🇧🇯What animals live in Benin?

266,656 animal records from Benin cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 266,656 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Benin

	Animal	Group	Records
	kob Kobus kob	Mammalia Bovidae	6,867
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	4,502
	Anopheles gambiae	Insecta Culicidae	4,383
	common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia	Mammalia Bovidae	3,789
	roan antelope Hippotragus equinus	Mammalia Bovidae	3,476
	common warthog Phacochoerus africanus	Mammalia Suidae	3,095
	bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus	Mammalia Bovidae	2,899
	African buffalo Syncerus caffer	Mammalia Bovidae	2,708
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	2,525
	Cirina forda	Insecta Saturniidae	2,202
	oribi Ourebia ourebi	Mammalia Bovidae	2,198
	olive baboon Papio anubis	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	1,907
	Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	1,841
	patas monkey Erythrocebus patas	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	1,765
	Ceratitis spec	Insecta Tephritidae	1,749
	African elephant Loxodonta africana	Mammalia Elephantidae	1,740
	Common Bulbul Pycnonotus barbatus	Aves Pycnonotidae	1,658
	bohor reedbuck Redunca redunca	Mammalia Bovidae	1,646
	Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis	Aves Cuculidae	1,632
	Onchocerciasis Onchocerca volvulus	Chromadorea Onchocercidae	1,584
	Straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum	Mammalia Pteropodidae	1,577
	Black Kite Milvus migrans	Aves Accipitridae	1,543
	Achaea catocaloides	Insecta Erebidae	1,468
	Zanna tenebrosa	Insecta Fulgoridae	1,463
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	1,430
	Village Weaver Ploceus cucullatus	Aves Ploceidae	1,318
	African Gray Hornbill Lophoceros nasutus	Aves Bucerotidae	1,281
	red river hog Potamochoerus porcus	Mammalia Suidae	1,116
	hartebeest Alcelaphus buselaphus	Mammalia Bovidae	1,109
	Pied Kingfisher Ceryle rudis	Aves Alcedinidae	1,107
	Abyssinian Roller Coracias abyssinicus	Aves Coraciidae	1,099
	Schistosoma haematobium	Trematoda Schistosomatidae	1,078
	Western Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator	Aves Musophagidae	1,056
	Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	1,032
	Vinaceous Dove Streptopelia vinacea	Aves Columbidae	1,030
	Sooty Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros fuliginosus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	999
	Double-spurred Francolin Pternistis bicalcaratus	Aves Phasianidae	972
	African Golden Oriole Oriolus auratus	Aves Oriolidae	935
	Misonne's Praomys Praomys misonnei	Mammalia Muridae	905
	Itch Mite Sarcoptes scabiei	Arachnida Sarcoptidae	858
	Bronze mannikin Lonchura cucullata	Aves Estrildidae	804
	Woodland Kingfisher Halcyon senegalensis	Aves Alcedinidae	800
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	785
	African Silverbill Euodice cantans	Aves Estrildidae	769
	Broad-billed Roller Eurystomus glaucurus	Aves Coraciidae	769
	Red-eyed Dove Streptopelia semitorquata	Aves Columbidae	767
	Stone Partridge Ptilopachus petrosus	Aves Odontophoridae	759
	vervet monkey Chlorocebus aethiops	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	757
	Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros tephrus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	748
	Yellow-billed Shrike Corvinella corvina	Aves Laniidae	748
	Helmeted Guineafowl Numida meleagris	Aves Numididae	743
	Northern Red-billed Hornbill Tockus erythrorhynchus	Aves Bucerotidae	732
	Red-throated Bee-eater Merops bulocki	Aves Meropidae	723
	White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus	Aves Accipitridae	720
	Senegal Parrot Poicephalus senegalus	Aves Psittacidae	711
	African Jacana Actophilornis africanus	Aves Jacanidae	710
	Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus	Aves Estrildidae	700
	Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis Schistosoma mansoni	Trematoda Schistosomatidae	691
	White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata	Aves Anatidae	683
	lion Panthera leo	Mammalia Felidae	682