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Mammals List

Mammals List

CA, WEA Pan troglodytes Chimpanzee From S across the forested belt north Chimpanzé of the R. Zaire to W and ; Rainforest, forest gallerie, extending into savanna woodland; lowland and montane forest Gorilla gorilla Gorilla western population : from R. Cross to R. Zaire Gorille / R. Sangha, with a relict population at Bondo on R. Uelle; eastern : triangular wedge between R. Luala (R. Zaire), L. Edward and L. Tanganyika; Lowland tropical rainforest; mountain and subalpine environment Piliocolobus Central African Red CA north and east of R. Zaire to W Uganda oustaleti Colobus and W Tanzania; Colobe bai ranges between 300 and 2500 ms from levee, d'Ouganda swamp, lowland and mixed to montane forests Colobus angolensis Pied CA, EA; Colobus Montane and lowland forests Colobe d'Angola Colobus angolensis Angola Pied CA, EA; Colobus Montane and lowland forests Colobe d'Angola Colobus guereza (= Guereza Colobus CA, EA; C. abyssinicus) Colobe guereza Montane and lowland forests Papio anubis Olive baboon northern and eastern CA, EA; Babouin doguera from Sahelian woodland to forest-mosaic habitats Lophocebus Grey-Cheeked CA to W EA; albigena Mangabey rainforest, esp. swamp forest Mangabé à joues grises Cercopithecus Patas Monkey northern CA, EA; (Erythrocebus) Singe rouge mostly Acacia-grassland patas Cercopithecus Grivet, Vervet, etc. northern and southern CA, EA, SA; aethiops Monkeys savannahs, woodlands, forest-grassland mosaic Singe vert Cercopithecus L'Hoest's Monkey Bioko, SW , Central , eastern l'hoesti Cercopithèque de RDC, W Uganda, , L'Hoest forest, both montane and lowland, thickets, swamp forest Cercopithecus De Brazza's Monkey S Cameroon and Equatorial to neglectus Cercopithèque de Ruwenzori and Mt. Elgon and Debasien; Brazza riverine habitats Cercopithecus Putty-nosed Widely but patchily distributed from S nictitans nictitans monkey, Gentle Cameroon to eastern DRC and EA, southern and C. n. mitis monkey, White- CA, and eastern SA throated monkey, Silver monkey, Blue monkey Hocheur, Cercopithèque à diadème Cercopithecus Moustached S Cameroon to W EA cephus Monkey, Red-eared lowland and sub-montane forest Monkey, Red-tailed Monkey Moustac, Moustac à oreilles rousses, Cercopithèque ascagne Periodictitus potto Potto S Cameroon to W Potto de Bosman lowland, swamp and lower montane forests Galago senegalensis Senegal Galago northern CA, EA; Galago du Sénégal woodland, montane forests Galagoides demidoff Demidoff's Galago SW Cameroon to NW EA Galago de Demidoff dense secondary growth on forest margins Galagoides thomasi Thomas's Galago SW Cameroon to NW EA Galago de Thomas high forest, undergrowth, secondary forest Eidolon helvum Straw-coloured fruit Ubiquitous Rousettus Egyptian fruit bat northern ad southern CA, EA, coastal SA aegyptiacus cave-dweller, outside rain-forest and desert Lissonycteris Angola fruit bat CA, EA angolensis mainly forests at low and higher altitude Myonycteris spp Collared fruit bat S Cameroon to Uganda, also coastal forest of Kenya and Tanzania rainforest, savannah / forest mosaics Epomophorus spp. Epauletted fruit bat Ubiquitous outside desert savannah, woodland and forest mosaic, also main forest Hypsignathus Hammer bat S Cameroon to W Kenya monstrosus lowland forest, not montane Epomops spp. Singing fruit bat Cameroon to W Uganda, Angola to to W Tanzania forest and forest / woodland mosaic Micropteropus spp. Dwarf epauletted northern and southern CA, to L. Victoria and fruit bat western Kenya woodland, savannah and forest mosaic outside main forest zone Megaloglossus Nectar bat Cameroon to W Uganda woermanni main forest block Coleura afra African Sheath- CA, EA, northern SA tailed bat savannah and woodland Taphozous spp. Tomb bat Ubiquitous outside very arid desert Saccolaimus peli Black hawk bat Cameroon to W Kenya rainforest Nycteris spp. Slit-faced bat Ubiquitous Lavia frons Yellow-winged bat throughout tropical low-lying savannahs, open woodlands and narrow forest galleries Rhinolophus spp. Horseshoe bat Ubiquitous Hipposideros spp. Leaf-nosed bat Ubiquitous outside desert Myotis spp. Hairy bat Ubiquitous outside desert Kerivoula spp. Woolly bat Ubiquitous in well-watered areas (= Butterfly bat Ubiquitous outside dry areas ) spp. spp. Serotine bat Ubiquitous outside desert Mimetillus monoleyi Moloney's flat- CA, EA headed bat forest, moist forest-savannah mosaic Nyctecius schlieffeni Schlieffen's twilight Ubiquitous bat savannah and relatively arid habitats spp. Pipistrelle Ubiquitous spp. Evening bat northern and southern CA, EA, northern SA woodland, savannah and dry Acacia country spp. House bat Ubiquitous outside desert Miniopterus spp. Long-fingered bat Ubiquitous outside desert Tadarida spp. Guano bat Ubiquitous Chaerophon spp. Wrinkle-lipped Ubiquitous Mops spp. Mops free-tailed bat Ubiquitous forest, woodland and savannah Myopterus whitleyi 'Winged-rat' free- Cameroon to Uganda tailed bat forest and forest savannah mosaic Otomops Giant mastiff bat Ubiquitous martiensseni Potamogale velox Giant Otter Cameroon to W Kenya Potamogale rivers Chlorotalpa spp. Forty-toothed CA, SA, patchily distributed golden dry sandy soils albiventris African sub-Saharan non-forest habitats to R. Zambezi spp. Climbing shrew tropical Africa forest or riverine habitats up to 4000 ms., rank, grassy habitats spp. shrew Cameroon to Uganda montane and lowland forests spp. White-toothed Ubiquitous shrew Lepus capensis Cape Hare CA, EA, SA; scrubby grasslands, grassy areas Lièvre du Cap within woodlands, upland and montane grasslands Lepus saxatilis Scrub Hare Poelagus marjorita Uganda Grass-Hare, northern CA to Uganda, also Angola; Bunyoro Rabbit moist, wooded grasslands, associated with Lapin sauvage rocky or broken ground d'Afrique Euxerus erythropus Striped ground northern CA, EA; squirrel open woodlands, savannah, dry steppe Ecureuil fouisseur Heliosciurus Gambian sun northern and southern CA, EA; gambianus squirrel woodland, savannah and montane habitats Héliosciure de Gambie Heliosciurus Red-legged sun From Senegal eastwards across the Zaire basin rufobrachium squirrel to Uganda to the Gregory Rift; Héliosciure à jambes low and medium altitudes, forest rousses Protoxerus stangeri African giant CA, W Uganda, W. Tanzania to W. Kenya; squirrel well developed equatorial forest, tall swamp Grand écureuil de forest, at altitudes up to 2000 ms. Stanger Anomalurus Lord Derby's CA, EA; rainforest to woodlands derbianus Anomalure Ecureuil volant de Derby Graphiurus spp. African dormouse Ubiquitous, in trees Loir spp. Common northern and southern CA, EA (marginally), SA; drier soils outside main forest blocks Hystrix cristata Crested CA, EA; Porc-épic savannah, woodlands, steppe, upland Atherurus africanus Brush-tailed Cameroon to Kenya, from sea-level up to 700 porcupine ms. in the equatorial zone; Athérure africain rainforest Thryonomys spp. Cane-rat CA, EA, SA; moister areas Aulacode Gerbillus spp. Gerbil northern CA, EA; Gerbille open dry and sandy habitats Tatera spp. Naked-soled gerbil CA, EA, SA; ubiquitous outside rainforest Taterillus spp. Taterillus gerbil northern CA, northern EA; dry savannah and steppes Dendromus spp. Climbing mouse Ubiquitous; tall grass and shrubby secondary growth Steatomys spp. Fat mouse CA, EA, SA; savannah, woodland, not in rainforest or arid areas Cricetomys spp. Giant pouched rat Ubiquitous outside arid areas Rat de Gambie Acomys spp. Spiny mouse CA, EA, SA; dy areas Lophuromys spp. Brush-furred mouse CA, EA; moist areas Uranomys ruddi Uranomys mouse northern CA, north-western EA; moist grassy areas Colomys goslingi Velvet rat From Cameroon to W Uganda, Angola to L. Tanganyika, along montane forest streams in Kenya and ; margin of forest streams, swamp forest among palms, ginger and arrowroot Malacomys spp. Long-footed rat From Cameroon to Uganda and L. Tanganyika; very moist forest floor close to streams and swamps under closed canopy Praomys spp. Soft-furred rat Cameroon to Indian Ocean forest, woodland, montane Hylomyscus spp. African wood mouse Cameroon to EA mountains; lowland and montane rainforest Mastomys spp. Multimammate rat Ubiquitous outside desert Myomys spp. Meadow rat north of the forest in CA, EA; varied habitats Mus spp. Common mouse Ubiquitous Grammomys spp. Narrow-footed CA, EA, coastal SA; woodland mouse moister vegetation types Dasymys spp. Shaggy swamp rat CA, EA, eastern SA; wetter grassy areas outside equatorial forest Aethomys spp. Bush rat Ubiquitous; rocky habitats Stochomys Target rat Cameroon to W Uganda longicaudatus equatorial lowland forest Oenomys spp. Rusty-nosed rat Forest belt from Cameroon to Central Kenya; secondary growth in clearings, margins of marshes and sedge beds Hybomys spp. Hump-nosed mouse Equatorial forest between Cameroon and the Nile Valley to west of L. Victoria Lemniscomys spp. Zebra mouse Ubiquitous; grassland Arvicanthis spp. Unstriped grass rat northern and southern CA, EA; savannah, grassland, steppe Canis adustus Side-striped jackal northern and southern CA, EA, SA; Chacal à flancs outside rainforest rayés Lycaon pictus Wild dog Ubiquitous outside rainforest Cynhyène Ictonyx striatus Zorilla Ubiquitous outside rain forest Zorille Poecilogale Striped weasel CA, EA, eastern SA; albinucha Poécilogale grassland Mellivora capensis Ratel Ubiquitous Aonyx capensis African clawless Ubiquitous outside rainforest and arid areas otter Loutre à joues blanches Lutra maculicollis Spot-necked otter Cameroon to W EA, eastern SA; Loutre à cou tacheté in clear rivers and lakes Herpestes Ichneumon CA, EA, coastal SA; ichneumon mongoose flat grassy areas, moist savannahs outside heart Mangouste of equatorial forest ichneumon Herpestes sanguinea Slender mongoose Ubiquitous Mangouste rouge Mungos mungo Banded mongoose northern and southern CA, EA, north-eastern Mangouste rayée SA; woodland, savannah and grassland Atilax paludinosus Marsh mongoose Ubiquitous outside of desert; Mangouste des rivers, swamps and lakes marais Ichneumia White-tailed northern and southern CA, EA, eastern SA; albicauda mongoose grassy savannah, tropical woodland, suburbia Mangouste à queue blanche Crocuta crocuta Spotted hyaena CA, EA, SA; Hyène tachetée outside dense forest Genetta genetta Common genet northern and southern CA, EA, western SA; Genette commune arid woodland, rocky, hilly country Genetta tigrina Blotched genet Ubiquitous outside desert areas Genette à grandes taches Genetta servalina Servaline genet CA, western and montane EA; Genette servaline rainforest Civettictis civetta African civet Ubiquitous outside deserts Civette d'Afrique Nandinia binotata African palm civet CA, EA to ; Nandinie tropical rainforest and montane forest Felis sylvestris Wild cat Ubiquitous outside rainforest Chat ganté Felis serval Serval cat Ubiquitous outside rainforest Serval Felis caracal Caracal northern and southern CA, EA, SA; in drier areas Felis aurata Golden cat Forested regions of tropical Africa to W Chat doré Kenya; lowland forest and vegetation along rivers, moorland, bamboo and montane forest Panthera pardus Leopard Ubiquitous Léopard Panthera leo Lion Ubiquitous outside rainforest Acinonyx jubatus Chetah northern and southern CA, EA, SA; Guépard open areas Phataginus tricuspis Tree pangolin Senegal to W Kenya and the R. Zaire basin to Pangolin commun N. Angola and ; lowland rainforest block and outliers, cultivation, fallow and forest mosaics Smutsia gigantea Giant pangolin Senegal and Cameroon to W Kenya (north of Pangolin géant the R. Kasai and R. Tshuapa; forest, forest mosaics, high-rainfall secondary grassland; totally water dependant Smutsia temminckii Ground pangolin northern CA, EA, SA; Pangolin de woodland, savannah, grassland Temminck Orycteropus afer Aardvark Ubiquitous outside WCA; Oryctérope where there are and Procavia spp. Rock hyrax northern CA, EA, SA; Daman de rocher drier areas Dendrohyrax Western tree hyrax Cameroon to W Kenya and W Tanzania; dorsalis Daman des arbres lowland forest, moist savannah, evergreen thicket, montane Loxodonta africana African elephant Ubiquitous outside desert Eléphant d'Afrique Diceros bicornis Black rhinoceros northern CA, EA, SA; Rhinocéros noir all but wettest and driest areas Hippopotamus Hippo Ubiquitous near water amphibius Potamochoerus spp. Bush pig CA, EA, eastern SA; Potamochère forested and woodland habitats Hylochoerus Giant hog CA, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania mountains meinertzhageni Hylochère Phaecochoerus Common warthog northern and southern CA, EA, SA; africanus Phacochère savannah, open woodland Giraffa Giraffe northern CA, EA, SA; camelopardalis Girafe savannah, open woodland Syncerus caffer African buffalo Ubiquitous outside dry areas Buffle d'Afrique Tragelaphus Bushbuck Ubiquitous scriptus Guib Tragelaphus Bongo CA, EA mountains; euryceros forest Tragelaphus spekei Sitatunga throughout equatorial forest, with swamps, Sitatunga lakeshores and valley bottoms to W EA and R. Zambezi / R. Bangweulu basins; open swamps, forest waterways, beds of reeds, sedge and papyrus Tragelaphus Greater kudu northern and southernmost CA, EA, SA; strepsiceros Grand koudou thickets and woodland Taurotragus spp. Eland northern and southern CA, EA, SA; Elan de Derby, élan woodlands, savannah du Cap Sylvicapra grimmia Bush duiker northern and southern CA, EA, SA; Céphalophe savannah and woodland couronné, Sylvicapre de Grimm Cephalophus Blue duiker CA, EA, eastern SA; monticola Céphalophe bleu lowland and montane rainforest, riverine and coastal forest, moist thicket Cephalophus Black-fronted duiker Cameroon to EA mountains; swamp forest and nigrifrons Céphalophe à front marshes noir Cephalophus Peter's duiker through the moist equatorial forest zone, from callipygus Céphalophe de Peter Cameroon to W Kenya and W Tanzania both lowland and montane areas Cephalophus Yellow-backed CSenegal to SW Sudan and discontinuously to sylvicultor duiker W Kenya; Angolan littoral to western shores of Céphalophe de forêt L. Tanganyika; rainforest, montane forest, forest-savannah mosaics from narrow riverine strips to fragmented woods Neotragus batesi Dwarf antelope discrete pockets in SE , parts of SE Antilope de Bates Cameroon, Gabon and Congo to R. Sangha; a distinct and equally patchy population in NE RDC and W Uganda; dense low undergrowth near water courses, roads, gardens or in areas regenerating after logging Ourebia ourebi Oribi northern and southern CA, EA, eastern SA; Ourébi grassland Oreotragus Klipspringer isolated northern CA, EA, SA; oreotragus Oréotrague rocky, stony ground Redunca redunca Bohor reedbuck northern CA, EA; Cob des roseaux grasslands, mostly but not exclusively near water Kobus kob Kob Senegal to W Ethiopia to L. Victoria littoral; Cob de Buffon low-lying flats or gently rolling country near permanent water Kobus Waterbuck northern and southern CA, EA, eastern SA; ellipsiprymnus Cob à croissant well-watered valleys in savannah and woodland Alcelaphus Hartebeest northern and southern CA, EA, northern SA; buselaphus Bubale grassland and savannah Hippotragus equinus Roan antelope northern and southern CA, EA north-eastern Antilope rouanne SA; steppe, savannah, woodland, plateau grassland

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