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Please help us make this list more complete by sending in more names of endangered or threatened animals you know of from the areas below... |
Wilt u ons helpen deze lijst completer te maken door meer namen van bedreigde dieren uit onderstaande regionen naar ons toe te mailen... |
Common name |
Dutch name |
Scientific
name |
Specific region |
Report |
African Wild Ass |
Wilde ezel |
. |
Northern |
yes |
Antelope - Addax |
Antilope |
Addex nasomaclatus |
south western part of the Sahara Desert (added by Marc & Gardy Ellis) | . |
Antelope - Jentink's Duiker |
Antilope |
. |
. |
. |
Drill |
Mandril |
. |
. |
. |
Hippopotamus, Pygmy |
Nijlpaard |
. |
. |
. |
Ibex ( a member of the goat family) |
Steenbok |
. |
. |
. |
Ibis, Hermit |
Ibis |
. |
. |
yes |
Macaque, Barbary |
Makaak (aap) |
. |
. |
. |
African Wild Dog |
Wilde hond |
. |
Central and Southern |
. |
Coelacanth (fish) |
Coelacanth |
. |
. |
. |
Crocodile, Nile -Vulnerable |
Nijlkrokodil |
. |
. |
. |
Elephant, African |
Olifant |
Loxodonta africana |
south of the Sahara desert in tropical forests, savannah areas, deserts and river valleys |
yes |
Gorilla, Mountain |
Gorilla |
. |
. |
yes |
Hyena, Brown |
Hyena |
Hyaena brunnea |
Southern Africa. It prefers dry areas like the north western parts of South Africa, the Kalahari and Namibia. |
yes |
Lemur, Aye-Aye / Ruffed |
Lemur (vosaap) |
. |
. |
yes |
Okapi (a member of the giraffe family) -Vulnerable |
Okapi |
. |
. |
. |
Rhinocerous, Black |
Zwarte neushoorn |
. |
. |
yes |
Whale, Southern Right |
Walvis |
Eubaleana Australis |
South Africa's coastline |
yes |
Eithiopean Jackal (Simien Jackal) |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Mountain Zebra (added by Dave) | ||||
| Cheetah (added by Dave) | yes | |||
| Leopard (added by Dave) | yes | |||
| Pygmy Chimpanzee (added by Dave) | ||||
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White Rhino (added by Helen) |
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| Malagasy Pond Heron | from Rio Savanne north of Beira in Mozambique | |||
| Balearic Sheerwater bird | journey from their breeding islands off South Africa | |||
| Spotted Ground Thrush | South Africa | |||
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