CHECKLIST OF MAMMALS OF THE MAGALIESBERG
Compiled from museum records of species collected in the Magaliesberg. as published in Rautenbach, 1982. Nomenclature has been revised in accordance with Smithers, 1983 and 1986.
Elephantulus myurus
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Rock elephant shrew
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Elephantulus brachyrhyncus
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Short-snouted elephant shrew
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Atelerix frontalis
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South African hedgehog
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Myosorex varius
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Forest shrew
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Suncus lixus
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Greater dwarf shrew
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Suncus varilla
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Lesser dwarf shrew
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Suncus infinitesimus
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Least dwarf shrew
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Crocidura cyanea
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Reddish-grey musk shrew
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Crocidura hirta
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Lesser red musk shrew
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Crocidura mariquensis
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Swamp musk shrew
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Crocidura bicolour
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Tiny musk shrew
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Chrysospalax villosus
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Rough-haired golden mole
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Eidolon helvum
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Straw-coloured fruit bat
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Taphozous mauritianus
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Tomb bat
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Nycteris thebaica
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Common slit-faced bat
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Rhinolophus blusii
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Peak-saddle horseshoe bat
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Rhinolophus clivosus
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Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
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Rhinolophus darlingi
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Darling's horseshoe bat
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Rhinolophus simulator
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Bushveld horseshoe bat
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Hipposideros caffer
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Sundevall's leaf-nosed bat
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Cloeotis percivali
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Short-eared trident bat
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Myotis tricolor
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Temminck's hairy bat
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Eptesicus capensis
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Cape serotine bat
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Scotophilus dinganii
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Yellow house bat
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Scotophilus viridis
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Lesser yellow house bat
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Miniopterus schreibersii
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Shreibers' long-fingered bat
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Sauromys petrophilus
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Flat-headed free-tailed bat
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Tadarida aegyptiaca
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Egyptian free-tailed bat
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Papio ursinus
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Chacma baboon
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Cercopithecus aethiops
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Vervet monkey
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Galago moholi
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Lesser bush baby
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Pronolagus randensis
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Jameson's red rock rabbit
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Lepus capensis
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Cape hare
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Lepus saxatilis
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Scrub hare
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Cryptomys hottentotus
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Common mole rat
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Hystrix africaeaustralis
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Cape porcupine
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Thryonomys swinderianus
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Greater cane rat
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Paraxerus cepapi
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Tree squirrel
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Pedetes capensis
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Spring hare
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Graphiurus platyops
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Rock dormouse
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Graphiurus murinus
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Woodland dormouse
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Aethomys namaquensis
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Namaqua rock mouse
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Aethomys chrysophilus
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Red veld rat
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Lemniscomys griselda
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Single-striped mouse
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Mus minutoides
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Pygmy mouse
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Mus musculus
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House mouse
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Mastomys natalensis
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Multimammate mouse
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Rattus rattus
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House rat
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Rhabdomys pumilio
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Striped mouse
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Thallomys paedulcus
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Tree mouse
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Saccostomus campestris
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Pouched mouse
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Dendromus melanotis
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Grey climbing mouse
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Dendromus mystacalis
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Chestnut climbing mouse
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Steatomys pratensis
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Fat mouse
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Tatera leucogaster
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Bushveld gerbil
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Tatera brantsii
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Highveld gerbil
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Otomys angoniensis
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Angoni vlei rat
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Otomys irroratus
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Vlei rat
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Vulpes chama
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Cape fox
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Canis mesomelas
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Black-backed jackal
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Aonyx capensis
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Cape clawless otter
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Lutra maculicollis
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Spotted-necked otter
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Mellivora capensis
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Honey badger
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Poecilogale albinucha
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Striped weasel
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Ictonyx striatus
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Striped polecat
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Civettictis civetta
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African civet
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Genetta genetta
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Small-spotted genet
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Genetta tigrina
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Large-spotted genet
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Cynictis penicillata
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Yellow mongoose
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Galerella sanguinea
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Slender mongoose
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Ichneumia albicauda
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White-tailed mongoose
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Atilax paludinosus
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Water mongoose
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Mungos mungo
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Banded mongoose
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Helogale parvula
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Dwarf mongoose
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Proteles cristatus
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Aardwolf
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Hyaena brunnea
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Brown hyaena
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Panthera pardus
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Leopard
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Felis caracal
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Caracal
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Felis lybica
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African wild cat
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Orycteropus afer
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Antbear
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Procavia capensis
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Rock dassie
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
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Warthog
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Tragelaphus scriptus
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Bushbuck
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Tragelaphus strepsiceros
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Kudu
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Sylvicapra grimmia
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Common duiker
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Redunca arundinum
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Reedbuck
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Redunca fulvorufula
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Mountain reedbuck
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Oreotragus oreotragus
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Klipspringer
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Raphicerus campestris
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Steenbok
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Pelea capreolus
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Grey rhebok
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Mammals Introduced Into Magaliesberg Nature Reserves
Equus burchelli
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Burchell's Zebra
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Giraffa camelopardalis
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Giraffe
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Tragelaphus angasii
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Nyala
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Taurotragus oryx
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Eland
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Kobus ellipsiprymnus
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Waterbuck
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Hippotragus niger
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Sable
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Hippotragus equines
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Roan
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Oryx gazelle
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Gemsbok
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Connochaetes gnou
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Black wildebeest
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Connochaetes taurinus
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Blue wildebeest
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Alcephaus buselaphus
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Red hartebeest
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Damaliscus dorcas
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Blesbok
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Damaliscus lunatus
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Tsessebe
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Aepyceros melampus
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Impala
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Antidorcas marsupialis
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Springbok
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Ourebia ourebi
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Oribi
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Mammals Locally Extinct in the Magaliesberg
Panthera leo
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Lion
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Loxodonta africana
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Elephant
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Ceratotherium simum
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Square-lipped (white) rhinoceros
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Diceros bicornis
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Hook-lipped (black) rhinoceros
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Potamochoerus porcus
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Bushpig
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Hippopotamus amphibious
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Hippopotamus
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Syncerus caffer
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Buffalo
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