Welcome to African Fauna

A fun and educational website loaded with photos and great facts about African animals.

An amazing fact: The cheetah is the fastest land animal. In a chase they may bound at speeds up to 113 kph (70mph) !

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We've rounded up the following African animals for you:

Aardvark
African Buffalo
African Bush Elephant
African Chimpanzee
African Elephant
African Forest Elephant
African Rhinoceros
Angolan Hairy Bat
Barbour's Rock Mouse
Black Rhinocerus
Blue Whale
Cape Elephant Shrew
Cape Horseshoe Bat
Cheetah
De Winton's Golden Mole
Dugong
Duthie's Golden Mole
Eland
Fin Whale
Giant Golden Mole
Giraffe
Grant's Golden Mole
Greater Red Musk Shrew
Gunning's Golden Mole
Hedgehog
Hippopotamus
Humpback Whale
Impala
Jackal
Juliana's Golden Mole
Large eared Free tailed Bat
Leopard
Lesuer's Hairy Bat
Lion
Long tailed Forest Shrew
Natal Free tailed Bat
Red Bush Squirrel
Riverine Rabbit
Rough haired Golden Mole
Sclater's Golden Mole
Sclater's Tiny Mouse Shrew
Sei Whale
Short eared Elephant Shrew
Spectacled Dormouse
Sperm Whale
Spotted Hyena
Spotted necked Otter
Springhare
Thin Mouse Shrew
Thomson's Gazelle
Van Zyl's Golden Mole
Vervet Monkey
Visagie's Golden Mole
Western Rock Elephant Shrew
White Rhinoceros
Wildebeest
Zebra