THE UGANDA WILDLIFE GUIDE

Whereas Uganda is an excellent Birding destination in Africa, it is also an interesting Safari destination for Large game viewing.

Uganda has over 340 mammal species in all sizes; from large mammals like Gorillas, Lions, and Elephants to small ones, like Bats ,Rats, shrews and moles.

You will also find a variety of reptiles including Crocodiles, Snakes and lizards.

Uganda also has a wide spectrum of insects with over 140 butterfly species.

In this guide you will find

• A list of common Uganda mammals
• Common Reptiles and
• Some interesting facts about each individual Uganda animal species.

We have created this Uganda Wildlife guide to help you plan your game viewing safari to Africa.

This Wildlife guide will particularly help you decide which Uganda National Park you should explore.

Common Mammals in Uganda

You will find Uganda mamals in three broad categories:

• Primates: which include Apes and Monkeys,
• Carnivores: which include large Cats and Jackals
• and Herbivores: most of which are Antelopes

• Baboons
• Black and white colobus monkey
• Blue Monkey
• Bushbabies
• Chimpanzees
• De Brazza’s monkey
• Gorillas
• Grey-cheeked mangabey monkey
• L’Hoest Monkey
• Patas Monkey
• Potto
• Red colobus monkey
• Red Tailed Monkey
• Verve Monkey

Index

• African civet
• African golden cat
• African Hunting dog
• African Wild cat
• Bat eared fox
• Black backed jackal
• Caracal Cat
• Cheetah
• Genets
• Golden jackal
• Leopard
• Lion
• Mongooses
• Otters
• Ratel (Honey badger)
• Serval Cat
• Side striped jackal
• Spotted Hyena

Index

• African Buffalo
• African elephant
• Bate’s pygmy antelope
• Burchell’s zebra
• Bushbuck
• Common Eland
• Defassa waterbuck
• Forest duiker
• Giraffe
• Grant’s gazelle
• Great Kudu
• Grey duiker
• Guenther’s dik-dik
• Hartebeest
• Hippopotamus
• Hyraxes and other oddities
• Impala
• Klipspringer
• Lesser kudu
• Oribi
• Reedbuck
• Rhinoceros
• Roan Antelope
• Sitatunga
• Swine
• Uganda Kob

Index

• Crocodiles
• Lizards
• Snakes
• Tortoises And Terrapins

Index