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Geochelone sulcata African Spurred Tortoise
The African spurred tortoise (Geochelone sulcata) occurs along the southern edge of the Sahara, from Senegal and Mauritania east through Mali, Niger, Chad, the Sudan, Ethiopia, along the Red Sea in Eritrea. The Sulcata tortoise lives in hot, arid environments of the Sahelian type. These areas range from desert fringes to dry savannahs. Standing water is only around for limited amounts of time. Much...
Addax nasomaculatus addax
...The current range reduced to desert regions in Northeastern Niger, North Central Chad, Northwestern Mali, Eastern Mauritania, Southern Libya, and Northwestern Sudan. The addax is not restricted to areas with free water, and is usually found within the desert or the surrounding stony country. The addax is a sandy to almost white color during the summer, darkening to a grayish brown in the winter...
Poicephalus senegalus Senegal parrot
...Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Guinea, Southern Mauritania, the Island of Los and the Ivory Coast (Hilton 1997; Birdie Boutique 2000). Poicephalus senegalus live on the edges of the savanna, nesting in trees (Hilton 1997) . The head of P. senegalus is gray in color, including the beak. The wings, back, tailfeathers and parts of the breast are green (shades of which vary by...
...Feeding on psyllids seems to promote faster larval development, especially Psylla mali. Six Aphididae species have been identified as essential food for C. quatuordecimguttata: Chaitophorus tremulae, Cavariella konoi, Aphis farinosa, Eucalipterus tiliae, Euceraphis betulae, and Macrosiphoniella artemisiae. Intraspecific and interspecific predation of the eggs of Calvia quatuordecimguttata is common. Harmonia axyridis is an invasive coccinellid that is known to eat the eggs of many...
Civettictis civetta African civet
...The African civet is rarely found in arid regions; however, it can be found along river systems that project into the arid areas of Niger, Mali, and Chad. (Ray 1995). African civets live both in the forest and in open country, but they seem to require a covering of tall grasses or thicket to provide safety in the daytime. They rarely can be found...
Massoutiera mzabi Mzab gundi
Sahara gundis occupy the central Sahara Desert in Algeria, northern Niger, northwestern Chad, northeastern Mali, and southwestern Libya. (Dieterlen, 1993) Sahara gundis are found mainly in crevices and natural cracks in rocks and/or mountains. They can be found at elevations up to 2400 meters above sea level in desert and semi-desert habitats.Ideal living sites provide a permanent or temporary shelter, and...
Serinus mozambicus yellow-fronted canary
...They are found in most countries below their northern limit of 17Ëš north latitude, including Mauritania, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Congo, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Botswana (Fry and Keith, 2004). They are notably absent from the arid regions of South Africa...
Epomophorus gambianus Gambian epauletted fruit bat
Gambian epauletted fruit bats, Epomorphorus gambianus are from from Senegal and southern Mali to southern Sudan and Ethiopia, southern Zaire and Tanzia to eastern South Africa. Epomorphorus gambianus occurs in woodland and savannah. It prefers the edges of the forest and roosts in such places as large hollow trees, thick foliage, accumulated roots along stream banks, and below the thatch of open sheds. It...
Merops nubicus carmine bee-eater; northern carmine bee-eater
...They can be found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, United Republic of Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. During the summer breeding season (September-November), M. nubicus migrates to the northernmost latitudes of its range for...
Naja melanoleuca Black and White Cobra
...Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal, Guinea, the Republic of Congo, Angola, and the Central African Republic. It is found in only small portions of South Africa, but does occur in southern Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe. Naja melanoleuca is the only African cobra that lives in high altitude forest, residing in a...
Haliaeetus vocifer African fish eagle; African fish-eagle
Found throughout sub-Saharan Africa, African fish eagles range from Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, and Eritrea in the north, to the Atlantic Ocean in the west, the Indian Ocean in the east and to South Africa in the south. Non-breeding (wintering) areas are located in southwestern Africa (Namibia, Botswana, and South Africa), parts of central Africa (Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic...
Cerastes cerastes Desert Horned Viper
...Its range extends to southward to northern Mali, Niger, northern Chad, Sudan, and Mauritania.Although records are rare in the southern Saharan borderlands, this snake has been reported within the Sahel, the sub-steppe region of the Sahara. Interestingly, C. cerastes is also known to inhabit the deserts of the eastern Sinai, coexisting with the Arabian horned viper, Cerastes gasperettii. Found throughout the Sahara...
Mecistops cataphractus African slender-snouted crocodile
Slender-snouted crocodiles are native to central Africa, from as far west as Senegal, to Tanzania in the east, as far north as Chad, Mali, and Mauritania, and as far south as Zambia and Angola. The Saint Paul, Mafa, and Saint John Rivers are all Liberian rivers in which this species occurs. Slender-snouted crocodiles have also been reported in areas of Cameroon and...
Otus scops common scops-owl; Eurasian scops owl
...The range continues northward to the southern borders of Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan, and southward to the borders of Cameroon and Kenya.The breeding range encompasses three continents: Europe, Africa, and Asia. In Africa, it is found in parts of Morocco, Algiers, and Tunisia. In Europe, it ranges as far west as Portugal to as far east as Greece. The area extends...
...Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Burkina, Sudan, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, and Uganda. Of these 13 countries, Sudan, Ghana, and Nigeria account for 93% of all cases worldwide. Other species of the genus Dracunculus can also be found in North and South America. Dracunculus medinensis favors freshwater habitats, mainly stagnant waters such as ponds, cisterns, pools in dried up...
Crocuta crocuta spotted hyena
...crocuta have been recorded in Tanzania, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Congo, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. Hyenas occur throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but their density varies widely across this area. Only occasional animals are seen in some areas (forests of Mt. Kenya) and they have been extirpated from most areas...
Streptopelia turtur European turtle dove; European turtle-dove
...They mainly migrate to a region encompassing southeast Mauritania, western Mali, and the inner Niger delta. Likewise, they also use spring stopover sites located in northern Algeria and Morocco prior to traveling back north. European turtle doves are mainly found in warm and temperate climates with an average altitude of about 500 m during non-breeding seasons. They tend to nest in places with...
Papio papio Guinea baboon
...These animals are found in parts of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal, with some popuations known in Mauretania and Mali.This species is part of a complex of closely related African baboon species. We have an account of the whole genus under Papio. There are few reports regarding the habitat of this species. Guinea baboons have only been studied extensively in one location, the...
Syncerus caffer African buffalo
...Its distribution lies just north of Syncerus caffer nanus, starting at south Senegal and north Guinea and continuing through southwest Mali, north Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Benin. Like Syncerus caffer nanus, the distribution is divided. The distribution begins at the Nigeria-Cameroon border and encompasses north Cameroon and the western edge of the Central African Republic. Along the southern edge of their border, they...