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Gazella dama, national symbol of Niger. The wildlife of Niger is composed of its flora and fauna.The protected areas in the country total about 8.5 million hectares (21 million acres), which is 6.6 percent of the land area of the country, a figure which is expected to eventually reach the 11‑percent target fixed by the IUCN with the addition of more areas under the reserve category. [1]
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Niger. There are 136 mammal species in Niger , of which two are critically endangered, two are endangered, nine are vulnerable, and one is near threatened.
Ganges river dolphin (national aquatic animal) Platanista gangetica [33] Indian elephant (national heritage animal) Elephas maximus indicus [34] Indonesia: Komodo dragon (national animal) Varanus komodoensis [35] Javan hawk-eagle (national bird) Nisaetus bartelsi [35] Asian arowana (national fish) Scleropages formosus [35] Italy: Italian wolf ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Niger. The avifauna of Niger include a total of 542 species, of which one has been introduced by humans. 18 species are globally threatened. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the ...
Endemic fauna of Niger (5 P) I. Important Bird Areas of Niger (2 P) Pages in category "Fauna of Niger" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
The dama gazelle is generally divided into three subspecies based on the colour of the animal's back, flanks and haunches. These three subspecies occupied three blocks running along the east–west axis of the gazelle's range. The easternmost is the N. dama ruficollis (common name addra gazelle) whose historical range was to the east of 15°E.
The Niger River valley, which dominates the topography of Mali, drained by the Niger River and its tributaries. Along its course, the central southern region is the narrowest and is known as the Inner Delta or the Inundation Zone of the Niger, formed of 38,000 square kilometres (15,000 sq mi) of flood-plains, along a river length of 570 kilometres (350 mi); these form its wetlands of great ...
Hipotragus niger has four subspecies: The southern sable antelope (H. n. niger; also known as the common sable antelope, black sable antelope, Matsetsi sable antelope or South Zambian sable antelope) is regarded as the nominate subspecies, as it was the first one to be described and named in 1838. Often referred to as the black sable antelope ...