The hotspot is also the home of several small solitary antelope species including the Cape grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis). From Wordnik.com. [Biological diversity in the Cape Floristic Region] Reference
Nyala (Tragelaphus angasi), wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), steinbuck (Raphicerus campestris) and warthog (Phacochoerus africanus) are also common to the ecoregion. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian coastal flooded savanna] Reference
The most common antelope species in the Cape mountains are the Cape grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), and klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus). From Wordnik.com. [Montane fynbos and renosterveld] Reference
Klipspringers (Oreotragus oreotragus), steenboks (Raphicerus campestris), baboons (Papio ursinus) and leopards (Panthera pardus) occur along the courses of the Kuiseb and Swakop Rivers. From Wordnik.com. [Namib desert] Reference
Some medium sized animals remain, such as the Cape baboon Papio ursinus, brown hyaena Hyaena brunnea, black-backed jackal Canis mesomelas, serval Felis serval and steenbuck Raphicerus campestris. 50 species of small mammals are still found, among them the spotted-necked otter Lutra maculicollis (VU) and the white-tailed rat Mystromus albicaudatis (EN). From Wordnik.com. [Vredefort Dome, South Africa] Reference
The fauna in the Swartberg and Cederberg protected areas reflects their location close to the fynbos-Karoo interface with species such as grysbok Raphicerus melanotis, grey rhebuck Pelea capreolus and klipspringer Oreotragus oreotragus, steenbok Raphicerus campestris and grey duiker Sylvicapra grimmia, as well as karoo species not usually found in mountain fynbos such as springbok Antidorcas marsupialus. From Wordnik.com. [Cape Floral Protected Areas, South Africa] Reference
Also present, but more rarely seen ungulates include the following: common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekei), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), eland (Taurotragus oryx), and grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei). From Wordnik.com. [Western Zambezian grasslands] Reference
Other species include elephant (Loxodonta africana), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardus), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), eland (Taurotragus oryx), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), Damara dik dik (Madoqua kirki), and the black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi VU). From Wordnik.com. [Etosha Pan halophytics] Reference
The mammalian fauna of the Albany Thicket is characterized by different species of antelope including bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), grey rhebok (Pelea capreolus), mountain reedbuck (Redunca fulvorufula), eland (Taurotragus oryx), greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), red hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), cape grysbok (Raphicerus melanotis) and common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia). From Wordnik.com. [Albany thickets] Reference
Sharpe’s grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei) is mainly restricted to low thicket and secondary growth around rocky outcrops. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Miombo woodlands] Reference
Sharpe’s grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei), a little known, probably rare antelope, is well represented in this ecoregion, where it favors dense mopane vegetation. From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian and Mopane woodlands] Reference
Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) and steenbok (Raphicerus campestris) often use them as dung middens; Brant’s whistling rats (Parotomys brantsii) frequently colonize them; and sheep prefer to graze (and therefore deposit dung) on the mounds. From Wordnik.com. [Nama Karoo] Reference
Other species include elephant (Loxodonta africana) giraffe (Giraffa camelopardus), Hartmann’s zebra (Equus zebra hartmannae), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis), gemsbok (Oryx gazella), eland (Taurotragus oryx), kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros), roan (Hippotragus equines), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), Damara dik-dik (Madoqua kirki) and the vulnerable, near-endemic black-faced impala (Aepyceros melampus petersi). From Wordnik.com. [Angolan Mopane woodlands] Reference
Ungulates include zebra (Equus burchelli), roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus), sable antelope (H. niger), bushbuck (Tragelaphus scriptus), kudu (T. strepsiceros), sitatunga (T. spekei), reedbuck (Redunca arundinum), impala (Aepyceros melampus subsp. melampus), common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), oribi (Ourebia ourebi), steenbok (Raphicerus campestris), eland (Taurotragus oryx), blue wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), buffalo (Syncerus caffer), hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus), giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), tsessebe (Damaliscus lunatus), waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus), puku (K. vardoni), and lechwe (K. lechwe). From Wordnik.com. [Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands] Reference
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