Animals of Sierra Leone
20 animals on World Animal Map have open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records from Sierra Leone on GBIF: 9 mammals, 7 birds, 4 sharks & fish. Species marked “introduced” are listed as non-native there by GRIIS checklists. Show on the world map
All 20 animals by group
Great apes 1
- Chimpanzee Pan troglodytes
Bats 1
- Straw-coloured fruit bat Eidolon helvum
Mice, rats & other rodents 7
- African pygmy mouse Mus minutoides
- Gambian pouched rat Cricetomys gambianus
- Guinea multimammate mouse Mastomys erythroleucus
- Natal multimammate mouse Mastomys natalensis
- Rudd's mouse Uranomys ruddi
- Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat Lophuromys sikapusi
- Typical striped grass mouse Lemniscomys striatus
Birds of prey 3
- Black kite Milvus migrans
- Hooded vulture Necrosyrtes monachus
- Western marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus
Waders, gulls, terns & auks 1
- Egyptian plover Pluvianus aegyptius
Herons, storks, cranes & flamingos 1
- Western cattle egret Ardea ibis
Pigeons & doves 1
- Laughing dove Spilopelia senegalensis
Crows, jays & magpies 1
- Pied crow Corvus albus
Bony fish 4
- Atlantic tripletail Lobotes surinamensis
- Frigate tuna Auxis thazard
- Grey triggerfish Balistes capriscus
- Rainbow runner Elagatis bipinnulata
Presence means at least a few wild records with coordinates (and a minimum share of the species’ records, to exclude vagrants and escapes) in GBIF data licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0. Some species may be missing where open data is scarce.