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Animals in Botswana

12 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Botswana, 5 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded
12
Threatened
5
Groups represented
4
Sighting records
6,777
Fiji: 11 speciesTanzania: 21 speciesW. Sahara: 8 speciesCanada: 38 speciesUnited States of America: 61 speciesKazakhstan: 13 speciesUzbekistan: 10 speciesPapua New Guinea: 11 speciesIndonesia: 26 speciesArgentina: 22 speciesChile: 18 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 21 speciesSomalia: 13 speciesKenya: 20 speciesSudan: 21 speciesChad: 12 speciesHaiti: 9 speciesDominican Rep.: 10 speciesRussia: 32 speciesBahamas: 12 speciesFalkland Is.: 5 speciesNorway: 26 speciesGreenland: 14 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 15 speciesTimor-Leste: 5 speciesSouth Africa: 35 speciesLesotho: 6 speciesMexico: 28 speciesUruguay: 13 speciesBrazil: 31 speciesBolivia: 9 speciesPeru: 17 speciesColombia: 19 speciesPanama: 18 speciesCosta Rica: 19 speciesNicaragua: 13 speciesHonduras: 12 speciesEl Salvador: 12 speciesGuatemala: 13 speciesBelize: 16 speciesVenezuela: 15 speciesGuyana: 8 speciesSuriname: 12 speciesFrance: 45 speciesEcuador: 18 speciesPuerto Rico: 13 speciesJamaica: 10 speciesCuba: 14 speciesZimbabwe: 14 speciesBotswana: 12 speciesNamibia: 33 speciesSenegal: 21 speciesMali: 11 speciesMauritania: 7 speciesBenin: 17 speciesNiger: 9 speciesNigeria: 21 speciesCameroon: 14 speciesTogo: 7 speciesGhana: 14 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 17 speciesGuinea: 11 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 8 speciesLiberia: 12 speciesSierra Leone: 12 speciesBurkina Faso: 6 speciesCentral African Rep.: 12 speciesCongo: 10 speciesGabon: 11 speciesEq. Guinea: 13 speciesZambia: 12 speciesMalawi: 12 speciesMozambique: 15 specieseSwatini: 8 speciesAngola: 14 speciesBurundi: 8 speciesIsrael: 26 speciesLebanon: 16 speciesMadagascar: 14 speciesPalestine: 11 speciesGambia: 9 speciesTunisia: 14 speciesAlgeria: 19 speciesJordan: 13 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 13 speciesQatar: 9 speciesKuwait: 10 speciesIraq: 13 speciesOman: 16 speciesVanuatu: 8 speciesCambodia: 8 speciesThailand: 22 speciesLaos: 8 speciesMyanmar: 13 speciesVietnam: 19 speciesNorth Korea: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 15 speciesMongolia: 12 speciesIndia: 33 speciesBangladesh: 12 speciesBhutan: 9 speciesNepal: 12 speciesPakistan: 16 speciesAfghanistan: 11 speciesTajikistan: 9 speciesKyrgyzstan: 9 speciesTurkmenistan: 7 speciesIran: 20 speciesSyria: 15 speciesArmenia: 13 speciesSweden: 36 speciesBelarus: 15 speciesUkraine: 24 speciesPoland: 25 speciesAustria: 22 speciesHungary: 18 speciesMoldova: 14 speciesRomania: 18 speciesLithuania: 18 speciesLatvia: 18 speciesEstonia: 23 speciesGermany: 51 speciesBulgaria: 20 speciesGreece: 21 speciesTurkey: 23 speciesAlbania: 15 speciesCroatia: 20 speciesSwitzerland: 20 speciesLuxembourg: 19 speciesBelgium: 32 speciesNetherlands: 42 speciesPortugal: 32 speciesSpain: 36 speciesIreland: 26 speciesNew Caledonia: 17 speciesSolomon Is.: 8 speciesNew Zealand: 23 speciesAustralia: 36 speciesSri Lanka: 12 speciesChina: 24 speciesTaiwan: 18 speciesItaly: 28 speciesDenmark: 40 speciesUnited Kingdom: 43 speciesIceland: 16 speciesAzerbaijan: 10 speciesGeorgia: 16 speciesPhilippines: 20 speciesMalaysia: 17 speciesBrunei: 5 speciesSlovenia: 18 speciesFinland: 28 speciesSlovakia: 17 speciesCzechia: 24 speciesEritrea: 7 speciesJapan: 49 speciesParaguay: 7 speciesYemen: 14 speciesSaudi Arabia: 16 speciesCyprus: 13 speciesMorocco: 23 speciesEgypt: 23 speciesLibya: 9 speciesEthiopia: 12 speciesDjibouti: 6 speciesUganda: 14 speciesRwanda: 11 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 13 speciesMacedonia: 14 speciesSerbia: 16 speciesMontenegro: 17 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 11 speciesS. Sudan: 10 species
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Which well-known animals are recorded in Botswana?

The most looked-up species with records here.

LC, Least Concern
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Anatidae

VU, Vulnerable
Lion (Panthera leo)

Lion

Panthera leo

Felidae

VU, Vulnerable
Leopard (Panthera pardus)

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Felidae

DD, Data Deficient
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Apidae

VU, Vulnerable
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

Cheetah

Acinonyx jubatus

Felidae

What kinds of animals are recorded in Botswana?

  1. Mammals

    lion, leopard, cheetah, northern giraffe …

    5 species

  2. Birds

    mallard, peregrine falcon, common ostrich, western barn owl

    4 species

  3. Reptiles

    nile crocodile

    1 species

  4. Insects

    honey bee, emperor dragonfly

    2 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Botswana?

Species listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The category is global, not specific to Botswana.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
LionPanthera leoFelidaeVulnerable278
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerable120
CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidaeVulnerable34
Northern giraffeGiraffa camelopardalisGiraffidaeVulnerable9
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangered388

All animals recorded in Botswana

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
MallardAnas platyrhynchosAnatidaeLeast Concern6
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusFalconidaeLeast Concern96
LionPanthera leoFelidaeVulnerable278
Common ostrichStruthio camelusStruthionidaeLeast Concern4,410
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerable120
Western barn owlTyto albaTytonidaeLeast Concern1,218
Honey beeApis melliferaApidaeData Deficient22
CheetahAcinonyx jubatusFelidaeVulnerable34
Northern giraffeGiraffa camelopardalisGiraffidaeVulnerable9
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangered388
Emperor dragonflyAnax imperatorAeshnidaeLeast Concern19
Nile crocodileCrocodylus niloticusCrocodylidaeLeast Concern177

Method: a species is listed if GBIF holds at least one CC0 or CC BY occurrence record for it in Botswana. Zoo animals, escapes and introduced populations are included, and native species nobody has recorded are missing. See the methodology.