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Appendix 1 - Commonly Consumed Wildlife Species

Species

Common Name

Archachatina marginata

Giant snail

Arctolebus calabarensis

Golden potto

Atherorus africanus

Brush-tailed porcupine

Bdeogale nigripes

Black-legged mongoose

Cephalophus dorsalis

Bay duiker

Cephalophus jentinki

Jentink’s duiker

Cephalophus monticola

Maxwell’s duiker (Blue duiker)

Cephalophus niger

Black duiker

Cephalophus sylvicultor

Yellow-backed duiker

Cercocebus aterrimus

Blank mangabey

Cercocebus galeritus

Crested mangabey

Cercocebus torquatus

White collared mangabey

Cercopithecus ascanius

Sport nose monkey

Cercopithecus aethiops

Green monkey

Cercopithecus diana

Diana monkey

Cercopithecus mitis

Blue monkey

Cercopithecus mona

Mona monkey

Cercopithecus nictitans

Greater white-nosed monkey

Cercopithecus petaurista

Lesser white-nosed monkey

Choeropsis amphibius

Pigmy hippopotamus

Colobus badius

Red colobus

Colobus pennani

Red colobus monkey

Colobus polykomos

Black and white colobus monkey

Cricetomys gambianus

African giant rat

Crocuta crocuta

Spotted hyena

Dendrohyrax arboreus

Tree hyrax

Eidolon helrum

Fruit bat

Epixerus ebii

Tree squirrel

Epomops franwueti

Franquet bat

Epomorphorus anyous

Eastern apaulet bat

Felix aurata

Golden cat

Francolinus spp.

Francolin

Funisciurus spp.

Tree squirrel

Genetta pardina

Forest genet

Hippopotamus amphibius

Hippopotamus

Hyemoschus aquaticus

Water chevrotain

Hylochoerus meinertzhageni

Giant forest hog

Hypsignathus monstrosus

Hammerheaded bat

Hystrix spp.

Porcupine

Kinixyx belliana

Tortoise

Kobus ellipsiprymnus

Water buck

Lepus capensis

Togo hare

Manis gigantea

Pangolins or scaly anteaters

Mellivora capensis

Honey badger

Nandinia binotata

Two-spotted palm-civet

Neotragus pygmaeus

Royal antelope

Numida meleagris

Guinea fowl

Panthera pardus

Leopard

Papio anubis

Baboon

Perodicticus potto

Bosman’s potto

Potamochoerus porcus

Bushpig

Protoxerus stangeri

Tree squirrel

Synceros cafer

Bushcow (Buffalo)

Sylvicapra grimmia

Grey duiker

Taurotragus euryceros

Bongo

Thryonomys swinderianus

Grasscutter

Tragelaphus scriptus

Bushbuck

Tragelaphus spekii

Sitatunga

Varanus spp.

Monitor lizards

Viverra civetta

African civet

Xerus erythropus

Striped ground squirrel

Xerus inauris

Ground squirrel

Xerus princeps

Ground squirrel


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