List of Kenya Wildlife

This is a List of Animals which may be seen in Kenya. A qualified guide will be able to identify these animals and give information on their behavior. For detailed information on the Kenya wildlife, a good field guide is invaluable, and best purchased before your arrival. (The Safari Companion is one of them)

Kenya covers two major Wildlife zones, so certain species are only found in the northern and arid areas. Due to having two rainy seasons, Kenya is able to support higher densities of game than in southern Africa, making it excellent for game-viewing opportunities.

CARNIVORES

• Lion
  
• Leopard
  
• Cheetah
• Serval
  
• Caracal
  
• African Civet
  
• Large-Spotted Genet
  
• Banded Mongoose
  
• Wild Dog
  
• Black-Backed Jackal
  
• Common Jackal
  
• Bat-Eared Fox
  
• Spotted Hyena
  
• Striped Hyena
  
• Aardwolf
  

PRIMATES

• Common Baboon
  
• Vervet Monkey
  
• Sykes Monkey
  
• Black & White Colobus Monkey
  
• Bushbaby
  

ANTELOPES

• Roan Antelope
  
• Sable Antelope
  
• Oryx
  
• Fringe-Eared Oryx
  
• Beisa Oryx
  
• Common Waterbuck
• Defassa Waterbuck
  
• Common Wildebeest
  
• Hartebeest
  
• Topi
  
• Common Eland
  
• Greater Kudu
  
• Lesser Kudu
  
• Bongo
  
• Sitatunga
  
• Bushbuck
  
• Thompson’s Gazelle
  
• Grant’s Gazelle
  
• Gerenuk
  
• Impala
  
• Bohor Reedbuck
  
• Mountain Reedbuck
  
• Klipspringer
  
• Steenbok
  
• Common Duiker
  
• Kirk’s Dik-Dik
  

MAMMALS

• African Elephant
  
• Black Rhinoceros
  
• White Rhinoceros
  
• Rock Hyrax
  
• Hippopotamus
  
• Cape Buffalo
  
• Giraffe : Masai Giraffe, Reticulated Giraffe, Rothschild’s Giraffe
  
• Common Zebra
  
• Warthog
  
• Giant Forest Hog
  
• Aardvark
  
• Cape Clawless Otter
  
• Spotted-Necked Otter
  
• Scrub Hare
  
• Unstriped Ground Squirrel
  
• Bush Squirrel
  
• Coast Squirrel