List of animal species in Gonarezhou National Park
The list of animal species in Gonarezhou National Park has been removed for the sake of clarity of the actual article. It is subdivided into classes and, if useful, into orders .
Mammals
Artifacts
- African buffalo ( Syncerus caffer )
- Hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius )
- Giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis )
- Warthog ( Phacochoerus africanus )
- Sable antelope ( Hippotragus niger )
- Roan antelope ( Hippotragus equinus )
- Lichtenstein antelope ( Alcelaphus lichtensteinii ) (probably extinct)
- Ibex ( Raphicerus campestris )
- Nyala ( Tragelaphus angasii )
- Musk rams ( Neotragus moschatus )
- Crown duiker ( Sylvicapra grimmia )
- Cape Goshawk ( Raphicerus melanotis )
- White rams or oribi ( Ourebia ourebi )
- Klipspringer ( Oreotragus oreotragus )
Odd-toed ungulates
- Plains zebra ( Equus quagga )
- The white rhinoceros ( Ceratotherium simum ) has disappeared in the national park
- The attempt to reintroduce the black rhinoceros ( Diceros bicornis ) is planned.
Proboscis
- African elephant ( Loxodonta africana )
Predators
- Lion ( panthera leo )
- Leopard ( panthera pardus )
- Cheetah ( Acinonyx jubatus )
- African wild dog ( Lycaon pictus )
- Scoop dog ( Otocyon megalotis )
Rodents
- Red-bellied bush squirrel ( Paraxerus palliatus )
- Smith's bush squirrel ( Paraxerus cepapi )
Pangolins
- Steppe pangolin ( Manis temminckii )
Reptiles
- Nile crocodile ( Crocodylus niloticus )
- Gray-backed softshell turtle ( Cycloderma frenatum )
- Dark Pelomeduse ( Pelusios subniger )
- Smooth- edged jointed turtle ( Kinixys belliana )
- Spekes jointed turtle ( Kinixys spekii )
- Baobab gecko ( Hemidactylus platycephalus )
- Nucras caesicaudata , a blunt-headed lizard belongingto the real lizards
- Fornasin's blind snake ( Typhlops fornasinii )
fishes
- Bull shark ( Carcharhinus leucas )
- Freshwater goby ( Awaous aeneofuscus )
- Turquoise Prachtgrundkärpfling ( Nothobranchius furzeri )
- Spotted Prachtgrundkärpfling ( Nothobranchius orthonotus )
- West African lungfish ( Protopterus annectens )
- Tiger tetra or tiger fish ( Hydrocynus vittatus )
- Indo-Pacific tarpon ( Megalops cyprinoides )
- It is said that specimens of the Leichhardt saw ray ( Pristis microdon ) were also caught in the park.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority ( Memento of the original from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o World Database on Protected Areas
- ↑ a b Wildlifeafrica.co.za
- ↑ a b Kevin M. Dunham, Feasibility Study for the Development of a Rhino IPZ in Gonarezhou, May 2005 (SADC Regional Program for Rhino Conservation)
- ↑ a b c Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), Gonarezhou National Park Conservation Project, Logframe 2007
- ↑ a b c d e f g R. N. Cunliffe, Sites and Species of Conservation Interest for the CESVI Project Area, Southern Zimbabwe, October 2000 ( BFA No. 7, Biodiversity Foundation for Africa, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe )
