🇲🇷Animals recorded in Mauritania

Which animals have been recorded in Mauritania? 213,351 occurrence records cover 906 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 Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier.

• 213,351 records
• 906 species
• 36 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include Lesser Black-backed Gull, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier, Montagu's Harrier. 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 Mauritania

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	111,398
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	25,833
	Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	Aves Accipitridae	9,261
	Bonga shad Ethmalosa fimbriata	— Clupeidae	6,557
	Spotted seabass Dicentrarchus punctatus	— Moronidae	1,531
	Madeiran sardinella Sardinella maderensis	— Clupeidae	1,469
	Banana Mullet Mugil bananensis	— Mugilidae	1,321
	Common Goby Pomatoschistus microps	— Gobiidae	902
	Brasilian Mullet Chelon dumerili	— Mugilidae	844
	Black Goby Gobius niger	— Gobiidae	704
	Leaping African Mullet Mugil capurrii	— Mugilidae	631
	Sicklefin Mullet Neochelon falcipinnis	— Mugilidae	447
	Atlantic bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus	— Carangidae	429
	Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis	— Soleidae	380
	Redbelly Tilapia Coptodon zillii	— Cichlidae	371
	Flagfin mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus	— Gerreidae	366
	blackchin mouthbreeder Sarotherodon melanotheron	— Cichlidae	347
	Senegal seabream Diplodus bellottii	— Sparidae	306
	Bluespotted seabream Pagrus caeruleostictus	— Sparidae	291
	African Sicklefish Drepane africana	— Drepaneidae	287
	Black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus	— Sparidae	281
	Broadnosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle	— Syngnathidae	274
	Blackchin guitarfish Glaucostegus cemiculus	Elasmobranchii Glaucostegidae	243
	Gilthead seabream Sparus aurata	— Sparidae	243
	Paracartia grani	Copepoda Acartiidae	234
	Mediterranean sand smelt Atherina hepsetus	— Atherinidae	205
	Golden Grey Mullet Chelon auratus	— Mugilidae	195
	Smalltooth Stingray Hypanus rudis	Elasmobranchii Dasyatidae	181
	Hairy Slit-faced Bat Nycteris hispida	Mammalia Nycteridae	176
	Milk Shark Rhizoprionodon acutus	Elasmobranchii Carcharhinidae	171
	White seabream Diplodus sargus	— Sparidae	168
	Hound needlefish Tylosurus crocodilus	— Belonidae	142
	Spiny butterfly ray Gymnura altavela	Elasmobranchii Gymnuridae	142
	Sand steenbras Lithognathus mormyrus	— Sparidae	132
	White grouper Epinephelus aeneus	— Serranidae	120
	Bandtail puffer Sphoeroides spengleri	— Tetraodontidae	118
	Azure Vase Sponge Callyspongia plicifera	Demospongiae Callyspongiidae	117
	Robbins's Tateril Taterillus arenarius	Mammalia Muridae	114
	Paracalanus quasimodo	Copepoda Paracalanidae	113
	Diopatra neapolitana	Polychaeta Onuphidae	110
	Cobia Rachycentron canadum	— Rachycentridae	110
	Greater Pipefish Syngnathus acus	— Syngnathidae	106
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	106
	Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus	Mammalia Molossidae	103
	Guinean Sea Catfish Carlarius parkii	— Ariidae	89
	Indian halibut Psettodes erumei	— Psettodidae	86
	Porgy Diplodus puntazzo	— Sparidae	84
	common bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus	Mammalia Delphinidae	82
	Bastard grunt Pomadasys incisus	— Haemulidae	78
	Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus	Aves Strigidae	76
	lesser Egyptian jerboa Jaculus jaculus	Mammalia Dipodidae	75
	Pouched Gerbil Desmodilliscus braueri	Mammalia Muridae	71
	Brown Meagre Sciaena umbra	— Sciaenidae	70
	Arius latiscutatus	— Ariidae	65
	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Aves Scolopacidae	65
	Suckerfish Echeneis naucrates	— Echeneidae	63
	Sea Grass Sea Fir Laomedea angulata	Hydrozoa Campanulariidae	60
	false scad Caranx rhonchus	— Carangidae	60
	Paracalanus indicus	Copepoda Paracalanidae	59
	Striped Acorn Barnacle Amphibalanus amphitrite	Maxillopoda Balanidae	54