Endangered Mammals of Africa
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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, Morocco |
| Barbary Serval | Algeria |
| Barbary Sheep | Africa |
| 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-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 |
| Cameroon Clawless Otter | Cameroon, Nigeria |
| Cameroon Climbing Mouse | Cameroon |
| Cameroon Soft-furred Mouse | Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea |
| Cameroonian Forest Shrew | Cameroon, Nigeria |
| 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 |
| 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 Sifaka | Madagascar |
| 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 Winton's Golden Mole | South Africa |
| 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, Morocco, Somalia, Tunisia |
| Drill | Equatorial West Africa |
| Dryad Monkey | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire) |
| Dugong | East Africa to Southern Japan |
| Duthie's Golden Mole | South Africa |
| Eastern Gorilla | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda, Uganda |
| Eastern Rufous Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew | Equatorial Guinea |
| Eisentraut's Striped Mouse | Cameroon |
| Ethiopian Amphibious Rat | Ethiopia |
| Ethiopian Wolf | Ethiopia |
| Eurasian Otter | Africa |
| European Rabbit | Africa |
| Felten's Myotis | Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia |
| Fork-crowned Lemur | Madagascar |
| Fossa | Madagascar |
| Four-toed Jerboa | Egypt, Libya |
| Gelada Baboon | Ethiopia |
| Gerenuk | Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania |
| Giant Golden Mole | South Africa |
| Giant Ground Pangolin | Africa |
| Giant Noctule Bat | Africa |
| Giant Sable Antelope | Angola |
| Giant Thicket Rat | Kenya |
| Giant-striped Mongoose | Madagascar |
| Golden Bamboo Lemur | Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) |
| Golden-crowned Sifaka | Madagascar |
| Golden-rumped Elephant Shrew | Kenya |
| Goodman's Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Gray Bamboo Lemur | Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) |
| Gray Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Greater Bamboo Lemur | Madagascar |
| Greater Dwarf Lemur | Madagascar |
| 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 |
| Highveld Golden Mole | South Africa, Swaziland |
| Hildegarde's Tomb Bat | Kenya, Tanzania |
| Himalayan Tahr | South Africa |
| Indo-pacific Hump-backed Dolphin | Africa |
| Indri | Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) |
| Jackson's Mongoose | Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Javan Rusa | Indian Ocean (Reunion), Mauritius |
| 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 |
| Kemp's Thicket Rat | Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda |
| Kipunji | Tanzania |
| Kivu Long-haired Shrew | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Rwanda |
| L'hoest's Monkey | Cameroon, Upper eastern Congo R. Basin |
| Large-eared Free-tailed Bat | Africa |
| Leopard | Africa |
| Lesser Dwarf Lemur | Madagascar |
| Lesser Kudu | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda |
| Liberian Mongoose | Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia |
| Long-fingered Bat | Africa |
| Long-tailed Forest Shrew | South Africa |
| Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat | Guinea |
| Madagascan Flying Fox | Madagascar |
| Madagascan Fruit Bat | Madagascar |
| Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat | Madagascar |
| Mandrill | Equatorial West Africa |
| Marley's Golden Mole | South Africa |
| Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat | Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia |
| Mediterranean Monk Seal | Mediterranean Sea, Northwest African Coast and Black Sea |
| Mehely's Horseshoe Bat | Africa |
| Milne-Edward's Sifaka | Madagascar |
| Milne-Edwards's Sportive Lemur | Madagascar |
| Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Mongoose Lemur | Indian Ocean (Comoros), Madagascar |
| Montane Mouse Shrew | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda |
| Moon Striped Mouse | Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), Uganda |
| Mountain Dwarf Galago | Kenya, Tanzania |
| Mountain Nyala | Ethiopia |
| Mountain Zebra | Namibia, South Africa |
| Mt. Lefo Brush-furred Rat | Cameroon |
| Nile Lechwe | Ethiopia, Sudan |
| Nimba Otter Shrew | Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia |
| Northern Rufous Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Northern Sportive Lemur | Madagascar |
| Nubian Ibex | Egypt, Sudan |
| 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 |
| Perrier's Sifaka | Madagascar |
| 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 |
| Randrianasoli's Sportive Lemur | Madagascar |
| Ravelobe Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Red Deer | Algeria, Morocco, 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 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) |
| Rodrigues Fruit Bat | Indian Ocean (Rodrigues Island) |
| Rondo Bushbaby | Tanzania |
| Rough-haired Golden Mole | South Africa |
| Rumpi Mouse Shrew | Cameroon |
| Sahamalaza Sportive Lemur | Madagascar |
| Sambar Deer | Africa |
| Sambirano Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Sand Cat | Africa |
| Sao Tome Collared Fruit Bat | Sao Tome and Principe |
| Scimitar-horned Oryx | North Africa |
| Scott's Mouse-eared Bat | Ethiopia |
| Short-tailed Brush-furred Rat | Ethiopia |
| Sibree's Dwarf Lemur | Madagascar |
| Silky Sifaka | Madagascar |
| Slender-horned Gazelle | Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Sudan |
| Small Iron-gray Dwarf Lemur | Madagascar |
| Small-toothed Sportive Lemur | Madagascar |
| Sooty Mangabey | Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Senegal, Sierra Leone |
| Speke's Gazelle | Somalia |
| Straw-coloured Fruit Bat | Africa |
| Striped Hyena | Asia, Africa, and the Middle East |
| Sun-tailed Monkey | Gabon |
| Tana River Mangabey | Kenya |
| Tana River Red Colobus Monkey | Kenya |
| Tanzanian Vlei Rat | Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia |
| Tanzanian Woolly Bat | Tanzania |
| Temnick's Ground Pangolin | Africa |
| Thomson's Gazelle | Kenya, Tanzania |
| Upland Horseshoe Bat | Cameroon, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria |
| Van der Decken's Sifaka | Madagascar |
| Verreaux's Sifaka | Madagascar |
| Vincent's Bush Squirrel | Mozambique |
| Walia Ibex | Ethiopia |
| Weasel Lemur | Madagascar |
| West African Manatee | Africa |
| Western Barbastelle | Africa |
| Western Giant Eland | Senegal to Ivory Coast |
| Western Lesser Bamboo Lemur | Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) |
| Western Lowland Gorilla | Central and Western Africa |
| Western Woolly Lemur | Madagascar |
| White Rhinoceros | Africa |
| White-collared Mangabey | Nigeria to Gabon, Senegal to Ghana |
| White-footed Sportive Lemur | Madagascar |
| White-tailed Mouse | Lesotho, South Africa |
| White-thighed Colobus | Benin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Togo |
| White-throated Guenon | Western Nigeria |
| 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 |
**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.
Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total
count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more
information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.
