Only named animals are included; clearly, absence from such a list is (tentative) evidence of absence only for large diurnal mammals.
From Reynolds (1965), chapter 4 and pp. 222-3
Choose from the following groups:
Order Family |
Genus | Species | Common Name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Artiodactyla Bovidae | Syncerus | caffer | African buffalo | |
Bovidae | Tragelaphus | scriptus | bushbuck | |
Bovidae | Cephalophus | natalensis | red duiker | |
Bovidae | Cephalophus | monticolus | blue duiker | |
Hippopotamidae | Hippopotamus | amphibius | hippopotamus | Rarely |
Suidae | Potamochoerus | porcus | red river hog | |
Suidae | Phacochoerus | aethiopicus | warthog | edge of forest |
Proboscidea ??? | Loxodonta | africana | elephant | |
Felidae | Panthera | leo | lion | Rarely |
Felidae | Panthera | pardus | leopard | |
Viverridae | Viverra | civetta | African civet | Chiroptera Pteropodidae | ? | ? | fruit bat | check Hyracoidea | Dendrohyrax | arboreus | tree hyrax |
Insectivora Macroscelididae | Rhynchocyon | cirnei | elephant shrew | |
Primate Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecus | ascanius | red-tail monkey | |
Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecus | mitis | blue monkey | |
Cercopithecidae | Colobus | abyssinicus | black and white colobus | |
Cercopithecidae | Papio | anubis | anubis baboon | |
Pongidae | Pan | troglodytes schweinfurthii | eastern chimpanzee | |
Rodentia Sciuridae | sp | tree squirrel | ||
Thryonomyidae | Thryonomys | swinderianus | forest rat |
Order Family |
Genus | Species | Common Name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Squamata | Bitis | gabonicus | Gaboon viper | |
Causus | rhombeatus | night adder | ||
Dispholidus | typus | boomslang | ||
Naja | melanoleuca | black-lipped cobra | ||
Python | sabae | African rock python | ||
Boaedon | lineatum | olive house snake | ||
Hemidactylus? | sp | gecko | ||
? | Kinixys | sp. | tortoise | |
Anura | Hyperolius | sp. | tree frog |
Order Family |
Genus | Species | Common Name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Columbiformes ?Columbidae | Turtur | afer | blue-spotted wood dove | |
Galliformes Numididae | Guttera | edouardi | crested guinea-fowl | |
Phasianidae | Francolinus | nahani | Nahan's forest francolin | |
Phasianidae | Francolinus | sp | Francolin | |
Piciformes Picidae? | woodpecker | |||
? ? | Bycanistes | subcylindricus | black and white casqued hornbill | |
? ? | Bycanistes | albotibialis | white thighed hornbill | |
? ? | Tauraco | schutii | black billed turaco | |
? ? | Eurystomus | gularis | blue-throated roller | |
? ? | Eurystomus | glaucurus | broad-billed roller | |
? ? | Lamprocolius | purpureiceps | purple-headed glossy starling | |
? ? | Melaenornis | edolioides | black flycatcher | |
? ? | Ceuthmochares | aereus | yellow-bill | |
? ? | Psittacus | erithacus | grey parrot |
Order Family |
Genus | Species | Common Name | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Coleoptera Carabidae | black dung beetle (2") | |||
Coleoptera Buprestidae | metallic green dung beetle | |||
Coleoptera ? | Goliathus | goliathus | goliath beetle (2") | |
Coleoptera Telephoridae | firefly | |||
Dictyoptera Mantidae | Mantis | religiosa | mantis | |
? Phasmidae | ? | ? | stick insect | |
Diptera ? | Tabanus | xanthomelas | elephant fly | |
Diptera ? | Tabanus | besti | horsefly | Serious pests in April and May |
Diptera ? | Zanna | tenebrosa | lantern fly | |
Diptera ? | Trentopohlia | sp. | buttress fly | |
Cicadidae ?Platypleurinae | cicada | |||
Apis | mellifera? | honey bees | ||
Dorylus | sp. | safari ants | ||
Lepidoptera | Cymothoe | sp. | crimson-winged butterfly | |
Lepidoptera | Precis | sp. | indigo-winged butterfly | |
Lepidoptera | Papilionidae | sp. | swallowtail butterfly | |
Lepidoptera | Saturnidae | sp. | Emperor moth |
Other
Mollusc Testicella sp. snail-slug