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Garden Route (Tsitsikamma, Knysna, Wilderness) National Park
Mammals
As the Garden Route National Park is now the merged complement of the previous national parks of Knysna, Tsitsikamma and Wilderness - the mammals will still be found in those distinct areas.
Knysna Section
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
African elephant |
Loxodonta africana |
Black clinging bat |
Miniopterus fraterculus |
Blue duiker |
Cephalophus monticola |
Bushbuck |
Tragelaphus scriptus |
Bushpig |
Potamochoerus porcus |
Cape dune molerat |
Bathyergus suillus |
Cape grey mongoose |
Herpestes pulverulentus |
Cape hairy bat |
Myotis tricolor |
Cape horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus capensis |
Cape molerat |
Georychus capensis |
Cape mouse |
Praomys verreauxi |
Cape porcupine |
Hystrix africaeaustralis |
Cape wild cat |
Felis lybica |
Caracal |
Felis caracal |
Chestnut climbing mouse |
Dendromus mesomelas |
Clawless otter |
Aonyx capensis |
Common molerat |
Cryptomys hottentotus |
Duthie's golden mole |
Chlorotalpa duthiae |
Forest mouse |
Thamnomys dolichurus |
Forest shrew |
Mysorex variatus |
Geoffroy’s horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus clivosus |
Grey rhebuck |
Pelea capreolus |
Grysbok |
Raphicerus melanotis |
Honey badger |
Mellivora capensis |
Hottentot golden mole |
Amblysomus tottentotus |
Klipspringer |
Oreotragus oreotragus |
Knysna golden mole |
Amblysomus iris |
Kuhl’s bat |
Pipistrellus kuhlii |
Large grey mongoose |
Herpestes ichneumon |
Large-spotted genet |
Genetta tigrina |
Leopard |
Panthera paradus |
Long-eared bat |
Nycteris thebaica |
Long-tailed housebat |
Eptesicus hottentotus |
Red musk shrew |
Crocidura flavescens |
Rock dassie |
Procavia capensis |
Scrub hare |
Lepus saxatilis |
Serval |
Felis serval |
Striped polecat |
Ictonyx striatus |
Vervet monkey |
Cercopithecus pygerythrus |
Vlei rat |
Otomys irroratus |
Water mongoose |
Atilax paludinosus |
Wooly bat |
Kerivoula lanosa |
Tsitsikamma Section
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
African weasel |
Poecilogale albinucha |
African wild cat |
Felis lybica |
Blainville's beaked whale |
Mesoplodon densirostris |
Bottle nose dolphin |
Tursiops truncatus |
Brant's climbing mouse |
Dendromus mesomelas |
Brown rat |
Rattus norvegicus |
Bryde's whale |
Balaeoptera edeni |
Cape clawless otter |
Aonyx capensis |
Cape dune molerat |
Bathyergus suillus |
Cape horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus capensis |
Cape molerat |
Georychus capensis |
Cape porcupine |
Hystrix africaeaustralis |
Cape spiny mouse |
Acomys subspinosus |
Caracal |
Felis caracal |
Chacma baboon |
Papio ursinus |
Common dolphin |
Delphinus delphis |
Common molerat |
Cryptomys hottentotus |
Dark-footed forest shrew |
Myosorex cafer |
Dwarf sperm whale |
Kogia simus |
Egyptian fruit bat |
Rousettus aegyptiacus |
Euphrosyne dolphin |
Stenella coeruleoalba |
Forest shrew |
Myosorex varius |
Greater musk shrew |
Crocidura flavescens |
Hector's beaked whale |
Mesoplodon hectori |
Honey badger |
Mellivora capensis |
House rat |
Rattus rattus |
Humpback dolphin |
Sousa plumbea |
Humpbacked whale |
Megaptera novaeangliae |
Killer whale |
Orcinus orca |
Large-spotted genet |
Genetta tigrina |
Leopard |
Panthera pardus |
Multimammate rat |
Mastomys natalensis |
Pygmy mouse |
Mus minutoides |
Pygmy sperm whale |
Kogia breviceps |
Risso dolphin |
Grampus griseus |
Schreibers'long fingered bat |
Miniopterus schreibersii |
Scrub hare? |
Lepus saxatilis |
Small grey mongoose |
Galerella pulverulenta |
Small-spotted genet? |
Genetta genetta |
Southern right whale |
Balaena glacialis |
Striped mouse |
Rhabdomys pumilio |
Striped polecat |
Ictonyx striatus |
Verreaux's mouse |
Myomyscus verreauxi |
Vervet monkey |
Cercopithecus pygerythrus |
Vlei rat |
Otomys irroratus |
Woodland dormouse |
Grahiurus murinus |
Woodland mouse |
Grammomys dolichirus |
Zulu golden mole |
Amblysomus iris |
Wilderness Section
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
Black rat |
Rattus rattus |
Bushbuck |
Tragelaphus scriptus |
Bushpig |
Potamochoerus porcus |
Cape dune molerat |
Bathyergus suillus |
Cape fur seal |
Arctocephalus pusillus |
Cape grey mongoose |
Herpestes pulverulentus |
Cape horseshoe bat |
Rhinolophus capensis |
Cape porcupine |
Hystrix africaeaustralis |
Cape serotine |
Eptesicus capensis |
Caracal |
Felis caracal |
Chestnut climbing mouse |
Dendromus mesomelas |
Clawless otter |
Aonyx capensis |
Common molerat |
Cryptomys hottentotus |
Duthie's golden mole |
Chlorotalpa duthiae |
Dwarf shrew |
Suncus etruscus |
Forest shrew |
Mysorex variatus |
Grysbok |
Raphicerus melanotis |
Honey badger |
Mellivora capensis |
Large grey mongoose |
Herpestes ichneumon |
Large-spotted genet |
Genetta tigrina |
Leopard |
Panthera paradus |
Pygmy mouse |
Mus minutoides |
Red musk shrew |
Crocidura flavescens |
Rock dassie |
Procavia capensis |
Scrub hare |
Lepus saxatilis |
Southern elephant seal |
Mirounga leonina |
Striped mouse |
Rhabdomys pumilio |
Striped polecat |
Ictonyx striatus |
Sub-Antarctic fur seal |
Arctocephalus tropicalis |
Vervet monkey |
Cercopithecus pygerythrus |
Vlei rat |
Otomys irroratus |
Water mongoose |
Atilax paludinosus |
White-naped weasel |
Poecilogale albinucha |
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