Namaqua Rock Rat
The Namaqua rock rat (Micaelamys namaquensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is sometimes included in the genus Aethomys. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Eswatini, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, dry savanna, temperate shrubland, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, hot desert, temperate desert, rocky shores, arable land, rural gardens, and urban areas. Parasites include the chigger species: Afropolonia tgifi, Gahrliepia nana, Acomatacarus thallomyia, Hyracarus lawrencei, Herpetacarus aethomys, Herpetacarus longispinus, and Zumptrombicula misonnei.
Mapungubwe National Park
Musina Local Municipality, Botswana
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Limpopo River carves a boundary between nations, ancient sandstone cliffs rise in sculptured isolation above riverine woodland and […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSperrgebiet National Park
Barcelona, Namibia
+119 birds+30 mammals
Where the Namib Desert’s red dunes collide with the Atlantic’s cold embrace, over 56,000 square kilometers of raw wilderness unfolds […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMakgadikgadi Pans National Park
Gucta, Botswana
+107 birds+22 mammals
Where salt-crusted flatlands stretch endlessly toward a shimmering horizon, one of Africa’s most extraordinary ecosystems awakens with the rains. The […]
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