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- Dendrocygnidae (whistling ducks)
- Dicruridae (drongos)
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- Haematopodidae (oystercatchers)
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- Hirundinidae (swallows & martins)
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- Malaconotidae (bush-shrikes & tchagras)
- Meropidae (bee-eaters)
- Monarchidae (crested & paradise flycatchers)
- Motacillidae (wagtails & longclaws)
- Muscicapidae (thrushes & robins)
- Musophagidae (turacos)
- Nectariniidae (sunbirds)
- Numididae (guineafowls)
- Oriolidae (old world orioles)
- Otididae (bustards)
- Paridae (tits & penduline-tits)
- Passeridae (sparrows & petronias)
- Pelecanidae (pelicans)
- Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
- Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)
- Phasianidae (francolins & spurfowls)
- Phoenicopteridae (flamingos)
- Phoeniculidae (wood-hoopoes)
- Picidae (woodpeckers & wrynecks)
- Pittidae (pittas)
- Ploceidae (weavers & queleas)
- Podicipedidae (grebes)
- Procellariidae (petrels & shearwaters)
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- Psittacidae (parrots & lovebirds)
- Pteroclidae (sandgrouse)
- Pycnonotidae (bulbuls & nicators)
- Rallidae (crakes & moorhens)
- Recurvirostridae (stilts & avocets)
- Rhinopomastidae (scimitarbills)
- Rostratulidae (painted-snipes)
- Sagittariidae (secretary bird)
- Scolopacidae (snipes & stints)
- Scopidae (hamerkop)
- Spheniscidae (penguins)
- Strigidae (typical owls)
- Struthionidae (ostriches)
- Sturnidae (starlings & oxpeckers)
- Sulidae (boobies & gannets)
- Sylviidae (leaf-warblers & babblers)
- Threskiornithidae (ibises & spoonbills)
- Trogonidae (trogons)
- Turnicidae (buttonquails)
- Tytonidae (barn & grass owls)
- Upupidae (hoopoes)
- Viduidae (whydas & indigobirds)
- Zosteropidae (white-eyes)
- Crocodiles
- Fish – Freshwater
- Fish – Freshwater
- Amphiliidae (mountain catfish)
- Anabantidae (labyrinth fish)
- Anguillidae (freshwater eels)
- Aplocheilidae (Annual killifish)
- Austroglanididae (rock catfish)
- Centrarchidae (bass & sunfish)
- Characidae (characins)
- Cichlidae (cichlids)
- Clariidae (air-breathing catfish)
- Cyprinidae (barbs & yellowfish)
- Cyprinodontidae (topminnows)
- Gallaxiidae (galaxias)
- Kneriidae (knerias)
- Mochokidae (squeakers)
- Mormyridae (snoutfish)
- Percidae (perches)
- Poeciliidae (live-bearers)
- Protopteridae (African lungfish)
- Salmonidae (trout)
- Schilbeidae (butter catfish)
- Fish – Marine (cartilaginous)
- Fish – Marine (cartilaginous)
- Callorhinchidae (elephantfish)
- Carcharhinidae (requiem sharks)
- Dasyatidae (stingrays)
- Heterontidae (bullhead sharks)
- Hexanchidae (cowsharks)
- Lamnidae (mackerel sharks)
- Mobulidae (mantas)
- Myliobatidae (eaglerays)
- Odontaspididae (ragged-tooth sharks)
- Orectolobidae (carpet sharks)
- Pristidae (sawfish)
- Rajidae (skates)
- Rhinobatidae (guitarfish)
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- Sphyrnidae (hammerhead sharks)
- Squalidae (dogfish sharks)
- Squatinidae (angelsharks)
- Torpedinidae (electric rays)
- Fish – Marine (coelacanth)
- Fish – Marine & Estuarine (bony)
- Fish – Marine & Estuarine (bony)
- Acanthuridae (surgeon & unicornfish)
- Albulidae (bonefish)
- Ambassidae (glassies)
- Apogonidae (cardinalfish)
- Ariidae (sea catfish)
- Atherinidae (silversides)
- Balistidae (triggerfish)
- Belonidae (needlefishes & garfish)
- Blenniidae (blennies)
- Bothidae (left-eye flounders)
- Caesionidae (fusiliers)
- Carangidae (kingfishes & shrimpfish)
- Chaetodontidae (butterflyfish)
- Chanidae (milkfish)
- Cheilodactylidae (fingerfins & bank steenbras)
- Chirocentridae (wolfherrings)
- Cirrhittidae (hawkfish)
- Clinidae (klipfishes & clinids)
- Clupeidae (herrings & sardines)
- Coracinidae (galjoen)
- Coryphaenidae (dolphinfish)
- Cynoglossidae (tonguesoles)
- Dinopercidae (cavebass)
- Drepanidae (sicklefish)
- Echeneidae (suckerfish)
- Elopidae (springers)
- Engraulidae (anchovies)
- Ephippidae (spade & batfish)
- Gempylidae (snoek)
- Gerreidae (pursemouths)
- Gobiidae (gobies)
- Grammistidae (striped rockcods)
- Haemulidae (grunters & rubberlips)
- Hemiramphidae (halfbeaks)
- Holocentridae (soldierfish & squirrelfish)
- Istiophoridae (billfish)
- Kuhliidae (flagtails)
- Kyphosidae (chubs)
- Labridae (wrasses)
- Leiognathidae (slimies & soapies)
- Lethrinidae (emperors & large-eye breams)
- Lobotidae (tripletail)
- Lutjanidae (snappers & jobfish)
- Megalopidae (tarpons)
- Menidae (moonfish)
- Merlucciidae (hakes)
- Monodactylidae (moonies)
- Mugilidae (mullets)
- Mullidae (goatfish)
- Muraenesocidae (pike congers)
- Muraenidae (moray eels)
- Nemepteridae (spinecheeks)
- Ophidiidae (cuskeels & kingklip)
- Oplegnathidae (knifejaws)
- Ostraciidae (box & cowfish)
- Pempheridae (sweepers)
- Platycephalidae (flatheads)
- Plotosidae (eel-catfish)
- Polynemidae (threadfins)
- Pomacanthidae (angelfish)
- Pomacentridae (damselfish)
- Pomatomidae (shad)
- Rachycentridae (prodigal son)
- Sciaenidae (kob & geelbek)
- Scomberesocidae (sauries)
- Scombridae (mackerel & tuna)
- Scorpaenidae (scorpion & stonefish)
- Scorpididae (stonebreams)
- Serranidae (rockcods & seabass)
- Siganidae (rabbitfish)
- Sillaganidae (sillagos)
- Soleidae (soles)
- Sparidae (seabreams & steenbras)
- Sphyraenidae (barracudas)
- Synodontidae (lizardfish)
- Teraponidae (thornfish)
- Tetraodontidae (puffers & tobies)
- Trichiuridae (cutlassfishes)
- Triglidae (gurnards)
- Zanclidae (Moorish idol)
- Zeidae (John Dories)
- Frogs
- Frogs
- Arthroleptidae (squeakers & tree frogs)
- Breviceptidae (rain frogs)
- Bufonidae (toads)
- Heleophrynidae (ghost frogs)
- Hemisotidae (shovel-nosed frogs)
- Hyperoliidae (reed frogs & kassinas)
- Microhylidae (rubber frogs)
- Phrynobatrachidae (puddle frogs)
- Pipidae (platannas)
- Ptychadenidae (grass frogs)
- Pyxicephalidae (moss frogs, cacos, river frogs etc)
- Rhacophoridae (foam-nest tree frogs)
- Lizards
- Mammals
- Mammals
- Balaenidae (right whales)
- Balaenopteridae (rorquals)
- Bathyergidae (mole-rats)
- Bovidae (antelope & buffalo)
- Canidae (jackals & wild dog)
- Cercopithecidae (baboons & monkeys)
- Chrysochloridae (golden moles)
- Delphinidae (dolphins & killer whales)
- Elephantidae (elephants)
- Emballonuridae (sheath-tailed bats)
- Equidae (zebras)
- Erinaceidae (hedgehog)
- Felidae (cats)
- Galagidae (galagos)
- Giraffidae (giraffe)
- Herpestidae (mongoose)
- Hippopotamidae (hippopotamus)
- Hipposideridae (trident & leaf-nosed bats)
- Hyaenidae (hyaenas)
- Hystricidae (porcupines)
- Kogiidae (dwarf sperm whales)
- Leporidae (hares & rabbits)
- Macroscelididae (elephant-shrews)
- Manidae (pangolins)
- Molossidae (free-tailed bats)
- Muridae (mice & rats)
- Mustelidae (otters & badgers)
- Myoxidae (dormice)
- Nandiniidae (palm civet)
- Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whales)
- Nycteridae (slit-faced bats)
- Orycteropodidae (aardvark)
- Otariidae (fur seals)
- Pedetidae (springhare)
- Petromuridae (dassie rat)
- Phocidae (true seals)
- Physeteridae (sperm whales)
- Procaviidae (hyraxes)
- Pteropodidae (fruit-eating bats)
- Rhinocerotidae (rhino)
- Rhinolophidae (horseshoe bats)
- Sciuridae (squirrels)
- Soricidae (shrews)
- Suidae (pigs & warthog)
- Thryonomyidae (canerats)
- Vespertilionidae (vesper bats)
- Viverridae (civets & genets)
- Ziphiidae (beaked whales)
- Snakes
- Snakes
- Atractaspididae (African burrowing snakes)
- Colubridae (typical/colubrid snakes)
- Elapidae (cobras & mambas)
- Lamprophiidae (house & water snakes)
- Leptotyphlopidae (thread or worm snakes)
- Natricidae (marsh snakes)
- Prosymnidae (shovel-snouts)
- Psammophiidae (sand & grass snakes)
- Pseudaspididae (mole snakes)
- Pseudoxyrhophiidae (slug-eaters & reed snakes)
- Pythonidae (pythons)
- Typhlopidae (blind snakes)
- Viperidae (adders)
- Tortoises, Terrapins & Turtles
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