Southern Africa 2004 - The Animals
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In this page, you will find some pictures of animals from Southern Africa. Most animals were seen in the northern parts of Botswana, or more precisely in the Moremi Game Reserve, the Okavango Delta and in the Chobe National Park. Some of the predator pictures were taken in a private game reserve in South Africa, as these species were difficult to spot and to get good photos of in the large national parks.

 

On the bottom of this page there is a list of all animals seen during the trip, including four species of reptiles.


Elephants

 

 

Male lions

 

Female lion in Moremi

 

   

Waterbuck

 

Wild dog

 

   

Southern dwarf mangoose

 

Surricat

 

   

Warthog

 

Bats in the Old Kromdraai Gold Mine

 

   

Giraffe

 

African buffalo

 

   

Eland

 

Oryx

 

   

Greater kudu

 

Roan antelope

 

   

Burchell's zebra

 

Red lechwe

 

   

Black-backed jackal

 

Springbok

 

   


Angry hippo, watch out!

 

White rhino

 

   

Wildebeast

 

Impala

 

   

Spotted hyena in the dusk

 

Cheetah

 

   

African rock python

 

Black mamba crossing the road

 

   

Nile monitor

 

Nile crocodile

 

Mammals
Number
Species
Latin
Location
1
Warthog
Phacochoerus aethiopicus
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe
2
Hippo
Hippopotamus amphibius
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe
3
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
Moremi/Chobe
4
Bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Xhumaga/Victoria Falls
5
Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Khama/Xhumaga/Chobe
6
Eland
Taurotragus oryx
Private Game Reserve
7
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
Kokomori
8
Oryx
Oryx gazella
Khama
9
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Chobe
10
Red lechwe
Kobus leche
Moremi/Guma/Chobe
11
Roan antelope
Hippotragus equinus
Chobe
12
Sable antelope
Hippotragus niger
Chobe
13
Blue wildebeast
Connochaetes taurinus
Moremi/Chobe
14
Red hartebeast
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Moremi/Chobe
15
Springbuck
Antidorcas marsupialis
Khama
16
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Moremi/Chobe
17
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
Khama
18
Blesbuck
Damaliscus dorcas
Private Game reserve
19
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Moremi/Chobe
20
Burchell's zebra
Equus burchellii
Xhumaga/Chobe
21
White rhino
Ceratotherium simum
Khama/Pilanesberg
22
African elephant
Loxodonta africana
Moremi/Okavango/Chobe
23
Cape ground squirrel
Xerus inauris
Moremi
24
Scrub hare
Lepus saxatilis
Zambezi
25
Black-backed jackal
Canis mesomelas
Xhumaga/Chobe
26
Bat species
Microchiroptera
Old Kromdraai Gold Mine
27
Cape clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Okavango River
28
Wild dog
Lycaon pictus
Private Game Reserve
29
Slender mangoose
Herpestes sanguineus
Okavango
30
Banded mangoose
Mungos mungo
Chobe
31
Southern dwarf mangoose
Helogale parvula
Moremi
32
Surricat
Suricata suricatta
Private Game Reserve
33
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Moremi
34
Lion
Panthera leo
Moremi/Private Game Reserve
35
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
Private Game Reserve
36
Vervet monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops
Moremi/Guma/Chobe
37
Chacma baboon
Papio ursinus
Moremi/Chobe
     
Reptiles
Number
Species
Latin
Location
1
Black mamba
Dendroaspis polylepis
Chobe
2
African rock python
Python natalensis
Chobe
3
Nile monitor
Varanus niloticus
Okavango/Chobe
4
Nile crocodile
Crocodylus niloticus
Moremi/Okavango River/Chobe