🇧🇯Animals recorded in Benin

Which animals have been recorded in Benin? 29,659 occurrence records cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 359 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Itch Mite, Little Free-tailed Bat, African Arvicanthis.

• 29,659 records
• 1,200+ species
• 24 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Itch Mite, Little Free-tailed Bat, African Arvicanthis. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in Benin

	Animal	Group	Records
	Itch Mite Sarcoptes scabiei	Arachnida Sarcoptidae	848
	Little Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus	Mammalia Molossidae	392
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	314
	Gracile Tateril Taterillus gracilis	Mammalia Muridae	278
	Puff Adder Bitis arietans	Squamata Viperidae	247
	Hook Worm Ancylostoma duodenale	Chromadorea Ancylostomatidae	244
	Ball python Python regius	Squamata Pythonidae	237
	Olive Grass Racer Psammophis phillipsii	Squamata Psammophiidae	236
	rock python Python sebae	Squamata Pythonidae	235
	Western Green Mamba Dendroaspis viridis	Squamata Elapidae	231
	African Burrowing Boa Calabaria reinhardtii	Squamata Boidae	230
	Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus	Mammalia Muridae	230
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	211
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	179
	Elegant Sand Racer Psammophis elegans	Squamata Psammophiidae	163
	Olive Ridley Lepidochelys olivacea	Testudines Cheloniidae	163
	Black-necked Spitting Cobra Naja nigricollis	Squamata Elapidae	160
	Bird Snake Thelotornis kirtlandii	Squamata Colubridae	157
	Blandings Tree Snake Toxicodryas blandingii	Squamata Colubridae	156
	Nile monitor Varanus niloticus	Squamata Varanidae	156
	savannah monitor Varanus exanthematicus	Squamata Varanidae	156
	Rhinoceros Viper Bitis nasicornis	Squamata Viperidae	155
	Jameson's Mamba Dendroaspis jamesoni	Squamata Elapidae	155
	Pallid Harrier Circus macrourus	Aves Accipitridae	154
	Collared Marsh-Snake Natriciteres fuliginoides	Squamata Colubridae	154
	Black and White Cobra Naja melanoleuca	Squamata Elapidae	154
	Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni	Aves Falconidae	154
	Gaboon Adder Bitis gabonica	Squamata Viperidae	154
	Temminck's mouse Mus musculoides	Mammalia Muridae	153
	brown rat Rattus norvegicus	Mammalia Muridae	145
	Reddish-white Mastomys Mastomys erythroleucus	Mammalia Muridae	137
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	132
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	129
	Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus	Mammalia Molossidae	126
	Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	114
	African Saw-scaled Viper Echis ocellatus	Squamata Viperidae	105
	Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	105
	Baoule's Mouse Mus baoulei	Mammalia Muridae	101
	Mole Viper Atractaspis dahomeyensis	Squamata Atractaspididae	97
	Guinea Gerbil Gerbilliscus guineae	Mammalia Muridae	93
	Red-lipped Snake Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia	Squamata Colubridae	92
	Boaedon mendesi	Squamata Lamprophiidae	89
	Irregular Green Snake Philothamnus irregularis	Squamata Colubridae	87
	Goliath Heron Ardea goliath	Aves Ardeidae	86
	greater cane rat Thryonomys swinderianus	Mammalia Thryonomyidae	86
	Ahanta Francolin Pternistis ahantensis	Aves Phasianidae	86
	Barn Owl Tyto alba	Aves Tytonidae	86
	Gambian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris gambiensis	Mammalia Nycteridae	86
	Spotted Night Adder Causus maculatus	Squamata Viperidae	85
	Senegal Chameleon Chamaeleo senegalensis	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	83
	Western beaked snake Rhamphiophis oxyrhynchus	Squamata Psammophiidae	83
	Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni	Mammalia Muridae	83
	Variable Marsh Snake Natriciteres variegata	Squamata Colubridae	81
	Boomslang Dispholidus typus	Squamata Colubridae	80
	Central African Egg-eating Snake Dasypeltis fasciata	Squamata Colubridae	79
	Four-toed Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris	Mammalia Erinaceidae	79
	Hausa Mouse Mus haussa	Mammalia Muridae	79
	Common Egg Eater Dasypeltis scabra	Squamata Colubridae	79
	Smith's African Water Snake Grayia smithii	Squamata Colubridae	79
	Striped House Snake Boaedon lineatus	Squamata Lamprophiidae	79