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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Nigeria. Of the mammal species in Nigeria, one is critically endangered, thirteen are endangered, sixteen are vulnerable, and ten are near threatened. One of the species listed for Nigeria can no longer be found in the wild. [1]
Topography of Nigeria. Nigeria is a large country in West Africa just north of the equator. It is bounded by Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Cameroon to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. The country consists of several large plateaus separated by the valleys of the two major rivers, the Niger and the Benue, and their tributaries.
The avifauna of Nigeria include a total of 975 species, of which one is endemic. Thirty-one species are globally threatened. Thirty-one species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements ...
Lists of animals of Nigeria (1 C) A. Animal welfare and rights in Nigeria (1 C) C. Fauna of the Cameroonian Highlands forests (74 P) R. Reptiles of Nigeria (42 P)
2.3 Mammals. 2.4 Reptiles. ... This is a list of species of fauna (animals) that have been observed in Rivers State, Nigeria.
Lists of the Fauna (animals) of Nigeria. ... (2 P) This page was last edited on 6 August 2017, at 18:53 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
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It is the smallest of the three living elephant species, reaching a shoulder height of 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in). As with other African elephants, both sexes have straight, down-pointing tusks, which begin to grow once the animals reach 1–3 years old. The forest elephant lives in highly sociable family groups of up to 20 individuals.