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Zimbabwe - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Zimbabwe. 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.
Zimbabwe is an inland country located in the south of Africa and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Congo DR, Angola, Zimbia, Malawi and Mozambique. The following shows the distribution of animals in Zimbabwe.
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Zimbabwe
extant species |
 | Elephant shrew |
Four-toed Elephant Shrew ,
Short-snouted Elephant Shrew ,
Eastern Rock Elephant Shrew |  | Tenrec |
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' ,
Sykes's Monkey ,
Chacma Baboon |  | Rodent |
Springhare ,
Cape Porcupine ,
Cape Ground Squirrel ,
Mutable Sun Squirrel,
Smith's Bush Squirrel,
Red Bush Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Jameson's Red Rock Hare ,
Cape Hare |  | Hedgehog |
Southern African Hedgehog |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Common Warthog ,
Bushpig ,
Hippopotamus ,
Giraffe (５m),
African Buffalo ,
Sitatunga ,
Nyala ,
Greater Kudu ,
Bushbuck ,
Common Eland ,
Blue Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Sable Antelope ,
Gemsbok ,
Suni ,
Klipspringer ,
Oribi ,
Steenbok ,
Sharpe's Grysbok ,
Waterbuck ,
Puku ,
Southern Reedbuck ,
Impala ,
Tsessebe ,
Hartebeest ,
Blue Wildebeest (Massive migration) |  | Megabat |
Angolan Rousette,
Egyptian Rousette ,
East African Little Collared Fruit Bat ,
Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit Bat |  | Odd-toed ungulate |
Plains Zebra (Stripe),
White Rhinoceros ,
Black 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 ,
Bushy-tailed Mongoose ,
Yellow Mongoose ,
Slender Mongoose ,
White-tailed Mongoose ,
Banded Mongoose ,
Selous' Mongoose ,
Meller's Mongoose ,
Side-striped Jackal ,
Black-backed Jackal ,
African Wild Dog ,
Cape Fox ,
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 |
Marshall's Pygmy Chameleon |  | Ostrich |
Ostrich (２．７５m) |  | Goose |
Spur-winged Goose ,
Egyptian Goose |  | Guineafowl |
Helmeted Guineafowl ,
Crested Guineafowl |  | Stork |
|  | Ibis |
Sacred Ibis ,
Hadada Ibis ,
Glossy Ibis ,
African Spoonbill |  | Hornbill |
Red-billed Hornbill ,
Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill ,
Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill ,
Crowned Hornbill ,
Bradfield's Hornbill ,
African Grey Hornbill ,
Trumpeter Hornbill ,
Silvery-cheeked Hornbill |  | Crane |
Grey Crowned Crane ,
Wattled Crane |  | Turaco |
Knysna Turaco ,
Livingstone's Turaco ,
Schalow'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 (EN) |
Madagascar Pond Heron |  | tree |
African Baobab |
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Zimbabwe
small extant
species |
 | Mole (EN) |
Ansell's Shrew |  | Frog (CR) |
Cave Squeaker | | Frog (EN) |
Inyanga Toad ,
Mashonaland Toad ,
(Probreviceps rhodesianus) ,
Inyangini River Frog |
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