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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

Showing 28 species · Reserva de Fauna de Okapis

Showing 28 species · Reserva de Fauna de Okapis

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Water Chevrotain

Hyemoschus aquaticus

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

Critically Endangered

Slender-snouted Crocodile

Mecistops cataphractus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

African Golden Cat

Caracal aurata

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Zaire Dwarf Clawed Frog

Hymenochirus boettgeri

CarnivoreDiurnalNocturnal

Nile Monitor

Varanus niloticus

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

De Brazza’s Monkey

Cercopithecus neglectus

OmnivoreDiurnalRainforest

Yellow-casqued Hornbill

Ceratogymna elata

HerbivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Tree Pangolin

Phataginus tricuspis

InsectivoreNocturnalSolitary

Northern Giant Pouched Rat

Cricetomys gambianus

OmnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Ross's Turaco

Tauraco rossae

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Putty-nosed Monkey

Cercopithecus nictitans

OmnivoreDiurnalRainforest

Angolan Colobus

Colobus angolensis

HerbivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Great Blue Turaco

Corythaeola cristata

HerbivoreDiurnalBird

Grey-cheeked Mangabey

Lophocebus albigena

OmnivoreDiurnalVulnerable

Spotted Ctenopoma

Ctenopoma acutirostre

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

Wolf's Monkey

Cercopithecus wolfi

HerbivoreOmnivoreDiurnal

Congo Peafowl

Afropavo congensis

OmnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

Okapi

Okapia johnstoni

HerbivoreVariable activitySolitary

Tsetse Fly

Glossina morsitans

CarnivoreDiurnalSolitary

43 countries69 parks

Rhinoceros Viper

Bitis nasicornis

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

12 countries19 parks

Whip-spider

Damon variegatus

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

43 countries55 parks

Goliath Beetle

Goliathus goliatus

FrugivoreDiurnalSolitary

43 countries37 parks

Giant African Millipede

Archispirostreptus gigas

HerbivoreNocturnalSolitary

44 countries58 parks

Elephantnose Fish

Gnathonemus petersii

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

10 countries21 parks

Gaboon Viper

Bitis gabonica

CarnivoreNocturnalSolitary

43 countries29 parks

Giant Tigerfish

Hydrocynus goliath

CarnivoreSolitaryFish

24 countries9 parks

Near Threatened

Crowned Eagle

Stephanoaetus coronatus

CarnivoreDiurnalIn pairs

43 countries33 parks

Yellow-rumped Tinkerbird

Pogoniulus bilineatus

HerbivoreDiurnalSolitary

12 countries23 parks

12 countries22 parks

21 countries32 parks

43 countries21 parks

7 countries18 parks

44 countries73 parks

23 countries15 parks

21 countries23 parks

22 countries21 parks

43 countries56 parks

10 countries30 parks

21 countries22 parks

8 countries10 parks

22 countries26 parks

8 countries14 parks

1 country5 parks

6 countries4 parks

1 country4 parks

1 country2 parks