🇧🇼Animals recorded in Botswana

Which animals have been recorded in Botswana? 20,939 occurrence records cover 1,175 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Tropical Bird Flea, Hairy-footed Gerbil, Namaqua Micaelamys.

• 20,939 records
• 1,175 species
• 17 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Tropical Bird Flea, Hairy-footed Gerbil, Namaqua Micaelamys. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Botswana

	Animal	Group	Records
	Tropical Bird Flea Echidnophaga gallinacea	Insecta Pulicidae	827
	Hairy-footed Gerbil Gerbillurus paeba	Mammalia Muridae	476
	Namaqua Micaelamys Micaelamys namaquensis	Mammalia Muridae	435
	Ocellated Sand Lizard Pedioplanis lineoocellata	Squamata Lacertidae	379
	Common Barking Gecko Ptenopus garrulus	Squamata Gekkonidae	298
	Kalahari Tree Skink Trachylepis spilogaster	Squamata Scincidae	262
	Lined Lance Skink Acontias lineatus	Squamata Scincidae	256
	Smith's Bush Squirrel Paraxerus cepapi	Mammalia Sciuridae	246
	Black and Yellow Sand Lizard Heliobolus lugubris	Squamata Lacertidae	236
	Spotted Sand Lizard Meroles suborbitalis	Squamata Lacertidae	202
	South African springhare Pedetes capensis	Mammalia Pedetidae	184
	Namaqua Sand Lizard Pedioplanis namaquensis	Squamata Lacertidae	163
	Pouched Mouse Saccostomus campestris	Mammalia Nesomyidae	154
	Stripe-tailed Robber Brycinus lateralis	— Alestidae	150
	Bulldog Marcusenius altisambesi	— Mormyridae	137
	Dent's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus denti	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	137
	Common Giant Ground Gecko Chondrodactylus angulifer	Squamata Gekkonidae	135
	Butter Catfish Schilbe intermedius	— Schilbeidae	135
	African catfish Clarias gariepinus	— Clariidae	128
	Psyllomyia braunsi	Insecta Phoridae	126
	Cape Short-tailed Gerbil Desmodillus auricularis	Mammalia Muridae	126
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard Meroles squamulosus	Squamata Lacertidae	125
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	122
	African Pike Hepsetus cuvieri	— Hepsetidae	113
	Swamp Musk Shrew Crocidura mariquensis	Mammalia Soricidae	112
	Red Veld Aethomys Aethomys chrysophilus	Mammalia Muridae	111
	Karasburg Tree Skink Trachylepis sparsa	Squamata Scincidae	107
	banded tilapia Tilapia sparrmanii	— Cichlidae	106
	Fawn-colored Lark Calendulauda africanoides	Aves Alaudidae	105
	Dashtail Barb Enteromius poechii	— Cyprinidae	94
	Kalahari Ground Gecko Pachydactylus wahlbergii	Squamata Gekkonidae	89
	Okavango Churchill Petrocephalus okavangensis	— Mormyridae	88
	fat mouse Steatomys pratensis	Mammalia Nesomyidae	86
	Xeric Four-striped Grass Rat Rhabdomys pumilio	Mammalia Muridae	82
	Black-tailed Thallomys Thallomys nigricauda	Mammalia Muridae	79
	African Savanna Hare Lepus victoriae	Mammalia Leporidae	77
	African elephant Loxodonta africana	Mammalia Elephantidae	72
	Cape Serotine Laephotis capensis	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	72
	Threespot Tilapia Oreochromis andersonii	— Cichlidae	68
	Western Three-striped Skink Trachylepis occidentalis	Squamata Scincidae	64
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	63
	Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatinus	Aves Estrildidae	61
	impala Aepyceros melampus	Mammalia Bovidae	60
	mohol bushbaby Galago moholi	Mammalia Galagidae	58
	bottle-nose Mormyrus lacerda	— Mormyridae	57
	Lilac-breasted Roller Coracias caudatus	Aves Coraciidae	57
	Brownspot Largemouth Serranochromis thumbergi	— Cichlidae	56
	Sabota Lark Calendulauda sabota	Aves Alaudidae	56
	Common Spiny Agama Agama hispida	Squamata Agamidae	55
	Red-billed Francolin Pternistis adspersus	Aves Phasianidae	54
	Red-backed Shrike Lanius collurio	Aves Laniidae	54
	Cape Gecko Pachydactylus capensis	Squamata Gekkonidae	53
	Burchell's Sandgrouse Pterocles burchelli	Aves Pteroclididae	52
	Rattling Cisticola Cisticola chiniana	Aves Cisticolidae	51
	Longbeard Barb Enteromius unitaeniatus	— Cyprinidae	51
	Short-snouted elephant shrew Elephantulus brachyrhynchus	Mammalia Macroscelididae	50
	Kalahari Scrub Robin Erythropygia paena	Aves Muscicapidae	50
	Southern Gray-headed Sparrow Passer diffusus	Aves Passeridae	50
	Eastern rock elephant shrew Elephantulus myurus	Mammalia Macroscelididae	49
	Cape ground squirrel Xerus inauris	Mammalia Sciuridae	48