User:Ratattuta/Wildlife in Sierra Leone

The Wildlife of the Sierra Leone includes its flora and fauna and their natural habitats.

Mammals
p.67 Pigs, peccaries, and hippos| p.71 Pigs, peccaries, and hippos| ivoriensis p.85 Pigs, peccaries, and hippos|p.88 (RD-LD) D=dispersal, R=restricted, L=low| p.85 Loma Mountains| p.89 Hunting threat| p.44 Pigs, peccaries, and hippos| 200 p.44| p.49 (RD-LD)| p.52 (Threats Hunting for skins, meat; crop Damage)| http://www.elephant-news.com/index.php?country=Sierra%20Leone http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkr3a90tfSKfHFNmhF7U06mcrfeQ http://www.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/elephants/african_elephants/ http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/08/magazine/08elephant.html?ex=1317960000&en=555795c586596ed3&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/3020.shtml http://www.terradaily.com/2007/071018161524.jii8t9so.html http://whozoo.org/anlife2000/yolandapankaj/bongo_index_3.htm
 * Red River Hog
 * Common Warthog
 * Forest Hog
 * Hippopotamus
 * Elephant
 * Bongo antelope

The Pygmy Hippopotamus is found in Sierra Leone, on Tiwai Island. A picture of this rare animal was taken on Tiwai Island, the first and only know picture of the animal in wilderness. | p.56 80 +-10 (G. Teleki "Large mammal distribution in liberia") Tiwai, Gola North, Goal East, Loma : 3 + 1 sub, possibly 10(Population survery of pygmy Hippopotamus on Tiwai Island)| p.58 threats, gardens|
 * Forest Buffalo

Primates
Sierra Leone is home to a diverse number of primates. On Tiwai Island alone, there are 11 different species of monkeys, including the Black-and-white Colobus, the Red Colobus, the Olive Colobus, and the Diana Monkey.
 * Chimpanzee
 * Sooty mangabey

Antelope

 * Busbuck
 * Sitatunga
 * Giant Eland
 * Bongo
 * Maxwell's Duiker
 * Olgiby's Duiker
 * Red Flanked Duiker
 * Zebra Duiker
 * Bay Duiker
 * Black Duiker
 * Yellow-backed Duiker
 * Grey Duiker
 * Jentink Duiker
 * Bohor Reedbuck
 * Waterbuck
 * Oribi
 * Buffon's Kob
 * Roan
 * Royal Antelope
 * Western Hartebeest

Birds



 * African Harrier Hawk
 * Black-collared Lovebird
 * Blue-headed Wood-dove
 * Iris Glossy-starling
 * White-breasted Guineafowl
 * White-necked Rockfowl