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Where does the Anopheles gambiae live?

Anopheles gambiae has 115,174 records in 43 countries and territories, from 1900 to 2022. Most records come from Côte d'Ivoire.

Anopheles gambiae
Anopheles gambiae — James D. Gathany / Public domain · source
AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaDipteraCulicidaeAnopheles

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. 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
Côte d'Ivoire 56,111
Uganda 28,671
Cameroon 6,640
Central African Republic 5,209
Benin 4,383
DR Congo 3,984
Mozambique 3,088
Ethiopia 1,587
Kenya 1,535
Burkina Faso 1,391
Tanzania 932
Niger 388
Rwanda 250
Mali 180
Madagascar 151
Senegal 122
Italy 92
Nigeria 70
Gambia 61
Malawi 56
Togo 53
Ghana 41
South Africa 27
Guinea-Bissau 23
Comoros 22
Gabon 18
Liberia 16
Brazil 12
Sierra Leone 10
Zimbabwe 9
Congo 6
Mauritania 5
Namibia 5
Zambia 5
Angola 3
Burundi 3
Equatorial Guinea 3
Eswatini 3
Mayotte 3
Mauritius 2

Showing the top 40 of 43 places.

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