🇨🇫Animals recorded in the Central African Republic

Which animals have been recorded in the Central African Republic? 5,035 occurrence records cover 858 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 Allen's Hylomyscus, Tullberg's Praomys, Peters's Hybomys.

• 5,035 records
• 858 species
• 17 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Allen's Hylomyscus, Tullberg's Praomys, Peters's Hybomys. 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 the Central African Republic

	Animal	Group	Records
	Allen's Hylomyscus Hylomyscus alleni	Mammalia Muridae	536
	Tullberg's Praomys Praomys tullbergi	Mammalia Muridae	374
	Peters's Hybomys Hybomys univittatus	Mammalia Muridae	146
	Beaded Hylomyscus Hylomyscus aeta	Mammalia Muridae	132
	Congo Forest Rat Deomys ferrugineus	Mammalia Muridae	62
	Western Rainforest Grammomys Grammomys poensis	Mammalia Muridae	54
	Emin's pouched rat Cricetomys emini	Mammalia Nesomyidae	45
	Smokey Heimyscus Heimyscus fumosus	Mammalia Muridae	43
	Spotted Honeyguide Indicator maculatus	Aves Indicatoridae	40
	wahrindi Synodontis schall	— Mochokidae	39
	Target Rat Stochomys longicaudatus	Mammalia Muridae	31
	Least Honeyguide Indicator exilis	Aves Indicatoridae	30
	Characin Brycinus nurse	— Alestidae	30
	Green-tailed Bristlebill Bleda eximius	Aves Pycnonotidae	30
	Fire-crested Alethe Alethe diademata	Aves Turdidae	29
	Olive Sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea	Aves Nectariniidae	28
	Common Ciliate Blue Anthene larydas	Insecta Lycaenidae	26
	Bermuda sponge shrimp Holthuisaeus bermudensis	Malacostraca Palaemonidae	26
	Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus	— Cichlidae	25
	Chestnut Wattle-eye Platysteira castanea	Aves Platysteiridae	23
	Black-headed Paradise-Flycatcher Terpsiphone rufiventer	Aves Monarchidae	22
	common freshwater amphipod Gammarus pulex	Malacostraca Gammaridae	22
	White-browed Forest-Flycatcher Fraseria cinerascens	Aves Muscicapidae	22
	Green Hylia Hylia prasina	Aves Cettiidae	21
	Red-tailed Bristlebill Bleda syndactylus	Aves Pycnonotidae	21
	White-bellied Kingfisher Corythornis leucogaster	Aves Alcedinidae	21
	Water measurer Hydrometra stagnorum	Insecta Hydrometridae	20
	Misonne's Praomys Praomys misonnei	Mammalia Muridae	20
	Noack's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ruber	Mammalia Hipposideridae	20
	White-throated Greenbul Phyllastrephus albigularis	Aves Pycnonotidae	19
	White-tailed Ant-Thrush Neocossyphus poensis	Aves Turdidae	19
	Fire-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys nudicaudus	Mammalia Muridae	18
	African Dwarf Kingfisher Ispidina lecontei	Aves Alcedinidae	18
	African catfish Clarias gariepinus	— Clariidae	18
	Red-tailed Greenbul Criniger calurus	Aves Pycnonotidae	18
	Buff-spotted Woodpecker Pardipicus nivosus	Aves Picidae	17
	Fraser's Rufous Thrush Stizorhina fraseri	Aves Turdidae	16
	Twilight Darner Gynacantha nervosa	Insecta Aeshnidae	16
	Little Greenbul Eurillas virens	Aves Pycnonotidae	16
	fiveblotch jewelfish Hemichromis elongatus	— Cichlidae	15
	Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina	Aves Estrildidae	15
	Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea	Insecta Nepidae	15
	Olive-green Camaroptera Camaroptera chloronota	Aves Cisticolidae	15
	Common Malacomys Malacomys longipes	Mammalia Muridae	14
	African Pygmy-Kingfisher Ispidina picta	Aves Alcedinidae	14
	Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla	Aves Estrildidae	14
	Lesser Honeyguide Indicator minor	Aves Indicatoridae	14
	Yellow-whiskered Greenbul Eurillas latirostris	Aves Pycnonotidae	14
	Red-rumped Tinkerbird Pogoniulus atroflavus	Aves Lybiidae	13
	Uganda Large-toothed Shrew Crocidura mutesae	Mammalia Soricidae	13
	Icterine Phyllastrephus icterinus	Aves Pycnonotidae	13
	Blue-breasted Kingfisher Halcyon malimbica	Aves Alcedinidae	12
	Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel Funisciurus leucogenys	Mammalia Sciuridae	12
	Brown-chested Alethe Pseudalethe poliocephala	Aves Turdidae	12
	Physopelta melanoptera	Insecta Largidae	11
	Brown-eared Woodpecker Pardipicus caroli	Aves Picidae	11
	Citharinus citharus	— Citharinidae	11
	Western Nicator Nicator chloris	Aves Nicatoridae	11
	Walter Verheyen’s Wood Mouse Hylomyscus walterverheyeni	Mammalia Muridae	11
	Collared Sunbird Hedydipna collaris	Aves Nectariniidae	11