Count: 0 — No verified African animals with English common names begin with the letter X. This list follows authoritative sources such as the IUCN Red List, GBIF, standard field guides and taxonomic databases, and therefore records only native or long-established species. Interesting detail: several African genera and scientific names begin with X (for example Xenopus and Xerus), but their widely used common names do not.

Understand why the search yields no results. The letter X is very rare as an initial letter in English and in many local African languages, so few common names start with X. Taxonomic practice produces some X-starting genus names by using Greek or Latin roots, but those are scientific names rather than the English common names required here. Extinct or introduced taxa sometimes carry X-starting names, yet they fall outside the scope of living, verifiable African species for this list.

Note items that come close to fitting the criteria. The African clawed frog (genus Xenopus) and several African ground squirrels (genus Xerus) have scientific names that start with X, but their common names begin with other letters. Use scientific names if you need X-initial entries for academic or taxonomic purposes, but expect no strictly English common-name entries for living African animals under the letter X in authoritative references.