Nyika Plateau (nn) - Africa
Malawi, Zambia
Area
736 km²
Elevation
737 - 1727 m
Hierarchy
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Artiodactyla
Impala
Aepyceros melampus
Hartebeest
Alcelaphus buselaphus
Roan antelope
Hippotragus equinus
Sable antelope
Hippotragus niger
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Klipspringer
Oreotragus oreotragus
Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Blue duiker
Philantomba monticola
Bushpig
Potamochoerus larvatus
Sharpe's grysbok
Raphicerus sharpei
Southern reedbuck
Redunca arundinum
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Common eland
Taurotragus oryx
Greater kudu
Tragelaphus strepsiceros
Carnivora
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Marsh mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
Bushy-tailed mongoose
Bdeogale crassicauda
Caracal
Caracal caracal
African civet
Civettictis civetta
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Rusty-spotted genet
Genetta maculata
Common dwarf mongoose
Helogale parvula
Egyptian mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus
Serval
Leptailurus serval
African wild dog
Lycaon pictus
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Banded mongoose
Mungos mungo
Bat-eared fox
Otocyon megalotis
Lion
Panthera leo
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Selous's mongoose
Paracynictis selousi
African striped weasel
Poecilogale albinucha
Meller's mongoose
Rhynchogale melleri
Chiroptera
Afronycteris nanus
Afronycteris nanus
Little free-tailed bat
Chaerephon pumilus
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Peters's epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus crypturus
Epomophorus dobsonii
Epomophorus dobsonii
Minor epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus minor
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis
De Winton's long-eared bat
Laephotis wintoni
Angolan rousette
Lissonycteris angolensis
Natal long-fingered bat
Miniopterus natalensis
Angolan free-tailed bat
Mops condylurus
Welwitsch's bat
Myotis welwitschii
Hairy slit-faced bat
Nycteris hispida
Large-eared slit-faced bat
Nycteris macrotis
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Nycteris thebaica
Nycticeinops schlieffenii
Nycticeinops schlieffenii
Dusky pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus
D'Anchieta's fruit bat
Plerotes anchietae
Rendall's serotine
Pseudoromicia rendalli
Blasius's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus blasii
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus clivosus
African yellow bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Eastern greenish yellow bat
Scotophilus viridis
African giant free-tailed bat
Tadarida ventralis
Mauritian tomb bat
Taphozous mauritianus
Erinaceomorpha
Four-toed hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
Hyracoidea
Southern tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax arboreus
Yellow-spotted rock hyrax
Heterohyrax brucei
Lagomorpha
African savanna hare
Lepus victoriae
Smith's red rock hare
Pronolagus rupestris
Macroscelidea
Short-snouted elephant shrew
Elephantulus brachyrhynchus
Four-toed elephant shrew
Petrodromus tetradactylus
Chequered sengi
Rhynchocyon cirnei
Perissodactyla
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
Plains zebra
Equus quagga
Primates
Blue monkey
Cercopithecus mitis
Vervet monkey
Chlorocebus pygerythrus
Mohol bushbaby
Galago moholi
Brown greater galago
Otolemur crassicaudatus
Yellow baboon
Papio cynocephalus
Rodentia
Southern African spiny mouse
Acomys spinosissimus
Red rock rat
Aethomys chrysophilus
Kaiser's rock rat
Aethomys kaiseri
Nyika rock rat
Aethomys nyikae
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
Greater hamster-rat
Beamys major
Southern giant pouched rat
Cricetomys ansorgei
African marsh rat
Dasymys incomtus
Gray climbing mouse
Dendromus melanotis
Chestnut climbing mouse
Dendromus mystacalis
Nyika climbing mouse
Dendromus nyikae
Boehm's gerbil
Gerbilliscus boehmi
Bushveld gerbil
Gerbilliscus leucogaster
Woodland thicket rat
Grammomys dolichurus
Small-eared dormouse
Graphiurus microtis
Silvery mole-rat
Heliophobius argenteocinereus
Mutable sun squirrel
Heliosciurus mutabilis
Cape porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys natalensis
Callewaert's mouse
Mus callewaerti
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
Neave's mouse
Mus neavei
Gray-bellied pygmy mouse
Mus triton
Smith's bush squirrel
Paraxerus cepapi
Creek groove-toothed swamp rat
Pelomys fallax
Black rat
Rattus rattus
South African pouched mouse
Saccostomus campestris
Fat mouse
Steatomys pratensis
Lesser cane rat
Thryonomys gregorianus
Greater cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
Zelotomys hildegardeae
Soricomorpha
Bicolored musk shrew
Crocidura fuscomurina
Lesser red musk shrew
Crocidura hirta
Moonshine shrew
Crocidura luna
African black shrew
Crocidura nigrofusca
African giant shrew
Crocidura olivieri
Turbo shrew
Crocidura turba
Nyika burrowing shrew
Myosorex gnoskei
Climbing shrew
Suncus megalura
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer