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Mozambique - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Mozambique. 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.
Mozambique is an country located in the south-east of Africa. It is bordered by Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Swaziland, and by the Indian Ocean to the east. There is the Zambezi river. The following shows the distribution of animals in Mozambique.
| Mozambique | |
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Mozambique
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Odd-toed ungulate |
Black Rhinoceros |
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Mozambique
extant species |
 | Elephant shrew |
Checkered Elephant Shrew ,
Four-toed Elephant Shrew ,
Short-snouted Elephant Shrew ,
Dusky Elephant Shrew,
Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew ,
Arend's Golden Mole,
Yellow Golden Mole |  | Aardvark |
Aardvark (Living fossil) |  | Hyrax |
Rock Hyrax ,
Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax ,
Southern Tree Hyrax |  | Elephant |
African elephant (７．３m) |  | Primate |
Brown Greater Galago ,
Mohol Bushbaby ,
Zanzibar Bushbaby ,
Grant's Bushbaby,
Vervet Monkeys' ,
Blue Monkey ,
Yellow Baboon ,
Chacma Baboon |  | Rodent |
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrel ,
Springhare ,
Cape Porcupine ,
Mutable Sun Squirrel,
Smith's Bush Squirrel,
Red Bush Squirrel,
Vincent's Bush Squirrel,
Striped Bush Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Natal Red Rock Hare ,
Jameson's Red Rock Hare ,
Cape Hare |  | Hedgehog |
Four-toed Hedgehog |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Common Warthog ,
Bushpig ,
Hippopotamus ,
Giraffe (５m),
African Buffalo ,
Sitatunga ,
Nyala ,
Greater Kudu ,
Bushbuck ,
Common Eland ,
Red Forest Duiker ,
Blue Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Sable Antelope ,
Suni ,
Klipspringer ,
Oribi ,
Steenbok ,
Sharpe's Grysbok ,
Waterbuck ,
Southern Reedbuck ,
Mountain Reedbuck ,
Impala ,
Tsessebe ,
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest ,
Blue Wildebeest (Massive migration) |  | Megabat |
Angolan Rousette,
Egyptian Rousette ,
Dobson's Fruit Bat ,
Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat | | Odd-toed ungulate |
Plains Zebra (Stripe),
White Rhinoceros |  | Pangolin |
Ground Pangolin |  | Carnivora |
African Palm Civet ,
Wild Cat (Spotted),
Cheetah ,
Serval (Spotted),
Caracal (Tufted large ear),
Lion (２．５m),
Leopard (Spotted),
African Civet (Spotted),
Abyssinian Genet (Spotted),
Common Genet (Spotted),
Rusty-spotted Genet (Spotted),
Brown Hyena ,
Spotted Hyena ,
Aardwolf ,
Marsh Mongoose ,
Slender Mongoose ,
Common Dwarf Mongoose ,
Egyptian Mongoose ,
White-tailed Mongoose ,
Banded Mongoose ,
Selous' Mongoose ,
Meller's Mongoose ,
Side-striped Jackal ,
Black-backed Jackal ,
African Wild Dog ,
Bat-eared Fox (Unusual large ears),
African Clawless Otter ,
Spotted-necked Otter ,
Striped Polecat (Foul-smelling secretions),
Honey Badger ,
African Striped Weasel |  | Crocodile |
Nile Crocodile |  | Lizard |
Rock Monitor |  | Chameleon |
Meller's Chameleon |  | Snake |
Mozambique Centipede-eater |  | Ostrich |
Ostrich (２．７５m) |  | 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 |
Red-billed Hornbill ,
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill ,
Crowned Hornbill ,
African Grey Hornbill ,
Pale-billed Hornbill ,
Trumpeter Hornbill ,
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill |  | Crane |
Grey Crowned Crane ,
Wattled Crane |  | Turaco |
Livingstone's Turaco ,
Purple-crested Turaco ,
Grey Go-away-bird |  | Pelican |
White Pelican ,
Pink-backed Pelican |  | Flamingo |
Lesser Flamingo ,
American Flamingo |  | Parrot |
Cape Parrot ,
Meyer's Parrot ,
Brown-headed Parrot ,
Nyasa Lovebird |  | bird (CR) |
Long-billed Tailorbird | | bird (EN) |
Madagascar Pond Heron ,
Cholo Alethe |  | tree |
African Baobab |
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Mozambique
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
Dugong |  | Marine mammal |
Brown Fur Seal ,
Southern Elephant Seal (５m) |  | Turtle |
Loggerhead Sea Turtle ,
Green turtle ,
Hawksbill turtle ,
Olive Ridley ,
Leatherback turtle |  | Frigatebird |
Great Frigatebird |  | Albatross |
Wandering Albatross ,
Black-browed Albatross ,
Shy Albatross ,
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross ,
Indian Yellow-nosed Albatross |  | Penguin |
African Penguin |  | Ray |
Manta ray ,
Largetooth sawfish ,
Longcomb sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Great hammerhead ,
Great white shark ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Indo-Pacific sailfish ,
Black Marlin ,
Striped Marlin |
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Mozambique
small extant
species |
 | Frog (EN) |
Mashonaland Toad ,
(Nothophryne broadleyi) |
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