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Animals in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's coastline is mostly mangrove swamps, beaches and shallow bays, hilly forestland further inland and plateau and mountains to the north and east. The climate is tropical. The estimated 147 species of mammals living wild in Sierra Leone include lions, African elephants, chimpanzees, waterbucks, Cape buffalos and giant hippopotamuses. Among the types of wildlife unique to Sierra Leone are four kinds of killifish, a few varieties of catfish including electric catfish, the Freetown Long-fingered Frog, the Tingi Hills Toad, multiple species of butterfly and a ground beetle. Pygmy hippos are found wild only in Sierra Leone and neighboring Liberia. Pygmy hippos are an endangered species that lives in tropical forests habitats in the Gola Forest and on islands in the Moa River.
Some primates native to Sierra Leone are the bushbaby, Diana money, chimpanzee and king colobus. There are a number of other monkey species present as well. Bats, birds and insects abound, as can be expected in a tropical climate. Sierra Leone also harbors plenty of mice, squirrels, gerbils, rats and porcupines. Three types of pangolin (scaly anteater) and aardvarks also make their home in Sierra Leone. The waters off the coast of Sierra Leone nurture three species of dolphin, pygmy killer whales and the African manatee. Lions, leopards, hyenas, Servals, panther genets, African wild dogs, African civets and five species of mongoose are among Sierra Leone's predator population. Eight species of duiker, the bongo, water chevrotain and bushbuck are a few of the hoofed mammals found in and near Sierra Leone's forests.
Click here for a list of endangered animals in Sierra Leone.
Even-toed ungulates in Sierra Leone
Bay duiker Common warthog Jentink's duiker Giant forest hog Maxwell's duiker Blue duiker Black duiker Pygmy hippopotamus Ogilby's duiker Common hippopotamus Red-flanked duiker Grey duiker Yellow-backed duiker African buffalo Banded duiker Bongo Bushbuck Oribi Water chevrotain Waterbuck KobCarnivores in Sierra Leone
Egyptian mongoose African golden cat White-tailed mongoose Serval Honey badger Wild cat African clawless otter Striped polecat African civet Speckle-throated otter Panther genet African wild dog Side-striped jackal Haussa genet Gambian mongoose African lion Leopard Spotted hyaena African palm civet Marsh mongoose Common cusimanse Slender mongooseDolphins, porpoises, and whales in Sierra Leone
Pygmy killer whale Atlantic hump-backed dolphin Atlantic spinner dolphin Fraser's dolphinBats in Sierra Leone
Yellow-winged bat Moloney's flat-headed bat Gambian epauletted fruit bat Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat Sierra leone free-tailed bat Angolan free-tailed bat Rüppell's horseshoe bat Dwarf free-tailed bat Guinean horseshoe bat Spurrell's free-tailed bat Lander's horseshoe bat Railer bat Light-winged lesser house bat Dark-winged lesser house bat African yellow bat White-bellied yellow bat Little collared fruit bat Nut-colored yellow bat Veldkamp's bat Bate's slit-faced bat Aba roundleaf bat Gambian slit-faced bat Benito roundleaf bat Mauritian tomb bat Large slit-faced bat Sundevall's roundleaf bat Hairy slit-faced bat Cyclops roundleaf bat Large-eared slit-faced bat Sooty roundleaf bat Egyptian slit-faced bat Jones's roundleaf bat Noack's roundleaf bat Gland-tailed free-tailed bat Little free-tailed bat Hammer-headed fruit bat Aellen's pipistrelle Tiny pipistrelle Woermann's bat Straw-coloured fruit bat Peter's dwarf epauletted fruit batHyraxes in Sierra Leone
Western tree dassieHares, pikas, and rabbits in Sierra Leone
Pangolins in Sierra Leone
Giant ground pangolin Black-bellied pangolin Three-cusped pangolinPrimates in Sierra Leone
Olive colobus Patas monkey Lesser bushbaby Collared mangabey Campbell's guenon Diana guenon Lesser spot-nosed guenon Chimpanzee King colobus Potto gibbon Red colobusElephants in Sierra Leone
African elephantRodents in Sierra Leone
Typical lemniscomys Slender-tailed squirrel Lord derby's flying squirrel Forest giant squirrel Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat African grass rat Fire-footed rope squirrel African brush-tailed porcupine Edward's swamp rat Bunting's thicket rat Pygmy mouse Lorrain dormouse Peter's mouse Gambian sun squirrel Small sun squirrel Red-legged sun squirrel Guinea gerbil Kemp's gerbil Ghana rufous-nosed rat Liberian forest hybomys Rudd's bristle-furred rat Temminck's striped mouse Striped ground squirrel Baer's hylomyscus Allen's hylomyscus Giant rat Green bush squirrel Crested porcupine West african shaggy rat Long-eared flying squirrel Guinea multimammate mouse Natal multimammate mouse Defua rat Tullberg's praomys Ebian's palm squirrelDugongs, manatees, and sea cows in Sierra Leone
African manateeAardvark in Sierra Leone
Aardvark
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