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About 5,213 species, subspecies and varieties of vascular plants had been recorded in Senegal by the end of 2018, of which 515 were trees or woody plants. [5] The Niokolo-Koba National Park is a World Heritage Site and large natural protected area in southeastern Senegal near the Guinea-Bissau border. The park is typical of the woodland ...
River channels that connect allow easy travel to other waterways where food may be plentiful. The Amazonian manatee lives only in freshwater. [22] The West African manatee (T. senegalensis) lives in murky isolated inland mangroves and coastal flats in West Africa. It is found in waters above 18 °C, and its range spans Senegal to Angola. [23]
Of the mammal species in Senegal, one is critically endangered, three are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and three are near threatened. One of the species listed for Senegal can no longer be found in the wild. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for ...
Animal welfare and rights in Senegal (1 C) I. Important Bird Areas of Senegal (1 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Senegal" The following 21 pages are in this category ...
Most of the park is woodland savannah and semi-arid forest, with large areas of wooded and seasonal wetlands. The park contains over 1,500 species of plants and 78% of the gallery forest in Senegal. Many trees and shrubs are covered by lush vegetation along the river stalks, and this vegetation changes according to the terrain and soil.
Eight other species are rare or accidental. One species listed is extirpated in Senegal. 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 Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition. The family accounts at the ...
The Senegal River (Wolof: Dexug Senegaal, Arabic: نهر السنغال, romanized: Nahr as-Siniġāl, French: Fleuve Sénégal) is a 1086-kilometre-long (675 mi) river in West Africa; much of its length marks part of the border between Senegal and Mauritania.
The red-billed quelea (/ ˈ k w iː l i ə /; [3] Quelea quelea), also known as the red-billed weaver or red-billed dioch, is a small—approximately 12 cm (4.7 in) long and weighing 15–26 g (0.53–0.92 oz)—migratory, sparrow-like bird of the weaver family, Ploceidae, native to Sub-Saharan Africa.