🇳🇪Animals recorded in Niger

Which animals have been recorded in Niger? 12,300 occurrence records cover 374 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 Schistosoma haematobium, Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus forskalii.

• 12,300 records
• 374 species
• 15 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Schistosoma haematobium, Bulinus truncatus, Bulinus forskalii. 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 Niger

	Animal	Group	Records
	Schistosoma haematobium	Trematoda Schistosomatidae	2,536
	Bulinus truncatus	Gastropoda Bulinidae	2,230
	Bulinus forskalii	Gastropoda Bulinidae	388
	Radix natalensis	Gastropoda Lymnaeidae	271
	Pfeiffer's Ramshorn Snail Biomphalaria pfeifferi	Gastropoda Planorbidae	255
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	214
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	187
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	181
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	178
	Schistosoma bovis	Trematoda Schistosomatidae	174
	Agent of intestinal schistosomiasis Schistosoma mansoni	Trematoda Schistosomatidae	168
	Gracile Tateril Taterillus gracilis	Mammalia Muridae	158
	Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	152
	Hausa Mouse Mus haussa	Mammalia Muridae	149
	Reddish-white Mastomys Mastomys erythroleucus	Mammalia Muridae	149
	Greater Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus pyramidum	Mammalia Muridae	125
	Western Saharan Spiny mouse Acomys airensis	Mammalia Muridae	124
	Nigerian Gerbil Gerbillus nigeriae	Mammalia Muridae	123
	lesser Egyptian jerboa Jaculus jaculus	Mammalia Dipodidae	116
	Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni	Mammalia Muridae	113
	Lesser Egyptian Gerbil Gerbillus gerbillus	Mammalia Muridae	109
	Pouched Gerbil Desmodilliscus braueri	Mammalia Muridae	108
	Baluchistan Gerbil Gerbillus nanus	Mammalia Muridae	102
	Heuglin's Lemniscomys Lemniscomys zebra	Mammalia Muridae	102
	Large North African Gerbil Dipodillus campestris	Mammalia Muridae	102
	Tarabul's Gerbil Gerbillus tarabuli	Mammalia Muridae	102
	Northern Savanna Gerbil Gerbilliscus kempii	Mammalia Muridae	102
	Striped Ground Squirrel Xerus erythropus	Mammalia Sciuridae	102
	Pygmy Gerbil Gerbillus henleyi	Mammalia Muridae	101
	Sudanian Arvicanthis Arvicanthis ansorgei	Mammalia Muridae	100
	Petter's Tateril Taterillus petteri	Mammalia Muridae	100
	Kellen's African Dormouse Graphiurus kelleni	Mammalia Gliridae	100
	Sudan Gerbil Gerbillus nancillus	Mammalia Muridae	94
	Sundevall's Jird Meriones crassus	Mammalia Muridae	94
	Senegal Tateril Taterillus pygargus	Mammalia Muridae	94
	Mzab Gundi Massoutiera mzabi	Mammalia Ctenodactylidae	94
	Peters' Banded Skink Scincopus fasciatus	Squamata Scincidae	40
	brown rat Rattus norvegicus	Mammalia Muridae	29
	Bulinus globosus	Gastropoda Bulinidae	29
	Tremolo Sand Frog Tomopterna cryptotis	Amphibia Pyxicephalidae	25
	Slender Burrowing Grasshopper Acrotylus patruelis	Insecta Acrididae	24
	Blondel's Burrowing Grasshopper Acrotylus blondeli	Insecta Acrididae	24
	Robbins's Tateril Taterillus arenarius	Mammalia Muridae	21
	olive baboon Papio anubis	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	21
	Trilophidia conturbata	Insecta Acrididae	20
	Stenohippus mundus	Insecta Acrididae	19
	Antepipona guichardi	Insecta Eumenidae	18
	Northern Sand Gecko Tropiocolotes tripolitanus	Squamata Gekkonidae	18
	African Chameleon Chamaeleo africanus	Squamata Chamaeleonidae	18
	Scotophilus spec	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	17
	Antepipona sudanensis	Insecta Eumenidae	15
	Ochrilidia tibialis	Insecta Acrididae	15
	Subdesert Toad Sclerophrys xeros	Amphibia Bufonidae	13
	Stenohippus aequus	Insecta Acrididae	13
	Chrotogonus senegalensis	Insecta Pyrgomorphidae	13
	Senegalese Grasshopper Oedaleus senegalensis	Insecta Acrididae	12
	Sahelo-Sudanian Gerbil Gerbilliscus gambiana	Mammalia Muridae	12
	African Helmeted Terrapin Pelomedusa subrufa	Testudines Pelomedusidae	11
	Penton's Toad Sclerophrys pentoni	Amphibia Bufonidae	11
	Sphingonotus canariensis	Insecta Acrididae	11