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==Fauna== The Highveld is home to a number of endangered animals, including [[straw-coloured fruit bat]]s; Africa's largest snake, the African rock python (''[[Python sebae]]''); [[mountain zebra]]s; and South Africa's national bird, the [[blue crane]] (''Anthropoides paradiseus''). The only endemic bird species is [[Botha's lark]] (''Spizocorys fringillaris'') and the two endemic mammals β the [[Free State pygmy mouse]] (''Mus orangiae'') and the [[rough-haired golden mole]] (''Chrysospalax villosa''). As well as the python, other reptiles include the [[Nile crocodile]] (''Crocodylus niloticus''), [[Nile monitor]] (''Varanus niloticus''), rock monitor (''[[Varanus albigularis]]''), and [[giant girdled lizard]] or sungazer (''Smaug giganteus'').
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