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Congo DR - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity
The following fossils from the geologic age to the prehistorical age are excavated in Congo DR. 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.
Congo DR is a country located in the central of Africa and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Central Africa to the north, by Congo to the west, by Angola and Zambia to the south, and Uganda and Tanzania to th east. There is the Cogo river and a lot of tributaries. The following shows the distribution of animals in Congo DR.
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Congo DR
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Primate |
Western Gorilla (１．７m) |  | Odd-toed ungulate |
Black Rhinoceros |
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Congo DR
extant species |
 | Elephant shrew |
Checkered Elephant Shrew ,
Four-toed Elephant Shrew ,
Short-snouted Elephant Shrew ,
Dusky-footed Elephant Shrew |  | Tenrec |
Ruwenzori Otter Shrew ,
Giant Otter Shrew ,
Stuhlmann's Golden Mole ,
Congo Golden Mole |  | Aardvark |
Aardvark (Living fossil) |  | Hyrax |
Rock Hyrax ,
Yellow-spotted Rock Hyrax ,
Western Tree Hyrax |  | Elephant |
African elephant (７．３m),
African Forest Elephant | | Primate |
Golden Angwantibo ,
Potto ,
Brown Greater Galago ,
Southern Needle-clawed Bushbaby ,
Senegal Bushbaby ,
Mohol Bushbaby ,
Dusky Bushbaby,
Thomas's Bushbaby,
Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby,
Allen's Swamp Monkey ,
Angolan Talapoin ,
Patas Monkey ,
Vervet Monkeys' ,
Greater Spot-nosed Monkey ,
Blue Monkey ,
Moustached Guenon ,
Red-tailed Monkey ,
L'Hoest's Monkey ,
De Brazza's Monkey ,
Dryas Monkey ,
Crested Mona Monkey ,
Hamlyn's Monkey ,
Grey-cheeked Mangabey ,
Black Crested Mangabey ,
Olive Baboon ,
Yellow Baboon ,
Angola Colobus ,
Mantled Guereza ,
Eastern Gorilla ,
Chimpanzee ,
Bonobo |  | Rodent |
Long-eared Flying Mouse ,
Pygmy Scaly-tailed Flying Squirrel ,
Springhare ,
Cape Porcupine ,
Crested Porcupine ,
African Brush-tailed Porcupine |  | Squirrel |
Beecroft's Flying Squirrel ,
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrel ,
Dwarf Scaly-tailed Squirrel ,
Striped Ground Squirrel ,
Carruther's Mountain Squirrel,
Ribboned Rope Squirrel,
Lunda Rope Squirrel,
Fire-footed Rope Squirrel,
Thomas's Rope Squirrel,
Congo Rope Squirrel … total 18 species |  | Rabbit |
Bunyoro Rabbit ,
African Savanna Hare |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Giant Forest Hog ,
Common Warthog ,
Bushpig ,
Red River Hog ,
Hippopotamus ,
Water Chevrotain ,
Giraffe (５m),
Okapi (related to the giraffe),
African Buffalo ,
Sitatunga ,
Greater Kudu ,
Bushbuck ,
Bongo (Stripe),
Common Eland ,
Giant Eland ,
Bay Duiker ,
Peters's Duiker ,
Black-fronted Duiker ,
Red-flanked Duiker ,
Weyns's Duiker,
White-bellied Duiker,
Yellow-backed Duiker ,
Blue Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Sable Antelope ,
Bates's Pygmy Antelope ,
Klipspringer ,
Oribi ,
Sharpe's Grysbok ,
Waterbuck ,
Kob ,
Lechwe ,
Puku ,
Southern Reedbuck ,
Bohor Reedbuck ,
Impala ,
Tsessebe ,
Hartebeest ,
Lichtenstein's Hartebeest |  | Megabat |
Woermann's Bat ,
Angolan Rousette,
Egyptian Rousette ,
Long-haired Rousette ,
Little Collared Fruit Bat ,
D'Anchieta's Fruit Bat ,
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat ,
Dobson's Fruit Bat ,
Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Peters's Epauletted Fruit Bat … total 17 species | | Odd-toed ungulate |
Plains Zebra (Stripe),
White Rhinoceros |  | Pangolin |
Giant Pangolin ,
Tree Pangolin ,
Long-tailed Pangolin ,
Ground Pangolin |  | Carnivora |
African Palm Civet ,
Wild Cat (Spotted),
Cheetah ,
Serval (Spotted),
Caracal (Tufted large ear),
African Golden Cat ,
Lion (２．５m),
Leopard (Spotted),
African Civet (Spotted),
Abyssinian Genet (Spotted),
Servaline Genet (Spotted),
Giant Forest Genet (Spotted),
Rusty-spotted Genet (Spotted),
Aquatic Genet ,
African Linsang (Spotted),
Spotted Hyena ,
Marsh Mongoose ,
Black-footed Mongoose ,
Alexander's Kusimanse ,
Angolan Kusimanse ,
Pousargues' Mongoose ,
Slender Mongoose ,
Common Dwarf Mongoose ,
Egyptian Mongoose ,
Long-nosed Mongoose ,
White-tailed Mongoose ,
Banded Mongoose ,
Meller's Mongoose ,
Side-striped Jackal ,
African Wild Dog ,
African Clawless Otter ,
Spotted-necked Otter ,
Striped Polecat (Foul-smelling secretions),
Honey Badger ,
African Striped Weasel |  | Crocodile |
Slender-snouted Crocodile ,
Nile Crocodile ,
Dwarf Crocodile |  | Monitor |
Rock Monitor |  | Chameleon |
Side-striped Chameleon ,
Grey Chameleon ,
(Chamaeleo etiennei) ,
Ituri Forest Chameleon ,
Schouteden's Chameleon ,
Strange-nosed Chameleon ,
Ituri Chameleon ,
Boulenger's Pygmy Chameleon |  | Goose |
Spur-winged Goose ,
Egyptian Goose |  | Peafowl |
Congo Peafowl |  | Guineafowl |
Black Guineafowl ,
Helmeted Guineafowl ,
Plumed Guineafowl ,
Crested Guineafowl |  | Stork |
Yellow-billed Stork ,
African Openbill Stork ,
Abdim's Stork ,
Woolly-necked Stork ,
White Stork ,
Saddle-billed Stork ,
Marabou 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 ,
Crowned Hornbill ,
African Pied Hornbill ,
African Grey Hornbill ,
Pale-billed Hornbill ,
Trumpeter Hornbill ,
Piping Hornbill ,
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill ,
Brown-cheeked Hornbill ,
Black-casqued Hornbill |  | Crane |
Black Crowned Crane ,
Demoiselle Crane (Highest flying) |  | Turaco |
White-crested Turaco ,
Green Turaco ,
Schalow's Turaco ,
Black-billed Turaco ,
Yellow-billed Turaco ,
Ruwenzori Turaco ,
Ross's Turaco ,
Bare-faced Go-away-bird ,
Grey Go-away-bird ,
Grey Plantain-eater ,
Eastern Grey Plantain-eater ,
Great Blue Turaco |  | Flamingo |
Lesser Flamingo |  | Parrot |
Rose-ringed Parakeet ,
Red-faced Lovebird ,
Black-collared Lovebird |  | Owl |
Congo Bay-owl |  | endemic bird |
Congo Peafowl ,
Schouteden's Swift ,
Grauer's Cuckoo-shrike ,
Yellow-crested Helmetshrike ,
Bedford's Paradise-flycatcher ,
Congo Sand Martin ,
Chapin's Mountain-babbler ,
Red-collared Mountain-babbler ,
Yellow-eyed Black Flycatcher ,
Black-lored Waxbill ,
Ruwet's Masked Weaver ,
Yellow-legged Weaver ,
Rockefeller's Sunbird ,
Congo Sunbird | | bird (EN) |
Nahan's Francolin ,
Madagascar Pond Heron ,
Itombwe Nightjar ,
Botha's Lark ,
Prigogine's Greenbul ,
Kungwe Apalis ,
Turner's Eremomela ,
Spotted Ground-thrush ,
Golden-naped Weaver |
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Congo DR
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
African Manatee |  | Turtle |
Leatherback turtle |  | Ray |
Smalltooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m) |
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Congo DR
small extant
species |
 | Mouse (CR) |
Mount Kahuzi climbing mouse | | Mouse (EN) |
Rahm's Brush-furred Rat |  | Mole (EN) |
Kivu Long-haired Shrew,
Kahuzi Swamp Shrew,
Tarella Shrew |  | Frog (EN) |
(Hyperolius leleupi),
(Hyperolius leucotaenius) ,
Karissimbi Forest Treefrog |  | Swallowtail
butterfly |
(Graphium aurivilliusi) ,
Antimachus Swallowtail |
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