Virunga Mountains - Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda
Area
1600 km²
Elevation
1282 - 4451 m
Hierarchy
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Afrosoricida
Ruwenzori otter shrew
Micropotamogale ruwenzorii
Giant otter shrew
Potamogale velox
Artiodactyla
Black-fronted duiker
Cephalophus nigrifrons
Yellow-backed duiker
Cephalophus silvicultor
Weyns's duiker
Cephalophus weynsi
Water chevrotain
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Giant forest hog
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
Waterbuck
Kobus ellipsiprymnus
Blue duiker
Philantomba monticola
Bushpig
Potamochoerus larvatus
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Sitatunga
Tragelaphus spekii
Carnivora
African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Marsh mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
African wolf
Canis lupaster
African civet
Civettictis civetta
Spotted hyena
Crocuta crocuta
Rusty-spotted genet
Genetta maculata
Servaline genet
Genetta servalina
Egyptian mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Spotted-necked otter
Hydrictis maculicollis
White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Banded mongoose
Mungos mungo
African palm civet
Nandinia binotata
Lion
Panthera leo
Leopard
Panthera pardus
African striped weasel
Poecilogale albinucha
Chiroptera
Afronycteris nanus
Afronycteris nanus
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Chaerephon ansorgei
Little free-tailed bat
Chaerephon pumilus
African sheath-tailed bat
Coleura afra
Cyclops roundleaf bat
Doryrhina cyclops
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Ethiopian epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus labiatus
Epomophorus pusillus
Epomophorus pusillus
Wahlberg's epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus wahlbergi
Silvered bat
Glauconycteris argentata
Beatrix's bat
Glauconycteris beatrix
Abo bat
Glauconycteris poensis
Variegated butterfly bat
Glauconycteris variegata
Noack's roundleaf bat
Hipposideros ruber
Spurrell's woolly bat
Kerivoula phalaena
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis
Yellow-winged bat
Lavia frons
Angolan rousette
Lissonycteris angolensis
Woermann's bat
Megaloglossus woermanni
Greater long-fingered bat
Miniopterus inflatus
Angolan free-tailed bat
Mops condylurus
Little collared fruit bat
Myonycteris torquata
Rufous mouse-eared bat
Myotis bocagii
Cape hairy bat
Myotis tricolor
Welwitsch's bat
Myotis welwitschii
Somali serotine
Neoromicia somalica
Bates's slit-faced bat
Nycteris arge
Hairy slit-faced bat
Nycteris hispida
Large-eared slit-faced bat
Nycteris macrotis
Dwarf slit-faced bat
Nycteris nana
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Nycteris thebaica
Broad-headed serotine
Nycticeinops crassulus
Dusky pipistrelle
Pipistrellus hesperidus
Rendall's serotine
Pseudoromicia rendalli
White-winged serotine
Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis
Geoffroy's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus clivosus
Eloquent horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus eloquens
Rüppell's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus fumigatus
Rhinolophus lobatus
Rhinolophus lobatus
Ruwenzori horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus ruwenzorii
Egyptian fruit bat
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Pel's pouched bat
Saccolaimus peli
African yellow bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Long-haired fruit bat
Stenonycteris lanosus
Mauritian tomb bat
Taphozous mauritianus
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Taphozous nudiventris
Rüppell's bat
Vansonia rueppellii
Hyracoidea
Southern tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax arboreus
Western tree hyrax
Dendrohyrax dorsalis
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Primates
L'Hoest's monkey
Allochrocebus lhoesti
Red-tailed monkey
Cercopithecus ascanius
Blue monkey
Cercopithecus mitis
Prince Demidoff's bushbaby
Galagoides demidoff
Thomas's bushbaby
Galagoides thomasi
Dusky bushbaby
Galago matschiei
Senegal bushbaby
Galago senegalensis
Olive baboon
Papio anubis
East African potto
Perodicticus ibeanus
Rodentia
Kaiser's rock rat
Aethomys kaiseri
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
Dwarf scaly-tailed squirrel
Anomalurus pusillus
African grass rat
Arvicanthis niloticus
African brush-tailed porcupine
Atherurus africanus
African wading rat
Colomys goslingi
Emin's pouched rat
Cricetomys emini
Kivu giant pouched rat
Cricetomys kivuensis
Rwandan shaggy rat
Dasymys rwandae
Delany's mouse
Delanymys brooksi
Montane African climbing mouse
Dendromus insignis
Kivu climbing mouse
Dendromus nyasae
Link rat
Deomys ferrugineus
Carruther's mountain squirrel
Funisciurus carruthersi
Fire-footed rope squirrel
Funisciurus pyrropus
Boehm's gerbil
Gerbilliscus boehmi
Gerbilliscus kempii
Gerbilliscus kempii
Savanna gerbil
Gerbilliscus validus
Woodland thicket rat
Grammomys dolichurus
Forest thicket rat
Grammomys dryas
Eastern rainforest grammomys
Grammomys kuru
Macmillan's thicket rat
Grammomys macmillani
Christy's dormouse
Graphiurus christyi
Woodland dormouse
Graphiurus murinus
Red-legged sun squirrel
Heliosciurus rufobrachium
Ruwenzori sun squirrel
Heliosciurus ruwenzorii
Peters's striped mouse
Hybomys univittatus
Beaded wood mouse
Hylomyscus aeta
Stella wood mouse
Hylomyscus stella
Hylomyscus vulcanorum
Hylomyscus vulcanorum
Cape porcupine
Hystrix africaeaustralis
Crested porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Pygmy scaly-tailed flying squirrel
Idiurus zenkeri
Typical striped grass mouse
Lemniscomys striatus
Ansorge's brush-furred rat
Lophuromys ansorgei
Dudu's brush-furred rat
Lophuromys dudui
Lophuromys laticeps
Lophuromys laticeps
Medium-tailed brush-furred rat
Lophuromys medicaudatus
Rahm's brush-furred rat
Lophuromys rahmi
Stanley's brush-furred rat
Lophuromys stanleyi
Woosnam's brush-furred rat
Lophuromys woosnami
Big-eared swamp rat
Malacomys longipes
Guinea multimammate mouse
Mastomys erythroleucus
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys natalensis
Toad mouse
Mus bufo
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
House mouse
Mus musculus
Gray-bellied pygmy mouse
Mus triton
African groove-toothed rat
Mylomys dybowskii
Common rufous-nosed rat
Oenomys hypoxanthus
Angoni vlei rat
Otomys angoniensis
Dent's vlei rat
Otomys denti
Tropical vlei rat
Otomys tropicalis
Boehm's bush squirrel
Paraxerus boehmi
Creek groove-toothed swamp rat
Pelomys fallax
Jackson's soft-furred mouse
Praomys jacksoni
Misonne's soft-furred mouse
Praomys misonnei
Forest giant squirrel
Protoxerus stangeri
Black rat
Rattus rattus
Northeast African mole-rat
Tachyoryctes splendens
Kemp's thicket rat
Thamnomys kempi
Charming thicket rat
Thamnomys venustus
Hildegarde's broad-headed mouse
Zelotomys hildegardeae
Soricomorpha
Long-tailed musk shrew
Crocidura dolichura
Bicolored musk shrew
Crocidura fuscomurina
Hildegarde's shrew
Crocidura hildegardeae
Jackson's shrew
Crocidura jacksoni
Gracile naked-tailed shrew
Crocidura maurisca
Niobe's shrew
Crocidura niobe
African giant shrew
Crocidura olivieri
Tarella shrew
Crocidura tarella
Turbo shrew
Crocidura turba
Babault's mouse shrew
Myosorex babaulti
Greater large-headed shrew
Paracrocidura maxima
Ruwenzori shrew
Ruwenzorisorex suncoides
Hero shrew
Scutisorex somereni
Climbing shrew
Suncus megalura
Grant's forest shrew
Sylvisorex granti
Johnston's forest shrew
Sylvisorex johnstoni
Moon forest shrew
Sylvisorex lunaris
Volcano shrew
Sylvisorex vulcanorum
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer