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Animals in Cameroon
Cameroon is a zoological treasure trove and the diverse habitat hosts all the major species to be found throughout Africa and those that are reserved for the equatorial regions. Cameroon's rich biodiversity allows it to support 300 species of mammals, 900 species of birds and reptiles are well represented with a collection of snakes, lizards and the rivers are home to populations of crocodiles.
Two of the most notable of Cameroons animal inhabitants are the lowland and Cross River gorillas. These majestic creatures are barely holding on despite noble efforts by a variety of international groups trying to assure their survival. Besides the great gorillas, primate species are numerous and include chimpanzees, gibbons, baboons and a wide variety of lesser known monkeys such as bushbabys, swamp monkeys, tatapoins and quenons.
Many of Cameroon's animals come in different sizes. Huge savanna elephants dwarf their small forest cousins; there are full sized hippos and the diminutive pygmy hippo in the rivers and there is a forest species of African buffalo that is small with a red hide and an even worse temper.
There are antelope, duikers and gazelle; the elusive bongo hides in Cameroon's forest and there are waterbucks, Roan antelope, giraffe, common warthogs and giant forest hogs. Cameroon's well fed carnivores stalk the forests and plains and there are prides of lions hunting the savannas, leopards in dark forests, cheetahs race the plains and there is a cleanup crew of jackals, hyenas, badgers and a handful of the smaller cats.
Cameroon is well and truly, Africa in miniature.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Cameroon.
Even-toed ungulates in Cameroon
Bongo Common hippopotamus Common hartebeest Marshbuck Common warthog Bushbuck Red-fronted gazelle Giant forest hog Red river hog Mountain reedbuck Bohar reedbuck Bates' pygmy antelope Roan antelope Tsessebe Peter's duiker Water chevrotain Bay duiker White-bellied duiker Blue duiker Black-fronted duiker Ogilby's duiker Red-flanked duiker Oribi Yellow-backed duiker Giraffe Waterbuck Grey duiker Kob African buffaloCarnivores in Cameroon
Common genet Panther genet Cheetah Servaline genet Haussa genet African linsang Serval African golden cat African clawless otter African sand fox Speckle-throated otter Cameroon clawless otter African wild dog Spotted hyaena Side-striped jackal Striped hyaena African caracal African palm civet Marsh mongoose Black-footed mogoose Slender mongoose African lion Egyptian mongoose Leopard Long-nosed mongoose Banded mongoose Honey badger Wild cat Striped polecat African civetDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Cameroon
Fraser's dolphin Blainville's beaked whale Atlantic hump-backed dolphin Atlantic spinner dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Pygmy killer whaleBats in Cameroon
Spurrell's free-tailed bat Least pipistrelle Railer bat Yellow-winged bat Duke of abruzzi's free-tailed bat Ansorge's free-tailed bat Gland-tailed free-tailed bat Little collared fruit bat Aba roundleaf bat Nigerian free-tailed bat Bini free-tailed bat Benito roundleaf bat Russet free-tailed bat Sundevall's roundleaf bat Greater roundleaf bat Veldkamp's bat Short-tailed roundleaf bat Halcyon horseshoe bat Cyclops roundleaf bat Rüppell's horseshoe bat Bate's slit-faced bat Sooty roundleaf bat Lander's horseshoe bat Gambian slit-faced bat Noack's roundleaf bat Bushveld horseshoe bat Large slit-faced bat Pel's pouched bat Hairy slit-faced bat Dark-winged lesser house bat Intermediate slit-faced bat Short-palated fruit bat Pohle's fruit bat Large-eared slit-faced bat Zenker's fruit bat Ja slit-faced bat African yellow bat Dwarf slit-faced bat White-bellied yellow bat Egyptian slit-faced bat Woermann's bat Nut-colored yellow bat Greenish yellow bat Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat Hammer-headed fruit bat Straw-coloured fruit bat Moloney's flat-headed bat Gambian epauletted fruit bat Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat Greater long-fingered bat Copper woolly bat Franquet's epauletted fruit bat Spurrell's woolly bat Sierra leone free-tailed bat Medje free-tailed bat Mongalla free-tailed bat Dwarf free-tailed bat Aellen's pipistrelle Peterson's free-tailed bat Tiny pipistrelleHyraxes in Cameroon
Rock dassie Western tree dassieHares, pikas, and rabbits in Cameroon
Cape hareHorses, rhinoceroses, and tapirs in Cameroon
Black rhinocerosPangolins in Cameroon
Giant ground pangolin Black-bellied pangolin Three-cusped pangolinPrimates in Cameroon
Crowned guenon Preuss's guenon Allen's bushbaby Red colobus Gray-cheeked mangabey Lesser bushbaby Allen's swamp monkey Eastern black-and-white colobus Black colobus Golden angwantibo Angwantibo Drill Pennant's red colobus Mandrill Chimpanzee Collared mangabey Black-cheeked white-nosed monkey Southern talapoin monkey Patas monkey Gorilla Moustached guenon Elegant galago Red-eared guenon Northern needle-clawed bushbaby Mona guenon Potto gibbon De brazza's monkey Greater spot-nosed guenonElephants in Cameroon
African elephantRodents in Cameroon
Thomas's rope squirrel Olga's dormouse Congo gerbil Mt. oku rat Lady burton's rope squirrel Savanna dormouse Lake chad gerbil Hartwig's praomys Ribboned rope squirrel Silent dormouse Lesser cane rat Jackson's praomys Cameroon praomys Pygmy mouse Mittendorf's lemniscomys Red-cheeked rope squirrel African smoky mouse Hinde's rock rat Greater cane rat Tullberg's praomys Peter's mouse Typical lemniscomys Fire-footed rope squirrel Red-legged sun squirrel Tinfields rock rat Dollman's tree mouse Thomas's pygmy mouse Fire-bellied brush-furred rat Lord derby's flying squirrel Rudd's bristle-furred rat Forest giant squirrel African pygmy squirrel Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat Dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel African groove-toothed rat African wading rat Striped ground squirrel Giant rat Cameroon scaly-tail Big-eared swamp rat Nigerian mole rat African brush-tailed porcupine West african shaggy rat Eisentraut's hybomys Peters' hybomys Banana climbing mouse Guinea multimammate mouse Cameroon climbing mouse Natal multimammate mouse Lesser hylomyscus Congo forest mouse Beaded hylomyscus Pouched gerbil Rufous-nosed rats Stella hylomyscus Western vlei rat Crested porcupine Baifran palm squirrel Fat mouse Long-eared flying squirrel Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel Cooper's mountain squirrel Shining thicket rat Target rat Green bush squirrel Christy's dormouse Jentink's dormouse Lorrain dormouse Kemp's gerbilDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Cameroon
African manateeAardvark in Cameroon
Aardvark
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