List of Carnivore Animals in Uganda
Sometimes called predators, carnivore animals feed mostly meat or animal flesh. Uganda has a healthy number of carnivorous animals and you’re most likely to encounter Uganda’s big game animals that top the food chain on the savannah plains.
Wikipedia does excellent justice in defining the word ‘Carnivore’ for me, so I’ll just let it slide here: a carnivore /ˈkɑːrnɪvɔːr/, meaning “meat eater” (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning “meat” or “flesh” and vorare meaning “to devour”), is an animal whose food and energy requirements derive solely from animal tissue or meat, whether through hunting or scavenging.
Uganda has an outstanding share of predatory wealth. A total of 38 carnivore animals have been recorded in Uganda:
- Five canid species—dog-like carnivorans commonly known as canines include domestic dogs, wolves, foxes, and other extant and extinct species.
- Seven felines—any of 37 cat species that, among others, include the cheetah, leopard, lion, lynx, tiger, and a domestic cat Cats are native to almost every region on Earth, except for Australia and Antarctica.
- Three hyenas—the striped hyena (Hyaena hyeana), the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta), and the aardwolf (Proteles cristata).
- Ten mongooses,
- Six mustelids (otters, badgers, and weasels), and
- Seven viverrids (civets and genets).
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