🇿🇲Animals recorded in Zambia

Which animals have been recorded in Zambia? 96,022 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat, Proagoderus edithae, Ceratogonia bicornuta.

• 96,022 records
• 1,200+ species
• 19 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat, Proagoderus edithae, Ceratogonia bicornuta. 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 Zambia

	Animal	Group	Records
	Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros caffer	Mammalia Hipposideridae	275
	Proagoderus edithae	Insecta Scarabaeidae	213
	Ceratogonia bicornuta	Insecta Scarabaeidae	210
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	191
	Afromaculepta decemmaculata	Insecta Chrysomelidae	179
	Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus crypturus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	143
	Percival's Trident Bat Cloeotis percivali	Mammalia Rhinonycteridae	130
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	124
	Bushveld Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus simulator	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	116
	Common Grammomys Grammomys dolichurus	Mammalia Muridae	114
	mohol bushbaby Galago moholi	Mammalia Galagidae	112
	Microdinodes simoni	Insecta Elmidae	106
	Heterocerus elongatus	Insecta Heteroceridae	103
	Short-snouted elephant shrew Elephantulus brachyrhynchus	Mammalia Macroscelididae	100
	White-bellied house bat Scotophilus leucogaster	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	100
	Xystrocera dispar	Insecta Cerambycidae	82
	Rüppell's Bat Vansonia rueppellii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	80
	Trichaphodius kanemicus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	77
	Leptaulaca undecimpunctata	Insecta Chrysomelidae	77
	four-toed elephant shrew Petrodromus tetradactylus	Mammalia Macroscelididae	74
	Medythia quaterna	Insecta Chrysomelidae	73
	Kinda Baboon Papio kindae	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	73
	Pouched Mouse Saccostomus campestris	Mammalia Nesomyidae	69
	Orphnus angolensis	Insecta Scarabaeidae	67
	Natal Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus natalensis	Mammalia Miniopteridae	66
	Bushveld Gerbil Gerbilliscus leucogaster	Mammalia Muridae	64
	Myriochila hauseri	Insecta Carabidae	64
	Brown Greater Galago Otolemur crassicaudatus	Mammalia Galagidae	64
	Anoeme nigrita	Insecta Cerambycidae	63
	Macrotoma palmata	Insecta Cerambycidae	62
	Blasius's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus blasii	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	56
	Pseudoclivina grandis	Insecta Carabidae	56
	Heliocopris japetus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	55
	Kachalola Reed Frog Hyperolius kachalolae	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	55
	Schreibers's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus schreibersii	Mammalia Miniopteridae	54
	Swinny's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus swinnyi	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	52
	Heterocerus ornatus	Insecta Heteroceridae	51
	Angolan Reed Frog Hyperolius parallelus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	51
	Onthophagus lacustris	Insecta Scarabaeidae	50
	Clivina aucta	Insecta Carabidae	48
	Wahlberg's Striped Skink Trachylepis wahlbergii	Squamata Scincidae	47
	Lord Derby's Flying Squirrel Anomalurus derbianus	Mammalia Anomaluridae	47
	Bohemaniella africana	Insecta Carabidae	47
	Camerunia flava	Insecta Eupterotidae	46
	banded tilapia Tilapia sparrmanii	— Cichlidae	45
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	44
	Cape Gerbil Gerbilliscus afra	Mammalia Muridae	44
	Little Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus	Mammalia Molossidae	44
	Minor Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus minor	Mammalia Pteropodidae	39
	Anchieta's Pipistrelle Neoromicia anchietae	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	38
	Southern Mouthbrooder Pseudocrenilabrus philander	— Cichlidae	38
	Northeast African Spiny Mouse Acomys cahirinus	Mammalia Muridae	36
	Banana Bat Afronycteris nanus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	35
	Benguella Reed Frog Hyperolius benguellensis	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	35
	Hyphydrus conradsi	Insecta Dytiscidae	35
	Lophyra obliquograciliaenea	Insecta Carabidae	35
	Black-striped Sedge Frog Hyperolius quinquevittatus	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	34
	Laccophilus remex	Insecta Dytiscidae	34
	Amethyst Sunbird Chalcomitra amethystina	Aves Nectariniidae	34
	Habrodera nilotica	Insecta Carabidae	32