Botswana Mammal List

Botswana Mammal List

The list of mammals found in Botswana is simply surprising, considering that 70% of the country is covered by the Kalahari desert. It is in the Okavango and Chobe regions that wildlife flourishes on a scale rarely match on the continent.

With 164 mammal species having been recorded, ranging from the huge African elephant all the way down to the small elephant shrew. Of the 164 species found, only 12 of those make the critically endangered to the near-threatened list; this points to exceptionally good wildlife management on behalf of the Botswanan people and government.

We have only included 66 out of the 164 in the below list as these are the mammals one has the best chance of viewing; the other animals that have been left out are the smaller critters, for example; rodents, bats, and shrews that are all likely to go unnoticed.

Checklist of mammals in Botswana

Aardvark
Aardwolf
African Wild Cat
African Elephant
Banded Mongoose
Bat-eared Fox
Black Rhinoceros
Black-backed Jackal
Blue Wildebeest
Buffalo
Burchell's Zebra
Bushbuck
Bushpig
Cape Clawless Otter
Cape Hare
Caracal
Chacma Baboon
Cheetah
Civet
Common Duiker
Common Reedbuck
Dwarf Mongoose		 Red Duiker
Roan Antelope
Eland
Giraffe
Greater Cane-Rat
Grey Rhebok
Hippopotamus
Honey Badger
Impala
Klipspringer
Kudu
Large Grey Mongoose
Large-spotted Genet
Leopard
Lesser Bushbaby
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
Lion
Natal Multimammate Mouse
Nyala
Oribi
Pangolin
Peter's Epauletted Bat		 Porcupine
Rock Dassie
Sable Antelope
Serval
Sharpe's Grysbok
Side-striped Jackal
Slender Mongoose
Small-spotted Genet
Spotted Hyaena
Springhare
Steenbok
Striped Polecat
Suni
Thick-tailed Bushbaby
Tree Squirrel
Tsessebe
Vervet Monkey
Warthog
Water Mongoose
Waterbuck
White Rhinoceros
Wild Dog
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