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Animals in Zimbabwe
There are a number of animals that are unique to the continent of Africa. A number of these animals can be found in the country of Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is full of countless breathtaking, sights. There are majestic waterfalls, sprawling grasslands, and lush forests and lots of wildlife.

Zimbabwe is also home to a diverse population of animals, many of which are some of the best highly sought after by big game hunters.

Lions are some of the prized hunting trophies. Many people from all over the world travel to Africa just to have the chance to hunt these animals.

Elephants are the largest land animals on Earth. The can be found roaming the vast plains of Zimbabwe, and are also prized by hunters all over the world. In spite of their massive size, elephants are able to run pretty fast. This can make hunting them a bit of a challenge.

water buffalo
Water buffalo aren't quite as large as elephants, but they are still fairly big. These animals use their sharply pointed horns, to defend themselves from predator attacks. Water buffalo are also capable of traveling at pretty fast speeds, especially when it's necessary.

Leopards are among the smallest of the African big cats, but they poses great strength. This strength allows them to carry their prey up into trees, where they can eat without being interfered by other predators. Leopards have a pattern on their fur that helps them blend in with their surroundings.

Rhinoceros are perhaps some of the most interesting of all these animals. They have very few predators, but they defend themselves with the two horns on top of their heads.


Click here for a list of endangered animals in Zimbabwe.
Even-toed ungulates in Zimbabwe
Common hartebeest
Giraffe
Suni
Blue duiker
Common hippopotamus
Klipspringer
Gemsbok
Roan antelope
Sable antelope
Common warthog
Bushpig
Blue & white-bearded wildebeest
Grey duiker
African buffalo
Oribi
Waterbuck
Puku
Tsessebe
Sharpe's grysbok
Steenbok
Impala
Bushbuck
Southern reedbuck
Nyala
Greater kudu
Carnivores in Zimbabwe
White-tailed mongoose
Banded mongoose
African clawless otter
Side-striped jackal
Selous' mongoose
Black-backed jackal
Meller's mongoose
African caracal
Honey badger
Striped polecat
African striped weasel
African civet
Angolan genet
Common genet
Panther genet
Bat-eared fox
Spotted hyaena
African lion
Leopard
Serval
Speckle-throated otter
African wild dog
Aardwolf
Cheetah
African palm civet
Bushy-tailed mongoose
Wild cat
Yellow mongoose
Slender mongoose
Bats in Zimbabwe
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
East african little collared fruit bat
Persian trident bat
Darling's horseshoe bat
Dent's horseshoe bat
Cape hairy bat
Rüppell's horseshoe bat
Welwitch's bat
Hildebrandt's horseshoe bat
Lander's horseshoe bat
Hairy slit-faced bat
Bushveld horseshoe bat
Large-eared slit-faced bat
Swinny's horseshoe bat
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Wood's slit-faced bat
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
African yellow bat
Sundevall's roundleaf bat
Spotted free-tailed bat
Schreber's yellow bat
Nigerian free-tailed bat
Greenish yellow bat
Little free-tailed bat
Percival's trident bat
Large-eared free-tailed bat
Damara woolly bat
Lesser woolly bat
Egyptian free-tailed bat
Madagascan large free-tailed bat
Kenyan big-eared free-tailed bat
Botswanan long-eared bat
African giant free-tailed bat
Mauritian tomb bat
Egyptian tomb bat
Rüppel's pipistrelle
Rusty pipistrelle
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Lesser long-fingered bat
Long-tailed house bat
Greater long-fingered bat
Angolan free-tailed bat
Blasius's horseshoe bat
Midas free-tailed bat
Hyraxes in Zimbabwe
Bush hyrax
Rock dassie
Eastern tree dassie
Hares, pikas, and rabbits in Zimbabwe
Cape hare
Jameson's red rockhare
Elephant-shrews in Zimbabwe
Short-snouted elephant shrew
Eastern rock elephant shrew
Four-toed elephant shrew
Horses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Zimbabwe
Square-lipped rhinoceros
Burchell's zebra
Black rhinoceros
Pangolins in Zimbabwe
Cape pangolin
Primates in Zimbabwe
Blue monkey
Garnett's greater galago
Mohol galago
Elephants in Zimbabwe
African elephant
Rodents in Zimbabwe
Desert pygmy mouse
Hairy-footed gerbil
Rudd's bristle-furred rat
Mozambique thicket rat
South african ground squirrel
Woodland thicket rat
Small-eared dormouse
Rock dormouse
Silvery mole rat
Mutable sun squirrel
Pouched mouse
Tiny fat mouse
Fat mouse
Cape porcupine
Angoni vlei rat
Gambian rat
Vlei rat
Damara mole rat
African mole rat
Smith's bush squirrel
Single-striped grass mouse
African marsh rat
Red bush squirrel
Spring hare
Gray glimbing mouse
Highveld gerbil
Creek groove-toothed swamp rat
Chestnut climbing mouse
Gorongoza gerbil
Bushveld gerbil
Nyika climbing mouse
Savanna gerbil
Acacia rat
Southern multimammate mouse
Lesser cane rat
Natal multimammate mouse
Spiny mouse
Greater cane rat
Selinda veld rat
Four-striped grass mouse
Pygmy mouse
Red rock rat
Neave's mouse
Namaqua rock rat
Aardvark in Zimbabwe
Aardvark
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