Africa Wild Challenge - MAMMAL Checklist of Kgalagadi
Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:33 pm
I've been playing around with the idea of completing my own checklist for mammals of the Kgalagadi Transfrontier park, but realized that it will take me some time to complete if I am only using my own photos. Then I thought about asking you to help and see how long it will take AW members to complete this checklist as a joined challenge. I will start off with a few and as we go along I will copy any contribution onto my list.
Each specie will fall under a separate post, but you can start posting pics of any animal and as I have time I will move your pic together with the others under one specie post.
Rule 1: The pic must be taken in KTP. Only species occuring in KTP are allowed!
Rule 2: Two in One etc are allowed and get extra points.
Rule 3: Scores will be given per animal pic (only 1 pic per animal allowed). See score card below
Rule 4: Only post pics, no comments. Welcome to add anything interesting about the species (the same as for the Bird book)
The winner will be announced after we have completed the list up to the common small mammals. We can continue with round two adding reptiles and birds, but for a start only mammals. Hope you will enjoy the challenge and if you have not completed the full list there will be no restriction to join the " SAMIK" club (Spotted All Mammals In Kgalagadi) later on. An index will be added later as we continue with the listings.
The prize is to have fun with the challenge and all contributing will be winners.
I've generated my list from the SANParks list and modified slightly to exclude vervet monkeys and baboons. All the animals listed can be found in KTP, except one that we might need to look a bit further north.
Large Mammals:
Lion - 10 points
Leopard - 20 points
Cheetah - 15 points
Caracal - 30 points
African Wild Cat - 15 points
African Wild Dog - 100 points
Aardwolf - 100 points
Brown Hyena - 20 points
Spotted Hyena - 10 points
Black-Backed Jackal - 5 points
Honey Badger - 20 points
Cape Fox - 20 points
Bat-Eared Fox - 15 points
Antbear (Aardvark) - 100 points
Warthog - 50 points
Chacma Baboon - 10 points
Vervet Monkey - 10 points
Small Mammals (Common):
Small-spotted genet - 30 points
Slender Mongoose - 10 points
Yellow Mongoose - 5 points
Suricate (Meerkat) - 15 points
Cape Ground Squirrel - 5 points
Black-Tailed Tree Rat - 15 points
Four-Striped Grass Mouse - 20 points
Brant’s Whistling Rat - 20 points
Cape Hare - 30 points
Scrub Hare - 30 points
Springhare - 30 points
Pangolin - 100 points
Porcupine - 50 points
Rock Dassie (Rock Hyrax) - 100 points
Antelope/Ungulate:
Eland - 30 points
Giraffe - 10 points
Kudu - 10 points
Gemsbok - 5 points
Springbok - 5 points
Steenbok - 5 points
Red Hartebeest - 5 points
Blue Wildebeest - 5 points
Common Duiker -
Small Mammals (Rare):
Small Spotted Cat - 50 points
African Striped Weasel - 50 points
South African Hedgehog - 50 points
Striped Polecat - 50 points
Egyptian Free-Tailed Bat - 50 points
Common Slit-Faced Bat - 50 points
Cape Serotine Bat - 50 points
Highveld Gerbil - 50 points
Bushveld Gerbil - 50 points
Brush-tailed hairy-footed Gerbil - 50 points
Hairy-footed Gerbil - 50 points
Short-tailed gerbil - 50 points
Round-Eared Elephant Shrew - 50 points
Bushveld Elephant Shrew - 50 points
Woosnam’s Desert Rat - 50 points
Common Mole Rat - 50 points
Grey Climbing Mouse - 50 points
Namaqua Rock Mouse - 50 points
Large-Eared Mouse - 50 points
Pouched Mouse - 50 points
Desert Pygmy mouse - 50 points
AW MEMBERS MAMMAL CHECKLIST OF KGALAGADI TRANSFRONTIER PARK - see post below
Each specie will fall under a separate post, but you can start posting pics of any animal and as I have time I will move your pic together with the others under one specie post.
Rule 1: The pic must be taken in KTP. Only species occuring in KTP are allowed!
Rule 2: Two in One etc are allowed and get extra points.
Rule 3: Scores will be given per animal pic (only 1 pic per animal allowed). See score card below
Rule 4: Only post pics, no comments. Welcome to add anything interesting about the species (the same as for the Bird book)
The winner will be announced after we have completed the list up to the common small mammals. We can continue with round two adding reptiles and birds, but for a start only mammals. Hope you will enjoy the challenge and if you have not completed the full list there will be no restriction to join the " SAMIK" club (Spotted All Mammals In Kgalagadi) later on. An index will be added later as we continue with the listings.
The prize is to have fun with the challenge and all contributing will be winners.
I've generated my list from the SANParks list and modified slightly to exclude vervet monkeys and baboons. All the animals listed can be found in KTP, except one that we might need to look a bit further north.
Large Mammals:
Lion - 10 points
Leopard - 20 points
Cheetah - 15 points
Caracal - 30 points
African Wild Cat - 15 points
African Wild Dog - 100 points
Aardwolf - 100 points
Brown Hyena - 20 points
Spotted Hyena - 10 points
Black-Backed Jackal - 5 points
Honey Badger - 20 points
Cape Fox - 20 points
Bat-Eared Fox - 15 points
Antbear (Aardvark) - 100 points
Warthog - 50 points
Chacma Baboon - 10 points
Vervet Monkey - 10 points
Small Mammals (Common):
Small-spotted genet - 30 points
Slender Mongoose - 10 points
Yellow Mongoose - 5 points
Suricate (Meerkat) - 15 points
Cape Ground Squirrel - 5 points
Black-Tailed Tree Rat - 15 points
Four-Striped Grass Mouse - 20 points
Brant’s Whistling Rat - 20 points
Cape Hare - 30 points
Scrub Hare - 30 points
Springhare - 30 points
Pangolin - 100 points
Porcupine - 50 points
Rock Dassie (Rock Hyrax) - 100 points
Antelope/Ungulate:
Eland - 30 points
Giraffe - 10 points
Kudu - 10 points
Gemsbok - 5 points
Springbok - 5 points
Steenbok - 5 points
Red Hartebeest - 5 points
Blue Wildebeest - 5 points
Common Duiker -
Small Mammals (Rare):
Small Spotted Cat - 50 points
African Striped Weasel - 50 points
South African Hedgehog - 50 points
Striped Polecat - 50 points
Egyptian Free-Tailed Bat - 50 points
Common Slit-Faced Bat - 50 points
Cape Serotine Bat - 50 points
Highveld Gerbil - 50 points
Bushveld Gerbil - 50 points
Brush-tailed hairy-footed Gerbil - 50 points
Hairy-footed Gerbil - 50 points
Short-tailed gerbil - 50 points
Round-Eared Elephant Shrew - 50 points
Bushveld Elephant Shrew - 50 points
Woosnam’s Desert Rat - 50 points
Common Mole Rat - 50 points
Grey Climbing Mouse - 50 points
Namaqua Rock Mouse - 50 points
Large-Eared Mouse - 50 points
Pouched Mouse - 50 points
Desert Pygmy mouse - 50 points
AW MEMBERS MAMMAL CHECKLIST OF KGALAGADI TRANSFRONTIER PARK - see post below
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