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Animals in Cote d'Ivoire
The country has a large variety of animals unique to the land. The chichild, two mochokid catfish, two African tetras and killifish are some of the one of a kind fresh water species associated with the country. The country also has distinctive species of the amphibian family, which include the rainforest frog, toad Bufo, Thai river frog, two reed frogs and some more species that were discovered that belong to the same class. Some rare reptile species that have rich concentrates in the land like the Tai Hairy Bush Viper, the worm lizard and the white-bellied Worm snake. The Wimmer's Shrew is the only mammal species found in Cote d'Ivoire. The country has a large variety of spiders, beetles, butterflies and bugs that are exceptional to the land.
The country also has a large number of species associated to the western African parts like the African Elephant, Chimpanzee, Diana Monkey, Wild Dog, Nimber otter shrew, pigmy hippopotamus, zebra Duiker, crocodiles, hyenas, Liberian Mongoose, Red Colobus, Pied Bat, Lion, and African Golden Cat. Most of these species remain endangered due to poaching and hunting activities.
Cote d'Ivoire has a dense rain forest on its southern sides with trees that average above 30 m high. The country also boasts of rare plant species that face extinction due to deforestation, agriculture based activities and other uncontrolled factors like forest fires. It also enjoys some fresh water environmental benefits associated to the tropical regions and surrounding neighbors. It also has some areas covered with savanna plantations.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Cote d'Ivoire.
Even-toed ungulates in Cote d'Ivoire
Bongo Roan antelope Bushbuck Bohar reedbuck Common hartebeest Water chevrotain Bay duiker Jentink's duiker Maxwell's duiker Blue duiker Black duiker Red-flanked duiker Yellow-backed duiker Banded duiker Oribi Common warthog Giant forest hog Red river hog Pygmy hippopotamus Common hippopotamus Grey duiker African buffalo Waterbuck KobCarnivores in Cote d'Ivoire
Spotted hyaena African clawless otter Serval Liberian mongoose African caracal African palm civet Marsh mongoose Speckle-throated otter Common cusimanse African wild dog Slender mongoose Egyptian mongoose White-tailed mongoose Honey badger Striped polecat Johnston's genet African civet Panther genet Haussa genet African linsang African lion Leopard Gambian mongoose African golden catDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Cote d'Ivoire
Fraser's dolphin Atlantic dolphin Pygmy killer whale Killer whale Atlantic hump-backed dolphin Atlantic spinner dolphin Euphrosyne dolphin Atlantic spotted dolphin Long-beaked dolphin Rough-toothed dolphin Pygmy sperm whaleBats in Cote d'Ivoire
Noack's roundleaf bat Little collared fruit bat Yellow-winged bat Halcyon horseshoe bat Daubenton's free-tailed bat Rüppell's horseshoe bat Guinean horseshoe bat Veldkamp's bat Lander's horseshoe bat Straw-coloured fruit bat Bushveld horseshoe bat Bate's slit-faced bat Hammer-headed fruit bat Pel's pouched bat Gambian slit-faced bat Gambian epauletted fruit bat Light-winged lesser house bat Large slit-faced bat Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat Dark-winged lesser house bat Hairy slit-faced bat Franquet's epauletted fruit bat Pohle's fruit bat Intermediate slit-faced bat Zenker's fruit bat Large-eared slit-faced bat African yellow bat Ja slit-faced bat White-bellied yellow bat Dwarf slit-faced bat Schreber's yellow bat Egyptian slit-faced bat Nut-colored yellow bat Greenish yellow bat Large-eared free-tailed bat Woermann's bat Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit bat Moloney's flat-headed bat Sierra leone free-tailed bat Angolan free-tailed bat Duke of abruzzi's free-tailed bat Mongalla free-tailed bat Gland-tailed free-tailed bat Dwarf free-tailed bat Spurrell's free-tailed bat Aba roundleaf bat Lappet-eared free-tailed bat Tiny pipistrelle Railer bat Benito roundleaf bat Copper woolly bat Little free-tailed bat Trevor's free-tailed bat Sundevall's roundleaf bat Lesser woolly bat African sheath-tailed bat Mauritian tomb bat Cyclops roundleaf bat Spurrell's woolly bat Sooty roundleaf bat Jones's roundleaf bat Aellen's roundleaf batHyraxes in Cote d'Ivoire
Western tree dassiePangolins in Cote d'Ivoire
Black-bellied pangolin Three-cusped pangolinPrimates in Cote d'Ivoire
Patas monkey Lesser bushbaby Collared mangabey Campbell's guenon Diana guenon Greater spot-nosed guenon Chimpanzee Lesser spot-nosed guenon Potto gibbon King colobus Red colobus Olive colobusElephants in Cote d'Ivoire
African elephantRodents in Cote d'Ivoire
Forest giant squirrel Pygmy mouse Peter's mouse West african shaggy rat Liberian forest hybomys Rudd's bristle-furred rat Temminck's striped mouse Bellier's lemniscomys Lord derby's flying squirrel Striped ground squirrel Senegal lemniscomys Defua rat Pel's flying squirrel Baer's hylomyscus Typical lemniscomys Ivory coast rat Allen's hylomyscus African grass rat Ebian's palm squirrel Long-eared flying squirrel Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat Cansdale's swamp rat Edward's swamp rat Fire-footed rope squirrel Kintampo rope squirrel Ghana rufous-nosed rat Guinea multimammate mouse Natal multimammate mouse Bunting's thicket rat Shining thicket rat Northwestern fat mouse Jentink's dormouse Gambian sun squirrel Small sun squirrel Red-legged sun squirrel Green bush squirrel African groove-toothed rat Forest soft-furred mouse Tullberg's praomys Guinea gerbil Baoule's mouse Kemp's gerbil Hausa mouse Giant rat Gracile tateril Slender-tailed squirrel Matthey's mouse Gambian rat Greater cane ratDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Cote d'Ivoire
African manatee
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