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

PISCES

Bonga or mbo'oh

Small scally fish. Grey in colour. Has a length from tail to mouth of about 27cm at maturity

Tilapia

Tilapia zilli

Seen in 2007

N.T.

Va'abiteh

Small scally fish. Grey in colour and hardly go above 15cm in length and 5cm in width

sardine

Barbus spp.

Seen in 2007

N.T.

Va'abiteneh

Almost looks like Va'abiteh but is slightly bigger and oily when smoked

Barbus spp.

Seen in 2007

E.N.

Njokum or Mudfish

Has broad head, antennae at side of the mouth, black in colour, slippery and can attain about 70cm in length

Clarias

Clarias spp.

Seen in  2007

E.N.

Tiomeh

Almost like mackerel; but has many small bones in its flesh

Common in the 1960s and early 1970s

EX.

Va'ajileh

Looks like bar fish; has a thick fleshy yellowish skin when smoked.

Common in the 1960s uptill 1980s

EX.

CRUSTACEA

Chobeh or Njangar.

Small and dark crustacean. Has a carapace and antenna

Crayfish

Astacus spp.

Commonly caught ion large quantities in the 1960s to 1990s.

EN.

Congh

Hard external carapace; gaint and dig holes of about 3m deep

Land crap

Carcinus maenas

Seen in 2007

N.T.

MOLLUSCA

Hard shell, whitish in colour

Land snail

Helix aspersa

Seen in 2007

E.N

MAMMALIA

Cutting grass, Nyaseh

Rodent with brown fur, mostly seen destroying sugar cane farms. Has two long incisors.

Cane cutter

Seen in the early 1990s

EX.

Kah

Small sized monkeys. Some have brown fur, others have black and grayish fur

monkeys

Colobus guereza

Seen in the late 1980s and few in the early 1990

EX.

Njung or Nyokoh

Large animals of the size of cow, has long black horns and brown/black fur.

Waterbug

Lastly seen in the 1970s

EX.

Bo'oh

Carnivourous wilf felin with brown fur interspersed by black bands.

Tiger

Panthera tigris

Lastly seen in 1989 in Bamuka

EX.