Nature reserve · Gauteng
Eugene Marais Park
Eugene Marais Park is a nature reserve in Gauteng, about 4 km south of Pretoria.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
4 kmsouth of Pretoria
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve (park, nature reserve)
- Province
- Gauteng
- District
- City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality
- Local municipality
- City of Tshwane
- Coordinates
- -25.7789, 28.2200
- Nearest large town
- Pretoria, 4 km south
Sources: Wikidata Q105395798 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve1 km north-east- Kruin ParkNature reserve2 km north-west
- Groenkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve2 km south-west
- Colbyn ValleyNature reserve6 km north-east
Moreleta Kloof Nature ReserveNature reserve8 km south-east
Wonderboom Nature ReserveNature reserve11 km north
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Eugene Marais Park
75 mammal and 90 218 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Plains ZebraEquus quagga20
- BontebokDamaliscus pygargus7
- Blue WildebeestConnochaetes taurinus7
- ImpalaAepyceros melampus7
- Southern GiraffeGiraffa giraffa5
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis4
- Moholi BushbabyGalago moholi3
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis3
- Wahlberg's Epauletted Fruit BatEpomophorus wahlbergi2
- Yellow MongooseCynictis penicillata2
- European RabbitOryctolagus cuniculus2
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum2
- Greater KuduTragelaphus strepsiceros2
Birds
- Southern Masked WeaverPloceus velatus2 914
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis2 602
- Hadada IbisBostrychia hagedash2 494
- Common MynaAcridotheres tristis2 168
- Karoo ThrushTurdus smithi2 069
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor1 998
- Ring-necked DoveStreptopelia capicola1 761
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata1 717
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus1 593
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffra1 539
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens1 502
- African Sacred IbisThreskiornis aethiopicus1 493
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus1 453
- Speckled MousebirdColius striatus1 438
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.