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The wildlife of the Gambia is dictated by several habitat zones over the Gambia's land area of about 10,000 km 2. It is bound in the south by the savanna and on the north by the Sudanian woodlands. The habitats host abundant indigenous plants and animals, in addition to migrant species and newly planted species.
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in the Gambia. Of the mammal species in the Gambia, one is critically endangered, three are endangered, and six are vulnerable. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
The country's first designated wildlife reserve. Bao Bolong Wetland Reserve: 22,000: 1996: The first reserve in the Gambia to be acknowledged as a wetland area worth of protection according to the Ramsar Convention. Kiang West National Park: 11,000: 1987: One of the largest and most important wildlife reserves in the Gambia. Niumi National Park ...
The park covers an area of 11,526 hectares, and is located on the south bank of the Gambia River, [3] in the Lower River Division in the Kiang West District. [4] The park's headquarters is situated in Dumbuto Village which is 18 minutes drive away from Tendaba village, 145 kilometres (90 mi) from the Gambian capital city Banjul, [1] and 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the Gambian coastline. [3]
Today, several chimpanzee groups live unmolested by humans on the three largest river islands (435 ha, 77 ha und 53 ha). As of July 2006, there are 77 specimens. In the wild, chimpanzees became extinct in the Gambia in the early 20th century.
Every morning and evening (Central Africa Time), Wildearth broadcast 3-hour live drives that take place at Sabi Sands, Ngala, Phinda, Maasai Mara, and Pridelands.These drives feature trained safari guides (referred to as "naturalists" on the show) who take viewers around the area and also provide information about what is being seen, as well as a camera operator who films the plants and ...
The Tanji Bird Reserve lies 3 km to the north of the fishing village of Tanji and includes the Karinti River. The protected reserve, which incorporates an area of the Bald Cape and the Bijol Islands (Kajonyi Islands), is located 1.5 km from the Atlantic Ocean coastline. The Bijol Islands are The Gambia's only offshore islands.
The avifauna of The Gambia include a total of 621 species, two of which have been introduced. The country, which is very small and almost completely surrounded by Senegal , has no endemic species. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (English and scientific names) are those ...