Home to Africa's largest human population and its second largest economy, Nigeria has also retained vibrant wilderness. The country's forest and savannah parks and wetlands rank among the continent's most important. Nigeria's rural populations depend on agriculture for their livelihoods, eking out a living on typically small farms, many of which are expanding into previously remote, forested areas. This pronounced expansion in Nigeria is causing habitat fragmentation and inevitable human-wildlife conflicts. Nigeria's biologically diverse landscape encompasses lowland and mountain rainforests, mangroves, swamps, and mountain grasslands. Yet the proliferation of subsistence farms and large-scale timber harvesting forecasts bad news for native wildlife, particularly the African elephant and the extremely rare Cross River gorilla. Gorillas and elephants need large, continuous ranges to survive.
Conservation efforts in Nigeria have, in recent years, focused on consolidating and protecting habitats, such as the lush Afi and Mbe mountain chains, which link Nigeria's Cross River National Park with the Takamanda-Mone Forest in neighboring Cameroon. But protected areas are not immune to farm expansion, which is challenging conservationists to find a sustainable and appropriate balance.
Fast FactsWCS conducted a survey of chimpanzees in the southwest region of Nigeria to determine their status in this poorly studied and very threatened area. Additional surveys, particularly in the southeastern region, have led to the discovery of several species of butterflies, birds, amphibians, and fish that were previously unknown to Nigeria. WCS is also working to monitor one of the largest remaining herds of elephants in the Yankari Game Reserve in central Nigeria. The objective is to better protect the elephants by reducing poaching and revenge killing of those animals that raid crops in farms close to the reserve.
There are 167 different species
i think around 460...
There are 1000 species of birds in South Africa
Animals occor in EVERY part of Africa!!! Just as commonly just as wide-spread but different kinds! For example you're not going to find a water buffalo in the Sahara but you will find it in the Okavango.
There are about 7 species in the world. There are 3 in Asia and 4 in Africa. Hope that helped!!! :)
Yes. There are many species of wild rabbits and hares in Africa.
Well there are many different types of species that live under a rock. Those species are ants, earthworms, beetles, spiders, lizards, and rats. If you need more help you could look those species up in a book of animals.:)
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1,139 endangered species in Africa
There are 120 different speicies go on moshi monsters and add me im cutiepie5589111
There are over 100,000 different species in the rain forests and same with the deserts so I'd say about 500,000. About 500,000.
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It could be for many reasons. Humans actually evolved in Africa and we then traveled all over the world. Maybe some species of animals stayed put. Also there are just as many animals in Africa as there are in any other continent in the world- excluding Antarctica- it's just that Africa has more exciting species than we have in Europe, although when the Earth had Pangea we would have had many of those species as well
there is a lot
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None..They are Asian animals.
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There are about 450 different species of birds, 430 different species of fish and including marine animals about 100 different mamals.
Africa has many different types of animals their are zebra, giraffe,lions,birds,antelopes I think.. ,and many more its many to mention search for animals in africa and you'll see...just my opinion