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A full-body African elephant on a rock in the savannah at sunset, with zebras and giraffes behind

Species

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2,565

Species documented

224

Countries with recorded wildlife

1,337

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Showing 31 species · Bwindi

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Whip-spider

Damon variegatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Goliath Beetle

Goliathus goliatus

FrugivoreDiurnalSolitary

Giant African Millipede

Archispirostreptus gigas

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Gaboon Viper

Bitis gabonica

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

Crowned Eagle

Stephanoaetus coronatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Forest Hog

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

Critically Endangered

Slender-snouted Crocodile

Mecistops cataphractus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

African Golden Cat

Caracal aurata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Malachite Sunbird

Nectarinia famosa

NectarivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Narina Trogon

Apaloderma narina

InsectivoreDiurnalIn pairs

West African Potto

Perodicticus potto

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Tree Pangolin

Phataginus tricuspis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Giant Pouched Rat

Cricetomys gambianus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Near Threatened

African Straw-coloured Fruit-bat

Eidolon helvum

HerbivoreNocturnalColonial

Angolan Colobus

Colobus angolensis

HerbivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Grey-cheeked Mangabey

Lophocebus albigena

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Egyptian Rousette

Rousettus aegyptiacus

FrugivoreNocturnalColonial

L'Hoest's Monkey

Allochrocebus lhoesti

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Ruwenzori Turaco

Gallirex johnstoni

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Chimpanzee

Pan troglodytes

OmnivoreDiurnalFamily group

24 countries19 parks

Critically Endangered

Eastern Gorilla

Gorilla beringei

PrimateHerbivoreDiurnal

3 countries4 parks

Guereza

Colobus guereza

HerbivoreDiurnalFamily group

24 countries21 parks

African Civet

Civettictis civetta

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

44 countries36 parks

Giant Pangolin

Smutsia gigantea

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

22 countries14 parks

Red River Hog

Potamochoerus porcus

OmnivoreNocturnalSavanna

43 countries13 parks

Black-fronted Duiker

Cephalophus nigrifrons

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

21 countries5 parks

Blue Monkey

Cercopithecus mitis

OmnivoreDiurnalRainforest

11 countries9 parks

Red-tailed Monkey

Cercopithecus ascanius

OmnivoreDiurnalRainforest

23 countries4 parks

Tsetse Fly

Glossina morsitans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

43 countries69 parks

43 countries55 parks

43 countries37 parks

44 countries58 parks

43 countries29 parks

43 countries33 parks

12 countries23 parks

13 countries13 parks

21 countries32 parks

43 countries21 parks

43 countries23 parks

27 countries29 parks

22 countries16 parks

22 countries21 parks

43 countries56 parks

16 countries11 parks

8 countries10 parks

22 countries26 parks

8 countries14 parks

61 countries18 parks

4 countries7 parks

4 countries7 parks