Nigerian Highlands (nn) - Africa
Nigeria
Area
278 km²
Elevation
48 - 751 m
Hierarchy
Higher Ranges
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Artiodactyla
Black duiker
Cephalophus niger
Red-flanked duiker
Cephalophus rufilatus
Kob
Kobus kob
Common warthog
Phacochoerus africanus
Walter's duiker
Philantomba walteri
Red river hog
Potamochoerus porcus
Bohor reedbuck
Redunca redunca
Common duiker
Sylvicapra grimmia
Harnessed bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Carnivora
African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Marsh mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
African civet
Civettictis civetta
Rusty-spotted genet
Genetta maculata
Hausa genet
Genetta thierryi
Egyptian mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Spotted-necked otter
Hydrictis maculicollis
White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Serval
Leptailurus serval
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Banded mongoose
Mungos mungo
African palm civet
Nandinia binotata
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Chiroptera
Afronycteris nanus
Afronycteris nanus
Ansorge's free-tailed bat
Chaerephon ansorgei
Nigerian free-tailed bat
Chaerephon nigeriae
Little free-tailed bat
Chaerephon pumilus
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Epomophorus pusillus
Epomophorus pusillus
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat
Epomops buettikoferi
Noack's roundleaf bat
Hipposideros ruber
Hammer-headed bat
Hypsignathus monstrosus
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis
Angolan rousette
Lissonycteris angolensis
Giant roundleaf bat
Macronycteris gigas
Angolan free-tailed bat
Mops condylurus
Sierra Leone collared fruit bat
Myonycteris leptodon
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat
Nanonycteris veldkampii
Tiny serotine
Neoromicia guineensis
Hairy slit-faced bat
Nycteris hispida
Large-eared slit-faced bat
Nycteris macrotis
Egyptian slit-faced bat
Nycteris thebaica
Rendall's serotine
Pseudoromicia rendalli
African yellow bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Mauritian tomb bat
Taphozous mauritianus
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Taphozous nudiventris
Hyracoidea
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Lagomorpha
African savanna hare
Lepus victoriae
Primates
Mona monkey
Cercopithecus mona
Greater spot-nosed monkey
Cercopithecus nictitans
Tantalus monkey
Chlorocebus tantalus
Prince Demidoff's bushbaby
Galagoides demidoff
Senegal bushbaby
Galago senegalensis
Olive baboon
Papio anubis
Rodentia
African brush-tailed porcupine
Atherurus africanus
Gambian pouched rat
Cricetomys gambianus
West African shaggy rat
Dasymys rufulus
Thomas's rope squirrel
Funisciurus anerythrus
Red-cheeked rope squirrel
Funisciurus leucogenys
Gerbilliscus kempii
Gerbilliscus kempii
Jentink's dormouse
Graphiurus crassicaudatus
Kellen's dormouse
Graphiurus kelleni
Gambian sun squirrel
Heliosciurus gambianus
Red-legged sun squirrel
Heliosciurus rufobrachium
Typical striped grass mouse
Lemniscomys striatus
Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat
Lophuromys sikapusi
Guinea multimammate mouse
Mastomys erythroleucus
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys natalensis
Dalton's mouse
Praomys daltoni
Forest giant squirrel
Protoxerus stangeri
Black rat
Rattus rattus
Greater cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Rudd's mouse
Uranomys ruddi
African striped ground squirrel
Xerus erythropus
Soricomorpha
Crosse's shrew
Crocidura crossei
Long-tailed musk shrew
Crocidura dolichura
Crocidura grandiceps
Crocidura grandiceps
Lamotte's shrew
Crocidura lamottei
Nigerian shrew
Crocidura nigeriae
African giant shrew
Crocidura olivieri
Fraser's musk shrew
Crocidura poensis
Climbing shrew
Suncus megalura
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer