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Common name Scientific name Range Comments Pictures North African elephant: Loxodonta africana pharaoensis: North Africa: Neolithic rock art indicates that the African bush elephant inhabited much of the Sahara desert and North Africa at the beginning of the Holocene, and Ancient authors wrote that it was present in the Atlas Mountains, the Red Sea coast, and Nubia until the first few ...
This is a list of African type primates, containing all recent species of primates found in Africa including Madagascar. According to the IUCN/SSC Primate Specialist Group there are currently 216 species (111 in the mainland while the 105 are found in Madagascar). [ 1 ]
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A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered. This designation may be applied to either a plant or animal taxon, and is distinct from the term endangered or threatened. Designation of a rare species may be made by an official body, such as a national government, state, or province.
The African millipede Archispirostreptus gigas is one of the largest in the world. 20 genera of freshwater crabs are present. [23] The soil animal communities tropical Africa are poorly known. A few ecological studies have been undertaken on macrofauna, mainly in West Africa. [24] Earthworms are being extensively studied in West and South ...
The 2018–2020 list was the first time Conservation International was not among the publishers, replaced instead by GWC. The list has been revised every two years following the biannual Congress of the IPS. [1] Starting with the 2004–2006 report, the title changed to "Primates in Peril: The World's 25 Most Endangered Primates". [3]
Common Name(s) Scientific name Distribution Notes African spurred tortoise or Sulcata tortoise: Centrochelys sulcata: southern edge of the Sahara Desert: Third largest species of tortoise in the world; the largest non-island species. [1] African helmeted turtle Marsh terrapin: Pelomedusa subrufa: Very wide range Aldabra giant tortoise ...
The global hirola population is estimated at 300–500 animals and there are none in captivity. [6] [7] [8] According to a document produced by the International Union for Conservation of Nature "the loss of the hirola would be the first extinction of a mammalian genus on mainland Africa in modern human history". [9]