- Baboon
- Buffalo
- Bushbuck
- Cheetah
- Duiker
- Eland
- Elephant
- Giraffe
- Grysbok
- Hippopotamus
- Hyena (Spotted)
- Impala
- Jackal (Black-Backed)
- Klipspringer
- Kudu
- Leopards
- Lion
- Mongoose (Banded)
- Nyala
- Porcupine
- Rhino
- Roan Antelope
- Sable Antelope
- Smaller Carnivores
- Steenbok
- Tssessebe
- Vervet Monkey
- Warthog
- Waterbuck
- Wilderbeest (Blue)
- Wild Dog
- Zebra
Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros)
THE HERBIVORES AND OMNIVORES
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As browsers, kudu prefer areas quite heavily covered with low trees. They are found throughout the Park, generally in small herds comprising one or two adult males, two or three adult females, and one or more juveniles. Females have no horns, but adult males are easily recognized by their magnificent horns twisted into a characteristic spiral. Large, rounded ears can be twisted in virtually any direction to locate sound. The white underside of a kudu tail, which is exposed when running, is claimed to enable members of the herd to see each other more clearly and so remain together when fleeing from a predator.
Males will fight for the privilege of mating and in a few instances dead kudu have been found with their horns inextricably intertwined, presumably having starved as a result of being unable to separate.
There are close on 11 000 kudu, most of them spread over the southern and central areas though they are also common in the far north.
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