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Animals in Ethiopia
The Mountain Nyala is an antelope which is found in the woodland areas of central Ethiopia. There are about 4000 Mountain Nyalas found in Ethiopia. These animals tend to travel in herds of as little as two, up to herds of sixteen. Due to poaching for food and supposed medicinal uses, today the Mountain Nyala is considered an endangered species.
Belonging to the same family as the Mountain Nyala, the Menelik's bushbuck is one of the other native animals of Ethiopia. Found in dense forest areas, this type of bushbuck spends most of the day laying in the bushes, avoiding being spotted by potential hunters.
The Walia ibex is another animal that is native to Ethiopia. The ibex is from the goat family, and currently there are only about 500 left in Ethiopia. This endangered species is found in Ethiopia's northern mountains, feeding on grass, herbs, and plants.
Ethiopia also is home to two of some of the most endangered animals the Simien jackal and the Ethiopian wolf.
Besides these animals, there are also rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippopotamuses, lions, antelopes, elephants, leopards.
So whether looking into the nature and wilderness of Ethiopia, or at the Ethiopian zoo, which houses the very rare black lion, there are many mammals which are interesting, unique, and special to this large, African country.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Ethiopia.
Even-toed ungulates in Ethiopia
Giraffe Nile lechwe Waterbuck Kob Mountain nyala Common hartebeest Bongo Tsessebe Common warthog Bushbuck Clarke's gazelle Giant forest hog Lesser kudu Bushpig Greater kudu Gerenuk Klipspringer Beira antelope Gemsbok Oribi Salt's dik-dik Nubian ibex Grey duiker Guenther's dikdik Walia ibex African buffalo Blue duiker Dorcas gazelle Common hippopotamus Harvey's duiker Grant's gazelle Speke's gazelle Mountain reedbuck Thomson's gazelle Bohar reedbuck Roan antelopeCarnivores in Ethiopia
Striped hyaena Common dwarf mongoose Egyptian mongoose Cheetah Banded mongoose Honey badger Striped polecat African civet Common genet Panther genet Spotted hyaena African clawless otter Serval African sand fox Bat-eared fox Asiatic jackal Speckle-throated otter Ethiopian wolf Side-striped jackal African wild dog Black-backed jackal African lion Leopard African caracal Wild cat Marsh mongoose Aardwolf Slender mongoose Abyssinian genet Desert dwarf mongooseDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Ethiopia
Chinese white dolphin Rough-toothed dolphinBats in Ethiopia
Blasius's horseshoe bat Dwarf free-tailed bat Gland-tailed free-tailed bat Natal free-tailed bat Hammer-headed fruit bat Spotted free-tailed bat Lesser horseshoe bat Chapin's free-tailed bat Geoffroy's horseshoe bat Ethiopian woolly bat Nigerian free-tailed bat Eloquent horseshoe bat Lesser woolly bat Little free-tailed bat Rüppell's horseshoe bat African sheath-tailed bat Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat Lander's horseshoe bat Morris's bat Bushveld horseshoe bat Scott's mouse-eared bat De winton's long-eared bat Lesser mouse-tailed bat Cape hairy bat Yellow-winged bat Greater mouse-tailed bat Welwitch's bat Long-haired rousette Hairy slit-faced bat Large-eared slit-faced bat Persian trident bat Dark-winged lesser house bat Egyptian slit-faced bat African yellow bat Greenish yellow bat Patrizi's trident leaf-nosed bat Straw-coloured fruit bat Trident bat Gambian epauletted fruit bat Large-eared free-tailed bat Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat East african epauletted fruit bat Heart-nosed bat Egyptian free-tailed bat Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat African giant free-tailed bat Rüppel's pipistrelle Moloney's flat-headed bat Sundevall's roundleaf bat Mauritian tomb bat Rusty pipistrelle Greater long-fingered bat Ethiopian large-eared roundleaf bat Egyptian tomb bat Angolan free-tailed bat Noack's roundleaf bat Midas free-tailed bat Ansorge's free-tailed batHyraxes in Ethiopia
Rock dassie Bush hyraxHares, pikas, and rabbits in Ethiopia
Ethiopian hare Cape hare Ethiopian highland hareElephant-shrews in Ethiopia
Rufous elephant-shrewHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Ethiopia
Black rhinoceros Grevy's zebra Burchell's zebraPangolins in Ethiopia
Cape pangolinPrimates in Ethiopia
Gelada baboon Eastern black-and-white colobus Patas monkey Hamadryas baboon Somali galago Lesser bushbaby Blue monkey De brazza's monkeyElephants in Ethiopia
African elephantRodents in Ethiopia
Somalia gerbil Phillip's gerbil Cushioned gerbil Fring-tailed gerbil Ethiopian striped mouse Little red gerbil Crested porcupine Savanna gerbil Emin's gerbil Mahomet mouse Harrington's gerbil Peter's mouse Macmillan's thicket rat Louise's spiny mouse Acacia rat Delicate mouse Ethiopian thicket rat Mullah spiny mouse Small-eared dormouse Wilson's spiny mouse Lesser cane rat Gambian sun squirrel African wading rat Hinde's rock rat Naked mole rat Ammodile Buffoon lemniscomys African marsh rat Typical lemniscomys Lovat's climbing mouse Gray glimbing mouse Abyssinian grass rat Mearns's pouched mouse Chestnut climbing mouse Blick's grass rat Harrington's rat African grass rat Rudd's bristle-furred rat Rufous-nosed rats Crested rat Black-clawed brush-furred rat Yellow-spotted brush-furred rat Striped ground squirrel Tiny fat mouse Unstriped ground squirrel Ethiopian narrow-headed rat Typical vlei rat Gray-tailed narrow-headed rat Big-headed mole rat Guinea multimammate mouse Natal multimammate mouse East african mole rat Nikolaus's mouse Speke's pectinator Kemp's gerbil Black-tailed gerbilAardvark in Ethiopia
Aardvark
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