List of African megafauna

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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.

Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) Aardwolf (Proteles cristatus) 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 subplanifrons) African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) African Steppe Elephant † (Loxodonta adaurora) African Wild Ass (Equus africanus) African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) African wolf † (Canis africanus} Anancus † Ancylotherium † (Ancylotherium hennigi) Anthracotherium † Atlas Bear † (Ursus arctos crowtheri) Atlas Tortoise † (Testudo altas) Barbary Lion † (Panthera leo leo) Barbary Sheep (Ammotragus lervia) Barbary stag (Cervus elaphus barbarus) Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) Black Wildebeest (Connochaetes gnou) Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus) Bontebok (Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) Brown Hyena (Parahyaena brunnea) Cape Warthog † (Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus) Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) Common Eland (Taurotragus oryx) East African Oryx (Oryx beisa) Eastern Gorilla (Gorilla beringei) Ethiopian Wolf (Canis simensis) Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) Gemsbok (Oryx gazella) Giant Eland (Taurotragus derbianus) Giant Elephant † (Elephas recki) Giant Pangolin (Manis gigantea)

Giant Forest Hog (Hylochoerus meinertzhageni) Giant Long-horned Buffalo † (Pelorovis antiquus) Giant Warthog † (Metridiochoerus andrewsi) Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) Goliath Heron (Ardea goliath) Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) Ground-hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) Hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus) Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) Humans (Homo sapiens) Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaengliae) Impala (Aepyceros melampus) Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) Side-Tusked Pig † (Kubanochoerus gigas) Leopard (Panthera pardus) Lechwe (Kobus leche) Lion (Panthera leo) Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni) Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) Nile Crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus) Nile Monitor (Varanus niloticus) Nyala (Tragelaphus angasii) Okapi (Okapia johnstoni) Ostrich (Sturthio camelus) Quagga † (Equus quagga quagga) Roan Antelope (Hippotragus equinus) Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis) Sable Antelope (Hippotragus niger) Sassaby (Damaliscus lunatus) Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis) Sivatherium † Sperm Whale (Physeter marcocephalus) Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni) Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) Western Gorilla (Gorilla gorilla)