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Common Name Latin Name

Family: Hyaenidae
Aardwolf Proteles cristatus
Brown Hyaena Hyaena brunnea

Family: Felidae
African Wildcat Felis libyca
Leopard Panthera pardus
Caracal Felis caracal
Serval Felis serval

Family: Canidae
Black-Backed Jackal Canis mesomelas

Family: Mustelidae
African Clawless Otter Aonyx capensis
Honey Badger Mellivora capensis
Striped Polecat Ictonyx striatus

Family: Viverridae
Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo
White-Tailed Mongoose Ichneumia albicaudata
Slender Mongoose Herpestes sanguinensis
Water Mongoose Atilax palludinosus
Yellow Mongoose Cynictis penicillata
Large-Spotted Genet Genetta tigrina
Small-Spotted Genet Genetta genetta
African Civet Civetictis civetta

Family: Hystricidae
African Porcupine Hystrix africaeaustralis

Family: Muridae
Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus
Bushveld Gerbil Tatera leucogaster
Cane Rat Thyronomys swinderianus
Fat Mouse Steatomys pratensis
Gray Climbing Mouse Dendromus melanotis
Multimammate Rat Mastomys natalensis
Namaqua Rock Rat Aethomys namaquensis
Pygmy Mouse Mus minutoides
Red Veld Rat Aethomys chrysophilus
Single-Striped Rock Mouse Lemniscomys rosalia
Vlei Rat Otomys irroratus

Family: Scuiridae
Tree Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi

Family: Pedetidae
Springhare Pedetes capensis

Family: Cercopithecidae
Black-Faced Vervet Cercopithecus pygerythrus
Chacma Baboon Papio ursinus

Family: Lorisidae
Lesser Bushbaby Galago senegalensis

Order: Tubulidentata
Aardvark Orycteropus afer

Family: Leporidae
Scrub Hare Lepus saxatilis


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