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Great Escarpment - Africa
Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Area
262625 km²
Elevation
27 - 3461 m
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Artiodactyla
Springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
Steenbok
Raphicerus campestris
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
Common eland
Taurotragus oryx
Carnivora
African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Marsh mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
Caracal
Caracal caracal
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Eucyon
Eucyon khoikhoi
Rusty-spotted genet
Genetta maculata
White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Leopard
Panthera pardus
African striped weasel
Poecilogale albinucha
Aardwolf
Proteles cristata
Chiroptera
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis
Natal long-fingered bat
Miniopterus natalensis
Zulu serotine
Neoromicia zuluensis
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Nycteris thebaica
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus clivosus
African yellow bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Egyptian free-tailed bat
Tadarida aegyptiaca
Hyracoidea
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Lagomorpha
African savanna hare
Lepus victoriae
Perissodactyla
White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
Primates
Chacma baboon
Papio ursinus
Rodentia
Cape porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys natalensis
Namaqua rock rat
Micaelamys namaquensis
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
Greater cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Soricomorpha
Reddish-gray musk shrew
Crocidura cyanea
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer