Phylum

Local and Vernacular names

Description of external Characteristics

Possible English names

Scientific name(s)

Year lastly seen in N.C.S.D.

Category according to IUCN

MAMMALIA

Bush baby or muhpyonguh

Animal of the size of a small monkey. Has brown fur and large eyes. Always clinged to a tree as if sleeping.

Allen’s bush baby

Galago alleni

Seen around the late 1980s and early 1990s

EX.

Shinuh

Largest animal in the region with large ears and trump.

Elephant

Loxodonta spp.

Seen around the 1950s  and early 1960s

EX.

nge'eh

Looks like a cow with curved horns.

Buffalo

Syncerus caffer

Last killed about1970 in Bamuka and 1975 in Bamessing

EX.

Bush pussy

Looks like a large cat with white/brown fur interspersed with black spots.

Leopard

Acinonyx spp.

Seen in 1970s

EX.

AMPHIBIAN

bise'eh

Slippery edible frog.

Frog

Rana rana

Seen in 2007

EN.

REPTILE

Mboma

Large, long snake, about 3 to 4cm.

Python

Liasis spp.

Lastly seen in 1990s

E.X

Fefehkeh

Short snake mostly found in raphia bushes very poisonous.

viper

Lastly seen in the late 1990s

C.R.

Va'aseh or two head snake

Shiny skin with no visible difference between head and tail dimension;

Eel

Seen in 2007

C.R.

Water snake or Ndieneh

Non-poisonous edible snake found in the swamps.

Seen in the late 1990s.

C.R.