orycteropus afer HYRACOIDEARock Hyrax/Dassie Procavia capensis*Tree Dassie Dendrohyrax arboreus arboreus V LAGOMORPHACape Hare Lepus capensisScrub Hare Lepus saxatilis*Smith’s Red Rock Rabbit Pronolagus rupestris RODENTIACommon Mole Rat Cryptomys hottentotus*Cape Mole Rat Georychus capensisPorcupine Hystrix africae-australisSpringhare Pedetes capensisWoodland Dormouse Graphiurus murinus*Spectacled Dormouse Graphiurus ocularis*Grey Climbing Mouse Dendromus melanotisPouched Mouse Saccostomus campestrisHouse Mouse Mus musculus I*Namaqua Rock Mouse Aethomys namaquensisMultimammate Mouse Mastomys natalensisPygmy Mouse Mus minutoides*Brant’s Climbing Mouse Dendromus mesomelasWoodland Mouse Grammomys dolichurusHouse Rat Rattus rattus IStriped Mouse Rhabdomys pumilioVlei Rat Otomys irroratusKaroo Bushrat Otomys unisulcatusShorttailed Gerbil Desmodillus auricularisHairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus paebaSaunders’ Vlei Rat Otomys saundersiaeGreater Cane Rat Thryonomys swinderianus PRIMATAVervet Monkey Cercopithecus aethiops pygerythus*Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus ARTIODACTYLABushpig Potamochoerus porcus koiropotamusWarthog Phacochoerus africanus*Hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius Common Duiker Sylvicapra grimmia*Blue Duiker Philantomba monticola VCape Grysbok Raphicerus melanotisSteenbok Raphicerus campestris*Klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus*Springbok Antidorcas marsupialis*Mountain Reedbuck Redunca fulvorufula*Grey Rhebok Pelea capreolus*Gemsbok Oryx gazellaRed Hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphusBushbuck Tragelaphus scriptusKudu Tragelaphus strepsicerosEland Taurotragus oryxBuffalo Syncerus caffer PERISSODACTYLABlack Rhinoceros Diceros bicornis bicornis CEBurchell’s/Plains Zebra Equus burchelli*Cape Mountain Zebra Equus zebra zebra V PROBOSCOIDEAElephant Loxodonta africana CETACEA*Bryde’s whale Balaenoptera brydei V*Minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata*Southern right whale Eubalaena australis*Humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae NT*Killer whale Orcinus orca*Shortbeaked Common dolphin Delphinus delphis*Risso’s dolphin Grampus griseus *Humpback dolphin Sousa plumbea V*Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin Tursiops aduncus V SNAKESCape Cobra Naja niveaPuffadder Bitis arietansAlbany Adder Bitis albanicaNight Adder Causus rhombeatus*Berg Adder Bitis atropos*Horned Adder Bitis cornutaBoomslang Dispholidus typus
