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Zambia - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Zambia. 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.
Zambia is an inland country located in the south of Africa and the tropical zone. It is surrounded by Angola, Congo DR, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. The following shows the distribution of animals in Zambia.
| Zambia | |
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Zambia
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Ostrich |
Ostrich (２．７５m) |
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Zambia
extant species |
 | Elephant shrew |
Checkered Elephant Shrew ,
Four-toed Elephant Shrew ,
Short-snouted Elephant Shrew ,
Dusky Elephant Shrew |  | Aardvark |
Aardvark (Living fossil) |  | Hyrax |
Rock Hyrax ,
Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax |  | Elephant |
African elephant (７．３m) |  | Primate |
Brown Greater Galago ,
Mohol Bushbaby ,
Vervet Monkeys' ,
Blue Monkey ,
Red-tailed Monkey ,
Yellow Baboon ,
Chacma Baboon ,
Angola Colobus |  | Rodent |
Beecroft's Flying Squirrel ,
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrel ,
Springhare ,
Cape Porcupine ,
Gambian Sun Squirrel,
Mutable Sun Squirrel,
Smith's Bush Squirrel,
Boehm's Bush Squirrel,
Black and Red Bush Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Smith's Red Rock Hare ,
Cape Hare ,
African Savanna Hare |  | Pangolin |
Tree Pangolin ,
Ground Pangolin |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Common Warthog ,
Bushpig ,
Hippopotamus ,
Giraffe (５m),
African Buffalo ,
Sitatunga ,
Greater Kudu ,
Bushbuck ,
Common Eland ,
Red Forest Duiker ,
Yellow-backed Duiker ,
Blue Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Sable Antelope ,
Klipspringer ,
Oribi ,
Steenbok ,
Sharpe's Grysbok ,
Waterbuck ,
Lechwe ,
Puku ,
Southern Reedbuck ,
Impala ,
Tsessebe ,
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest ,
Blue Wildebeest (Massive migration) |  | Megabat |
Angolan Rousette,
Egyptian Rousette ,
D'Anchieta's Fruit Bat ,
Dobson's Fruit Bat ,
Franquet'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),
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),
Spotted Hyena ,
Aardwolf ,
Marsh Mongoose ,
Bushy-tailed Mongoose ,
Slender Mongoose ,
Common Dwarf Mongoose ,
Egyptian Mongoose ,
White-tailed Mongoose ,
Banded Mongoose ,
Selous' Mongoose ,
Meller's Mongoose ,
Side-striped 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 |
Slender-snouted Crocodile ,
Nile Crocodile |  | 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 ,
Bradfield's Hornbill ,
African Grey Hornbill ,
Pale-billed Hornbill ,
Trumpeter Hornbill ,
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill |  | Crane |
Grey Crowned Crane ,
Wattled Crane |  | Turaco |
Schalow's Turaco ,
Purple-crested Turaco ,
Ross's Turaco ,
Bare-faced Go-away-bird ,
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 ,
Black-cheeked Lovebird |  | endemic bird |
Chaplin's Barbet | | bird (EN) |
Madagascar Pond Heron |  | tree |
African Baobab |
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