Botswana Mammals

Botswana boasts 164 mammal species of which includes all the Southern Africa's big 5 -- Lion, Leopard, Buffalo, Rhino and Elephant.

Information and facts to some of the mammal species found in Botswana.

Common Family Alphabetical Common Name Alphabetical Aardvark Aardwolf Antelope Roan Antelope Sable Baboon Chacma Badger Honey Buffalo Bushbaby Lesser Bushbaby Thick-tailed Bushbuck Bushpig Cane-Rat Greater Caracal Cat Wild, African Cheetah Civet Dassie Rock Dog Wild Duiker Common Duiker Red Eland Elephant African Fox Bat-eared Genet Large-spotted Genet Small-spotted Giraffe Grysbok Sharpe's Hare Cape Hartebeest Lichtenstein's Hippopotamus Hyaena Spotted Impala Jackal Black-backed Jackal Side-striped Klipspringer Kudu Leopard Lion Mongoose Banded Mongoose Dwarf Mongoose Grey, Large Mongoose Slender Mongoose Water Monkey Vervet Mouse Multimammate, Natal Nyala Oribi Otter cape, Clawless Pangolin Polecat Striped Porcupine Reedbuck Common Rhebok Grey Rhinoceros Black Rhinoceros White Serval Springhare Squirrel Tree Steenbok Suni Tsessebe Warthog Waterbuck Wildebeest Blue Zebra Burchell's Aardvark Aardwolf African Wild Cat African Elephant Banded Mongoose Bat-eared Fox Black Rhinoceros Black-backed Jackal Blue Wildebeest Buffalo Burchell's Zebra Bushbuck Bushpig Cape Clawless Otter Cape Hare Caracal Chacma Baboon Cheetah Civet Common Duiker Common Reedbuck Dwarf Mongoose Eland Giraffe Greater Cane-Rat Grey Rhebok Hippopotamus Honey Badger Impala Klipspringer Kudu Large Grey Mongoose Large-spotted Genet Leopard Lesser Bushbaby Lichtenstein's Hartebeest Lion Natal Multimammate Mouse Nyala Oribi Pangolin Peter's Epauletted Bat Porcupine Red Duiker Roan Antelope Rock Dassie Sable Antelope Serval Sharpe's Grysbok Side-striped Jackal Slender Mongoose Small-spotted Genet Spotted Hyaena Springhare Steenbok Striped Polecat Suni Thick-tailed Bushbaby Tree Squirrel Tsessebe Vervet Monkey Warthog Water Mongoose Waterbuck White Rhinoceros Wild Dog

Accommodation ranges from upmarket lodges to rustic self-catering, tented camps:

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Botswana has many top Game / Nature Reserves, and is home to many of the mammals of southern Africa. Numerous wildlife safari and tour companies operate guided tours to Botswana. Popular adventure travel activities in Botswana include: horse riding safaris, elephant back safaris, mountain biking, birding, wilderness walking trails, science safaris and volunteering especially for GAP year students.

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