The diversified environment in the country is behind the existence of various types of wildlife. There are at least some 266 species of mammals from 12 families and these are all the types found in Africa with the exception of one type. Some 938 types of birds have been identified as well as 95 types of snakes. Among the most important wild animals mention may be made of the elephant, white rhino, lions, giraffes, buffalo, tiang, water buck, roan antelope, kudu, oribi, bush buck, warthog, baboon, etc. The important birds include ostrich, marabou stork, gray heron, and a number of birds of prey.

  Fortunately the Sudan has issued laws to conserve and protect wildlife since 1935. Strict by-laws have been carefully formulated to ban un-authorized hunting and to confine hunting to specific types and in restricted areas. In the circumstance the wildlife zone has been divided into: