South Africa

The country's mammalian diversity consists of 322 living and 1 extinct species in 14 orders, 51 families, and 181 genera.

Notes: The list excludes widespread and domesticated species. Extinct species are based on records in the past 500 years.

Subclass Infraclass Order Families Genera Living species Extinct species (last 500 years)
Theria Placentalia 1 3 8 0
Theria Placentalia 1 8 17 0
Theria Placentalia 1 1 1 0
Theria Placentalia 1 1 1 0
Theria Placentalia 1 3 3 0
Theria Placentalia 2 5 5 0
Theria Placentalia 1 3 8 0
Theria Placentalia 9 36 78 0
Theria Placentalia 2 4 15 0
Theria Placentalia 10 30 64 0
Theria Placentalia 1 1 1 0
Theria Placentalia 8 33 43 0
Theria Placentalia 2 3 4 0
Theria Placentalia 11 50 74 1