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Animals in Chad
One of Chad's most prominent mammals is the Red River Hog, or Bush Pig, along with the African Bush Elephant, the Cape Hydrax, and a type of old-world monkey called the Mantled Guereza. While Chad is primarily composed of deserts in the north, to the South there are fertile grasslands which provide a suitable habitat for grazing animals such as buffalo, rhinoceroses, giraffes, and antelopes to dwell in. Due to the abundance of these creatures, lions, leopards, cheetahs, and hyenas are also attracted to the area and compose a large portion of Chad mammals as well. There are also many species of rodents and bats like old-world fruit bats, capybaras, squirrels, and rats.
Lake Chad, located in the far west of Chad, is the largest wetland in the country and within it holds 85 species of fish. Only 25 of these, however, are exclusive to Chad. The floating islands in the lake are also the home to hippopotamus and crocodile'though both of these are declining in numbers'and many different types of waterfowl and migratory birds
The birds that live in Chad range from the flightless ostriches to the wetland dwelling herons. Predatory hawks, falcons and eagles roam the sky. Cuckoos and owls are also quite abundant. Pelicans, cormorants, egrets, and cranes are some of the other birds that live near the water. For the terrestrial types, there are pheasants, partridges, quail, and guinea fowl.
As far as reptiles go, there are many snakes and lizards, such as the endemic Mocquard's Writhing Skink. These animals tend to stay in the deserts of the north.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Chad.
Even-toed ungulates in Chad
Common warthog African buffalo Red-fronted gazelle Red river hog Sahara oryx Oribi Addax Common hartebeest Aoudad Bohar reedbuck Giraffe Marshbuck Bushbuck Common hippopotamus Red-flanked duiker Greater kudu Yellow-backed duiker Roan antelope Waterbuck Kob Tsessebe Addra gazelle Dorcas gazelle Grey duiker Rhim gazelleCarnivores in Chad
Cheetah African lion Leopard African clawless otter African caracal African sand fox Striped hyaena Spotted hyaena Serval Speckle-throated otter African wild dog Fennec fox Egyptian mongoose Banded mongoose Honey badger Sand cat Saharan striped polecat Wild cat Striped polecat Common genet Panther genetBats in Chad
Egyptian slit-faced bat Hamilton's tomb bat Mauritian tomb bat Naked-rumped tomb bat Rüppel's pipistrelle Rusty pipistrelle Rüppell's horseshoe bat Trident bat Sundevall's roundleaf bat Noack's roundleaf bat Gland-tailed free-tailed bat Nigerian free-tailed bat Little free-tailed bat Yellow-winged bat Straw-coloured fruit bat Gambian epauletted fruit bat Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat Lesser mouse-tailed bat Greater mouse-tailed bat Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat Dark-winged lesser house bat Midas free-tailed bat White-bellied yellow bat Hairy slit-faced bat Greenish yellow bat Large-eared slit-faced batHyraxes in Chad
Rock dassieHares, pikas, and rabbits in Chad
Cape hare Bunyoro rabbitHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Chad
Black rhinocerosPangolins in Chad
Giant ground pangolin Cape pangolinPrimates in Chad
Eastern black-and-white colobus Patas monkey Lesser bushbabyElephants in Chad
African elephantRodents in Chad
Dallon's gerbil Lesser egyptian gerbil Pygmy gerbil Kemp's gerbil Baluchistan gerbil Fring-tailed gerbil Nigerian gerbil Congo gerbil Greater egyptian gerbil Gracile tateril Tarabul's gerbil African grass rat Lesser cane rat Gambian sun squirrel Rudd's bristle-furred rat Striped ground squirrel Gambian rat Typical lemniscomys Pouched gerbil Mzab gundi Guinea multimammate mouse Natal multimammate mouseDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Chad
African manateeAardvark in Chad
Aardvark
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