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 |
| 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, 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-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 |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 |
| European Rabbit | Africa |
| Father Basilio's Striped Mouse | Equatorial Guinea |
| Felten's Myotis | Algeria, Libya, 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 |
| 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 | South Africa |
| Hoogstraal's Gerbil | Morocco |
| Howell's Forest Shrew | Tanzania |
| Hunter's Antelope | Kenya, Somalia |
| Indo-pacific Hump-backed Dolphin | Africa |
| Indri | Malagasy Republic (Madagascar) |
| Isalo Serotine Bat | 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 |
| 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 |
| Large-headed Forest Shrew | Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria |
| 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 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 | Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 |
| 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 | 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 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 |
| Sambirano Mouse Lemur | Madagascar |
| Sand Cat | Africa |
| 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 |
| Speke's Gazelle | Somalia |
| Straw-coloured Fruit Bat | Africa |
| Striped Hyena | Asia, Africa, and the Middle East |
| 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 |
| 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 |
**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.
