Rank | Animal Type | Species Breakdown | Votes |
1 | Chameleon | Panther - 23; Jackson's - 10; Parson's - 6; Meller's - 1; Taita Blade-horn - 1; Common - 1; any species from the continent - 8 | 50 |
2 | Colobus monkey | Mantled guereza - 34; Angola - 3; any species - 9 | 46 |
3 | Cercopithecini | De Brazza's - 18; Vervet - 7; Diana - 6; Patas - 4; L'hoest's - 3; Grivet - 2; Wolf's - 1; Allen's swamp monkey - 1; Red-tailed - 1; Hamlyn's - 1; any species - 1 | 45 |
4 | Crowned crane | Grey - 35; Black - 4; any species - 5 | 44 |
5 | Guineafowl | Helmeted - 31; Vulturine - 7; any species - 5 | 43 |
| Secretary bird | | 43 |
6 | Crocodile | Nile - 25; Dwarf - 9; West African slender snouted - 6; West African - 1 | 41 |
7 | Vulture | White-backed - 11; Rüppell's - 7; Egyptian - 3; Cape - 2; Lammergeier - 2; Hooded - 2; Lappet-faced - 2; Eurasian Griffon - 1; White-headed - 1; any species from the continent - 5 | 36 |
8 | Serval | | 35 |
9 | Stork | Marabou - 25; Saddle-billed - 5; White - 4 | 34 |
| Shoebill | | 34 |
10 | Mongoose | Banded - 18; Dwarf - 7; Yellow - 4; Egyptian - 2; White-tailed - 1; Common kusimanse - 1 | 33 |
| Hornbill | Southern ground - 17; Abessynian ground - 3; Von der Decken's - 3; Red-billed - 2; Yellow-billed - 1; Trumpeter - 1; any species from the continent - 5 | 33 |
11 | Tortoise | Radiated - 9; Pancake - 9; Leopard - 4; Egyptian - 4; Angonoka - 1; Speckled - 1; Greek - 1; any species from the continent - 1 | 30 |
12 | Hyrax | Rock - 28; any species - 1 | 29 |
13 | Gelada | | 28 |
14 | Gerenuk | | 26 |
15 | Eland | Common - 12; Giant - 10; any species - 2 | 24 |
16 | Fox | Bat-eared - 21; Cape - 1; Rüppel's - 1 | 23 |
| Aye-aye | | 23 |
17 | Kudu | Greater - 18; Lesser - 1; any species - 2 | 21 |
18 | Mamba | Black - 16; Green - 3; any species - 1 | 20 |
| African grey parrot | | 20 |
19 | Duiker | Yellow-backed - 7; Red forest - 4; Blue - 3; Red-flancked - 2; Zebra - 1; Jentink's - 1; any species - 1 | 19 |
20 | African civet | | 18 |
| Barbary sheep | | 18 |
21 | Pelican | Great white - 14; Pink-backed - 3 | 17 |
| Impala | | 17 |
22 | Aardwolf | | 16 |
23 | Barbary macaque | | 14 |
24 | Jackal | Black-backed - 12; any species from the continent - 1 | 13 |
25 | Giraffe | Masai - 8; Rotschild's . 3; West African - 1 | 12 |
| Cape porcupine | | 12 |
26 | Waterbuck | | 12 |
27 | Elephant shrew | Black and rofous - 8; Round eared - 1; any species - 2 | 11 |
| Cobra | Egyptian - 6; Mozambique spitting - 2; Red spitting - 1 any species from the continent - 2 | 11 |
| Viper | Gaboon - 9; Rhinoceros - 2 | 11 |
| Nacked mole-rat | | 11 |
28 | Ibis | Northern bald - 6; African scared - 4 | 10 |
| Baboon | Olive - 7; Guinea - 2; any species - 1 | 10 |
| Klipspringer | | 10 |
29 | Zebra | Grévy's - 8; Mountain - 1 | 9 |
| Sifaka | Crowned - 2; Diademed - 1; any species - 6 | 9 |
30 | Wolf | Ethiopian - 4; African - 4 | 8 |
| Bushbaby/Galago | Senegal - 5; Brown greater - 1, Northern greater - 1; any species - 1 | 8 |
| South African springhare | | 8 |
31 | Goose | Egyptian - 4; African pygmy - 3 | 7 |
| Tenrec | Lowland streaked - 4; Lesser hedgehog - 1; Tailless - 1; any species - 1 | 7 |
| Python | Royal - 4; African rock - 3 | 7 |
| Sitatunga | | 7 |
| African forest buffalo | | 7 |
| Bontebok | | 7 |
32 | Gecko | Madagascar giant day - 1; Giant leaf-tailed - 1; Fat-tailed - 1; Turquoise dwarf - 1; Gold dust day - 1 | 5 |
| Brown hyena | | 5 |
35 | Mangabey | Collared - 2; Golden-bellied - 1; White-naped - 1 | 4 |
| Eagle | Golden - 2; African fish - 1; Martial - 1 | 4 |
| Congo peafowl | | 4 |
| Topi | | 4 |
| African spoonbill | | 4 |
33 | Otter | African small-clawed - 2; Eurasian - 1 | 3 |
| Scorpion | Deathstalker - 2; Emperor - 1 | 3 |
| Black-footed cat | | 3 |
| Rose-ringed parakeet | | 3 |
| Madagascar hissing cockroach | | 3 |
34 | Hedgehog | Four-toed - 1; South African - 1 | 2 |
| Lemur | Crowned - 1; Grey mouse - 1 | 2 |
| Lovebird | Black-cheeked - 1; any species - 1 | 2 |
| Girdled lizard | Armadillo - 1; Mozambique - 1 | 2 |
| Tarantula | Socotra Island Blue Baboon - 1; Togo Starburst Baboon - 1 | 2 |
| White-faced whistling duck | | 2 |
| Drill | | 2 |
| Mantella | | 2 |
| Village weaverbird | | 2 |
| Rainbow agama | | 2 |
| Malagasy giant rat | | 2 |
| Roan antelope | | 2 |
| Rodrigues flying fox | | 2 |
| African giant millipede | | 2 |
35 | Cape eagle owl | | 1 |
| Deathstalker | | 1 |
| Grey wall jumper | | 1 |
| Malagasy stick insect | | 1 |
| European bee-eater | | 1 |
| African cichlid | | 1 |
| Turaco | | 1 |
| Hirola | | 1 |
| Bateleur | | 1 |
| Woodland dormouse | | 1 |
| Peregrine falcon | | 1 |
| Madagascar sunset moth | | 1 |
| Hare | | 1 |
| Dugong | | 1 |
| Malachite kingfisher | | 1 |
| Lilac-breasted roller | | 1 |
| African fish-eagle | | 1 |
| European rabbit | | 1 |
| Dorcas gazelle | | 1 |
| African genet | | 1 |
| Grandidier's vontsira | | 1 |
| Malagasy civet | | 1 |
| Superb starling | | 1 |
| Bearded barbet | | 1 |
| Giant forest hog | | 1 |
| Giant pangolin | | 1 |
| Goliath heron | | 1 |
| Kori bustard | | 1 |
| African forest elephant | | 1 |
| Bernier's teal | | 1 |
| Royal python | | 1 |
| Somali ostrich | | 1 |
| Cape ground squirrel | | 1 |
| Violet turaco | | 1 |
| Hammerkop | | 1 |
| Bokiboky | | 1 |
| Hoopoe | | 1 |
| Black-bellied hinged terrapin | | 1 |
| African clawed frog | | 1 |
| Sun beetle | | 1 |
| Cape bushbuck | | 1 |
| Mwanza flat-headed rock agama | | 1 |
| African golden cat | | 1 |
| Mountain gorilla | | 1 |
| Brown fur seal | | 1 |
| Water chevrotain | | 1 |
| Lesser flamingo | | 1 |
| East African lion | | 1 |
| Augrabies flat lizard | | 1 |
| Coconut crab | | 1 |
| Shovel-Snouted Lizard | | 1 |