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The biggest African mammal is the African bush elephant, the second largest being its smaller counterpart, the African forest elephant. Four species of pangolins can be found in Africa. [50] African fauna contains 216 species of primates. [51] Four species of great apes are endemic to Africa: both species of gorilla (western gorilla, Gorilla ...
Pages in category "Mammals of Africa" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
List of mammals of the Canary Islands; List of mammals of Cape Verde; List of mammals of the Central African Republic; List of mammals of Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de Soberanía; List of mammals of Chad; List of mammals of the Comoros; List of mammals of the Republic of the Congo; List of mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
This is a list of African primates, containing all recent species of primates found in Africa including Madagascar.According to the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group there are currently 216 species (111 in the mainland while the 105 are found in Madagascar). [1]
The springbok antelope (Antidorcas marsupialis) is the national animal of South Africa. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in South Africa.There are 299 mammal species in South Africa, of which two are critically endangered, eleven are endangered, fifteen are vulnerable, and thirteen are near threatened.
Sub-Saharan Africa This category is for articles about mammals that are indigenous or naturalised in Sub-Saharan Africa . Animals that are introduced but not naturalised are not included.
Afrotheria (/ æ f r oʊ ˈ θ ɪər i ə / from Latin Afro-"of Africa" + theria "wild beast") is a superorder of placental mammals, the living members of which belong to groups that are either currently living in Africa or of African origin: golden moles, elephant shrews (also known as sengis), otter shrews, tenrecs, aardvarks, hyraxes, elephants, sea cows, and several extinct clades.
In East Africa, the blue wildebeest is the most abundant big game species, both in population and biomass. [29] It is a notable feature of the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya and the Liuwa Plain National Park in Zambia.