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Endangered animals in Ethiopia

Endangered species of Ethiopia

• Critically Endangered:
  • African Wild Ass (Equus africanus).
  • Bilen Gerbil (Gerbillus bilensis). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis).
  • Ethiopian Wolf (Simien Jackal) (Canis simensis). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)

  See also Threatened Ethiopian Wolves.

• http://www.wildcru.org/research/es/ethiopianwolf/Marino%20Oryx%202003.pdf
• Saving the world’s rarest wolf
  (11/09/2009) Living on the roof of Africa, the Ethiopian wolf is one of the world’s rarest carnivores, if not the rarest! Trapped on a few mountain islands rising over 4,000 meters above sea level on either/both sides of the Great Rift Valley, this unique canid has so far survived millennia of human-animal interactions in one of Africa’s most densely populated rural lands. But the threat of climate change and a shifting agriculture frontier may require new conservation measures, according to Argentine-born Claudio Sillero, the world’s foremost expert on the Ethiopian wolf, who has spent two decades championing this rare species.
  • Guramba Shrew (Crocidura phaeura). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Harenna Shrew (Crocidura harenna). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • MacMillan’s Shrew (Crocidura macmillani). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Walia Ibex (Capra walie). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
• Endangered:
  • Grevy’s Zebra (Equus grevyi).
  • Mountain Nyala (Tragelaphus buxtoni). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Nubian Ibex (Capra nubiana).
  • Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus).
• Vulnerable:
  • African Elephant (Loxodonta africana).
  • Ammodile (Gerbil Family) (Ammodillus imbellis).
  • Bailey’s Shrew (Crocidura baileyi). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Bale Shrew (Crocidura bottegoides). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Beira Antelope (Dorcatragus megalotis).
  • Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).
  • Dibatag (Ammodorcas clarkei).
  • Dorcas Gazelle (Gazella dorcas).
  • Glass’s Shrew (Crocidura glassi). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Large-eared Free-tailed Bat (Otomops martiensseni).
  • Lesser Horseshoe Bat (Rhinolophus hipposideros).
  • Lion (Panthera leo).
  • Moorland Shrew (Crocidura lucina). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Morris’s Bat (Myotis morrisi).
  • Mouse-tailed Bat Species (Rhinopoma macinnesi).
  • Natal Free-tailed Bat (Mormopterus acetabulosus).
  • Nikolaus’s Mouse (Megadendromus nikolausi). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Patrizi’s Trident Leaf-nosed Bat (Asellia patrizii).
  • Red-fronted Gazelle (Gazella rufifrons).
  • Rupp’s Mouse (Myomys ruppi). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Scott’s Mouse-eared Bat (Myotis scotti). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)
  • Soemmerring’s Gazelle (Gazella soemmerringii).
  • Speke’s Gazelle (Gazella spekei).
  • Spotted-necked Otter (Lutra maculicollis).
  • Stripe-backed Mouse (Muriculus imberbis). (Endemic to Ethiopia.)

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