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Kruger National Park: Biodiversity Statistics

Species Stats
Fish 53 species (includes 3 exotic species)
Birds 505 species
Amphibians 35 species
Reptiles 118 species
Plants: 1 990 taxa

Mosses – ±3
Ferns – ±32
Sedges – ±74
Aloes – ±18
Grasses – ±224
Trees and Shrubs – ±404
Others (herbs, lianes, succulents etc.) – 1 234
Mammals: 148 species including

- Insectivora (shrews etc) 9 species
- Chiroptera (bats) 42 "
- Primates 5 "
- Carnivora 27 "
- Perissodactyla 3 " (2 Rhinos, 1 zebra)
- Hyracoidea (dassies) 2 "
- Tubulidentata (aardvark) 1 "
- Proboscidae (elephant) 1 “
- Artiodactyla 26 " (2 pigs, 1 Giraffe, 1 Hippo, 22 antelopes)
- Pholidota (pangolin) 1 "
- Rodentia (rodents) 25 "
- Lagomorpha (hares) 3 "
- Macroscelidae (elephant shrews) 3 "

Most recent estimates (2008-2009) of the numbers of mammals:

Animals Numbers
Lion 1 700
Leopard 1 000
Cheetah 200
Wild dog 350
Spotted hyaena 2 000
Elephant 13 573
White rhinoceros 12 158
Black rhinoceros 627
Burchell's zebra 20 868
Hippopotamus 3 000
Warthog 2 316
Giraffe 7 091
Buffalo 37 462
Eland 300
Roan antelope 50
Sable antelope 325
Greater kudu 8 045
Nyala >300
Bushbuck >500
Waterbuck 5 000
Reedbuck 300
Mountain reedbuck 150
Blue wildebeest 8 963
Tsessebe 160
Impala 127 788
Crocodile 1 600

 

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Did You Know?

  • Evidence of Bushman Folk (San) and Iron Age people from about 1500 years ago is also in great evidence.

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