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Therefore, the giraffes that remain in Waza National Park (Cameroon) belong to the Kordofan giraffe, while the only remaining viable population of the West African giraffe is in Niger. [5] In Niger, herds have been reported from the Agadez Region and across the west and south of the country.
The number of giraffes has decreased by nearly 30% since the 1980s, per the Giraffe Conservation Foundation Giraffes Need Protections of Endangered Species Act After Declining Numbers, U.S ...
As of 2012, it had a population of 46,249. [1] Kouré is best known for West African giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis peralta), an endemic subspecies of West Africa. The population of giraffes in Niger reached a low of 50 animals 1984, but according to the Association to Safeguard Giraffes in Niger (ASGN) there are now 170 of them. ASGN and its ...
The ASGN was founded by French ethologist Isabelle Ciofolo in 1994 [2] with the objective of saving the last population of West African Giraffes in Niger, a highly endangered species. When the society was formed there were only 50 individuals of the species surviving in the country.
A decline of 40% in the last 15 years and on the brink of extinction. That's the way things are looking for the world's tallest animal, the giraffe, according to Giraffe Conservation Foundation ...
It is home to the largest population of elephants in the region and the only remaining West African giraffes. [35] Mitochondrial and nuclear DNA research shows that this is a subspecies that diverged from the Rothschild's giraffe about 350,000 years ago. [36]
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 ]
Its human population distribution is low but the wildlife population is the second largest in the country. [ 5 ] The area is drained by many rivers, the most important of them being the Black Volta ( Mouhoun ), the Red Volta ( Nazinon ), and the White Volta (Nakambé), which flow into Ghana on the south and form the Volta River .