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Wildlife of Namibia

Namibia's endangered species include Wild Dog, Black Rhino, Oribi and Puku. The Puku antelope is limited to about 100 individuals along the Chobe River in Botswana and the Linyati marshes in Namibia. The Black and White Rhino have suffered the most from poaching and are on the verge of extinction. If there had been no moves to save them in the last 20 years they probably would have disappeared form the wild altogether. Although both species occur naturally in Namibia, today you will find in many of the reserves that they have been reintroduced. The country also has the largest population in southern Africa of cheetah not contained within National Parks. There are over twenty species of antelope in Namibia ranging from largest, the Eland, to smallest, the Damara dik-dik. The Gemsbok, a striking antelope with long symmetrical horns and distinctive black and white markings is featured on the Namibian coat of arms. Namibia also harbours a wealth of small mammals including Mongoose, Jackal as well as the less common Antbear and Honey Badger, these are not often seen as they are solitary and nocturnal.

 
National parks and nature reserves
Namibia's parks and reserves range from the open bush of the centre and the north where wildlife is relatively plentiful, to the barren and inhospitable coastal strip with its huge sand dunes. The three main tourist attractions for wildlife in Namibia are Etosha National Park, Waterberg Plateau National Park and Cape Cross Seal Reserve.
 
National Parks
Ai-Ais/Richtersveld Transfrontier Park (see also Fish River Canyon and Ai-Ais Hot Springs)
Etosha National Park
Kaudom National Park
Mamili National Park
Mudumu National Park
Namib-Naukluft National Park
Skeleton Coast Park
Waterberg National Pak
[edit] Nature reserves
Caprivi Game Reserve
Kaokoland Nature Reserve
Khaudom Game Reserve
Mahango Game Reserve
Mamili Game Reserve
Mudumugame Game Reserve
Fauna
 
Mammals
Animals native to Namibia:
 
Main article: List of mammals of Namibia
African Bush Elephant
African Golden Cat
African Wild Cat
African Striped Weasel
Banded Mongoose
Black-footed Cat
Blue Duiker
Bongo (antelope)
Brown Hyena
Bushpig
Burchell's Zebra
Cape Clawless Otter
Cape Hunting Dog/Wild Dog
Cape Hare
Chacma Baboon
Common Duiker
Common Eland
Dik-dik
Dwarf Mongoose
Gemsbok
Greater Kudu
Grey Duiker
Ground Pangolin
Ground Squirrel
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
Hook-lipped Rhinoceros/Black Rhinoceros
Honey Badger
Kirk's Dik-dik
Large-spotted Genet
Leopard
Lesser Bushbaby
Mountain Zebra
Oribi
Plains Zebra
Red Rock Rabbit
Red Lechwe
Roan Antelope
Sharpe's Grysbok
Side-Striped Jackal
South African Hedgehog
Southern Reedbuck
Slender Mongoose
Small-spotted Genet
Springbok Antelope
White-tailed Mongoose
 
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