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Endangered Mammals of Africa

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Mammals
Common Name	Range ***
Abbott's Duiker	Tanzania
Aberdare Mole Shrew	Kenya
Addax	North Africa
Aders' Duiker	Kenya, Tanzania
Aellen's Roundleaf Bat	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia
African Elephant	Africa
African Golden Cat	Africa
African Lion	Africa, Asia
African White-bellied Pangolin	Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia
African Wild Ass	Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
African Wild Dog	Sub-saharan Africa
Alaotran Gentle Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Aldabra Flying-fox	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Andaman Spiny Shrew	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria
Angolan Epauletted Fruit Bat	Angola, Namibia
Ankarana Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
Ansell's Shrew	Zambia
Antafia Sportive Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Aquatic Tenrec	Madagascar
Arend's Golden Mole	Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Arrogant Shrew	Cameroon, Kenya
Atlantic Humpbacked Dolphin	Angola, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Senegal, Western Sahara
Avahi	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Awash Multimammate Mouse	Ethiopia
Aye-aye	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Babault's Mouse Shrew	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Back-striped Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
Baer's Wood Mouse	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone
Bailey's Shrew	Ethiopia
Bale Monkey	Ethiopia
Bale Shrew	Ethiopia
Barbary Macaque	Algeria, Gibraltar, Morocco
Barbary Serval	Algeria
Barbary Sheep	Africa, Middle East
Barbour's Vlei Rat	Kenya, Uganda
Beira Antelope	Ethiopia, Somalia
Beisa Oryx	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania
Bemaraha Woolly Lemur	Madagascar
Big-headed Mole Rat	Ethiopia
Bioko Forest Shrew	Equatorial Guinea
Black And Rufous Elephant Shrew	Kenya, Tanzania
Black Colobus Monkey	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of Congo
Black Crested Mangabey	Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Black Lemur	Madagascar
Black Rhinoceros	Sub-saharan Africa
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Black-clawed Brush-furred Rat	Ethiopia
Black-faced Impala	Angola, Namibia
Black-footed Cat	Southern Africa
Blick's Grass Rat	Ethiopia
Bongo	Africa
Bontebok	South Africa
Bourlon's Genet	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Broad-striped Mongoose	Madagascar
Brown Hyena	Southern Africa
Brown-tailed Mongoose	Madagascar
Buettikofer's Shrew	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria
Burton's Vlei Rat	Cameroon
Buxton's Jird	Egypt, Israel, Palestine
Cameroon Clawless Otter	Cameroon, Nigeria
Cameroon Climbing Mouse	Cameroon
Cameroon Soft-furred Mouse	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Cameroonian Forest Shrew	Cameroon, Nigeria
Cameroonian Shrew	Cameroon
Charming Thicket Rat	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Checkered Sengi	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia
Cheetah	Africa to India
Chimpanzee	Africa
Clarke's Gazelle	Ethiopia, Somalia
Collared Brown Lemur	Madagascar
Commerson's Leaf-nosed Bat	Madagascar
Common Bentwing Bat	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Common Brown Lemur	Indian Ocean (Comoros), Madagascar, Mayotte
Common Hippopotamus	Africa
Comoro Black Flying Fox	Indian Ocean (Comoros)
Comoro Rousette	Indian Ocean (Comoros)
Congo Shrew	Tanzania
Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Coquerel's Sifaka	Madagascar
Crested Genet	Nigeria
Crossley's Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Crowned Lemur	Madagascar
Crowned Sifaka	Madagascar
Cuvier's Gazelle	Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia
Dama Gazelle	Africa
Dark-brown Serotine	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone
De Graaff's Praomys	Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda
De Winton's Golden Mole	South Africa
Decken's Horseshoe Bat	Kenya, Tanzania
Delany's Swamp Mouse	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Delectable Soft-furred Mouse	Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia
Desperate Shrew	Tanzania
Diademed Sifaka	Madagascar
Diana Monkey	Coastal West Africa
Dieterlen's Brush-furred Mouse	Cameroon
Dorcas Gazelle	Algeria, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Morocco, Somalia, Syria, Tunisia
Drill	Equatorial West Africa
Dryad Monkey	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Dugong	East Africa to Southern Japan
Duthie's Golden Mole	South Africa
East African Highland Shrew	Kenya, Tanzania
East African Little Collared Fruit Bat	Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Eastern Gorilla	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew	Equatorial Guinea
Eisentraut's Shrew	Cameroon
Eisentraut's Striped Mouse	Cameroon
Ethiopian Amphibious Rat	Ethiopia
Ethiopian Thicket Rat	Ethiopia
Ethiopian Wolf	Ethiopia
Eurasian Otter	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
European Rabbit	Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (including United States), South America
Father Basilio's Striped Mouse	Equatorial Guinea
Felten's Myotis	Algeria, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Tunisia
Forest Thicket Rat	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Fork-crowned Lemur	Madagascar
Fossa	Madagascar
Four-toed Jerboa	Egypt, Libya
Fynbos Golden Mole	South Africa
Geata Mouse Shrew	Tanzania
Gelada Baboon	Ethiopia
Gerenuk	Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania
Giant Golden Mole	South Africa
Giant Ground Pangolin	Africa
Giant Noctule Bat	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Giant Sable Antelope	Angola
Giant Thicket Rat	Kenya
Giant-striped Mongoose	Madagascar
Glass's Shrew	Ethiopia
Golden Bamboo Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Golden-crowned Sifaka	Madagascar
Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew	Kenya
Goodman's Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Gotel Mountain Soft-furred Mouse	Nigeria
Grandidier's Trident Bat	Madagascar
Gray Bamboo Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Gray Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Gray-faced Sengi	Tanzania
Greater Bamboo Lemur	Madagascar
Greater Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Greater Large-headed Shrew	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Greater Mascarene Flying Fox	Indian Ocean (Mauritius - Reunion Island)
Grevy's Zebra	Ethiopia, Kenya
Guinea Baboon	Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal
Guinean Horseshoe Bat	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Gunning's Golden Mole	South Africa
Guramba Shrew	Ethiopia
Hairy-eared Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Hairy-tailed Tree Rat	Madagascar
Harenna Shrew	Ethiopia
Hartebeest	Egypt, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan
Hartwig's Soft-furred Mouse	Cameroon
Highveld Golden Mole	South Africa, Swaziland
Hildegarde's Tomb Bat	Kenya, Tanzania
Hill's Horseshoe Bat	Rwanda
Himalayan Tahr	China, India, Nepal, New Zealand, South Africa
Hoogstraal's Gerbil	Morocco
Howell's Forest Shrew	Tanzania
Hunter's Antelope	Kenya, Somalia
Indo-pacific Hump-backed Dolphin	Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Oceanic, South America
Indri	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Isalo Serotine Bat	Madagascar
Jackson's Mongoose	Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
Javan Rusa	Australia, Indian Ocean (Reunion), Indonesia, Mauritius, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Timor-Leste
Jenkins' Shrew Tenrec	Madagascar
Jentink's Duiker	Ivory Coast (Africa), Liberia, Sierra Leone
Johnston's Genet	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia
Jolly's Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Jones' Roundleaf Bat	Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Juliana's Golden Mole	South Africa
Kafue Mole Rat	Zambia
Kahuzi Swamp Shrew	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Kemp's Thicket Rat	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda
Kihaule's Mouse Shrew	Tanzania
Kilimanjaro Mouse Shrew	Tanzania
King Colobus	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Kipunji	Tanzania
Kivu Long-haired Shrew	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda
Kivu Shrew	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
L'hoest's Monkey	Cameroon, Upper eastern Congo R. Basin
Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat	Guinea
Large Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Large-eared Free-tailed Bat	Africa, Asia, Middle East
Large-headed Forest Shrew	Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria
Leopard	Africa, Asia, Middle East
Lesser Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Lesser Kudu	Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
Liberian Mongoose	Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia
Long-fingered Bat	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Long-tailed Big-footed Mouse	Madagascar
Long-tailed Forest Shrew	South Africa
Lowland Red Forest Rat	Madagascar
Lucina's Shrew	Ethiopia
Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat	Guinea
Macmillan's Shrew	Ethiopia
Madagascan Flying Fox	Madagascar
Madagascan Fruit Bat	Madagascar
Madagascan Rousette	Madagascar
Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Malagasy Civet	Madagascar
Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat	Madagascar
Malagasy Mongoose	Madagascar
Malagasy Narrow-striped Mongoose	Madagascar
Mandrill	Equatorial West Africa
Manenguba Shrew	Cameroon
Marley's Golden Mole	South Africa
Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat	Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia (Eurasia), Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
Mediterranean Monk Seal	Mediterranean Sea, Northwest African Coast and Black Sea
Medium-tailed Brush-furred Rat	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Mehely's Horseshoe Bat	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Milne-Edward's Sifaka	Madagascar
Milne-Edwards's Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
Mittendorf's Striped Grass Mouse	Cameroon
Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Mongoose Lemur	Indian Ocean (Comoros), Madagascar
Montane Mouse Shrew	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Montane Shaggy Rat	Uganda
Moon Forest Shrew	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Moon Striped Mouse	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Mount Kahuzi African Climbing Mouse	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Mountain Dwarf Galago	Kenya, Tanzania
Mountain Nyala	Ethiopia
Mountain Shrew Tenrec	Madagascar
Mountain Zebra	Namibia, South Africa
Mt. Kenya Mole Shrew	Kenya
Mt. Lefo Brush-furred Rat	Cameroon
Mt. Oku Kylomyscus	Cameroon
Mt. Oku Rat	Cameroon
Nasolo's Shrew Tenrec	Madagascar
Natal Free-tailed Bat	Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius
Nile Lechwe	Ethiopia, Sudan
Nimba Otter Shrew	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia
Nimba Shrew	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Niobe's Shrew	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Northern Shrew Tenrec	Madagascar
Northern Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
Nubian Ibex	Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Yemen
Okapi	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Oku Mouse Shrew	Cameroon
Olive Colobus	Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo
Owl-faced Monkey	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda
Pemba Flying Fox	Tanzania
Pennant's Red Colobus	Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Nigeria, Republic of Congo
Perrier's Sifaka	Madagascar
Peterson's Free-tailed Bat	Cameroon, Ghana
Petter's Tuft-tailed Rat	Madagascar
Pohle's Fruit Bat	Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Liberia, Republic of Congo
Preuss' Red Colobus Monkey	Cameroon
Preuss's Monkey	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), Nigeria
Puku	Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
Pygmy Chimpanzee	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
Pygmy Hippopotamus	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Pygmy Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Rahm's Brush-furred Rat	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Randrianasoli's Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
Ravelobe Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Red Deer	Afghanistan, Algeria, Bhutan, China, France, India, Morocco, Pakistan, Tunisia
Red Ruffed Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Red-and-gray Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Red-bellied Lemur	Madagascar
Red-eared Nose-spotted Monkey	Cameroon, Fernando Po, Nigeria
Red-fronted Brown Lemur	Madagascar
Red-fronted Gazelle	Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan
Red-tailed Sportive Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Ring-tailed Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Riverine Rabbit	South Africa (Northern Cape Province, Western Cape Province)
Robust Golden Mole	South Africa
Rodrigues Fruit Bat	Indian Ocean (Rodrigues Island)
Rondo Bushbaby	Tanzania
Rough-haired Golden Mole	South Africa
Rumpi Mouse Shrew	Cameroon
Rusty-gray Lesser Bamboo Lemur	Madagascar
Ruwenzori Horseshoe Bat	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Ruwenzori Shrew	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Rwenzori Otter Shrew	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
Sambar Deer	Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, North America (United States)
Sambirano Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Sand Cat	Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East
Sanford's Brown Lemur	Madagascar
Sanje Crested Mangabey	Tanzania
Sao Tome Collared Fruit Bat	Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome Free-tailed Bat	Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome Shrew	Sao Tome and Principe
Scimitar-horned Oryx	North Africa
Sclater's Monkey	Nigeria
Sclater's Tiny Mouse Shrew	South Africa
Scott's Mouse-eared Bat	Ethiopia
Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat	Indian Ocean (Seychelles)
Short-tailed Brush-furred Rat	Ethiopia
Short-tailed Roundleaf Bat	Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
Sibree's Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Silky Sifaka	Madagascar
Simmon's Mouse Lemur	Madagascar
Slender-horned Gazelle	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan
Small Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Small-toothed Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
Smoky White-toothed Shrew	Kenya
Soemmerring's Gazelle	Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
Sokoke Bushy-tailed Mongoose	Kenya, Tanzania
Sooty Mangabey	Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Southern Flat-tailed Dwarf Lemur	Madagascar
Speke's Gazelle	Somalia
Straw-coloured Fruit Bat	Africa, Asia, Middle East
Striped Hyena	Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, Europe
Striped Roundleaf Bat	Angola, Botswana, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sun-tailed Monkey	Gabon
Svynnerton's Bush Squirrel	Tanzania
Taita Shrew	Kenya
Tana River Mangabey	Kenya
Tana River Red Colobus Monkey	Kenya
Tanzanian Shrew	Tanzania
Tanzanian Vlei Rat	Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia
Tanzanian Woolly Bat	Tanzania
Tarella Shrew	Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda
Telford's Shrew	Tanzania
Temnick's Ground Pangolin	Africa
Thomson's Gazelle	Kenya, Tanzania
Tree Shrew Tenrec	Madagascar
Udzungwa Red Colobus	Tanzania
Upland Horseshoe Bat	Cameroon, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria
Usambara Shrew	Tanzania
Van der Decken's Sifaka	Madagascar
Van Zyl's Golden Mole	South Africa
Verreaux's Sifaka	Madagascar
Vincent's Bush Squirrel	Mozambique
Volcano Shrew	Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda
Walia Ibex	Ethiopia
Weasel Lemur	Madagascar
West African Manatee	Africa
West African Red Colobus	Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone
Western Barbastelle	Africa, Asia, Europe
Western Giant Eland	Senegal to Ivory Coast
Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur	Malagasy Republic (Madagascar)
Western Lowland Gorilla	Central and Western Africa
Western Vlei Rat	Cameroon, Nigeria
Western Woolly Lemur	Madagascar
White Rhinoceros	Africa
White-collared Brown Lemur	Madagascar
White-collared Mangabey	Nigeria to Gabon, Senegal to Ghana
White-footed Sportive Lemur	Madagascar
White-fronted Brown Lemur	Madagascar
White-tailed Mouse	Lesotho, South Africa
White-thighed Colobus	Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo
White-throated Guenon	Western Nigeria
White-tipped Tuft-tailed Rat	Madagascar
Wimmer's Shrew	Cote d'Ivoire
Yalden's Desmomys	Ethiopia
Zambian Mole Rat	Zambia
Zanzibar Red Colobus Monkey	Tanzania
Zanzibar Suni	Zanzibar (and nearby islands)
Zebra Duiker	Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone
Ziama Horseshoe Bat	Guinea, Liberia
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***What mammals are listed here?:

The Africa section of this site lists the folllowing mammals appearing on select endangered species lists:

• Mammals that dwell in or migrate to any nation or region found on the African continent.
• Mammals dwelling in or that travel to the Mediterranean Sea and any islands located in the Mediterranean Sea.
• Mammals dwelling in or that migrate to Madagascar and nearby islands (to the southwest of India or east of Madagascar).
• Mammals dwelling in or that migrate to North Atlantic islands off the western coast of Africa.

In some cases, the creatures listed in this section may also be found on other continents or in other areas, which is why you may see additional areas noted in the range column.

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