User:WolfmanSF/List of African megafauna

Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene, marked by †) megafauna of Africa are listed here.

Class Mammalia

• Aardvark (Orycteropus afer)
• Addax (Addax nasomaculatus)
• African Buffalo (Syncerus caffer)
• African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
• African Deinotherium † (Deinotherium bozasi)
• African False Saber-Tooth Cat † (Dinofelis barlowi)
• African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
• African Mammoth † (Mammuthus africanavus)
• African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis)
• African Steppe Elephant † (Loxodonta adaurora)
• African Muskox † (Makapania)
• African Wild Ass (Equus africanus)
• African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus)
• African wolf † (Canis africanus)
• Anancus †
• Ancylotherium †
• Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx)
• Atlas Bear † (Ursus arctos crowtheri)
• Barbary Lion † (Panthera leo leo)
• Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia)
• Barbary stag (Cervus elaphus barbarus)
• Bay Duiker (Cephalopus dorsalis)
• Black-backed Jackal (Canis mesomelas)
• Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)
• Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou)
• Bluebuck † (Hippotragus leucophaeus)
• Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus)
• Bohor Reedbuck (Redunca redunca)
• Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
• Bonobo (Pan paniscus)
• Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus)
• Brown Hyena (Parahyaena brunnea)
• Bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus)
• Bushpig (Potamochoerus larvatus)
• Cape Porcupine (Hystrix africaeaustralis)
• Cape Warthog † (Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus)
• Caracal (Caracal caracal)
• Chacma Baboon (Papio ursinus)
• Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
• Chasmaporthetes †
• Common Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)
• Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx)
• Common Tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus)
• Common Zebra (Equss quagga burchelli)
• Dama Gazelle (Dama nanger)
• Dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei)
• East African Oryx (Oryx beisa)
• Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei)
• Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis)
• Forest hippopotamus † (Hexaprotodon sp.)
• Four-horned Antelope (Tetracerus quadriconis)
• Gelada baboon (Theropithecus gelada)
• Gemsbok (Oryx gazella)
• Gerenuk (Litocranius walleri)
• Giant Cape Zebra † (Equus capensis)
• Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus)
• Giant Hyena † (Pachycrocuta brevirostris)
• Giant Wildebeest † (Megalotragus)
• Giant Sable † (Hippotragus gigas)
• Giant Bushpig † (Kolphochoerus)
• Giant Elephant † (Elephas recki)
• Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea)
• Gorgon Hippopotamus † (Hippopotamus gorgops)

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• Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni)
• Giant Long-horned Buffalo † (Pelorovis antiquus)
• Giant Warthog † (Metridiochoerus andrewsi)
• Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis)
• Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
• Grevy's Zebra (Equss grevyi)
• Ground Pangolin (Manis temminckii)
• Guinea Baboon (Papio papio)
• Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus)
• Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
• Hirola (Beatragus hunteri)
• Humans (Homo sapiens)
• Impala (Aepyceros melampus)
• Lesser Kudu (Tragelaphus imberbis)
• Leopard (Panthera pardus)
• Lechwe (Kobus leche)
• Lichtenstein's Hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii)
• Lion (Panthera leo)
• Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx)
• Mantled Guereza (Colobus guereza)
• Megantereon † (Machairodontinae)
• Mountain Zebra (Equus zebra)
• Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni)
• Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii)
• Okapi (Okapia johnstoni)
• Olive Baboon (Papio anubis)
• Patas Monkey (Erythrocebus patas)
• Puku (Kobus vardonii)
• Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis)
• Quagga † (Equus quagga quagga)
• Red-capped Mangabey (Cercocebus torquatus)
• Red Hartebeest (Alcelaphus caama)
• Red River Hog (Potamochoerus porcus)
• Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus)
• Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger)
• Sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus)
• Serval (Leptailurus serval)
• Scimitar-horned Oryx (Oryx dammah)
• Scimitar Cat † (Homotherium sp.)
• Side-striped Jackal (Canis adustus)
• Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii)
• Sivatherium †
• Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)
• Springbok (Antidorcas marsupialis)
• Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni)
• Topi (Damaliscus korrigum)
• Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
• Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus)
• White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum)
• Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)

Class Aves

Ostriches reach a height of over 2.7 m (9 ft) and weigh up to 156 kg (345 lb).[28] Eggs laid by the ostrich can weigh 1.4 kg (3 lb) and are the largest in the world today.

• Ostrich (Sturthio camelus)

Class Reptilia

• African Spurred Tortoise (Geochelone sulcata)
• Leopard Tortoise (Geochelone pardalis)

Nile crocodile

• Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)
• Slender-snouted Crocodile (Crocodylus cataphractus)

Class Osteichthyes

• Nile Perch (Lates niloticus)

• Tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus)

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