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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ethiopia. There are 279 mammal species in Ethiopia, of which five are critically endangered, eight are endangered, twenty-seven are vulnerable, and twelve are near threatened. [1] The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for ...
There are 31 endemic species of mammals, meaning that a species occurs naturally only in a certain area, in this case Ethiopia. [6] The African wild dog prehistorically had widespread distribution in Ethiopia; however, with last sightings at Fincha, this canid is thought to be potentially extirpated within Ethiopia. The Ethiopian wolf is ...
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Gambella National Park has one of the highest concentrations of wildlife in Ethiopia. [12] Sixty-nine mammal species are found in the protected area, including the African elephant, African buffalo, bushpig, common warthog, Nubian giraffe, hippopotamus, Nile lechwe, tiang, waterbuck, cheetah, leopard, lion, mantled guereza, olive baboon, patas ...
Human settlement and large livestock population have forced the animal to occupy heath forests at an altitude of above 3,400 m (11,200 ft). Mountain nyala are endemic to the Ethiopian highlands east of the Rift Valley , between 6°N and 10°N.
The gelada (Theropithecus gelada, Amharic: ጭላዳ, romanized: č̣əlada, Oromo: Jaldeessa daabee), sometimes called the bleeding-heart monkey or the gelada baboon, is a species of Old World monkey found only in the Ethiopian Highlands, living at elevations of 1,800–4,400 m (5,900–14,400 ft) above sea level.
The endangered Ethiopian wolf has been observed licking the flowers of red hot poker plants, and now scientists believe it may play a role in the distinctive plant’s pollination.
The Ethiopian white-footed mouse [1] or white-footed stenocephalemys [2] (Stenocephalemys albipes) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It lives in Ethiopia and Eritrea . Its natural habitats are tropical moist montane forest and tropical high-altitude shrubland .