S/no

Family

Scientific Name

Common Name

IUCN Status

1

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus nictitans (Linn, 1766)

Putty nose monkey

LC (*EN)

2

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus erythrogaster ( Gray , 1866)

White throated guenon

VU

3

Cercopithecidae

Cercopithecus mona (Schreber, 1775)

Mona monkey

LC (*NT)

4

Cercopithecidae

Procolobus verus (Van Beneden, 1838)

Olive colobus

NT

5

Anomaluridae

Anomalurus beecrofti ( Fraser , 1853)

Beecrott’s flying squirrel

LC

6

Anomaluridae

Anomalurus derbianus ( Gray , 1842)

Derby’s flying squirrel

LC

7

Herpestidae

Atilax paludinosus (G.[Baron] Cuvier, 1829)

Marsh mongoose

LC

8

Herpestidae

Herpestes naso ( de Winton , 1901)

Long-nosed monogoose

LC

9

Hystricidae

Atherurus africanus ( Gray , 1842)

Brush-tailed porcupine

LC

10

Bovidae

Tragelaphus spekii ( Speke , 1863)

Sitatunga

LC (*NT)

11

Bovidae

Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas, 1766)

Bush buck

LC (*NT)

12

Bovidae

Cephalophus maxwelli (H. Smith, 1827)

Maxwell ’s duiker

LC (*NT)

13

Bovidae

Cephalophus silvicultor (Afzelius, 1815)

Yellow-backed duiker

LC (*NT)

14

Bovidae

Cephalophus ogilbyi (Waterhouse, 1838)

Ogilby’s duiker

LC (*NT)

15

Bovidae

Syncerus caffer (Sparrman, 1779)

African buffalo

LC (*EN)

16

Nesomyidae

Cricetomys emini (Wroughton, 1910)

Emini’s giant-rat

LC

17

Galagidae

Galagoides demidovii (G. Fischer, 1806)

Dwarf galago

LC

18

Muridae

Lemniscomys striatus ( Linnaeus , 1758)

Spotted grass-mouse

LC

19

Muridae

Mus musculus (Linn, 1758)

House mouse

LC

20

Muridae

Mus minutoides (Smith, 1834)

Pigmy mouse

LC

21

Muridae

Rattus rattus ( Linnaeus , 1758)

Black house rat

LC

22

Muridae

Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834)

Multimammate mouse

LC

23

Lorisidae

Perodicticus potto (Müller, 1766)

Bosman’s potto

LC (*NT)

24

Lorisidae

Arctocebus calabarensis (J.A. Smith, 1860)

Angwantibo

LC

25

Manidae

Manis tetradactyla (Linn, 1766)

Long-tailed pangolin

LC (*EN)

26

Manidae

Manis tricuspis ( Rafinesque , 1821)

Tree pangolin

NT

27

Muscardinidae

Graphiurus hueti Jentink, 1888

Common African dormouse

LC

28

Mustelidae

Aonyx capensis (Schinz, 1821)

Carpe clawless otter

LC (*NT)

29

Mustelidae

Lutra maculicollis ( Lichtenstein , 1835)

Spotted-necked otter

LC (*VU)

30

Soricidae

Crocidura nigeriae (Dollman, 1915)

Nigerian musk shrew

LC

31

Suciuridae

Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse, 1842)

Giant forest-squirrel

LC

32

Suciuridae

Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842)

Red-legged sun squirrel

LC

33

Suciuridae

Funisciurus anerythrus ( Thomas , 1890)

Red-less tree-squirrel

LC

34

Suidae

Potamochoerus porcus ( Linnaeus , 1758)

Red river-hog

LC (*VU)

35

Thryonomidae

Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827)

Greater cane rate

LC