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Malawi - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Malawi. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Malawi is an inland country located in the south of Africa and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Zambia, Tanzania and Mozambique. There is the Lake Malawi in the central. The following shows the distribution of animals in Malawi.
| Malawi | |
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Malawi
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Even-toed ungulate |
Giraffe (５m) |  | Carnivora |
Cheetah |
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Malawi
extant species |
 | Elephant shrew |
Checkered Elephant Shrew ,
Four-toed Elephant Shrew ,
Short-snouted Elephant Shrew ,
Dusky Elephant Shrew |  | Aardvark |
Aardvark (Living fossil) |  | Hyrax |
Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax |  | Elephant |
African elephant (７．３m) |  | Primate |
Brown Greater Galago ,
Mohol Bushbaby ,
Zanzibar Bushbaby ,
Thomas's Bushbaby,
Grant's Bushbaby,
Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby,
Vervet Monkeys' ,
Blue Monkey ,
Yellow Baboon ,
Chacma Baboon ,
Angola Colobus |  | Rodent |
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrel ,
Cape Porcupine ,
Mutable Sun Squirrel,
Smith's Bush Squirrel,
Red Bush Squirrel,
Black and Red Bush Squirrel,
Striped Bush Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Smith's Red Rock Hare |  | Hedgehog |
Four-toed Hedgehog | | Even-toed ungulate |
Common Warthog ,
Bushpig ,
Hippopotamus ,
African Buffalo ,
Nyala ,
Greater Kudu ,
Bushbuck ,
Common Eland ,
Red Forest Duiker ,
Blue Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Sable Antelope ,
Suni ,
Klipspringer ,
Oribi ,
Sharpe's Grysbok ,
Waterbuck ,
Puku ,
Southern Reedbuck ,
Impala ,
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest ,
Blue Wildebeest (Massive migration) |  | Megabat |
Egyptian Rousette ,
Long-haired Rousette ,
D'Anchieta's Fruit Bat ,
Dobson's Fruit Bat ,
Ansell's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat |  | Odd-toed ungulate |
Plains Zebra (Stripe),
Black Rhinoceros | | Carnivora |
African Palm Civet ,
Wild Cat (Spotted),
Serval (Spotted),
Caracal (Tufted large ear),
Lion (２．５m),
Leopard (Spotted),
African Civet (Spotted),
Abyssinian Genet (Spotted),
Rusty-spotted Genet (Spotted),
Brown Hyena ,
Spotted Hyena ,
Marsh Mongoose ,
Bushy-tailed Mongoose ,
Slender Mongoose ,
Common Dwarf Mongoose ,
Egyptian Mongoose ,
Banded Mongoose ,
Selous' Mongoose ,
Meller's Mongoose ,
Side-striped Jackal ,
African Wild Dog ,
African Clawless Otter ,
Spotted-necked Otter ,
Striped Polecat (Foul-smelling secretions),
Honey Badger ,
African Striped Weasel |  | Crocodile |
Nile Crocodile |  | Chameleon |
Meller's Chameleon ,
Mlanje Mountain Chameleon ,
Beardless Pygmy Chameleon ,
(Rhampholeon chapmanorum) ,
Pitless Pygmy Chameleon ,
(Rhampholeon platyceps) |  | Goose |
Spur-winged Goose ,
Egyptian Goose |  | Guineafowl |
Helmeted Guineafowl ,
Crested Guineafowl |  | Stork |
Yellow-billed Stork ,
African Openbill Stork ,
Abdim's Stork ,
Woolly-necked Stork ,
White Stork ,
Black Stork ,
Saddle-billed Stork ,
Marabou Stork |  | Ibis |
Sacred Ibis ,
Hadada Ibis ,
Glossy Ibis ,
African Spoonbill |  | Hornbill |
|  | Crane |
Grey Crowned Crane ,
Wattled Crane |  | Turaco |
Livingstone's Turaco ,
Schalow's Turaco ,
Purple-crested Turaco ,
Bare-faced Go-away-bird ,
Grey Go-away-bird |  | Flamingo |
Lesser Flamingo ,
American Flamingo |  | Parrot |
Cape Parrot ,
Meyer's Parrot ,
Brown-headed Parrot ,
Nyasa Lovebird |  | endemic bird |
Mali Firefinch | | bird (EN) |
Madagascar Pond Heron ,
Cholo Alethe ,
Spotted Ground-thrush |
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Malawi
small extant
species |
 | Frog (EN) |
Ruo River Screeching Frog ,
(Hyperolius puncticulatus) (Yellow),
(Nothophryne broadleyi),
Johnston's River Frog ,
(Ptychadena broadleyi) |
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