Nature reserve · Limpopo
Medike Mountain Sanctuary
Medike Mountain Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Limpopo, about 84 km south-west of Musina.
—km² recorded size
—year established
—elevation of the point
84 kmsouth-west of Musina
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Province
- Limpopo
- District
- Vhembe District Municipality
- Local municipality
- Makhado
- Coordinates
- -22.9944, 29.6142
- Nearest large town
- Musina, 84 km south-west
Sources: Wikidata Q125912968 · Natural Earth (province outline)
Nearby
- EWT Medike ReserveNature reserve0 km east
Morning Sun Nature ReserveNature reserve · 40 km²32 km east- MANAVHELA NATURE RESERVENature reserve41 km south-east
- Langjan Natuur ReservattNature reserve44 km north-west
- Blouberg PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserve50 km west
Blouberg Nature ReserveProtected area53 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Medike Mountain Sanctuary
90 mammal and 270 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Bush HyraxHeterohyrax brucei10
- Sharpe's GrysbokRaphicerus sharpei5
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus5
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus4
- Southern African Spiny MouseAcomys spinosissimus4
- KlipspringerOreotragus oreotragus4
- Bush-pigPotamochoerus larvatus4
- Brown HyenaHyaena brunnea4
- Rock HyraxProcavia capensis4
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis3
- Cape PorcupineHystrix africaeaustralis3
- Chacma BaboonPapio ursinus3
- Brown Greater GalagoOtolemur crassicaudatus3
- African CivetCivettictis civetta2
Birds
- Dark-capped BulbulPycnonotus tricolor11
- Bar-throated ApalisApalis thoracica11
- White-browed Scrub RobinErythropygia leucophrys11
- Tawny-flanked PriniaPrinia subflava10
- Freckled NightjarCaprimulgus tristigma10
- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cubla9
- Southern BoubouLaniarius ferrugineus9
- Yellow-breasted ApalisApalis flavida8
- Cape BatisBatis capensis8
- Orange-breasted BushshrikeChlorophoneus sulfureopectus8
- Rattling CisticolaCisticola chiniana8
- Crested GuineafowlGuttera pucherani7
- Black-collared BarbetLybius torquatus7
- Cape White-eyeZosterops virens7
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.