for characteristic jumping when startled Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus) — a smallish stocky antelope with hooves adapted to climbing rocks, like a mountain goat, shy, seen only in Luangwa, rarely Lechwe (Kobus leche) — an antelope of swamps and floodplains often found wading and grazing floating vegetation, it occurs in huge herds in the Bangweulu swamps (black subspecies), smaller herds on the Kafue Flats and Busanga Plain (red and Kafue subspecies) Lichtenstein's hartebeest (Alcelaphus lichtensteinii) — found on floodplains, dambos and savannahs, common in Kafue Oribi (Ourebia ourebi) — a small antelope of grassland habitats, common in Kafue Puku (Kobus vardonii) — a mid-sized antelope with a fuzzy coat, common on dambos and other wet grasslands of northern/north-western Zambia Sable antelope (Hippotragus niger) — large antelope with a deep brown or black coat, white belly and face, with long backward-arching horns, very similar to a roan antelope Roan antelope (Hippotragus equinus) — similar to the sable antelope but with a lighter, redder coat; fairly common in Kafue Sharpe's grysbok (Raphicerus sharpei) — a small shy solitary antelope similar to a duiker, quite common Sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) — dark forequarters and a light brown body and hind quarters, delicately marked with white spots and stripes, this is a seldom-seen medium to large antelope of papyrus swamps in which it can swim to escape predators; rare in Kafue, often seen in Kasanka NP and Bangweulu Southern reedbuck (Redunca arundinum) — common in Kafue grazing on dambos Steenbok (steinbok, Raphicerus campestris) — small antelope similar to the oribi, occasionally seen in Kafue Topi (tsessebe, Damaliscus lunatus) — a large fast-running antelope, dark brown with yellow markings on the legs, which occurs in groups on plains, not common Waterbuck (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) — long-haired, often shaggy with a brown-grey coat and a white ring on the rump, common in Luangwa, often in large herds, but the defassa subspecies common in Kafue and Sumbu has a white patch instead Other mammals Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) — anteater, constructs large burrows often taken over by other animals Yellow-spotted rock hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) and Cape hyrax (Procavia capensis) — common rabbit-sized creatures related to elephants, seen in rocky areas African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) — poached for ivory and decimated to local extinction in some areas, but still common in some national parks, large herds in Kafue, Luangwa, Lower Zambezi Ground pangolin (Manis temminckii) — an anteater, armoured with scales,