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The Sahel was formerly home to large populations of grazing mammals, including the scimitar-horned oryx (Oryx dammah), dama gazelle (Gazella dama), Dorcas gazelle (Gazella dorcas), red-fronted gazelle (Gazella rufifrons), the giant prehistoric buffalo , and Bubal hartebeest (Alcelaphus buselaphus buselaphus), along with large predators, such as ...
Lists of mammals by region cover mammals found in different parts of the world. They are organized by continent, region, and country, and in some places by sub-national region. Most are full species lists, while those for Australia and the Caribbean have links to more specific species lists.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press "Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995–2006; Lepage, Denis. "Checklist of birds of Western Sahara". Bird Checklists of the World. Avibase
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Western Sahara. Of the mammal species in Western Sahara, three are critically endangered, one is endangered, five are vulnerable, and one is near threatened. One of the species listed for Western Sahara can no longer be found in the wild. [1]
Pages in category "Mammals of Africa" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Vegetation outside Goz Beïda. The wildlife of Chad is composed of its flora and fauna. [1] [2] West African lions, buffalo, hippopotamuses, Kordofan giraffes, antelopes, African leopards, cheetahs, hyenas, Bush elephants, and many species of snakes are found there, although most large carnivore populations have been drastically reduced since the early 20th century.
Cetartiodactyla is a large order of hoofed mammals, the even-toed ungulates, and aquatic mammals, cetaceans. Cetacea was found to be nested within "Artiodactlya" and has now been moved into that order, whose name is now Cetartiodactyla. [2] Even-toed ungulates are found nearly world-wide, although no species are native to Australia or Antarctica.
The red-fronted gazelle (Eudorcas rufifrons) is widely but unevenly distributed gazelle across the middle of Africa from Senegal to northeastern Ethiopia.It is mainly resident in the Sahel zone, a narrow cross-Africa band south of the Sahara, where it prefers arid grasslands, wooded savannas and shrubby steppes.