🇰🇲Animals recorded in the Comoros

Which animals have been recorded in the Comoros? 2,936 occurrence records cover 778 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 216 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include Seychelles Free-tailed Bat, Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat, Comoro Rousette.

• 2,936 records
• 778 species
• 31 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Seychelles Free-tailed Bat, Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat, Comoro Rousette. 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 Comoros

	Animal	Group	Records
	Seychelles Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pusillus	Mammalia Molossidae	199
	Griveaud's Long-fingered Bat Miniopterus griveaudi	Mammalia Miniopteridae	121
	Comoro Rousette Rousettus obliviosus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	89
	western honey bee Apis mellifera	Insecta Apidae	38
	Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed Bat Mops leucostigma	Mammalia Molossidae	36
	humpback whale Megaptera novaeangliae	Mammalia Balaenopteridae	28
	Peppered Squirrelfish Sargocentron punctatissimum	— Holocentridae	13
	Iridescent Cardinalfish Pristiapogon kallopterus	— Apogonidae	13
	Pheidole vulcan	Insecta Formicidae	12
	Synasterope calix	Ostracoda Cylindroleberididae	12
	West Indian Ocean coelacanth Latimeria chalumnae	Coelacanthi Latimeriidae	11
	Comoro Island Skink Trachylepis comorensis	Squamata Scincidae	11
	Diaphorina auberti	Insecta Liviidae	10
	Variegated Lizardfish Synodus variegatus	— Synodontidae	10
	Pheidole komori	Insecta Formicidae	9
	Filament Blenny Alticus monochrus	— Blenniidae	9
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	8
	African Migrant Catopsilia florella	Insecta Pieridae	8
	Crown squirrelfish Sargocentron diadema	— Holocentridae	8
	Elongated bristlemouth Sigmops elongatus	— Gonostomatidae	8
	Long-barbel goatfish Parupeneus macronemus	— Mullidae	8
	Muzzled Rockskipper Cirripectes castaneus	— Blenniidae	8
	Codonocera phoenix	Ostracoda Cypridinidae	8
	Black-saddled Toby Canthigaster valentini	— Tetraodontidae	8
	Barred Flagtail Kuhlia mugil	— Kuhliidae	8
	Antennatus coccineus	— Antennariidae	8
	Arceye Hawkfish Paracirrhites arcatus	— Cirrhitidae	8
	Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	8
	Pheidole megatron	Insecta Formicidae	8
	Flashlight fish Photoblepharon steinitzi	— Anomalopidae	7
	Whitetail Squirrelfish Sargocentron caudimaculatum	— Holocentridae	7
	Sixline Pigmy Wrasse Pseudocheilinus hexataenia	— Labridae	7
	Pixy Hawkfish Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus	— Cirrhitidae	7
	Disappearing Pigmy Wrasse Pseudocheilinus evanidus	— Labridae	7
	Shortsnout Triplefin Helcogramma obtusirostris	— Tripterygiidae	7
	Sixline Soapfish Grammistes sexlineatus	— Serranidae	7
	Horned rockskipper Antennablennius bifilum	— Blenniidae	7
	Dull Day Gecko Phelsuma dubia	Squamata Gekkonidae	7
	Palespot Podge Pseudogramma polyacantha	— Serranidae	7
	Bicolor Rosefish Sebastapistes cyanostigma	— Scorpaenidae	7
	Bicolor Reeffish Chromis dimidiata	— Pomacentridae	7
	Gulper Shark Centrophorus granulosus	Elasmobranchii Centrophoridae	7
	Common Leopard Phalanta phalantha	Insecta Nymphalidae	7
	Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus	Insecta Nymphalidae	7
	Spotfin Firefish Pterois antennata	— Scorpaenidae	6
	Pheidole jonas	Insecta Formicidae	6
	Banded Reef-goby Priolepis cincta	— Gobiidae	6
	Forceps fish Forcipiger flavissimus	— Chaetodontidae	6
	Bluespotted Blenny Blenniella chrysospilos	— Blenniidae	6
	Vagrant Moray Gymnothorax buroensis	— Muraenidae	6
	Whiteband Damselfish Plectroglyphidodon leucozonus	— Pomacentridae	6
	Dusky angelfish Centropyge multispinis	— Pomacanthidae	6
	Rutiderma arx	Ostracoda Rutidermatidae	6
	Luetken's Lanternfish Diaphus luetkeni	— Myctophidae	6
	Ninestripe Cardinal Ostorhinchus taeniophorus	— Apogonidae	6
	Atlantic fangjaw Gonostoma atlanticum	— Gonostomatidae	6
	Diaphus fulgens	— Myctophidae	6
	Bluetop Dascyllus Dascyllus carneus	— Pomacentridae	6
	Rusty Sweeper Pempheris bexillon	— Pempheridae	6
	Acanthopleura testudo	Polyplacophora Chitonidae	5