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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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Conservation

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Showing 31 species · Haut Niger

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Senegal Parrot

Poicephalus senegalus

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Tsetse Fly

Glossina morsitans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

African Spurred Tortoise

Centrochelys sulcata

HerbivoreCrepuscularSolitary

Puff Adder

Bitis arietans

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Giant African Snail

Lissachatina fulica

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Common Emperor Scorpion

Pandinus imperator

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

African Mound-building Termite

Macrotermes bellicosus

HerbivoreColonialInsect

Black-necked Spitting Cobra

Naja nigricollis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Slender-snouted Crocodile

Mecistops cataphractus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Kob

Kobus kob

HerbivoreDiurnalIn herds

Rhombic Egg Eater

Dasypeltis scabra

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Pancake Tortoise

Malacochersus tornieri

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

Savanna Monitor

Varanus exanthematicus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

Nile Monitor

Varanus niloticus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

African Spoonbill

Platalea alba

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

Black Crowned Crane

Balearica pavonina

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Banded Mongoose

Mungos mungo

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

Northern Giant Pouched Rat

Cricetomys gambianus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Violet Turaco

Musophaga violacea

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Crested Porcupine

Hystrix cristata

HerbivoreNocturnalIn pairs

African Sacred Ibis

Threskiornis aethiopicus

OmnivoreDiurnalColonial

58 countries72 parks

Cocoi Heron

Ardea cocoi

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

58 countries71 parks

Marabou Stork

Leptoptilos crumenifer

CarnivoreDiurnalColonial

43 countries66 parks

African Catfish

Clarias gariepinus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

57 countries69 parks1 dive site

Common Agama

Agama agama

InsectivoreDiurnalColonial

43 countries45 parks

Boomslang

Dispholidus typus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

43 countries75 parks

Lappet-faced Vulture

Torgos tracheliotos

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

48 countries73 parks

Egyptian Cobra

Naja haje

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

68 countries36 parks

Fat-tail Gecko

Hemitheconyx caudicinctus

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

43 countries13 parks

Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria

HerbivoreDiurnalColonial

56 countries41 parks

13 countries11 parks

43 countries69 parks

43 countries17 parks

47 countries76 parks

106 countries51 parks

43 countries14 parks

161 countries90 parks

43 countries67 parks

43 countries54 parks

21 countries32 parks

43 countries15 parks

43 countries69 parks

24 countries14 parks

43 countries68 parks

44 countries73 parks

44 countries67 parks

12 countries9 parks

43 countries62 parks

43 countries56 parks

43 countries11 parks

48 countries86 parks