Wildlife population in Sierra Leone

The wildlife population in Sierra Leone has declined , mainly due to the civil war between 1991 and 2002 and the use of wild animals as bushmeat . The proclamation of new nature reserves in the country , including above all the Gola Rainforest National Park , is intended to counteract this trend. The conflict between humans and animals is (as of 2006) an increasing problem.

Sierra Leone is home to 147 species of mammals , at least 172 species of birds , 67 species of reptiles , 35 species of amphibians and 99 species of fish .

Counts and inventory

State-wide censuses of wild animals by state authorities have not taken place in Sierra Leone. International nature conservation associations conduct surveys on individual animal species in the country.

Extinct are among others the West African lion (world population about 400 animals), the Kob and the white rhinoceros as well as the West African hartebeest , roan antelope , sitatunga and giant eland . With up to 20 antelope species , Sierra Leone has a very large biodiversity in relation to the size of the country.

Below is the population of selected large wild animal species.

photo	Animal species	Duration	Year and source
	Bongo	available number unknown	2016
	Bushbuck	available number unknown	2016
	Elephant (and / or forest elephant )	135-155	2013, IUCNSSC African Elephant Specialist Group
	hippopotamus	<200	2008 IUCN
	Yellow bridge duiker	available number unknown	2016
	Jentink Ducker	available number unknown	2016
	Small lugs	available number unknown	2016
	leopard	50-100	2015 IUCN
	Manatee	relatively widespread number unknown	2015
	Nile crocodile	available number unknown	1996
	Oribi	available number unknown	2016
	West African armored crocodile	available number unknown	2013
	Brush ear pig	available number unknown	2016
	Giant forest pig	available number unknown	2016
	Red buffalo	available number unknown	2008
	Soot specification	available number unknown	2013
	chimpanzee	> 5500	2010 Tacugama
	Common crocodile	available number unknown	2013
	Timneh African Gray Parrot	11,000-18,000	1992
	Spotted hyena	50-100	1998
	Warthog	available number unknown	2014
	Waterbuck	available number unknown	2016 IUCN
	White-breasted guinea fowl	available number unknown	2013
	Zebra sugar	available number unknown	2016
	Pygmy hippopotamus	150	2010 IUCN Species Survival Commission

literature

• Rob East: Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, Part 3. West and Central Africa. IUCN / Antelope Specialist Group, Gland 1990, ISBN 2-8317-0016-7 .
• FAO (Ed.): Sierra Leone - A Conservation and Wildlife Policy , 2010. ( PDF )

Web links

• National Protected Area Authority and Conservation Trust Fund (English)
• Reptiles and Amphibians Program - Sierra Leone (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Plant and animal life. Sierra Leone. In: Encyclopaedia Britannica . Retrieved May 18, 2017.
2. ↑ Wild Animals kill 4 ... MP expresses concern in Sierra Leone.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Awareness Times, November 21, 2006.  
3. ↑ EarthTrends: Biodiversity and Protected Areas-- Sierra Leone (pdf) http: //earthtrends.wri.org.+2003.+Archived from the original on January 5, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 18, 2017. 
4. ^ Panthera leo (West Africa subpopulation). The IUCN List of Threatend Species, March 7, 2014. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
5. ↑ Kobus kob. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, January 7, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
6. ↑ Black Rhino. International Rhino Foundation. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
7. ^ African Antelope Database 1998. IUCN / CCS Antelope Specialist Group, 1998, p. 47 ff.
8. ^ Antelopes: Global Survey and Regional Action Plans, Part 3. West and Central Africa. IUCN / Antelope Specialist Group, 1990, p. 41.
9. ↑ Tragelaphus eurycerus. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, July 7, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
10. ^ Tragelaphus scriptus. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, June 14, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
11. ^ Provisional African Elephant Population Estimates, Sierra Leone. IUCNSSC African Elephant Specialist Group, December 31, 2013.
12. ↑ Hippopotamus amphibius. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, June 30, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
13. ↑ Cephalophus silvicultor. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, Jan. January 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
14. ↑ Cephalophus jentinki. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, January 7, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
15. ^ Neotragus pygmaeus. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, January 7, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
16. ^ The Status of the Leopard in Nature - A Country by Country Analsysis. Riverbanks Zoological Park, 1997. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
17. ^ Action Plan for the Conservation of the West African Manatee. UNEP, p. 18. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
18. ↑ Trichechus senegalensis. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, July 18, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
19. ↑ Crocodylus niloticus. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, August 1, 1996. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
20. ↑ Ourebia ourebi. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, January 7, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
21. ^ Mecistops cataphractus. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, May 30, 2013. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
22. ^ Potamochoerus porcus. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, February 8, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
23. ^ Hylochoerus meinertzhageni. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, January 29, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
24. ^ Syncerus caffer. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, June 30, 2008. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
25. ↑ Annika Hillers: Final Report on the Activities of the Research Unit: Across the River - A Transboundary Peace Park for Sierra Leone and Liberia 2010-2013. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, September 2013, p. 24.
26. ^ Sierra Leone National Chimpanzee Project Report. ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Tacugama, 2010, p. 8. Retrieved May 18, 2017. 
27. ↑ Osteolaemus tetraspis. The IUCN List of Threatend Species. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
28. ↑ Psittacus timneh. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, October 1, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
29. ↑ Hyenas. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN / SSC Hyena Specialist Group, 1998, p. 74.
30. ^ Awareness Times News Briefs from Sierra Leone.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Awareness Times, May 7, 2016.  
31. ^ Kobus ellipsiprymnus. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, January 7, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2017.
32. ↑ Annika Hillers: Final Report on the Activities of the Research Unit: Across the River - A Transboundary Peace Park for Sierra Leone and Liberia 2010-2013. The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, September 2013, p. 25.
33. ↑ Cephalophus zebra. The IUCN List of Threatend Species, January 7, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2017.
34. ^ Conservation Strategy for the Pygmy Hippopotamus. Pygmy Hippo Conservation Strategy Workshop, IUCN, 2010, p. 18. Retrieved May 18, 2017.