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#26 Benin

#26 Benin - Mammals 123 native species


A. Bats (33 species)

  1. Aellens Pipistrelle
  2. African Sheath-Tailed Bat
  3. African Yellow Bat
  4. Angolan Free-Tailed Bat
  5. Cyclops Roundleaf Bat
  6. Egyptian Slit-Faced Bat
  7. Egyptian Tomb Bat
  8. Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat
  9. Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat
  10. Gambian Slit-Faced Bat
  11. Greenish Yellow Bat
  12. Hairy Slit-Faced Bat
  13. Hammer-Headed Fruit Bat
  14. Lander's Horseshoe Bat
  15. Lappett-Eared Free-Tailed Bat
  16. Large Slit-Faced Bat
  17. Large-Eared Slit-Faced Bat
  18. Light Winged Lesser House Bat
  19. Little Free-Tailed Bat
  20. Mauritian Tomb Bat
  21. Midas Free-Tailed Bat
  22. Nigerian Free-Tailed Bat
  23. Noack's Roundleaf Bat
  24. Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat
  25. Ruppell's Horseshoe Bat
  26. Schreber's Yellow Bat
  27. Straw-Colored Fruit Bat
  28. Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat
  29. Tiny Pipistrelle
  30. Veldkamp's Bat
  31. White-Bellied Yellow Bat
  32. Woermann's Bat
  33. Yellow-Winged Bat
B. Carnivores (19 species)
  1. African Caracal
  2. African Civet
  3. African Clawless Otter
  4. African Golden Cat
  5. African Lion
  6. African Palm Civet
  7. African Sand Fox
  8. African Wild Dog
  9. Cheetah
  10. Common Genet
  11. Haussa Genet
  12. Honey Badger
  13. Leopard
  14. Serval
  15. Slender Mongoose
  16. Speckled-Throated Otter
  17. Spotted Hyaena
  18. Striped Polecat
  19. Wild Cat
C. Dolphins, Porpoises & Whales (5 species)
  1. Atlantic Hump-Backed Whale
  2. Atlantic Spinner Dolphin
  3. Fraser's Dolphin
  4. Hump-Backed Whale (Bunch)
  5. Pygmy Killer Whale
D. Dugongs, Manatees & Sea Cows (1 species)
  1. African Manatee
E. Elephants (1 species)
  1. African Elephant
F. Even-Toed Ungulates (19 species)
  1. African Buffalo
  2. Bay Duiker
  3. Blue Duiker
  4. Bohar Reedbuck
  5. Bushbuck
  6. Common Hartebeest
  7. Common Hippopotamus
  8. Common Warthog
  9. Grey Duiker
  10. Kob
  11. Marshbuck
  12. Maxwell's Duiker
  13. Oribi
  14. Red-Flanked Duiker
  15. Red River Hog
  16. Roan Antelope
  17. Tsessebe
  18. Waterbuck
  19. Yellow-Backed Duiker
G. Hares, Pikas & Rabbits (1 species)
  1. Cape Hare
H. Hyraxes (2 species)
  1. Rock Dassie
  2. Western Tree Dassie
I. Pangolins (2 species)
  1. Giant Ground Pangolin
  2. Three-Cusped Pangolin
J. Primates (8 species)
  1. Chimpanzee
  2. King Colobus
  3. Lesser Bushbaby
  4. Lesser Spot-Nosed Guenon
  5. Mona Guenon
  6. Patas Monkey
  7. Potto Gibbon
  8. Red-Bellied Guenon
K. Rodents (32 species)
  1. African Brush-Tailed Porcupine
  2. African Grass Rat
  3. Allen's Hylomyscus
  4. Banana Climbing Mouse
  5. Baoule's Mouse
  6. Crested Porcupine
  7. Dainty Fat Mouse
  8. Forest Giant Squirrel
  9. Gambian Rat
  10. Gambian Sun Squirrel
  11. Giant Rat
  12. Gray Climbing Mouse
  13. Greater Cane Rat
  14. Green Bush Squirrel
  15. Guinea Multimammate Mouse
  16. Hausa Mouse
  17. Kemp's Gerbil
  18. Kintampo Rope Squirrel
  19. Natal Multimammate Mouse
  20. Northwestern Fat Mouse
  21. Peter's Mouse
  22. Pygmy Mouse
  23. Red-Cheeked Rope Squirrel
  24. Red-Legged Sun Squirrel
  25. Rudd's Bristle-Furred Rat
  26. Rusty Bellied Brush Furred Rat
  27. Striped Ground Squirrel
  28. Target Rat
  29. Thomas's Rope Squirrel
  30. Tullberg's Praomys
  31. Typical Lemniscomys
  32. West African Shaggy Rat

 

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