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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. Two of the species listed ...
Topography of South Africa. South Africa is located in subtropical southern Africa, lying between 22°S and 35°S.It is bordered by Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe to the north, by Mozambique and Eswatini (Swaziland) to the northeast, by the Indian Ocean to the east and south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the coastline extending for more than 2,500 km (1,600 mi).
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South Africa has rich and varied sea life, thanks to the confluence of two major oceans (the Atlantic and the Indian) around its southernmost point, Cape Agulhas. The country is well known for its great white sharks ; shark tourism is an important part of tourism in the southern Cape region.
Austin Roberts (3 January 1883 – 5 May 1948) was a South African zoologist.He is best known for his Birds of South Africa, first published in 1940.He also studied the mammalian fauna of the region: his work The mammals of South Africa was published posthumously in 1951.
The list of species found in the reserve includes sixty mammals, three hundred birds, one hundred plants and numerous reptiles and insects. [1] Wildlife includes the big five game animals, as well as the group of small animals called the little five. [1] [2] Apart from these, the following mammals can be seen here:
The Life Nature Library is a series of 25 hardbound books published by Time-Life between 1961 and 1965, with revisions to 1968. It has been translated from English into eight languages and sold in 90 countries. [1]
Mammals of Africa is a book series of six volumes from Bloomsbury Publishing. Published in 2013 and edited by Jonathan Kingdon , David Happold , Thomas Butynski, Michael Hoffmann, Meredith Happold and Jan Kalina, it describes every species of African land mammal which comprise 1,160 species and 16 orders.