🇳🇬Animals recorded in Nigeria

Which animals have been recorded in Nigeria? 16,475 occurrence records cover 1,200+ 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 African Black Widow, Common Citril, Inspector.

• 16,475 records
• 1,200+ species
• 37 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include African Black Widow, Common Citril, Inspector. 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 Nigeria

	Animal	Group	Records
	African Black Widow Palpopleura lucia	Insecta Libellulidae	868
	Common Citril Ceriagrion glabrum	Insecta Coenagrionidae	747
	Inspector Chalcostephia flavifrons	Insecta Libellulidae	595
	Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa	Insecta Libellulidae	432
	Grizzled Pintail Acisoma panorpoides	Insecta Libellulidae	425
	Tullberg's Praomys Praomys tullbergi	Mammalia Muridae	400
	Julia Skimmer Orthetrum julia	Insecta Libellulidae	341
	Globe Skimmer Pantala flavescens	Insecta Libellulidae	324
	Epaulet Skimmer Orthetrum chrysostigma	Insecta Libellulidae	262
	Dalton's Praomys Praomys daltoni	Mammalia Muridae	256
	Kersten's Sprite Pseudagrion kersteni	Insecta Coenagrionidae	242
	African Arvicanthis Arvicanthis niloticus	Mammalia Muridae	203
	Gracile Tateril Taterillus gracilis	Mammalia Muridae	197
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	195
	Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Insecta Culicidae	171
	Ivory Pintail Acisoma trifidum	Insecta Libellulidae	132
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	131
	Temminck's mouse Mus musculoides	Mammalia Muridae	130
	Sundevall's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros caffer	Mammalia Hipposideridae	120
	Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus	Mammalia Muridae	110
	Slender Jungleskimmer Hadrothemis infesta	Insecta Libellulidae	109
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	97
	Bulinus globosus	Gastropoda Bulinidae	93
	Pale-faced Widow Palpopleura albifrons	Insecta Libellulidae	90
	Dash-winged Piedface Thermochoria equivocata	Insecta Libellulidae	89
	Glistening Demoiselle Phaon iridipennis	Insecta Calopterygidae	85
	Portia Widow Palpopleura portia	Insecta Libellulidae	81
	Heuglin's Lemniscomys Lemniscomys zebra	Mammalia Muridae	80
	Scarlet Dragonfly Crocothemis erythraea	Insecta Libellulidae	74
	Northern Savanna Gerbil Gerbilliscus kempii	Mammalia Muridae	73
	Lander's horseshoe bat Rhinolophus landeri	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	72
	Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus	Mammalia Molossidae	69
	Bold Skimmer Orthetrum stemmale	Insecta Libellulidae	67
	Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys sikapusi	Mammalia Muridae	67
	Egyptian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris thebaica	Mammalia Nycteridae	67
	Plain Waxtail Ceriagrion suave	Insecta Coenagrionidae	66
	Red Rock-dweller Bradinopyga strachani	Insecta Libellulidae	65
	Gambian Rat Cricetomys gambianus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	63
	African Pied-spot Hemistigma albipunctum	Insecta Libellulidae	63
	Little Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus	Mammalia Molossidae	62
	Aedes simpsoni	Insecta Culicidae	60
	Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus gambianus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	60
	Banded Groundling Brachythemis leucosticta	Insecta Libellulidae	60
	Fox's Dasymys Dasymys foxi	Mammalia Muridae	59
	Stout Pintail Acisoma inflatum	Insecta Libellulidae	54
	Red Groundling Brachythemis lacustris	Insecta Libellulidae	53
	Aedes luteocephalus	Insecta Culicidae	52
	Northwestern African Fat Mouse Steatomys caurinus	Mammalia Nesomyidae	52
	Common agama Agama agama	Squamata Agamidae	51
	West African Dasymys Dasymys rufulus	Mammalia Muridae	50
	Noack's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ruber	Mammalia Hipposideridae	49
	Western Rainforest Grammomys Grammomys poensis	Mammalia Muridae	48
	Gambian Slit-faced Bat Nycteris gambiensis	Mammalia Nycteridae	46
	Gambian Sun Squirrel Heliosciurus gambianus	Mammalia Sciuridae	45
	Black Ground Skimmer Diplacodes lefebvrii	Insecta Libellulidae	44
	Reddish-white Mastomys Mastomys erythroleucus	Mammalia Muridae	43
	Lesser Epauletted Fruit Bat Epomophorus pusillus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	43
	Broad-banded Ridged Frog Ptychadena mascareniensis	Amphibia Ptychadenidae	41
	Edwards' Malacomys Malacomys edwardsi	Mammalia Muridae	41
	Fire-footed Rope Squirrel Funisciurus pyrropus	Mammalia Sciuridae	41