South African Game Species

EnglishAfrikaansLatinOrderFamilySub Family
Black WildebeestSwartwildebeesConnochaetes gnouArtiodactylaBovidaeAlcelaphinae
BlesbokBlesbokDamaliscus dorcas phillipsiArtiodactylaBovidaeAlcelaphinae
Blue DuikerBlouduikerPhilanromba monticolaArtiodactylaBovidaeCephalophinae
Blue WildebeestBlouwildebeesConnochaetes taurinusArtiodactylaBovidaeAlcelaphinae
BontebokBontebokDamaliscus dorcas dorcasArtiodactylaBovidaeAlcelaphinae
BuffaloBuffelSyncerus cafferArtiodactylaBovidaeBovinae
BushbuckBosbokTragelaphus scriptusArtiodactylaBovidaeBovinae
BushpigBosvarkPotamochoerus porcusArtiodactylaSuidae 
Common DuikerGewone DuikerSylvicapra grimmiaArtiodactylaBovidaeCephalophinae
Common ReedbuckRietbokRedunca arundinumArtiodactylaBovidaeReduncinae
ElandElandTaurotragus oryxArtiodactylaBovidaeBovinae
GemsbokGemsbokOryx gazellaArtiodactylaBovidaeHippotraginae
GiraffeKameelperdGiraffa camelopardalisArtiodactylaGiraffidae 
Grey RhebuckVaalribbokPelea capreolusArtiodactylaBovidaePeleinae
HippopotamusSeekoeiHippopotamus amphibiusArtiodactylaHippopotamidae 
ImpalaRooibokAepyceros melampus melampusArtiodactylaBovidaeAepycerotinae
KlipspringerKlipspringerOreotragus oreotragusArtiodactylaBovidaeAntilopinae
KuduKoedoeTragelaphus strepsicerosArtiodactylaBovidaeBovinae
Lichtenstein's HartebeestMofhartbeesSigmoceros lichtensteiniiArtiodactylaBovidaeAlcelaphinae
Mountain ReedbuckRooiribbokRedunca fulvorufulaArtiodactylaBovidaeReduncinae
NyalaNjalaTragelaphus angasliArtiodactylaBovidaeBovinae
OribiOorbietjieOurebia ourebiArtiodactylaBovidaeAntilopinae
Red DuikerRooiduikerCephalophus natalensisArtiodactylaBovidaeCephalophinae
Red HartebeestRooihartbeesAlcelaphus buselaphusArtiodactylaBovidaeAlcelaphinae
Red LechweRooilechweKobus lecheArtiodactylaBovidaeReduncinae
RoanBastergemsbokHippotragus equinusArtiodactylaBovidaeHippotraginae
Sharpe's GrysbokSharpe's GrysbokRaphicerus sharpelArtiodactylaBovidaeAntilopinae
SpringbuckSpringbokAntidorcas marsupialisArtiodactylaBovidaeAntilopinae
SteenbokSteenbokRaphicerus campestrisArtiodactylaBovidaeAntilopinae
SuniSoenieNeotragus moschatusArtiodactylaBovidaeAntilopinae
TsessebeBasterhartbeesDamaliscus lunatusArtiodactylaBovidaeAlcelaphinae
WarthogVlakvarkPhacochoerus aethiopicusArtiodactylaSuidae 
Water BuffaloWater buffelSyncerus bubalusArtiodactyla  
WaterbuckWaterbokKobus ellipsiprymnusArtiodactylaBovidaeReduncinae
SableSwartwitpensHippotragus nigerArtiodactyleBovidaeHippotraginae
African CivetAfrikaanse SiwetCivettictis civettaCarnivoraViverridaeViverrinae
African WeaselSlangmuishondPoecilogale albinuchaCarnivoraMustelidaeMustelinae
African Wild CatVaalboskatFelis lybicaCarnivoraFelidaeFelinae
Banded MongooseGebande MuishondMungos mungoCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
Black-Backed JackalRooijakkalsCanis mesomelasCarnivoraCanidae 
Brown HyenaStrandjutHyaena brunneaCarnivoraHyaenidae 
Bushy-Tailed MongooseBorstelstertmuishondBdeogale crassicaudaCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
CaracalRooikatFelis caracalCarnivoraFelidaeFelinae
CheetahJagluiperdAcinonyx jabatusCarnivoraFelidaeFelinae
Dwarf MongooseDwergmuishondHelogale parvulaCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
Honey BadgerRatelMellivora capensisCarnivoraMustelidaeMellivorinae
Large Grey MongooseGrootgrysmuishondHerpestes ichneumonCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
Large Spotted GenetRooimuskejaatkatGenetta tigrinaCarnivoraViverridaeViverrinae
LeopardLuiperdPanthera pardusCarnivoraFelidaeFelinae
LionLeeuPanthera leoCarnivoraFelidaeFelinae
Meller's MoongooseMeller's MoongooseRhynchogale melleriCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
Selous MongooseKleinwitstertmuishondParacynictis selousiCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
ServalTierboskatFelis servalCarnivoraFelidaeFelinae
Side-Striped JackalWitkwasjakkalsCanis adustusCarnivoraCanidae 
Slender MongooseSwartwasmuishondGalerella sanguineaCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
Small Spotted GenetKleinkolmuskejaatkatGenetta genettaCarnivoraViverridaeViverrinae
Spotted HyenaGevlekte HiënaCrocuta CcocutaCarnivoraHyaenidae 
Striped PolecatStinkmuishondIctonyx striatusCarnivoraMustelidaeMustelinae
Water MongooseKommetjiegatmuishondAtilax paludinosusCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
White-Tailed MongooseWitstertmuishondIchneumia albicaudaCarnivoraViverridaeHerpestinae
Wild DogWildehondLycaon pictusCarnivoraCanidae 
Rock DassieklipdasProcavia capensisHydracoideaProcaviidae 
Spotted Rock DasieGeelkoldasHeterohyrax bruceiHydracoideaProcaviidae 
Tree DassieBoomdasDendrohyrax arboreusHydracoideaProcaviidae 
Black RhinocerosSwartrenosterDiceros bicornisPerissodactylaRhinocerotidae 
Burchell's ZebraBontkwaggaEquus burchelliPerissodactylaEquidae 
Cape Mountain ZebraKaapse bergkwaggaEquus zebraPerissodactylaEquidae 
Hartmann's Mountain ZebraHartmann's bergkwaggaEquus zebra hartmannaePerissodactylaEquidae 
White RhinocerosWitrenosterCeratotherium simumPerissodactylaRhinocerotidae 
Chacma BaboonKaapse BobbejaanPapio ursinusPrimatesCercopithecinaeCercopithecinae
Grant's BushbabyGrant's NagapieGalagoides zanzibaricusPrimatesLorisidaeGalaginae
Thick-tailled BushbabyBosnagaapOtolemur crassicaudatusPrimatesLorisidaeGalaginae
Vervet MonkeyBlouaapCercopithecus aethiopsPrimatesCercopithecidae 
Yellow BaboonGeelbobbejaanPapio cynocephalusPrimatesCercopithecinaeCercopithecinae
ElephantOlifantLoxodonta africanaProboscideaElephantidae 
Cape PorcupineKaapse YstervarkHystrix africaeaustralisRodentiaHystricidae 
OstrichVolstruisStruthio camelusStruthioniformesStruthio 
AardvarkErdvarkOrycteropusTubulidentataOrycteropodidae