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Name
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Habitat
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Habits
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Food
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South African hedgehog
Erinaceus frontalis
Suid-Afrikaanse krimpvarkie |
Mainly open grassveld |
Nocturnal
Usually occur singly |
Insectivorous |
Rock Elephant shrew
Elephantulus myurus
Klip-klaasneus |
Dolerite koppies and tree covered hill-
slopes |
Predominantly diurnal |
Grasshoppers, ants & berries (eg. Rhus ciliata) |
Tiny musk shrew
Crocidura bicolor
Dwergskeerbek |
Acacia & Ziziphus bushveld, open grass-
land and vlei area |
No data available |
No data available |
Reddish grey muskshrew
Crocidura cyanea
Rooi-grysskeerbek |
Rocky koppies & Acacia karroo trees |
Nocturnal & diurnal |
Insectivorous |
Forest Shrew
Myosorex varius
Bosskeerbek |
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Lesser dwarf shrew
Suncus varilla
Kleinerdwergskeerbek |
Termitaria |
Solitary, can occur in pairs or families |
Insectivorous |
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Geel-vrugtevlermuis |
Restricted to wood-land areas |
Nocturnal, gregarious & partly migratory |
Fructivorous |
Geoffrey's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus clivosus
Geoffroyse saalneusvlermuis |
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Cape Serotine bat
Neoromicia capensis
Kaapse dakvlermuis
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Under eaves of buildings |
Nocturnal, usually found in two's or three's |
Insectivorous |
Welwitsch's hairy bat
Myotis welwitschii
Welwitschse langhaarvlermuis |
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Egyptian free-tailed bat
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Egiptiese losstertvlermuis |
Under eaves of buildings |
Nocturnal & occuring individually or small groups |
Insectivorous |
Cape hare
Lepus capensis
Vlakhaas |
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Scrub hare
Lepus saxatilis
Kolhaas |
Scrub enviroment |
Nocturnal & usually solitary |
Vegetarian ie bulbs |
Smiths red rock hare
Pronolagus rupestris
Smithse rooikliphaas |
Rocky outcrops |
Diurnal & nocturnal |
Vegetarian |
Ground squirrel
Xerus inauris
Waaistert grondeekhoring |
Open grassveld |
Diurnal, gregarious, burrowing mammal |
Herbivorous, eating bulbs, tubers, seeds |
Spring hare
Pedetes capensis
Springhaas |
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White-tailed rat
Mystromys albicaudatus
Witstertrot
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Large-eared mouse
Malcothrix typica
Grootoormuis |
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Short-tailed gerbil
Desmodillus auricularis
Kort-stertnagmuis |
Grassveld with karroid bushes |
Terrestrial, nocturnal & solitary |
Graminivorous favouring Tribulus terrestris (Devils thorn) |
Highveld gerbil
Tatera brantsii
Hoëveldse-nagmuis |
Grassveld |
Nocturnal, communal & living in burrows |
Graminivorous |
Bushveld gerbil
Tatera leucogaster
Bosveld magmuis |
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Namaqua rockrat
Aethomys namaquensis
Namakwalandse kliprot |
Rocky outcrops, grass
veld |
Social & nocturnal |
Graminivorous & herbivirous. They do considerable dammage in the Nursery Area |
Multimammate mouse
Mastomys coucha
Vaalveldmuis |
Most habitat types |
Terrestrial & mainly nocturnal |
Eats anything, sometimes cannibalistic |
Striped mouse
Rhabdomys pumilio
Streepmuis
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Wide range of habitats |
Diurnal |
Graminivorous |
Vlei rat
Otomys irroratus
Vleirot |
Near dams |
Their presence is de-tected by runways and sites scattered with grass cuttings
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Vegetarian. In times of drought they resort to ringbarking trees (eg. Rhus lancea) |
Saunder's vlei rate
Otomys saundersiae karoensis
Saunderse vleirot |
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Woodland dormouse
Graphiurus murinus
Boswaaierstertmuis
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Porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Ystervark |
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Common molerat
Cryptomys hottentotus
Knaagdiermol |
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Black-backed jackal
Canis mesomelas
Rooijakkals |
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Cape fox
Vulpes chama
Silwervos |
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Bat-eared fox
Otocyon megalotis
Bakoorvos |
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Clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Groot otter |
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Striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus
Stinkmuishond |
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Striped weasel
Poecilogale albimucha
Slangmuishond
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Water mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
Kommetjiegatmuishond |
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Yellow mongoose
Cynictis penicillata
Witkwasmuishond
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Cape grey mongoose
Galerella pulverulenta
Kaapse grysmuishond |
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Slender mongoose
Galerella pulverulenta
Kaapse grysmuishond
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Suricate
Suricata suricatta
Stokstertmeerkat
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Small-spotted genet
Genetta genetta
Kleinkolmuskejaatkat |
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Aardwolf
Proteles cristatus
Aardwolf
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African wild cat
Felis lybica
Vaalbosvat |
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Small spotted cat
Felicis nigripes
Klein gekolde kat
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Antbear
Orycteropus afer
Aardvark |
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Rock dassie, Hyrax
Procavia capensis
Klipdas |
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Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
Steenbok |
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Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
Duiker |
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Mountain reedbuck
Redunca fulvorufula
Rooiribbok |
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??Lion
??Panthera leo
??Leeu |
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