S/no | Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | IUCN Status |
1 | Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecus nictitans (Linn, 1766) | Putty nose monkey | LC (*EN) |
2 | Cercopithecidae | Cercopithecus erythrogaster ( | | VU |
3 | Cercopithecidae | | | LC (*NT) |
4 | Cercopithecidae | Procolobus verus (Van Beneden, 1838) | | NT |
5 | Anomaluridae | Anomalurus beecrofti ( | Beecrott’s flying squirrel | LC |
6 | Anomaluridae | Anomalurus derbianus ( | Derby’s flying squirrel | LC |
7 | Herpestidae | Atilax paludinosus (G.[Baron] Cuvier, 1829) | Marsh mongoose | LC |
8 | Herpestidae | Herpestes naso ( | Long-nosed monogoose | LC |
9 | Hystricidae | Atherurus africanus ( | Brush-tailed porcupine | LC |
10 | Bovidae | Tragelaphus spekii ( | Sitatunga | LC (*NT) |
11 | Bovidae | Tragelaphus scriptus (Pallas, 1766) | Bush buck | LC (*NT) |
12 | Bovidae | Cephalophus maxwelli (H. Smith, 1827) | | 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 ( | 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 ( | 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 | | Long-tailed pangolin | LC (*EN) |
26 | Manidae | | 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 ( | 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 ( | Red-less tree-squirrel | LC |
34 | Suidae | Potamochoerus porcus ( | Red river-hog | LC (*VU) |
35 | Thryonomidae | Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827) | Greater cane rate | LC |