🇸🇱Animals recorded in Sierra Leone

Which animals have been recorded in Sierra Leone? 13,263 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 Coucha Rat, Leptelmis amoena, Eurasian Marsh-Harrier.

• 13,263 records
• 906 species
• 32 classes

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The most-recorded species in this dataset include Coucha Rat, Leptelmis amoena, Eurasian Marsh-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 Sierra Leone

	Animal	Group	Records
	Coucha Rat Mastomys natalensis	Mammalia Muridae	753
	Leptelmis amoena	Insecta Elmidae	508
	Eurasian Marsh-Harrier Circus aeruginosus	Aves Accipitridae	366
	Reddish-white Mastomys Mastomys erythroleucus	Mammalia Muridae	354
	Onthophagus fuscatus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	151
	house mouse Mus musculus	Mammalia Muridae	145
	black rat Rattus rattus	Mammalia Muridae	142
	Tullberg's Praomys Praomys tullbergi	Mammalia Muridae	117
	Merlin's clawed frog Pseudhymenochirus merlini	Amphibia Pipidae	92
	Peters's Mouse Mus setulosus	Mammalia Muridae	90
	Typical Lemniscomys Lemniscomys striatus	Mammalia Muridae	84
	Onthophagus bartosi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	75
	Noack's Roundleaf Bat Hipposideros ruber	Mammalia Hipposideridae	71
	Onthophagus denudatus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	65
	Allen's Hylomyscus Hylomyscus alleni	Mammalia Muridae	65
	Temminck's mouse Mus musculoides	Mammalia Muridae	64
	Rudd's Bristle-furred Rat Uranomys ruddi	Mammalia Muridae	62
	Edwards' Malacomys Malacomys edwardsi	Mammalia Muridae	50
	Giant Swamp Frog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis	Amphibia Dicroglossidae	47
	Cicindela interrupta	Insecta Carabidae	47
	Northern Savanna Gerbil Gerbilliscus kempii	Mammalia Muridae	47
	Rusty-bellied Brush-furred Rat Lophuromys sikapusi	Mammalia Muridae	43
	Amnirana galamensis	Amphibia Ranidae	43
	Epitoxus uhligi	Insecta Histeridae	42
	Ivory Coast Reed Frog Hyperolius lamottei	Amphibia Hyperoliidae	40
	Onthophagus funestus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	37
	Onthophagus reticulatus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	33
	Dacus punctatifrons	Insecta Tephritidae	33
	Sisyphus arboreus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	33
	Onthophagus rectorispauliani	Insecta Scarabaeidae	32
	Fraser's Musk Shrew Crocidura poensis	Mammalia Soricidae	31
	African giant shrew Crocidura olivieri	Mammalia Soricidae	31
	olive colobus monkey Procolobus verus	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	29
	Greater Pumpkin Fly Dacus bivittatus	Insecta Tephritidae	27
	Therese's Shrew Crocidura theresae	Mammalia Soricidae	27
	Epitoxus parallelistrius	Insecta Histeridae	27
	Tiniocellus setifer	Insecta Scarabaeidae	26
	Sierra Leone Water Frog Odontobatrachus natator	Amphibia Odontobatrachidae	26
	Onthophagus alluaudi	Insecta Scarabaeidae	25
	Tiaronthophagus liberianus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	25
	Trichaphodius flavus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	23
	Tiaronthophagus rufopygus	Insecta Scarabaeidae	23
	yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti	Insecta Culicidae	21
	Halcyon Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus alcyone	Mammalia Rhinolophidae	21
	Buettikofer's Epauletted Bat Epomops buettikoferi	Mammalia Pteropodidae	21
	Emin's pouched rat Cricetomys emini	Mammalia Nesomyidae	21
	Angolan free-tailed bat Mops condylurus	Mammalia Molossidae	20
	West African Praomys Praomys rostratus	Mammalia Muridae	18
	Ceratitis giffardi	Insecta Tephritidae	18
	Liberian Forest Hybomys Hybomys planifrons	Mammalia Muridae	18
	Pseudomacronychus scutellatus	Insecta Elmidae	17
	Banana Bat Afronycteris nanus	Mammalia Vespertilionidae	16
	vervet monkey Chlorocebus aethiops	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	16
	Campbell's Mona Monkey Cercopithecus campbelli	Mammalia Cercopithecidae	16
	Omocerus taurus	Insecta Chrysomelidae	16
	Milichus inaequalis	Insecta Scarabaeidae	15
	Little Free-tailed Bat Chaerephon pumilus	Mammalia Molossidae	15
	Savannah Tree Frog Leptopelis viridis	Amphibia Arthroleptidae	15
	Glossobius hemiramphi	Malacostraca Cymothoidae	13
	Egyptian rousette Rousettus aegyptiacus	Mammalia Pteropodidae	13