List of African megafauna

Megafauna are large animals (for definitions, see the Megafauna page). Extant and recently extinct (in the Pleistocene, marked by †) megafauna of Africa are listed here.

*Aardvark ("Orycteropus afer")
*Aardwolf ("Proteles cristatus")
*African Buffalo ("Syncerus caffer")
*African Bush Elephant ("Loxodonta africana")
*African Deinotherium † ("Deinotherium bozasi")
*African False Saber-Tooth Cat † ("Dinofelis barlowi")
*African Forest Elephant ("Loxodonta cyclotis")
*African Mammoth † ("Mammuthus subplanifrons")
*African Manatee ("Trichechus senegalensis")
*African Steppe Elephant † ("Loxodonta adaurora")
*African Wild Ass ("Equus africanus")
*African Wild Dog ("Lycaon pictus")
*African wolf † ("Canis africanus"}
*Anancus †
*Ancylotherium † ("Ancylotherium hennigi")
*Anthracotherium †
*Atlas Bear † ("Ursus arctos crowtheri")
*Atlas Tortoise † ("Testudo altas")
*Barbary Lion † ("Panthera leo leo")
*Barbary Sheep ("Ammotragus lervia")
*Barbary stag ("Cervus elaphus barbarus")
*Black Rhinoceros ("Diceros bicornis")
*Black Wildebeest ("Connochaetes gnou")
*Blue Wildebeest ("Connochaetes taurinus")
*Blue Whale ("Balaenoptera musculus")
*Bongo ("Tragelaphus eurycerus")
*Bontebok ("Damaliscus pygargus pygargus")
*Brown Hyena ("Parahyaena brunnea")
*Cape Warthog † ("Phacochoerus aethiopicus aethiopicus")
*Cheetah ("Acinonyx jubatus")
*Common Chimpanzee ("Pan troglodytes")
*Common Eland ("Taurotragus oryx")
*Dibatag ("Ammodorcas clarkei")
*East African Oryx ("Oryx beisa")
*Eastern Gorilla ("Gorilla beringei")
*Ethiopian Wolf ("Canis simensis")
*Fin Whale ("Balaenoptera physalus")
*Gemsbok ("Oryx gazella")
*Gerenuk ("Litocranius walleri")
*Giant Eland ("Taurotragus derbianus")
*Giant Elephant † ("Elephas recki")
*Giant Pangolin ("Manis gigantea")
*Giant Forest Hog ("Hylochoerus meinertzhageni")
*Giant Long-horned Buffalo † ("Pelorovis antiquus")
*Giant Warthog † ("Metridiochoerus andrewsi")
*Giraffe ("Giraffa camelopardalis")
*Goliath Heron ("Ardea goliath")
*Greater Flamingo ("Phoenicopterus ruber")
*Greater Kudu ("Tragelaphus strepsiceros")
*Ground-hornbill ("Bucorvus leadbeateri")
*Hartebeest ("Alcelaphus buselaphus")
*Hippopotamus ("Hippopotamus amphibius")
*Humans ("Homo sapiens")
*Humpback Whale ("Megaptera novaengliae")
*Impala ("Aepyceros melampus")
*Killer Whale ("Orcinus orca")
*Side-Tusked Pig † ("Kubanochoerus gigas")
*Leopard ("Panthera pardus")
*Lechwe ("Kobus leche")
*Lion ("Panthera leo")
*Marabou Stork ("Leptoptilos crumeniferus")
*Minke Whale ("Balaenoptera acutorostrata")
*Mountain Nyala ("Tragelaphus buxtoni")
*Nile Perch ("Lates niloticus")
*Nile Crocodile ("Crocodylus niloticus")
*Nile Monitor ("Varanus niloticus")
*Nyala ("Tragelaphus angasii")
*Okapi ("Okapia johnstoni")
*Ostrich ("Sturthio camelus")
*Quagga † ("Equus quagga quagga")
*Roan Antelope ("Hippotragus equinus")
*Right Whale ("Eubalaena glacialis")
*Sable Antelope ("Hippotragus niger")
*Sassaby ("Damaliscus lunatus")
*Sei Whale ("Balaenoptera borealis")
*Sivatherium †
*Sperm Whale ("Physeter marcocephalus")
*Spotted Hyena ("Crocuta crocuta")
*Thomson's Gazelle ("Gazella thomsoni")
*Topi ("Damaliscus korrigum")
*Warthog ("Phacochoerus africanus")
*Waterbuck ("Kobus ellipsiprymnus")
*White Rhinoceros ("Ceratotherium simum")
*White Stork ("Ciconia ciconia")
*Western Gorilla ("Gorilla gorilla")