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Assaba Massif - Africa
Mauritania
Area
204 km²
Elevation
134 - 642 m
Hierarchy
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Artiodactyla
Red-fronted gazelle
Eudorcas rufifrons
Carnivora
African wolf
Canis lupaster
Caracal
Caracal caracal
Common genet
Genetta genetta
Striped hyena
Hyaena hyaena
Saharan striped polecat
Ictonyx libycus
Striped polecat
Ictonyx striatus
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Pale fox
Vulpes pallida
Rüppell's fox
Vulpes rueppellii
Fennec fox
Vulpes zerda
Chiroptera
Trident bat
Asellia tridens
Egyptian mouse-tailed bat
Rhinopoma cystops
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Taphozous nudiventris
Erinaceomorpha
Desert hedgehog
Paraechinus aethiopicus
Hyracoidea
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Lagomorpha
Cape hare
Lepus capensis
African savanna hare
Lepus victoriae
Primates
Common patas monkey
Erythrocebus patas
Senegal bushbaby
Galago senegalensis
Guinea baboon
Papio papio
Rodentia
African grass rat
Arvicanthis niloticus
Pouched gerbil
Desmodilliscus braueri
Felou gundi
Felovia vae
Pleasant gerbil
Gerbillus amoenus
Lesser Egyptian gerbil
Gerbillus gerbillus
Nigerian gerbil
Gerbillus nigeriae
Tarabul's gerbil
Gerbillus tarabuli
Lesser Egyptian jerboa
Jaculus jaculus
Guinea multimammate mouse
Mastomys erythroleucus
Hausa mouse
Mus haussa
Robbins's tateril
Taterillus arenarius
African striped ground squirrel
Xerus erythropus
Soricomorpha
Mauritanian shrew
Crocidura lusitania
Savanna dwarf shrew
Crocidura nanilla
Savanna path shrew
Crocidura viaria
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer