| ANIMAL |
NOCTURNAL |
DIURNAL |
DIET |
AVERAGE WEIGHT |
Aardvark / Antbear |
* |
|
termites |
53kg |
Aardwolf |
* |
|
termites / ants |
9kg |
Baboon |
|
* |
omnivorous |
32kg |
Badger, honey |
* |
|
omnivorous |
11.5kg |
Bushbaby, lesser |
* |
|
omnivorous |
160g |
Bushbaby, thick-tailed |
* |
|
omnivorous |
1.1kg |
Bushbuck |
|
* |
browser |
42kg |
Canerat |
* |
|
herbivorous |
4kg |
Caracal |
* |
|
carnivorous |
14kg |
Cat, African wild |
* |
|
carnivorous |
5kg |
Cat, black footed |
* |
|
carnivorous |
1.6kg |
Civet, African |
* |
|
carnivorous |
11kg |
Crocodile |
|
* |
carnivorous |
|
Duiker, common |
|
* |
grazer |
18kg |
Eland |
|
* |
gazer/browser |
700kg |
Fox, bat-eared |
* |
|
omnivorous |
4kg |
Genet, small-spotted |
* |
|
omnivorous |
2kg |
Gemsbok |
|
|
grazer |
300kg |
Giraffe |
|
* |
browser |
1200kg |
Hare, scrub |
* |
|
herbivorous |
2.5kg |
Hartebeest, red |
|
* |
grazer |
150kg |
Hippopotamus |
* |
* |
grazer |
1500kg |
|
| ANIMAL |
NOCTURNAL |
DIURNAL |
DIET |
AVERAGE WEIGHT |
Hyena, brown |
* |
|
omnivorous |
45kg |
Impala |
|
* |
Grazer/browser |
50kg |
Jackal, black-backed |
|
* |
omnivorous |
8kg |
Kudu |
|
* |
browser |
230kg |
Leopard |
* |
|
carnivorous |
60kg |
Mongoose, banded |
|
* |
omnivorous |
1.3kg |
Mongoose, dwarf |
|
* |
carnivorous |
27kg |
Mongoose, slender |
|
* |
carnivorous |
5kg |
Monkey, vervet |
|
* |
omnivorous |
5.5kg |
Ostrich |
|
* |
grazer |
|
Otter, Cape-clawless |
|
* |
carnivorous |
13kg |
Polecat, striped |
* |
|
carnivorous |
1kg |
Porcupine |
* |
|
herbivorous |
18kg |
Springhare |
* |
|
herbivorous |
3kg |
Squirrel, tree |
|
* |
herbivorous |
600g |
Steenbok |
|
* |
grazer / browser |
11kg |
Tortoise, Leopard |
|
* |
herbivorous |
|
Warthog |
|
* |
omnivorous |
80kg |
Water leguaan |
|
* |
omnivorous |
|
Waterbuck |
|
* |
grazer |
260kg |
Wildebeest, blue |
|
* |
grazer |
250kg |
Zebra, burchell's |
|
* |
grazer |
320kg |
|
