Mammals of Kafue National Park

The Kafue National Park is one of the biggest National Parks in the world with a huge variety of eco systems. Because this high variety of ecosystems Kafue has one of the highest diversities of mammals. Please find below a list made by the KAfue trust where you can see which animals can be seen in Kafue. Under sightings you will find an overview on the sightings at Mukambi Safari Lodge. Enjoy!!!!

Mammals of the Kafue National Park (excluding rodents, shrews and bats)
Common Name:	Latin Name:
Aardvark	Orycteropus afer
Bush Hyrax	Heterohyrax brucei
Tree Hyrax	Dendrohyrax arboreus
African Elephant	Loxodonta africana
Lesser Nightape	Galago moholi
Thick-tailed Bushbaby	Otolemur crassicaudatus
Vervet Monkey	Cercopithecus pygerythrus
Yellow Baboon	Papio cynocephalus
Chacma Baboon	Papio ursinus
Scrub Hare	Lepus saxatilis
Ground Pangolin	Smutsia temminckii
Cheetah	Acinonyx jubatus
Caracal	Felis caracal
African Wild Cat	Felis lybica
Serval	Felis serval
Lion	Panthera leo
Leopard	Panthera pardus
African Civet	Civettictus civetta
Large Spotted Genet	Genetta maculata
Marsh Mongoose	Atilax paludinosis
Slender Mongoose	Herpestes sanguinea
Dwarf Mongoose	Helogale parvula
Large Grey Mongoose	Herpestes ichneumon
White-tailed Mongoose	Ichneumia albicauda
Banded Mongoose	Mungos mungo
Selous' Mongoose	Paracynictis selousi
Mellers Mongoose	Rhynchogale melleri
Spotted Hyena	Crocuta crocuta
Aardwolf	Proteles cristata
Side-striped Jackel	Canis adustus
African Wild Dog	Lycaon pictus
Striped Polecat/Zorilla	Ictonyx striatus
African Striped Weasel	Poecilogale albinucha
Ratel/Honey Badger	Mellivora capensis
Spotted-necked Otter	Lutra maculicollis
Clawless Otter	Aonyx capensis
Burchell's Zebra	Equus burchelli
Warthog	Phacochoerus africanus
Bush Pig	Potamochoerus larvatus
Hippopotamus	Hippopotamus amphibius
Black Rhinoceros	Diceros bicornis
African Buffalo	Syncerus caffer
Blue Duiker	Cephalophus monticola
Bushbuck	Tragelaphus scriptus
Common Duiker	Sylvicapra grimmia
Eland	Taurotragus oryx
Sharpe's Grysbok	Raphicerus sharpei
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest	Alcelaphus b. lichtensteini
Impala	Aepyceros melampus
Klipspringer	Oreotragus oreotragus
Kudu	Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Red Lechwe	Kobus l. leche
Oribi	Ourebia ourebia
Puku	Kobus vardoni
Reedbuck	Redunca arundinum
Roan	Hippotragus equinus
Sable	Hippotragus niger
sitatunga	Tregalaphus spekei
Steinbuck	Raphicerus campestris
Common Waterbuck	Kobus e. Crawshayi
Defassa Waterbuck	Kobus e. ellipsiprymnus
Blue Wilderbeest	Connochaetes taurinus
Yellow-backed Duiker	Cephalophus silvicultor