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Animals of Tanzania
22 animals on this site have a range that includes Tanzania. Each fact file has a map with the whole range.
22 profiles
LCMammals
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer
The aardvark is a pig-sized burrowing mammal of sub-Saharan Africa.
Living
NTMammals
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
The African buffalo is a heavy wild ox of sub-Saharan Africa that lives in herds of dozens to thousands and must drink every day.
Living
ENMammals
African bush elephant
Loxodonta africana
The African bush elephant is the largest land animal alive.
Living
LCMammals
African wildcat
Felis lybica
The African wildcat is a small striped cat of dry Africa and Asia, and the ancestor of every domestic cat.
Living
CRMammals
Black rhinoceros
Diceros bicornis
The black rhinoceros is a two-horned browser of eastern and southern Africa with a pointed, gripping upper lip.
Living
LCMammals
Caracal
Caracal caracal
The caracal is a slim, long-legged cat with black ear tufts, found across Africa and from Arabia to India.
Living
VUMammals
Cheetah
Acinonyx jubatus
The cheetah is the fastest land animal.
Living
VUCrustaceans
Coconut crab
Birgus latro
The coconut crab is the largest land-living arthropod.
Living
LCBirds
Common ostrich
Struthio camelus
The common ostrich is the largest and heaviest living bird and lays the largest egg.
Living
LCBirds
Egyptian goose
Alopochen aegyptiaca
The Egyptian goose is a pale brown waterbird of African rivers, lakes and grassland, marked by a dark ring around each eye.
Living
VUMammals
Giraffe
Giraffa camelopardalis
The giraffe is the tallest land animal.
Living
LCBirds
Greater flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
The greater flamingo is the largest and most widespread flamingo.
Living
VUMammals
Hippopotamus
Hippopotamus amphibius
The hippopotamus spends its days in rivers and lakes and its nights grazing on land.
Living
LCMammals
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
The honey badger is a stocky, loose-skinned mustelid that roams Africa, Arabia and India.
Living
VUMammals
Leopard
Panthera pardus
The leopard is a spotted big cat that lives across Africa and Asia in more kinds of country than any other cat.
Living
VUMammals
Lion
Panthera leo
The lion is the only cat that lives in social groups.
Living
LCMammals
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
The rock hyrax is a squat, rabbit-sized mammal of African and Middle Eastern rock outcrops.
Living
LCMammals
Serval
Leptailurus serval
The serval is a slender African cat with the longest legs and largest ears of any cat for its size.
Living
LCMammals
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
The spotted hyena is Africa's most common large carnivore and a hunter first, not a scavenger.
Living
NTMammals
Striped hyena
Hyaena hyaena
The striped hyena is a small, shaggy scavenger of dry country from North Africa to India.
Living
ENFish
Whale shark
Rhincodon typus
The whale shark is the largest fish in the sea.
Living
NTMammals
White rhinoceros
Ceratotherium simum
The white rhinoceros is the biggest and most social of the five living rhinos.
Living
Other countries in Africa
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- Democratic Republic of the Congo (5)
- Djibouti (1)
- Egypt (8)
- Eritrea (1)
- Eswatini (1)
- Ethiopia (13)
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- Ivory Coast (1)
- Kenya (24)
- Lesotho (1)
- Madagascar (5)
- Malawi (7)
- Mali (1)
- Mauritania (3)
- Morocco (10)
- Mozambique (11)
- Namibia (21)
- Niger (12)
- Nigeria (2)
- Republic of the Congo (2)
- Rwanda (5)
- Senegal (5)
- Somalia (1)
- South Africa (46)
- South Sudan (7)
- Sudan (3)
- The Gambia (1)
- Tunisia (4)
- Uganda (11)
- Western Sahara (3)
- Zambia (14)
- Zimbabwe (17)