Mammal list
This is a list of all the wild mammals we’ve seen on our trip, at least all those we’ve been able to identify.
| # | Species | Country | Location | Notes |
| 1 | Chacma baboon | SA | Marrick Safari, Augrabies | Troop watches us hiking in Augrabies |
| 2 | Bat-eared fox | SA | Kgaligadi | A pair at dusk |
| 3 | Black-backed jackal | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | Common in Kgalagadi |
| 4 | Honey badger | SA | Kgaligadi | One foraging at midday |
| 5 | Small spotted cat | SA | Marrick Safari | Single night viewing |
| 6 | Yellow mongoose | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | Common in Kgalagadi camps |
| 7 | Slender mongoose | SA | Kgaligadi | One very red one |
| 8 | Aardwolf | SA | Marrick Safari | Four in one night drive |
| 9 | Spotted hyena | SA | Kgaligadi | Hanging around Mata Mata camp |
| 10 | Cheetah | SA | Kgaligadi | A trio hunting, and solitary resting |
| 11 | Lion | SA | Kgaligadi | Two males, and a male + female pair |
| 12 | Common warthog | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 13 | Aardvark | SA | Marrick Safari | One on a night drive, briefly |
| 14 | Plains zebra | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 15 | Blue wildebeest | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | |
| 16 | Black wildebeest | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 17 | Giraffe | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | |
| 18 | Red haartebeest | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | |
| 19 | Grey duiker | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 20 | Springbok | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | |
| 21 | Steenbok | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | |
| 22 | Gemsbok | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | aka Oryx |
| 23 | Greater kudu | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 24 | Waterbuck | SA | Marrick Safari | Fine male plus ladies |
| 25 | Scrub hare | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 26 | Cape hare | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 27 | Spring hare | SA | Marrick Safari | |
| 28 | Ground squirrel | SA | Kgaligadi, Marrick | |
| 29 | Porcupine | SA | Marrick Safari | Three in one night drive |
| 30 | Suricate | SA | Kgaligadi | Morning view of tribe on watch |
| 31 | Rock dassie | SA | Augrabies | Very common at the Falls |
| 32 | Klipspringer | SA | Augrabies | |
| 33 | Eland | SA | Augrabies | One female, two males |
| 34 | Vervet monkey | SA | Augrabies | Troop near camp |
| 35 | Southern right whale | SA | Cape Peninsula | Breaching near Simon’s Town |
| 36 | Cape grey mongoose | SA | Kirstenbosch | In the flowerbed! |
| 37 | Bontebok | SA | Cape Point | |
| 38 | Cape fur seal | SA | Kalk Bay | |
| 39 | Common dolphin | SA | Simon’s Town | Attacking a bait ball |
| 40 | Humpback whale | SA | Hermanus | On whale watching boat trip |
| 41 | Grey rhebok | SA | De Hoop | aka Vaal Rhebok |
| 42 | Mountain zebra | SA | De Hoop | |
| 43 | Bushbuck | SA | De Hoop | |
| 44 | Mountain reedbuck | SA | Great Karoo | |
| 45 | Black rhinoceros | SA | Mountain Zebra NP | Distant sighting of mum and young |
| 46 | Reedbuck | SA | Tillietudlem | |
| 47 | Spotted necked otter | SA | Tillietudlem | A group of four on the top dam, and two on the big dam |
| 48 | Oribi | SA | Tillietudlem | |
| 49 | Hippopotamus | SA | Blyde River Canyon | |
| 50 | White rhinoceros | SA | Kruger, Lower Sabie | |
| 51 | Elephant | SA | Kruger, Lower Sabie | |
| 52 | White-tailed mongoose | SA | Kruger, Lower Sabie | Night drive |
| 53 | Banded mongoose | SA | Kruger, Olifants | |
| 54 | Tree squirrel | SA | Kruger, Olifants | Around camp |
| 55 | Small-spotted genet | SA | Kruger, Punda Maria | |
| 56 | Sharpe’s grysbok | SA | Kruger, Punda Maria | |
| 57 | Nyala | SA | Kruger, Punda Maria | |
| 58 | Four-striped grass mouse | SA | Drakensberg | |
| 59 | Angoni vleirat | SA | Drakensberg | |
| 60 | Buffalo | SA | Kruger, Lower Sabie | |
| 61 | Tsessebe | SA | Kruger, Punda Maria | |
| 62 | Leopard | SA | Kruger, near Letaba | Resting in the daytime |
| 63 | Impala | SA | Kruger | Very common in Kruger |
| 64 | Western tufted rat | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Night walk at Ampijoroa |
| 65 | Golden-brown mouse lemur | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Night walk at Ampijoroa |
| 66 | Mongoose lemur | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Night walk at Ampijoroa |
| 67 | Common brown lemur | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Troop on a day walk |
| 68 | Western avahi (woolly lemur) | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Quiescent on a day walk |
| 69 | Coquerel’s sifaka | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | In camp and on day walks |
| 70 | Fat-tailed dwarf lemur | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Night walk at Ampijoroa |
| 71 | Maurtian Tomb Bat | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Roosting in camp |
| 72 | Milne-Edward’s sportive lemur | Madagascar | Ankarafantsika | Sleeping, on a day |
| 73 | Goodman’s mouse lemur | Madagascar | Andasibe | Night walk |
| 74 | Eastern avahi (woolly lemur) | Madagascar | Andasibe | Night walk |
| 75 | Diademed sifaka | Madagascar | Andasibe | |
| 76 | Indri | Madagascar | Andasibe | |
| 77 | Furry-eared dwarf lemur | Madagascar | Andasibe | Night walk |
| 78 | Black and white ruffed lemur | Madagascar | Matadia | |
| 79 | Lowland streaked tenrec | Madagascar | Matadia | On lemur island! |
| 80 | Eastern red forest rat | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 81 | Brown mouse lemur | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 82 | Greater dwarf lemur | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 83 | Golden bamboo lemur | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 84 | Greater bamboo lemur | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 85 | Red-bellied lemur | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 86 | Red-fronted brown lemur | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 87 | Milne-Edward’s sifaka | Madagascar | Ranomafana | |
| 88 | Rhesus macaque | Nepal | Kathmandu | Swayambhunath |
| 89 | Chital | Nepal | Kathmandu | Pashupatinath |
| 90 | Tibetan gazelle | Tibet | Near Gyantse | Ralung monastery |
| 91 | Himalayan pica | Tibet | Near Gyantse | Ralung monastery |
| 92 | Small indian mongoose | Nepal | Bardia | Changu Narayan |
| 93 | Orange-bellied himalayan squirrel | Nepal | Poon Hill | |
| 94 | Nepal grey langur | Nepal | Poon Hill | |
| 95 | Swamp deer | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 96 | Hog deer | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 97 | Asian elephant | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 98 | Smooth-coated otter | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 99 | Wild boar | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 100 | Terai grey langur | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 101 | Asian one-horned rhinoceros | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 102 | Barking deer | Nepal | Bardia | |
| 103 | Himalayan tahr | Nepal | Langtang | |
| 104 | Mupin pika | Nepal | Langtang | |
| 105 | Dusky langur | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 106 | Variable squirrel | Thailand | Ayutthaya | |
| 107 | Lesser horseshoe bat | Thailand | Tham Lod | |
| 108 | Plantain squirrel | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 109 | Long-tailed macaque | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 110 | Sunda slow loris | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 111 | Sunda colugo | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 112 | Red giant flying squirrel | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 113 | Small-toothed palm civet | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 114 | Common palm civet | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 115 | Agile gibbon | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 116 | Oriental small-clawed otter | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 117 | White-thighed langur | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 118 | Hairy-nosed otter | Thailand | Hala Bala | |
| 119 | Southern pig-tailed macaque | Thailand | Khao Sok | |
| 120 | Gaur | Thailand | Khao Sok | |
| 121 | Sambar | Thailand | Khao Sok | |
| 122 | Red muntjac | Thailand | Khao Sok | |
| 123 | Sunda pangolin | Thailand | Khao Sok | |
| 124 | Indomalayan niviventer | Thailand | Ko Surin | |
| 125 | Sunda short-nosed fruit bat | Thailand | Ko Yao Noi | |
| 126 | Island flying fox | Thailand | Ko Yao Noi | |
| 127 | Black giant squirrel | Malaysia | Penang NP | |
| 128 | Sunda black-striped squirrel | Malaysia | Langkawi | |
| 129 | White-handed gibbon | Thailand | Khao Sok | |
| 130 | Lyle’s flying fox | Cambodia | Near Battambang | |
| 131 | Great roundleaf bat | Malaysia | Langkawi, Killim geopark | |
| 132 | Intermediate roundleaf bat | Malaysia | Langkawi, Killim geopark | |
| 133 | Cave nectar bat | Indonesia | Goa Lawah temple, Bali | |
| 134 | Grey fruit bat | Indonesia | Goa Lawah temple, Bali | |
| 135 | Water buffalo | Indonesia | Rinca island | |
| 136 | Timor deer | Indonesia | Pulau Menjangan, Bali Barat NP | |
| 137 | Common wallaroo (Euro) | Australia | Shark bay | |
| 138 | Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin | Australia | Shark bay | |
| 139 | Dugong | Australia | Shark bay | |
| 140 | Quokka | Australia | Rottnest Island | |
| 141 | Common brush-tailed possum | Australia | Perup nature reserve, WA | |
| 142 | Western grey kangaroo | Australia | Perup nature reserve, WA | |
| 143 | Brush-tailed phascogale | Australia | Perup nature reserve, WA | |
| 144 | Tammar wallaby | Australia | Perup nature reserve, WA | |
| 145 | Western quoll (chuditch) | Australia | Perup nature reserve, WA | |
| 146 | Woylie | Australia | Perup nature reserve, WA | |
| 147 | Red kangaroo | Australia | Shark bay | |
| 148 | New Zealand fur seal | New Zealand | Doubtful Sound | |
| 149 | Hooker’s sealions | New Zealand | Catlins coast | |
| 150 | Sperm whale | New Zealand | Kaikoura | |
| 151 | Dusky dolphin | New Zealand | Kaikoura | |
| 152 | Hector’s dolphin | New Zealand | Queen Charlotte Sound | |
| 153 | Grey-headed flying foxes | Australia | Sydney Botanic Gardens | |
| 154 | Tasmanian pademelon | Australia | Mount Field NP, Tasmania | |
| 155 | Eastern quoll | Australia | Mount Field NP, Tasmania | |
| 156 | Common wombat | Australia | Loongana, Tasmania | |
| 157 | Platypus | Australia | Loongana, Tasmania | |
| 158 | Bennet’s wallaby | Australia | Loongana, Tasmania | |
| 159 | Tasmanian devil | Australia | Loongana, Tasmania | |
| 160 | Spotted-tailed quoll | Australia | Loongana, Tasmania | |
| 161 | Common ringtail possum | Australia | Loongana, Tasmania | |
| 162 | Forrester kangaroo | Australia | Narawntapu NP, Tasmania | Tasmanian sub-species of Eastern Grey Kangaroo |
| 163 | Tasmanian bettong | Australia | Near Bridport, Tasmania | |
| 164 | Southern brown bandicoot | Australia | Mole Creek Guest House, Tasmania | |
| 165 | Koala | Australia | Kennet River, Victoria | |
| 166 | Black (swamp) wallaby | Australia | Port Fairy, Victoria | |
| 167 | Agile antechinus | Australia | Tower Hill Reserve, Victoria | |
| 168 | Red fox | Australia | Melba Gully, Victoria | |
| 169 | Red deer | Australia | Halls Gap, Victoria | |
| 170 | European rabbit | Australia | Everywhere | |
| 171 | House mouse | Australia | Kangaroo Island | |
| 172 | Short-beaked echidna | Australia | Kangaroo Island | Hanson Bay Rd and the main road near Kelly Hill |
| 173 | Australian fur seal | Australia | Kangaroo Island | Amongst NZ fur seals at Admiral’s Arch |
| 174 | Australian sealion | Australia | Kangaroo Island | |
| 175 | Yellow-footed rock wallaby | Australia | Warren Gorge, SA | Also Brachina Gorge drive, bottom half |
| 176 | Water rat | Australia | Torrens River, Adelaide | Right by the bridge near the zoo |
| 177 | Dromedary | Australia | Near Uluru, NT | |
| 178 | Spinifex hopping-mouse | Australia | Curtin Springs, NT | |
| 179 | Brumby | Australia | Mereenie Loop, NT | Feral |
| 180 | Dingo | Australia | Mereenie Loop, NT | |
| 181 | Black-footed rock wallaby | Australia | Heavitree Gap, NT | |
| 182 | Sugar glider | Australia | Royal National Park, NSW | Lady Carrington Drive |
| 183 | South American sealion | Chile | Chiloe | Ferry crossing |
| 184 | Marine otter | Chile | Chepu, Chiloe | |
| 185 | Southern pudu | Chile | Chepu, Chiloe | |
| 186 | Coypu | Chile | Chepu, Chiloe | |
| 187 | Southern river otter | Chile | Chepu, Chiloe | |
| 188 | Chilean dolphin | Chile | Castro, Chiloe | Castro harbour |
| 189 | Olive grass mouse | Chile | Chiloe | Four crossing Ruta 5 in half a kilometer |
| 190 | Peale’s dolphin | Chile | Chiloe | Ferry crossing |
| 191 | Vicuna | Peru | Aguada de Blanca y Salina | |
| 192 | Northern viscacha | Peru | Aguada de Blanca y Salina | |
| 193 | Guanaco | Chile | Parque Nacional Lauca | Near Putre |
| 194 | Bolivian greater mouse | Chile | Parque Nacional Lauca | |
| 195 | Kalinowaki’s Agouti | Peru | Jardin de Mandor | |
| 196 | Mountain viscacha | Chile | Parque Nacional Lauca | At Las Cuevas |
| 197 | Culpeo fox | Chile | El Tatio | In the secret viscacha valley |
| 198 | Black agouti | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 199 | Black-mantle tamarin | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 200 | Brown-throated three-toed sloth | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 201 | Red howler monkey | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 202 | Pygmy marmoset | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 203 | Common squirrel monkey | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 204 | White-fronted capuchin monkey | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 205 | Night monkey | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 206 | Monk saki | Ecuador | Yasuni National Park | |
| 207 | South American coati mundi | Ecuador | Yasuni National Park | |
| 208 | Paca | Ecuador | Yasuni National Park | |
| 209 | Green acouchy | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 210 | White-lined sac-winged bat | Ecuador | Sacha Lodge | |
| 211 | Galapagos sealion | Ecuador | Galapagos | |
| 212 | Santa Fe rice rat | Ecuador | Santa Fe, Galapagos | |
| 213 | Red-tailed squirrel | Ecuador | Mindo | |
| Anderson’s four-eyed opossum | Ecuador | Mindo |