Biogeographic analysis of the composition of the mammalian fauna of Togo (West Africa) Author Amori, Giovanni Research Institute on Terrestrial Ecosystems (CNR-IRET), Rome, Italy; & Institute for Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation, Rome, Italy; Author Segniagbeto, Gabriel H. Département de Zoologie et de Biologie Animale, Université de Lomé, Faculté des Sciences, BP 6057 Lomé, Togo Author Luiselli, Luca Institute for Development, Ecology, Conservation and Cooperation, Rome, Italy; & Département de Zoologie et de Biologie Animale, Université de Lomé, Faculté des Sciences, BP 6057 Lomé, Togo text Tropical Zoology 2022 2023-05-25 35 3 - 4 41 52 https://doi.org/10.4081/tz.2022.121 journal article 10.4081/tz.2022.121 1970-9528 15787341
Table 1. List of the Togo mammals, classified according to their biogeographic pattern.
SpeciesOrderFamily Distribution pattern
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a, Endemic (END); b, Upper Guinean (UGU); c, Lower Guinean (LGU); d, Pan-African (PAN); e, Sahelian (SAH).
Funisciurus substriatus de Winton, 1899RodentiaSciuridaea
Leimacomys buettneri Matschie, 1893RodentiaMuridaea
Cryptomys zechi (Matschie, 1900)RodentiaBathyergidaea
Cercopithecus petaurista (Schreber, 1774)Primates Cercopithecidaeb
Colobus vellerosus (I. Geoffroy, 1834)Primates Cercopithecidaeb
Procolobus verus (Van Beneden, 1838)Primates Cercopithecidaeb
Crocidura theresae Heim de Balsac, 1968SoricomorphaSoricidaeb
Tadarida spurrelli (Dollman, 1911)ChiropteraMolossidaeb
Scotophilus nigrita (Schreber, 1774)Chiroptera Vespertilionidaeb
Cephalophus dorsalis dorsalis Gray, 1846ArtiodactylaBovidaeb
Cephalophus niger Gray, 1846ArtiodactylaBovidaeb
Philantomba walteri Colyn et al., 2010ArtiodactylaBovidaeb
Gerbilliscus guineae (Thomas, 1910)RodentiaMuridaeb
Mus baoulei (Vermeiren & Verheyen, 1980)RodentiaMuridaeb
Cercopithecus erythrogaster Gray, 1866Primates Cercopithecidaec
Chlorocebus tantalus (Ogilby, 1841)Primates Cercopithecidaec
Tragelaphus spekii Speke, 1863ArtiodactylaBovidaec
Dendromus messorius (Thomas, 1903)RodentiaNesomyidaec
Praomys misonnei van der Straeten & Dieterlen, 1987 RodentiaMuridaec
Stochomys longicaudatus (Tullberg, 1893)RodentiaMuridaec
Lophuromys sikapusi (Temminck, 1853)RodentiaMuridaed
Orycteropus afer (Pallas, 1766)TubulidentataOrycteropidaed
Dendrohyrax interfluvialis Oates et al., 2022HyracoideaProcaviidaea
Procavia capensis (Pallas, 1766)HyracoideaProcaviidaed
Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach, 1797)ProboscideaElephantidaed
Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795SireniaTrichechidaed
Perodicticus potto (Müller, 1766)PrimatesLorisidaed
Galago senegalensis E. Geoffroy, 1796PrimatesGalagidaed
Galagoides demidovii Fischer, 1908PrimatesGalagidaed
Cercopithecus mona (Schreber, 1774)Primates Cercopithecidaed
Erythrocebus patas (Schreber, 1775)Primates Cercopithecidaed
Papio anubis (Lesson, 1827)Primates Cercopithecidaed
Pan troglodytes (Blumenbach, 1775)PrimatesHominidaed
Lepus microtis Heuglin, 1865LagomorphaLeporidaed
Atelerix albiventris (Wagner, 1841)Erinaceomorpha Erinaceidaed
Crocidura crossei Thomas, 1895SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Crocidura foxi Dollman, 1915SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Crocidura fuscomurina (Heuglin, 1865)SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Crocidura grandiceps Hutterer, 1983SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Crocidura lamottei Heim de Balsac, 1968SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Crocidura olivieri (Lesson, 1827)SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Crocidura poensis (Fraser, 1843)SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Crocidura viaria (I.Geoffroy, 1834)SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Suncus megalura (Jentink, 1888)SoricomorphaSoricidaed
Eidolon helvum (Kerr, 1792)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Epomophorus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Epomops franqueti (Tomes, 1860)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Hypsignathus monstrosus H. Allen, 1861ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Lissonycteris angolensis (Bocage, 1898)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Megaloglossus azagnyi Nesi, Kadjo & Hassanin, 2012ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Micropteropus pusillus (Peters, 1868)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Myonycteris torquata (Dobson, 1878)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Nanonycteris veldkampii (Jentink, 1888)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Rousettus aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)ChiropteraPteropodidaed
Rhinolophus alcyone Temminck, 1853ChiropteraRhinolophidaed
Rhinolophus fumigatus Rüppell, 1842ChiropteraRhinolophidaed
Rhinolophus landeri Martin, 1838ChiropteraRhinolophidaed
Hipposideros abae J.A. Allen, 1917ChiropteraHipposideridaed
Hipposideros beatus K. Andersen, 1906ChiropteraHipposideridaed
Hipposideros caffer (Sundevall, 1846)ChiropteraHipposideridaed
Hipposideros cyclops (Temminck, 1853)ChiropteraHipposideridaed
Hipposideros gigas (Wagner, 1845)ChiropteraHipposideridaed
Hipposideros ruber (Noack, 1893)ChiropteraHipposideridaed
Lavia frons (E. Geoffroy, 1810)ChiropteraMegadermatidaed
Taphozous mauritianus E. Geoffroy, 1818ChiropteraEmballonuridaed
Taphozous nudiventris Cretzschmar, 1830ChiropteraEmballonuridaed
Taphozous perforatus E. Geoffroy, 1818ChiropteraEmballonuridaed
Coleura afra (Peters, 1852)ChiropteraEmballonuridaed
Nycteris arge Thomas, 1903ChiropteraNycteridaed
Nycteris gambiensis (K. Andersen, 1912)ChiropteraNycteridaed
Nycteris grandis Peters, 1865ChiropteraNycteridaed
Nycteris hispida (Schreber, 1775)ChiropteraNycteridaed
Nycteris macrotis Dobson, 1876ChiropteraNycteridaed
Nycteris nana (K. Andersen, 1912)ChiropteraNycteridaed
Nycteris thebaica E. Geoffroy, 1818ChiropteraNycteridaed
Tadarida major (Troussart, 1897)ChiropteraMolossidaed
Tadarida nigeriae Thomas, 1913ChiropteraMolossidaed
Tadarida pumilus (Cretzschmar, 1826)ChiropteraMolossidaed
Tadarida condylura (A. Smith, 1833)ChiropteraMolossidaed
Tadarida thersites (Thomas, 1903)ChiropteraMolossidaed
Nycticeinops schlieffeni (Peters, 1859)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Scotophilus dinganii (A. Smith, 1833)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Scotophilus leucogaster (Cretzschmar, 1830)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Scotophilus viridis (Peters, 1852)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Glauconycteris poensis (Gray, 1842)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Glauconycteris variegata (Tomes, 1861)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Mimetillus moloneyi (Thomas, 1891)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Pipistrellus capensis (A. Smith, 1829)ChiropteraVespertilionidaed
Hippotragus equinus (E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803) ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Syncerus brachyceros (Gray, 1837)ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Tragelaphus derbianus (Gray, 1847ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Tragelaphus eurycerus (Ogilby, 1837)ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Tragelaphus phaleratus (C.H. Smith, 1827)ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Kobus ellipsiprymnus (Ogilby, 1833)ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Kobus kob (Erxleben, 1777)ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Redunca redunca (Pallas, 1767)ArtiodactylaBovidaed
Funisciurus leucogenys (Waterhouse, 1842)RodentiaSciuridaed
Funisciurus pyrropus (F. Cuvier, 1833)RodentiaSciuridaed
Heliosciurus gambianus (Ogilby, 1835)RodentiaSciuridaed
Heliosciurus rufobrachium (Waterhouse, 1842)RodentiaSciuridaed
Protoxerus stangeri (Waterhouse, 1842)RodentiaSciuridaed
Xerus erythropus (E. Geoffroy, 1803)RodentiaSciuridaed
Graphiurus crassicaudatus (Jentink, 1888)RodentiaGliridaed
Graphiurus kelleni (Reuvens, 1890)RodentiaGliridaed
Graphiurus nagtaglasii Jentink, 1888RodentiaGliridaed
Cricetomys gambianus Waterhouse, 1840RodentiaNesomyidaed
Steatomys caurinus Thomas, 1912RodentiaNesomyidaed
Uranomys ruddi Dollman, 1909RodentiaMuridaed
Gerbilliscus kempi (Wroughton, 1906)RodentiaMuridaed
Taterillus gracilis (Thomas, 1892)RodentiaMuridaed
Arvicanthis niloticus (E. Geoffroy, 1803)RodentiaMuridaed
Arvicanthis rufinus (Temminck, 1853)RodentiaMuridaed
Dasymys rufulus Miller, 1900RodentiaMuridaed
Grammomys kuru (Thomas & Wroughton, 1907)RodentiaMuridaed
Hylomiscus alleni (Waterhouse, 1838)RodentiaMuridaed
Lemniscomys striatus (Linnaeus, 1758)RodentiaMuridaed
Lemniscomys zebra (Heuglin, 1864)RodentiaMuridaed
Mastomys erythroleucus (Temminck, 1853)RodentiaMuridaed
Mastomys natalensis (Smith, 1834)RodentiaMuridaed
Mus haussa (Thomas & Hinton, 1920)RodentiaMuridaed
Mus minutoides Smith, 1834RodentiaMuridaed
Mus muscoloides Temminck, 1853RodentiaMuridaed
Mus setulosus Peters, 1876RodentiaMuridaed
Praomys daltoni (Thomas, 1892)RodentiaMuridaed
Praomys derooi Van der Straeten & Verheyen, 1978RodentiaMuridaed
Praomys tullbergi (Thomas, 1894)RodentiaMuridaed
Anomalurus derbianus (Gray, 1842)RodentiaAnomaluridaed
Atherurus africanus Gray, 1842RodentiaHystricidaed
Hystrix cristata Linnaeus, 1758RodentiaHystricidaed
Thryonomys swinderianus (Temminck, 1827)RodentiaThryonomyidaed
Acomys johannis Thomas, 1912RodentiaMuridaee