Wildlife of Namibia
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Wildlife of Namibia includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats.
Namibia's endangered species include Wild Dog, Black Rhino, Oribi and Puku. The Puku antelope is limited to about 100 individuals along the Chobe River in Botswana and the Linyati marshes in Namibia. The Black and White Rhino have suffered the most from poaching and are on the verge of extinction. If there had been no moves to save them in the last 20 years they probably would have disappeared form the wild altogether. Although both species occur naturally in Namibia, today you will find in many of the reserves that they have been reintroduced. The country also has the largest population in southern Africa of cheetah not contained within National Parks. There are over twenty species of antelope in Namibia ranging from largest, the Eland, to smallest, the Damara dik-dik. The Gemsbok, a striking antelope with long symmetrical horns and distinctive black and white markings is featured on the Namibian coat of arms. Namibia also harbours a wealth of small mammals including Mongoose, Jackal as well as the less common Antbear and Honey Badger, these are not often seen as they are solitary and nocturnal.
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[edit] National parks and nature reserves
Namibia's parks and reserves range from the open bush of the centre and the north where wildlife is relatively plentiful, to the barren and inhospitable coastal strip with its huge sand dunes. The three main tourist attractions for wildlife in Namibia are Etosha National Park, Waterberg Plateau National Park and Cape Cross Reserve.
[edit] National Parks
- Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (see Fish River Canyon)
- Etosha National Park
- Kaudom National Park
- Mamili National Park
- Mudumu National Park
- Namib-Naukluft National Park
- Skeleton Coast Park
- Waterberg National Pak
[edit] Nature reserves
- Caprivi Game Reserve
- Kaokoland Nature Reserve
- Khaudom Game Reserve
- Mahango Game Reserve
- Mamili Game Reserve
- Mudumugame Game Reserve
[edit] Fauna
Animals native to Namibia:
- Aardwolf
- African Buffalo
- African Bush Elephant
- African Civet
- African Golden Cat
- African Manatee
- African Striped Weasel
- Banded Mongoose
- Bat-eared Fox
- Black Rhinoceros
- Black-footed Cat
- Blue Duiker
- Blue-headed Wood-dove
- Bongo (antelope)
- Brown Hyena
- Bushbuck
- Cape Fox
- Cape Fur Seal
- Cape Hyrax
- Caracal
- Cheetah
- Common Duiker
- Common Eland
- Gemsbok
- Giant Sable Antelope
- Giraffe
- Greater Kudu
- Ground Pangolin
- Hartebeest
- Hippopotamus
- Impala
- Kirk's Dik-dik
- Klipspringer
- Lechwe
- Leopard
- Lion
- Marsh Mongoose
- Meerkat
- Mountain Zebra
- Oribi
- Plains Zebra
- Red-necked Francolin
- Roan Antelope
- Sable Antelope
- Serval
- Sitatunga
- Southern Reedbuck
- Spotted Hyena
- Springbok Antelope
- Steenbok
- Topi
- Trumpeter Hornbill
- Warthog
- Waterbuck
- Wildebeest
- Yellow Mongoose
- Yellow-backed Duiker
[edit] Birds
[edit] Flora
- Senecio haworthii -- Woolly senecio[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Senecio haworthii (Sweet) Sch.Bip. record n° 98154 (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
