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Mammals

Sabie Sands Game Reserve - Greater Kruger National Park

Sighting the "Big Five" has become something of a quest for many people when on safari, and the greater Kruger National Park area has more than its fair share of these, with an estimated 1,700 lion, 14,000 elephant, 3,500 buffalo, 1,400 leopards and 5,000 rhino (black and white). It should certainly not be a pre-requisite of a safari to see these or even a priority, as there are plenty of other fascinating animals and birds in the African bush.

This area is one of the premier game-watching destinations in the world. Approximately 145 mammal species occur in the park. It is possible to see all the classical African big game, including elephant, black and white rhino, hippopotamus, giraffe, zebra, buffalo, warthog and many antelope species. Large carnivores include lion, leopard, cheetah, wild dog and spotted hyena. There are also many smaller mammals which are an equally enticing find. A checklist of some of the most visual species follows:

Aardvark
Aardwolf
Roan Antelope
Sable Antelope
Chacma Baboon
Badger Honey
Bats
Lesser & Thick-tailed Bushbaby
Bushbuck
Bushpig
Greater Cane-rat
Caracal
African Wild Cat.
Cheetah
Civet
Rock Dassie
Wild Dog
Common & Red Duiker
Eland
Elephant
Bat-eared Fox
Large & Small-spotted Genet
Giraffe
Sharpe's Grysbok
Cape, Red, Natal & Scrub Hare
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest
Spotted Hyena
Hippopotamus

 Black-backed & Side-striped Jackal
Impala
Klipspringer
Leopard
Kudu
Mongoose
Lion
Samango & Vervet Monkey
Oribi
Nyala
Pangolin
Otter
Porcupine
Striped Polecat
Mountain & Common Reedbuck
Black & White Rhinoceros
Grey Rhebok
Serval
Tree Squirrel
Springhare
Suni
Steenbok
Warthog
Tsessebe
Blue Wildebeest
Waterbuck
Burchell's Zebra
Giraffe
Porcupine
Giraffe,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Porcupine,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Hippopotamus
Antbear (Aardvark)
Hippopotamus,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Antbear (Aardvark),Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Hyaena
Banded mongoose
Hyaena,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Banded mongoose,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Burchell's Zebra
Scrub Hare
Burchell's Zebra,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Scrub Hare,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Serval
Lesser bushbaby
Serval,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Lesser bushbaby,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
African Elephant

Chacma Baboon
African Elephant,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Chacma Baboon,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Black-Backed Jackal
Side-striped jackal
Black-Backed Jackal ,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Side-striped jackal,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
Black Rhino
White Rhino
Black Rhino,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5
White Rhino,Sabie Sands Game Reserve,Kruger National Park,Big 5