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Cameroon - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Cameroon. The explanation in brackets is the ages they lived in extinct species. Note that Mya is million years ago. For example, "48.6～40.4 Mya" shows a range between 48.6 and 40.4 million years ago. The time range is shown in the Geological Time Table. The followings are a part of the Evolutionary Tree.
Cameroon is a country located in the central of Africa and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west, by Central Africa to the east and by Chad to the north, and by the Gulf of Guinea to the south-west. The following shows the distribution of animals in Cameroon.
| Cameroon | |
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Cameroon
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Odd-toed ungulate |
Western Black Rhinoceros* |  | Carnivora |
Cheetah |
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Cameroon
extant species |
 | Tenrec |
Giant Otter Shrew ,
Stuhlmann's Golden Mole ,
Congo Golden Mole |  | Aardvark |
Aardvark (Living fossil) |  | Hyrax |
Rock Hyrax ,
Western Tree Hyrax |  | Elephant |
African elephant (７．３m) |  | Primate |
Golden Angwantibo ,
Calabar Angwantibo ,
Potto ,
Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby ,
Northern Needle-clawed Bushbaby ,
Senegal Bushbaby ,
Bioko Allen's Bushbaby ,
Thomas's Bushbaby,
Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby,
Allen's Swamp Monkey ,
Angolan Talapoin ,
Patas Monkey ,
Vervet Monkeys' ,
Greater Spot-nosed Monkey ,
Mona Monkey ,
Moustached Guenon ,
Red-tailed Monkey ,
De Brazza's Monkey ,
Crested Mona Monkey ,
Red-eared Guenon ,
Preuss's Monkey ,
Grey-cheeked Mangabey ,
Olive Baboon ,
Collared Mangabey ,
Mandrill ,
Drill ,
Black Colobus ,
Mantled Guereza ,
Western Red Colobus ,
Pennant's Colobus ,
Western Gorilla (１．７m),
Chimpanzee |  | Rodent |
Beecroft's Flying Squirrel ,
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrel ,
Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel ,
Long-eared Flying Mouse ,
Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel ,
Cameroon Scaly-tail ,
African Brush-tailed Porcupine ,
Striped Ground Squirrel ,
Baifran Palm Squirrel,
Lady Burton's Rope Squirrel,
Ribboned Rope Squirrel,
Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel,
Fire-footed Rope Squirrel,
Thomas's Rope Squirrel,
Red-legged Sun Squirrel,
African Pygmy Squirrel,
Cooper's Mountain Squirrel,
Green Bush Squirrel,
Forest Giant Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Four-toed Hedgehog |  | Pangolin |
Giant Pangolin ,
Tree Pangolin ,
Long-tailed Pangolin |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Giant Forest Hog ,
Common Warthog ,
Red River Hog ,
Hippopotamus ,
Water Chevrotain ,
Giraffe (５m),
African Buffalo ,
Sitatunga ,
Bushbuck ,
Bongo (Stripe),
Giant Eland ,
Bay Duiker ,
Ogilby's Duiker ,
Peters's Duiker ,
Black-fronted Duiker ,
Red-flanked Duiker ,
White-bellied Duiker,
Yellow-backed Duiker ,
Blue Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Red-fronted Gazelle ,
Dama Gazelle ,
Bates's Pygmy Antelope ,
Oribi ,
Waterbuck ,
Kob ,
Mountain Reedbuck ,
Bohor Reedbuck ,
Tsessebe ,
Hartebeest |  | Megabat |
Woermann's Bat ,
Angolan Rousette,
Egyptian Rousette ,
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat ,
Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Ethiopian Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Veldkamp's Bat ,
Zenker's Fruit Bat … total 12 species | | Carnivora |
African Palm Civet ,
Wild Cat (Spotted),
Serval (Spotted),
Caracal (Tufted large ear),
African Golden Cat ,
Lion (２．５m),
Leopard (Spotted),
African Civet (Spotted),
Crested Servaline Genet(Spotted),
Common Genet (Spotted),
Servaline Genet (Spotted),
Haussa Genet (Spotted),
Rusty-spotted Genet (Spotted),
African Linsang (Spotted),
Striped Hyena ,
Spotted Hyena ,
Marsh Mongoose ,
Black-footed Mongoose ,
Flat-headed Kusimanse ,
Slender Mongoose ,
Egyptian Mongoose ,
Long-nosed Mongoose ,
Banded Mongoose ,
Side-striped Jackal ,
African Wild Dog ,
Pale Fox ,
African Clawless Otter ,
Spotted-necked Otter ,
Striped Polecat (Foul-smelling secretions),
Honey Badger |  | Crocodile |
Slender-snouted Crocodile ,
Nile Crocodile ,
Dwarf Crocodile |  | Chameleon |
Cameroon Chameleon ,
Eisentraut's Chameleon,
Cameroon Sailfin Chameleon ,
Pfeffer's Chameleo ,
Four-horned Chameleon ,
Mount Lefo Chameleon ,
Spectral Pygmy Chameleon |  | Ostrich |
Ostrich (２．７５m) |  | Goose |
Spur-winged Goose ,
Egyptian Goose |  | Guineafowl |
Black Guineafowl ,
Helmeted Guineafowl ,
Plumed Guineafowl ,
Crested Guineafowl |  | Stork |
Yellow-billed Stork ,
African Openbill Stork ,
Abdim's Stork |  | Ibis |
Sacred Ibis ,
Olive Ibis ,
Spot-breasted Ibis ,
Hadada Ibis ,
Glossy Ibis ,
African Spoonbill |  | Hornbill |
White-crested Hornbill ,
Black Dwarf Hornbill ,
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill ,
Red-billed Hornbill ,
African Pied Hornbill ,
African Grey Hornbill ,
Piping Hornbill ,
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill ,
Brown-cheeked Hornbill ,
Black-casqued Hornbill ,
Yellow-casqued Hornbill |  | Crane |
Black Crowned Crane |  | Turaco |
White-crested Turaco ,
Green Turaco ,
Yellow-billed Turaco ,
Bannerman's Turaco ,
Violet Turaco ,
Ross's Turaco ,
Grey Plantain-eater ,
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater ,
Great Blue Turaco |  | Pelican |
White Pelican ,
Pink-backed Pelican |  | Flamingo |
Lesser Flamingo ,
American Flamingo |  | Parrot |
African Grey Parrot ,
Jardine's Parrot ,
Meyer's Parrot ,
Senegal Parrot ,
Niam-niam Parrot ,
Rose-ringed Parakeet ,
Red-faced Lovebird ,
Black-collared Lovebird |  | endemic bird |
Lyre-tailed Honeyguide ,
Yellow-breasted Boubou ,
Mount Kupe Bush-shrike ,
Bamenda Apalis ,
Cameroon Speirops ,
Bannerman's Weaver | | bird (EN) |
Mount Cameroon Francolin ,
Bannerman's Turaco ,
Mount Kupe Bushshrike ,
Banded Wattle-eye ,
White-throated Mountain-babbler ,
Bates's Weaver |  | tree |
African Baobab |
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Cameroon
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
African Manatee |  | Turtle |
Olive Ridley |  | Frigatebird |
Ascension Frigatebird |  | Ray |
Smalltooth sawfish ,
Common sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic sailfish ,
Atlantic Blue Marlin ,
Atlantic White Marlin |
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Cameroon
small extant
species |
 | Mouse (CR) |
Mt Oku Hylomyscus | | Mouse (EN) |
Dieterlen's Brush-furred Mouse,
Eisentraut's Hybomys,
Mt. Oku Rat,
Hartwig's Praomys,
Cameroon Praomys,
Burton's vlei rat |  | Mole (EN) |
Cameroonian Shrew,
Bioko Forest Shrew,
Mt. Cameroon Forest Shrew,
Oku Mouse Shrew,
Rumpi Mouse Shrew |  | Frog (CR) |
Lake Oku Clawed Frog ,
Nganha Night Frog,
Alsco Long-fingered Frog ,
Nsoung Long-fingered Frog ,
Redbelly Egg Frog ,
(Wolterstorffina chirioi),
(Alexteroon jynx) | | Frog (EN) |
Fopouanga Night Frog,
Laurent's Night Frog ,
Perret's Night Frog ,
Central Night Frog ,
Apouh Night Frog,
Amiet's Long-fingered Frog ,
Mount Okou Long-fingered Frog ,
Black Long-fingered Frog ,
Acha Tugi Long-fingered Frog ,
Highland Long-fingered Frog ,
(Leptodactylodon axillaris) ,
Mertens' Egg Frog ,
Ornate Egg Frog ,
Perret's Egg Frog,
Wild's Egg Frog ,
(Amietophrynus djohongensis),
Villier's Toad,
(Didynamipus sjostedti) ,
Bamboutos Smalltongue Toad,
Mertens' Smalltongue Toad ,
Buea Smalltongue Toad,
(Werneria submontana) ,
Tandy's Smalltongue Toad,
Mout Okou Wolterstorff Toad,
(Arlequinus krebsi) ,
(Hyperolius dintelmanni) ,
(Afrixalus lacteus) ,
(Petropedetes palmipes) ,
(Petropedetes perreti) ,
(Amnirana asperrima) ,
Goliath frog |
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