🇧🇫Animals recorded in Burkina Faso

Which animals have been recorded in Burkina Faso? 11,915 occurrence records cover 187 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 212 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Montagu's Harrier, Gracile Tateril, Plague Flea.

• 11,915 records
• 187 species
• 12 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Montagu's Harrier, Gracile Tateril, Plague Flea. 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 Burkina Faso

	Animal	Group	Records
	Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	Aves Accipitridae	5,523
	Gracile Tateril Taterillus gracilis	Mammalia Muridae	976
	Plague Flea Xenopsylla cheopis	Insecta Pulicidae	376
	Pouched Gerbil Desmodilliscus braueri	Mammalia Muridae	267
	Cat flea Ctenocephalides felis	Insecta Pulicidae	231
	Gambian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris gambiensis	Mammalia Nycteridae	211
	Hairy Slit-faced Bat Nycteris hispida	Mammalia Nycteridae	187
	Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	177
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	174
	Senegal bushbaby Galago senegalensis	Mammalia Galagidae	132
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	119
	Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni	Mammalia Muridae	117
	Large-eared Slit-faced Bat Nycteris macrotis	Mammalia Nycteridae	102
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	98
	cape hare Lepus capensis	Mammalia Leporidae	70
	Gray Spiny Mouse Acomys cineraceus	Mammalia Muridae	53
	Four-toed Hedgehog Atelerix albiventris	Mammalia Erinaceidae	52
	Northwestern African Fat Mouse Steatomys caurinus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	52
	Little Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus	Mammalia Molossidae	48
	Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus	Mammalia Sciuridae	46
	Noack's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ruber	Mammalia Hipposideridae	45
	Lappet-eared Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon major	Mammalia Molossidae	42
	Arcuator opacus	Insecta Chloropidae	40
	Jones's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros jonesi	Mammalia Hipposideridae	38
	Yellow-winged Bat Lavia frons	Mammalia Megadermatidae	37
	Haussa genet Genetta thierryi	Mammalia Viverridae	35
	Egyptian Tomb Bat Taphozous perforatus	Mammalia Emballonuridae	32
	Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus erythropus	Mammalia Sciuridae	32
	Heuglin's Lemniscomys Lemniscomys zebra	Mammalia Muridae	29
	Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	23
	Hausa Mouse Mus haussa	Mammalia Muridae	23
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	17
	Temminck's mouse Mus musculoides	Mammalia Muridae	17
	Maghreb Leaf-nosed Bat Hipposideros tephrus	Mammalia Hipposideridae	13
	Lander's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus landeri	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	12
	Hammer-headed Fruit Bat Hypsignathus monstrosus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	12
	Savanna Path Shrew Crocidura viaria	Mammalia Soricidae	12
	Delta emarginatum	Insecta Eumenidae	11
	Common fan-footed gecko Ptyodactylus hasselquistii	Squamata Phyllodactylidae	11
	Puddle Frog Phrynobatrachus francisci	Amphibia Phrynobatrachidae	10
	Schlieffen's Bat Nycticeinops schlieffenii	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	10
	Delta occidentale	Insecta Eumenidae	9
	White-bellied house bat Scotophilus leucogaster	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	9
	Antepipona sudanensis	Insecta Eumenidae	7
	Polistes marginalis	Insecta Eumenidae	6
	Antodynerus sheffieldi	Insecta Eumenidae	6
	Rüppell's Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus fumigatus	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	6
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	6
	common duiker Sylvicapra grimmia	Mammalia Bovidae	6
	Müller’s sand boa Eryx muelleri	Squamata Boidae	6
	wildcat Felis silvestris	Mammalia Felidae	6
	Dyschirius genieri	Insecta Carabidae	6
	Antepipona guichardi	Insecta Eumenidae	5
	Cyrtolabulus garambensis	Insecta Eumenidae	5
	Lasiopleura gregalis	Insecta Chloropidae	5
	Common agama Agama agama	Squamata Agamidae	5
	Straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum	Mammalia Pteropodidae	5
	Sphex obscurus	Insecta Sphecidae	5
	Orthobula marusiki	Arachnida Trachelidae	4
	Polistes fastidiosus	Insecta Eumenidae	4