Mammals in the mountains: An historical review and updated checklist of the mammals of the Mountain Zebra National Park

Based on published and unpublished records, together with original data collected from regular field trips over a 15-year period, 68 mammal species have been reliably recorded the Mountain Zebra National Park. I assessed current status of all species, in relation to park expansion research effort time (1937–2020). Although numerous large charismatic reintroduced since it was gazetted 1937, both an attempt restore historical diversity region attract tourists, surveying smaller more cryptic has sorely lacking. recommend that future survey work targets small, mostly fossorial mammals (i.e. golden rodent moles, elephant shrews gerbils) insectivorous bats. Conservation implications: This provides critical presence for several important protected area straddles three biomes South Africa.