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Mammal list

The wildlife in the area around Nieu Bethesda has adapted to survive in the dry and unstable Karoo environment. The mammal species include primates, rodents and carnivores.

Mammal list

Cape rock elephant-shrew
Rock elephant-shrew
Smith's rock elephant-shrew
Round-eared elephant-shrew
South African hedgehog
Reddish grey musk shrew
Forest shrew
Hottentot golden mole
Egyptian free-tailed bat
Cape serotine bat
Schreibers' long-fingered bat
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
Vervet monkey
Chacma baboon
Aardwolf
Brown Hyena
Cape wild cat
Black-footed cat
Caracal
Bat-eared fox
Silver fox
Blackbacked jackal
Cape clawless otter
Striped polecat
Whitenaped weasel
Cape grey mongoose
Water mongoose
Yellow mongoose
Suricate (Meerkat)
Rock dassie
Ant bear

Scrub hare
Cape hare
Natal red rock rabbit
Smith's red rock rabbit
Common mole-rat
Porcupine
Ground squirrel
Springhare
Spectacled dormouse
Woodland dormouse
Pouched mouse
Bush karoo rat
Short-tailed gerbil
Hairy-footed gerbil
Grant's rock mouse
Namaqua rock mouse
Multimammate mouse
House rat
Striped mouse
Bushpig
Eland
Kudu
Mountain reedbuck
Red hartebeest
Blesbok
Springbok
Grey duiker
Steenbok
Klipspringer
Grey rhebuck

Don't forget

Nieu Bethesda has no petrol, bank or credit card facilities. Fill up your tank and your wallet before you arrive!

Common misspellings of Nieu Bethesda

In 1878, when the town was first formed, the name nu Bethesda was misspelt as "Nieu Bethesda". "New Bethesda" is also popular. Other creative misspellings include: New, Nu, Nieuw, Niew, Bethesda, Betesda, Bathesda, Batesda, Bethesta, Betesta, Bathesta and Batesta.