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The Fauna of Africa, in its broader sense, is all the animals living in Africa and its surrounding seas and islands. The more characteristic African fauna is found in the Afro-tropical realm. [1] Lying almost entirely within the tropics, and equally to north and south of the equator creates favorable conditions for rich wildlife.
M. African mantis. Categories: Fauna of Africa. Lists of biota of Africa. Lists of animals by continent.
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The springbok antelope (Antidorcas marsupialis) is the national animal of South Africa. This is a list of the mammal species recorded in South Africa. There are 299 mammal species in South Africa, of which two are critically endangered, eleven are endangered, fifteen are vulnerable, and thirteen are near threatened.
This category has the following 10 subcategories, out of 10 total. Fauna of Africa by conservation status (4 C) Fauna of Africa by country (56 C) Fauna of Africa by dependent territory (3 C) Fauna of Africa by region (11 C)
List of mammals of the Central African Republic. List of mammals of Ceuta, Melilla and the Plazas de Soberanía. List of mammals of Chad. List of mammals of the Comoros. List of mammals of the Republic of the Congo. List of mammals of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures North African elephant: Loxodonta africana pharaoensis: North Africa: Neolithic rock art indicates that the African bush elephant inhabited much of the Sahara desert and North Africa at the beginning of the Holocene, and Ancient authors wrote that it was present in the Atlas Mountains, the Red Sea coast, and Nubia until the first few ...
This is a list of African primates, containing all recent species of primates found in Africa including Madagascar. According to the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group there are currently 216 species (111 in the mainland while the 105 are found in Madagascar). [ 1 ]