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Where does the Anopheles funestus live?

Anopheles funestus has 27,129 records in 26 countries and territories, from 1915 to 2022. Most records come from Mozambique.

Anopheles funestus
Anopheles funestus β€” Photo: James Gathany, Dr. Frank Collins, University of Notre Dame, USCDCP Β· CC0 Β· Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraCulicidaeAnopheles

When it is recorded

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Peak month: June. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Mozambique 10,301
Uganda 5,685
Tanzania 5,395
Ethiopia 1,449
Kenya 1,098
Central African Republic 774
Burkina Faso 727
CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 714
Cameroon 479
DR Congo 162
Niger 149
Benin 44
Madagascar 32
Angola 25
Malawi 21
Senegal 21
Gabon 15
South Africa 12
Ghana 10
Botswana 3
Nigeria 3
Mayotte 3
Liberia 2
Mali 2
Namibia 2
Congo 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.