List of Sierra Leone Mammals

This is a list of mammal species registered in Sierra Leone . Sierra Leone has 208 species of mammals , of which there are no endangered species , 6 are endangered , 9 are vulnerable and 4 are close to vulnerable. ^[one]

The following tags are used to highlight the conservation status of each species as estimated by IUCN :

- extinct species in the wild
- extinct in the wild, whose representatives survived only in captivity
- endangered species (in critical condition)
- endangered species
- vulnerable species
- species close to vulnerable situations
- species at least risk
- species for which a threat assessment is lacking data

Some species have been evaluated using earlier criteria. Species evaluated using this system have the following categories instead of threatened and least dangerous:

Lr / cd	Lower risk / conservation dependent	Species that were the focus of conservation programs and may have moved into a higher risk category if the program was discontinued.
LR / nt	Lower risk / near threatened	Species that are close to being classified as vulnerable but are not the subject of conservation programs.
Lr / lc	Lower risk / least concern	Species for which there are no identifiable risks.

Content

Subclass: Beasts

Infraclass: Eutheria

Order: Aardvark (Aardvark)

Aardvark

Family: Aardvark
- Genus: Aardvark
  - Aardvark , Orycteropus afer LC

Order: Damans (Damans)

Family: Daman
- Genus: Wood Damans
  - West Daman , Dendrohyrax dorsalis LC

Order: Proboscis (elephants)

Savannah elephant

Family: Elephant
- Genus: African elephants
  - Savannah , Loxodonta africana VU

Order: Sirens (manatees and dugongs)

Family: Manatees
- Genus: Manatees
  - African manatee , Trichechus senegalensis VU

Order: Primates

Monkey diana

Guinean baboon

Suborder: Wet primates
- Infrastructure: Loriform
  - Family: Loris (Lori)
    - Rod: Potto
      - Common Potto , Perodicticus potto LR / lc
  - Family: Galagovy
    - Genus: Galago
      - Galago Demidova , Galagoides demidoff LR / lc
      - Senegalese Galago , Galago senegalensis LR / lc
      - Galago thomasi LR / lc
Suborder: Dry apes
- Infrastructure: Monkey
  - Parvotryad: Narrow-nosed monkeys
    - Superfamily: Dog-headed
      - Family: Monkey (Monkeys of the Old World)
        Genus: Hussars
        Hussar monkey , Erythrocebus patas LR / lc
        Genus: Green Monkeys
        Green monkey , Chlorocebus sabaeus LR / lc
        Genus: Monkeys
        Monkey Campbell , Cercopithecus campbelli LR / lc
        Monkey Diana , Cercopithecus diana EN
        Little White Monkey , Cercopithecus petaurista LR / lc
        Genus: Baboons
        Baboon Anubis , Papio anubis LR / lc
        Guinean baboon , Papio papio LR / nt
        Genus: Mangobey
        Smoky mangobey , Cercocebus atys LR / nt
        Red-headed mangobey , Cercocebus torquatus LR / nt
        Subfamily: Thin-bodied monkeys
        Genus: Colobus
        Royal colobus , Colobus polykomos LR / nt
        Genus: Procolobus
        Red colobus , Procolobus badius EN
        Green colobus , Procolobus verus LR / nt
    - Superfamily: Anthropoid apes
      - Family: Hominids (people)
        Subfamily: Hominins
        Triba: Gominini
        Genus: Chimpanzee
        Common Chimpanzee , Pan troglodytes EN

Order: Rodents (rodents)

Rusty-bellied Rough Mouse

Striped mouse

Suborder: Porcupine
- Family: Porcupines (Porcupines of the Old World)
  - Genus: Piston porcupines
    - African carp -tailed porcupine , Atherurus africanus LC
  - Genus: Porcupines
    - Crested porcupine , Hystrix cristata LC
Suborder: tenon-like
- Family: Thorntail
  - Subfamily: Anomalurinae
    - Genus: Thorntail Flying Squirrels
      - Silver tenon , Anomalurus beecrofti LC
      - Whiptail Derby , Anomalurus derbianus LC
  - Subfamily: Zenkerellinae
    - Genus: Small tenon tails
      - Long-eared Thorntail , Idiurus macrotis LC
Suborder: Proteinaceous
- Family: Squirrel (squirrels)
  - Subfamily: Xerinae
    - Tribe: Xerini
      - Genus: Ground Squirrels
        Striped Ground Squirrel , Xerus erythropus LC
    - Tribe: Protoxerini
      - Genus: African Palm Squirrels
        African Palm Squirrel , Epixerus ebii DD
      - Genus: Striped Squirrels
        Firefoot Squirrel , Funisciurus pyrrhopus LC
      - Genus: Solar Squirrels
        Gambian Squirrel , Heliosciurus gambianus LC
        Lesser Solar Squirrel , Heliosciurus punctatus DD
        Red-footed Solar Squirrel , Heliosciurus rufobrachium LC
      - Genus: Shrub Squirrel
        Green Squirrel , Paraxerus poensis LC
      - Genus: Oil Squirrel
        Fine -tailed Squirrel , Protoxerus aubinnii DD
        Oil Squirrel , Protoxerus stangeri LC
- Family: Sonia (dormouse)
  - Subfamily: Graphiurinae
    - Genus: African Sony
      - Thick-Tailed Dormouse , Graphiurus crassicaudatus DD
      - West African Dormouse , Graphiurus lorraineus LC
      - Sonia Hewta , Graphiurus nagtglasii LC
Suborder: Mice
- Family: Nezomyids
  - Subfamily: Cricetomyinae
    - Genus: Hamster Rats
      - Giant Hamster Rat , Cricetomys emini LC
- Family: Mouse (mice, rats, voles, gerbils, hamsters, etc.)
  - Subfamily: Deomiin
    - Genus: Rough Mouse
      - Rusty-bellied Rough Mouse , Lophuromys sikapusi LC
    - Genus: Uranomys
      - Coarse Tooth Mouse , Uranomys ruddi LC
  - Subfamily: Gerbil
    - Genus: Naked gerbils
      - Guinea gerbil , Gerbilliscus guineae LC
      - Senegalese gerbil , Gerbilliscus kempi LC
  - Subfamily: Mouse
    - Genus: Herbal Mice
      - Nilotian Herb Mouse , Arvicanthis niloticus LC
      - Arvicanthis rufinus LC
    - Genus: Shaggy-haired rats
      - West Shaggy Rat , Dasymys rufulus LC
    - Genus: Defomies
      - West African Rat , Dephomys defua LC
    - Genus: Shrub Rats
      - Bunting Rat , Grammomys bunting DD
    - Genus: Single-lane mice
      - Miller's striped mouse , Hybomys planifrons LC
      - Striped mouse Temminka , Hybomys trivirgatus LC
    - Genus: African Forest Mice
      - Allen Forest Mouse , Hylomyscus alleni LC
      - Baer Forest Mouse , Hylomyscus baeri EN
    - Genus: Striped grass mouse
      - Striped mouse Belle , Lemniscomys bellieri LC
      - Striped mouse , Lemniscomys striatus LC
    - Genus: Wet Rats
      - Edwards Swamp Rat , Malacomys edwardsi LC
    - Genus: Multi-Nipple Mice
      - Guinean multiscale mouse , Mastomys erythroleucus LC
      - Natal Mouse , Mastomys natalensis LC
    - Genus: House Mice
      - Guinean mouse , Mus baoulei LC
      - Dwarf mouse , Mus minutoides LC
      - Mouse of Peter , Mus setulosus LC
    - Genus: Rusty Rats
      - Ghanaian rat , Oenomys ornatus DD
    - Genus: Soft-haired rats
      - Praomys daltoni LC
      - Tullberg Rat , Praomys tullbergi LC

Order: Hare ( Hare )

Family: Hare (rabbits, hares)
- Genus: Hares
  - Lepus microtis , Lepus microtis LR / lc

Order: Insectivores

Suborder: Hedgehogs
- Family: Hedgehogs
  - Subfamily: Real Hedgehogs
    - Genus: African Hedgehogs
      - White-bellied Hedgehog , Atelerix albiventris LR / lc
Suborder: Shrew
- Family: Shrews (shrews)
  - Subfamily: White-toothed
    - Genus: Shrews
      - Buttikoffer Shrew , Crocidura buettikoferi LC
      - Asab Shrew , Crocidura crossei LC
      - Dent Shrew , Crocidura denti LC
      - Tiny Shrew , Crocidura fuscomurina LC
      - Shrew Lammoth , Crocidura lamottei LC
      - Moorish Shrew , Crocidura lusitania LC
      - Mouse-tailed shrew , Crocidura muricauda LC
      - Nimbus Shrew , Crocidura nimbae VU
      - Secretive Shrew , Crocidura obscurior LC
      - Shrew Olivier , Crocidura olivieri LC
      - Fraser Shrew , Crocidura poensis LC
      - Theresa Shrew , Crocidura theresae LC
    - Genus: Forest Shrews
      - Sylvisorex megalura LC climbing shrew

Order: Bats (bats)

Egyptian flying dog

Family: Winged (flying foxes, bats of the Old World)
- Subfamily: Eidolinae
  - Genus: Palm Birds
    - Palm Wing , Eidolon helvum LC
- Subfamily: Rousettinae
  - Genus: Epaulettes
    - Greater Epaulette Wing , Epomophorus gambianus LC
  - Gender: Bindem
    - Wing Buttikofer , Epomops buettikoferi LC
  - Genus: Hypsignathus
    - Hammerhead Wing , Hypsignathus monstrosus LC
  - Genus: Lissonycteris
    - Lissonycteris smithi lc
  - Genus: Dwarf Epaulette Birds
    - Dwarf Epaulette Wing , Micropteropus pusillus LC
  - Genus: Collared Birds
    - Collared Wing , Myonycteris torquata LC
  - Genus: Nanonycteris
    - Cow- Mouthed Wing , Nanonycteris veldkampi LC
  - Genus: Flying dogs
    - Egyptian Flying Dog , Rousettus aegyptiacus LC
- Subfamily: Macroglossinae
  - Genus: Megaloglossus
    - African Long-Range Wing , Megaloglossus woermanni LC
Family: Smooth-nosed bats
- Subfamily: Myotinae
  - Rod: Night
    - Night Bocage , Myotis bocagii LC
- Subfamily: Vespertilioninae
  - Genus: Smooth-nosed butterfly
    - Nigerian Mawclaw , Glauconycteris poensis LC
  - Genus: Mimetillus
    - Leather Moloney , Mimetillus moloneyi LC
  - Gender: African leather
    - Neoromicia brunneus NT
    - Cape Bat , Neoromicia capensis LC
    - Banana Bat , Neoromicia nanus LC
    - Rendall Leather , Neoromicia rendalli LC
    - Somali leather , Neoromicia somalicus LC
    - Neoromicia tenuipinnis LC
  - Genus: Bat
    - Ellen's Bat , Pipistrellus inexspectatus DD
    - Dwarf Cameroon Bat , Pipistrellus nanulus LC
  - Genus: Pied peltaceae
    - Scotoecus albofuscus DD
    - Ghanaian leather , Scotoecus hirundo DD
  - Genus: House Smooth-nosed
    - African smoothbill , Scotophilus dinganii LC
    - Scotophilus leucogaster LC
    - Scotophilus nux LC
- Subfamily: Miniopterinae
  - Genus: Longwing
    - Common Long-winged , Miniopterus schreibersii LC
Family: Bulldog Bats
- Gender: Small Folded Lips
  - Bemelen's folded lip , Chaerephon bemmeleni LC
  - Dwarf folded lip , Chaerephon pumila LC
- Gender: Large Folded Lips
  - White-breasted Folded Lip , Mops brachyptera LC
  - Angolan folded lip , Mops condylurus LC
  - Folded Pygmy Mops nanulus LC
  - Spurrella Folded Lip , Mops spurrelli LC
  - Cameroon Folded Lip , Mops thersites LC
Family: Tufted-tailed
- Genus: Grave Sackwing
  - South African Burlap Wing , Taphozous mauritianus LC
Family: Schelmordy
- Genus: Schellemords
  - Shchelemord Beita , Nycteris arge LC
  - Gambian Schelord , Nycteris gambiensis LC
  - Giant Scrambler , Nycteris grandis LC
  - Shaggy Shermord , Nycteris hispida LC
  - Greater Ears , Nycteris macrotis LC
  - Egyptian Schelord , Nycteris thebaica LC
Family: Lance
- Genus: Lavia
  - Yellow-winged False Vampire , Lavia frons LC
Family: Horseshoe
- Subfamily: Rhinolophinae
  - Genus: Horseshoes
    - Ghanaian horseshoe , Rhinolophus alcyone LC
    - Damara horseshoe , Rhinolophus fumigatus LC
    - Guinean horseshoe , Rhinolophus guineensis VU
    - Lander Horseshoe , Rhinolophus landeri LC
- Subfamily: Hipposiderinae
  - Genus: Horseshoe Lips
    - Abbas leafy , Hipposideros abae NT
    - Dwarf Leaf Beetle , Hipposideros beatus LC
    - Kaffir Leafbill , Hipposideros caffer LC
    - Ghanaian leaf-bearing , Hipposideros cyclops LC
    - Dark Horseshoe , Hipposideros fuliginosus NT
    - Hipposideros gigas LC
    - Jones Listonos , Hipposideros jonesi NT
    - Red Listonos , Hipposideros ruber LC

Order: Pangolins (pangolins)

Family: Pangolin
- Genus: Lizards
  - Giant Raptor , Manis gigantea LR / lc
  - Long-tailed Raptor Manis tetradactyla LR / lc
  - White-bellied Raptor , Manis tricuspis LR / lc

Order: Cetaceans (whales)

Suborder: Baleen Whales
- Family: Striped
  - Subfamily: Balaenopterinae
    - Genus: Stripes
      - Minke whale , Balaenoptera acutorostrata vu
      - Seyval , Balaenoptera borealis EN
      - Stripes Bryde , Balaenoptera brydei EN
      - Blue whale , Balaenoptera musculus en
      - Finwal , Balaenoptera physalus EN
  - Subfamily: Megapterinae
    - Rod: Humpback Whales
      - Humpback Whale , Megaptera novaeangliae VU
Suborder: Toothed whales
- Superfamily: Platanistoidea
  - Family: Porpoises
    - Genus: Porpoises
      - Common porpoise , Phocoena phocoena VU
  - Family: Sperm Whale
    - Gender: Sperm Whales
      - Sperm Whale , Physeter macrocephalus VU
  - Family: Dwarf sperm whales
    - Genus: Dwarf Sperm Whales
      - Dwarf Sperm Whale , Kogia breviceps DD
      - Small Dwarf Sperm Whale , Kogia sima DD
  - Family: Beaks
    - Gender: Lanyards
      - Coggy Mothsaw , Mesoplodon densirostris DD
      - Antillean lancet , Mesoplodon europaeus DD
    - Genus: Beaks
      - Beak , Ziphius cavirostris DD
  - Family: Dolphins (sea dolphins)
    - Genus: Orcas
      - Orca Orcinus orca DD
    - Genus: Dwarf Orcas
      - Dwarf killer whale , Feresa attenuata DD
    - Genus: Small killer whales
      - Killer Whale , Pseudorca crassidens DD
    - Genus: Dolphins
      - Squirrel , Delphinus delphis LR / cd
    - Genus: Malaysian Dolphins
      - Malaysian Dolphin , Lagenodelphis hosei DD
    - Genus: Prodelphins
      - Narrow-necked dolphin , Stenella attenuata LR / cd
      - Short-legged dolphin , Stenella clymene DD
      - Striped Dolphin , Stenella coeruleoalba DD
      - Large-billed dolphin , Stenella frontalis DD
      - Long-snouted dolphin , Stenella longirostris LR / cd
    - Genus: Coarse Tooth Dolphins
      - Coarse Dolphin , Steno bredanensis DD
    - Genus: Bottlenose dolphins
      - Bottlenose dolphin , Tursiops truncatus LC
    - Genus: Grinds
      - Shorthaired Grinda , Globicephala macrorhynchus DD
    - Genus: Gray Dolphins
      - Gray Dolphin , Grampus griseus DD
    - Genus: Beakless Dolphins
      - Broad-headed dolphin , Peponocephala electra DD

Order: Predatory (predators)

Senegalese lion

Suborder: Feline
- Family: Feline (cats)
  - Subfamily: Small cats
    - Gender: Cats
      - Forest Cat , Felis silvestris LC
    - Genus: Serval
      - Serval , Leptailurus serval LC
    - Genus: Golden Cats
      - Golden cat , Profelis aurata NT
  - Subfamily: Big cats
    - Rod: Panthers
      - African Leopard , Panthera pardus pardus ^[2] NT
      - Senegalese lion , Panthera leo senegalensis ^[3] or the Barbary lion , Panthera leo leo ^[4] EN - locally extinct
- Family: Viverrae (civet, mongoose, etc.)
  - Subfamily: Viverrinae
    - Genus: African civet
      - African civet , Civettictis civetta LR / lc
    - Genus: Genetta
      - Spotted geneta , Genetta maculata LR / lc
      - False Geneta , Genetta thierryi LR / lc
    - Gender: African Lenses
      - Poiana leightoni , Poiana leightoni DD
- Family: Nandinium
  - Genus: Palm civet
    - Palm Civet , Nandinia binotata LR / lc
- Family: Mongoose (Mongoose)
  - Genus: Water Mongoose
    - Water Mongoose , Atilax paludinosus LR / lc
  - Genus: Kusimanza
    - Long-nosed Kusimanza , Crossarchus obscurus LR / lc
  - Genus: African Mongoose
    - Slender Mongoose , Galerella sanguinea LR / lc
  - Genus: Mongoose
    - Egyptian Mongoose , Herpestes ichneumon LR / lc
  - Genus: White-Tailed Mongoose
    - White-tailed Mongoose , Ichneumia albicauda LR / lc
  - Genus: Striped Mongoose
    - Gambian mongoose , Mungos gambianus DD
- Family: Hyenas (Hyenas)
  - Genus: Spotted Hyenas
    - Spotted Hyena , Crocuta crocuta LR / cd
Suborder: Dog
- Family: Dogs (dogs, foxes)
  - Genus: Wolves
    - Striped Jackal , Canis adustus LC
  - Genus: Hyenoid Dogs
    - Hyena-shaped dog , Lycaon pictus EN - locally extinct
- Family: Kunyi ( Kunyi )
  - Genus: African Ferrets
    - African Ferret , Ictonyx striatus LR / lc
  - Genus: Mellivora
    - Honey badger , Mellivora capensis LR / lc
  - Genus: Hydrictis
    - White-necked Otter , Lutra maculicollis LC
  - Genus: Clawless Otters
    - Cape Clawless Otter , Aonyx capensis LC

Order: Artiodactyls (Artiodactyls).

Bushbock

Yellow-backed Duker

Cob

Family: Pigs (pigs)
- Subfamily: Phacochoerinae
  - Genus: Warthogs
    - Warthog , Phacochoerus africanus LR / lc
- Subfamily: Suinae
  - Genus: Big forest pigs
    - Big forest pig , Hylochoerus meinertzhageni LR / lc
Family: Hippos (hippos)
- Genus: Dwarf Hippos
  - Pygmy hippo , Choeropsis liberiensis EN
- Genus: Hippos
  - Hippopotamus hippopotamus amphibius vu
Family: Fawn
- Genus: Water deer
  - Water deer , Hyemoschus aquaticus DD
Family: Cattle (cattle, antelopes, sheep, goats)
- Subfamily: Real Antelopes
  - Genus: Dwarf Antelopes
    - Dwarf Antelope , Neotragus pygmaeus LR / nt
  - Rod: Oribi
    - Oribi , Ourebia ourebi LR / cd
- Subfamily: Bull
  - Genus: African Buffalo
    - African Buffalo , Syncerus caffer LR / cd
  - Genus: Forest Antelopes
    - Bongo , Tragelaphus eurycerus LR / nt
    - Bushbock , Tragelaphus scriptus LR / lc
- Subfamily: Dukers
  - Genus: Forest Dukers
    - Black-backed Duker , Cephalophus dorsalis LR / nt
    - Black-headed Duker , Cephalophus jentinki VU
    - Black Duker , Cephalophus niger LR / nt
    - Ducker Ogilby , Cephalophus ogilbyi LR / nt
    - Red-headed Duker , Cephalophus rufilatus LR / cd
    - Yellow-backed Duker , Cephalophus silvicultor LR / nt
    - Zebra Duker , Cephalophus zebra VU
  - Genus: Philantomba
    - Ducker Maxwell , Philantomba maxwellii LR / nt
    - Blue Duker , Philantomba monticola LR / lc
  - Genus: Sylvicapra
    - Shrub Ducker , Sylvicapra grimmia LR / lc
- Subfamily: Water goats
  - Rod: Water goats
    - Common Water Goat , Kobus ellipsiprymnus LR / cd
    - Kob , Kobus kob LR / cd

Notes

↑ This list is derived from the IUCN Red List , which lists mammalian species and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 C.E.). The taxonomy and names of individual species are based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of August 15, 2018 and supplemented by generic names and taxonomy from IUCN, the Smithsonian Institution or the University of Michigan, where there was no Wikipedia article.
↑ List of Sierra Leone's mammals . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .
↑ Haas, SK; Hayssen, V .; Krausman, PR Panthera leo (English) // Mammalian Species : journal. - American Society of Mammalogists 2005. - Vol. 762 . - P. 1-11 . - DOI : 10.1644 / 1545-1410 (2005) 762 [0001: PL] 2.0.CO; 2 .
↑ List of Sierra Leone's mammals . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

Links

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Mammals of Sierra Leone (Neopr.) . IUCN.
Mammal Species of the World (Neopr.) (Link unavailable) . Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. Date of treatment August 15, 2018. Archived on April 27, 2007.
Animal Diversity Web (Neopr.) . University of Michigan Museum of Zoology.

[1] This list is derived from the IUCN Red List , which lists mammalian species and includes those mammals that have recently been classified as extinct (since 1500 C.E.). The taxonomy and names of individual species are based on those used in existing Wikipedia articles as of August 15, 2018 and supplemented by generic names and taxonomy from IUCN, the Smithsonian Institution or the University of Michigan, where there was no Wikipedia article.

[iucn,_Leopard-2] List of Sierra Leone's mammals . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .

[Haas2005-3] Haas, SK; Hayssen, V .; Krausman, PR Panthera leo (English) // Mammalian Species : journal. - American Society of Mammalogists 2005. - Vol. 762 . - P. 1-11 . - DOI : 10.1644 / 1545-1410 (2005) 762 [0001: PL] 2.0.CO; 2 .

[iucn,_Senegal_lion-4] List of Sierra Leone's mammals . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .