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Zimbabwe has a great variety of native wildlife. Mammals include commonly known beasts such as elephant, lion, buffalo, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, gorilla, chimpanzee, baboon, giraffe, zebra, warthog, lynx, aardvark, porcupine, fox, badger, otter, hare, bat, shrew, and scaly anteater. Lesser known species are okapi, kudu, duiker, eland, sable, gemsbock and waterbuck.

Reptiles include aseveral species of crocoldile (including the Nile crocodile) and the water monitor, the largest lizard.

Birds include the African barred owlet, ant-thrush, barbet, bee-eater, bishop bird, bulbul, bush-warbler, drongo, duck, a variety of eagle species, emerald cuckoo, grouse, gray lourie, and pheasant, and of course, the world's heaviest flying bird, the kori bustard.

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Savanna covers most of Zimbabwe, with the country's rainy summers giving generous assistance to the growth of trees on the plains, which is dominated by brachystegia. There is little true forest in Zimbabwe, however. Only near its eastern border with Mozambique and the savanna northwest of Bulawayo can the land be said to be forested. Common species of tree include the mohobohobo (a medium-sized tree with large spadelike leaves) and the thorn tree. '''Baobabs, thorn trees and mopane (pronounced "moh-pah-neh") trees, which look similar to mohobohobo trees, are common in the Zambezi and Limpopo valleys.

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Some animals that live in Zimbabwe include elephants, lions, buffalo, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, gorillas, chimpanzees, baboons, giraffes, waterbuck, zebra, warthogs, fox, otter, hare, bats, shrews, and scaley anteaters.

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Zimbabwe has a variety of animals over 270 species:

Antelopes

Ampala

Baboons

Buffalo (syncerus caffer)

Cape Horseshoe Bat (rhinolophus capensis) - threatened species

Chameleons

Cheetah (acinocynx jubatus) - threatened species

Chimpanzees

East African Collared Fruit Bat (myonycteruis relicta) - threatened spieces

Elephant (loxodonta africana) - threatened species

Fox

Geckos

Giraffes

Gorillas

Hippopotamus

Hyenas

Jackals

Legless snake lizards

Leopard (panthera pardus)

Kenyan Big-eared Free-tailed Bat (tadarida lobata) - threatened species

Kudu

Large-eared Free-tailed Bat (otomops martiensseni) - threatened species

Leguaan or water monitor

Lion (panthera leo) - threatened species

Monkeys

Red Bush Squirrel (paraxerus palliatus) - threatened species

Rock-plated lizards

Rhinoceros White (cerathotheriumsimum)

Rhinoceros Black (dicerosbicornis) - threatened species

scaley anteaters

shrew

Spotted-Necked Otter (lutra maculicollis) - threatened species

Springhare (pedetes capensis) - threatened species

Waterbuck

Warthogs

Wild dog (lycaon pictus) - threatened species

Wildebeest

Zebra

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The Sable Antelope (Hippotragus Niger) is the national animal of Zimbabwe.

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