Kruger National Park
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Kruger National Park: Biodiversity Statistics
- Fish: 53 species (includes 3 exotic species)
- Birds: 505 species
- Amphibians: 35 species
- Reptiles: 118 species
- Plants: 1 990 taxa:
- Mosses – ±3
- Ferns – ±32
- Sedges – ±74
- Aloes – ±18
- Grasses – ±224
- Trees and Shrubs – ±404
- Others (herbs, lianes, succulents etc.) – 1 234
- Mammals: 148 species including:
- Insectivora (shrews etc) 9 species
- Chiroptera (bats) 42 "
- Primates 5 "
- Carnivora 27 "
- Perissodactyla 3 " (2 Rhinos, 1 zebra)
- Hyracoidea (dassies) 2 "
- Tubulidentata (aardvark) 1 "
- Proboscidae (elephant) 1 “
- Artiodactyla 26 " (2 pigs, 1 Giraffe, 1 Hippo, 22 antelopes)
- Pholidota (pangolin) 1 "
- Rodentia (rodents) 25 "
- Lagomorpha (hares) 3 "
- Macroscelidae (elephant shrews) 3 "
The most recent estimates of the numbers of mammals are as follows:
- Lion: 1 500
- Leopard: 1 000
- Cheetah: 200
- Wild dog: 350
- Spotted hyaena: 2 000
- Elephant: 11 672
- White rhinoceros: 4 509
- Black rhinoceros: 350
- Burchell's zebra: 17 797
- Hippopotamus: 3 000
- Warthog: 3 000
- Giraffe: 5 114
- Buffalo: 27 000
- Eland: 300
- Roan antelope: 70
- Sable antelope: 550
- Greater kudu: 5 798
- Nyala: >300
- Bushbuck: >500
- Waterbuck: 5 000
- Reedbuck: 300
- Mountain reedbuck: 150
- Blue wildebeest: 9 612
- Tsessebe 200
- Impala: 85 869