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