🇲🇷What animals live in Mauritania?

224,211 animal records from Mauritania cover 1,200+ species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one.

• 224,211 records
• 1,200+ species
• 0 classes

Most-recorded animals in Mauritania

	Animal	Group	Records
	Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus	Aves Laridae	71,676
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	22,002
	Osprey Pandion haliaetus	Aves Pandionidae	6,921
	Bonga shad Ethmalosa fimbriata	— Clupeidae	6,582
	Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus	Aves Accipitridae	6,024
	Spotted seabass Dicentrarchus punctatus	— Moronidae	1,564
	Madeiran sardinella Sardinella maderensis	— Clupeidae	1,519
	Banana Mullet Mugil bananensis	— Mugilidae	1,322
	Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia	Aves Threskiornithidae	1,141
	Common Goby Pomatoschistus microps	— Gobiidae	905
	Brasilian Mullet Chelon dumerili	— Mugilidae	847
	Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis	Aves Columbidae	768
	Black Goby Gobius niger	— Gobiidae	709
	Boulenger's Agama Agama boulengeri	Squamata Agamidae	645
	Leaping African Mullet Mugil capurrii	— Mugilidae	643
	Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis	Aves Corvidae	577
	Sudan Golden Sparrow Passer luteus	Aves Passeridae	569
	House Sparrow Passer domesticus	Aves Passeridae	558
	Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica	Aves Hirundinidae	497
	Atlantic bumper Chloroscombrus chrysurus	— Carangidae	482
	Gray Ardea cinerea	Aves Ardeidae	455
	Sicklefin Mullet Neochelon falcipinnis	— Mugilidae	447
	Great Gray Shrike Lanius excubitor	Aves Laniidae	440
	Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe	Aves Muscicapidae	425
	Namaqua Dove Oena capensis	Aves Columbidae	410
	Spur-winged Lapwing Vanellus spinosus	Aves Charadriidae	400
	Senegalese sole Solea senegalensis	— Soleidae	395
	Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus	Aves Pelecanidae	392
	Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus	Aves Stercorariidae	391
	Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula	Aves Charadriidae	388
	Duméril's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus dumerilii	Squamata Lacertidae	388
	Flagfin mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus	— Gerreidae	380
	Redbelly Tilapia Coptodon zillii	— Cichlidae	371
	Breca Diplodus bellottii	— Sparidae	361
	Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia	Aves Laridae	352
	Greater Hoopoe-Lark Alaemon alaudipes	Aves Alaudidae	351
	Sanderling Calidris alba	Aves Scolopacidae	349
	blackchin mouthbreeder Sarotherodon melanotheron	— Cichlidae	349
	Crested Lark Galerida cristata	Aves Alaudidae	342
	Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus	Aves Coliidae	341
	Western Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava	Aves Motacillidae	339
	Subdesert Toad Sclerophrys xeros	Amphibia Bufonidae	332
	Little Stint Calidris minuta	Aves Scolopacidae	332
	White Wagtail Motacilla alba	Aves Motacillidae	332
	Bluespotted seabream Pagrus caeruleostictus	— Sparidae	323
	Giant Swamp Frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	320
	Woodchat Shrike Lanius senator	Aves Laniidae	318
	Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei	Aves Laridae	318
	Black seabream Spondyliosoma cantharus	— Sparidae	311
	West African crocodile Crocodylus suchus	Crocodylia Crocodylidae	309
	White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga	Aves Muscicapidae	298
	Dunlin Calidris alpina	Aves Scolopacidae	297
	Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis	Aves Ardeidae	296
	African Sicklefish Drepane africana	— Drepaneidae	289
	Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres	Aves Scolopacidae	286
	Speckled Pigeon Columba guinea	Aves Columbidae	285
	Western Reef-Heron Egretta gularis	Aves Ardeidae	282
	Long-tailed Cormorant Microcarbo africanus	Aves Phalacrocoracidae	275
	Broadnosed pipefish Syngnathus typhle	— Syngnathidae	274
	Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola	Aves Scolopacidae	270