Wildlife of Nigeria

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The wildlife of Nigeria is composed of its flora and fauna. Nigeria has 290 species of mammals and 940 species of birds.^{[citation needed]}

Fauna

Wilson, Don E.; Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). Johns Hopkins University Press. Retrieved 3 August 2009.
"Animal Diversity Web". University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. 1995-2006. Retrieved 22 May 2007. Check date values in: |date= (help)

Nigeria topics

Kingdoms Empires	Nri Oyo Benin Fulani Aro Kanem-Bornu

Timeline Northern Nigeria Southern Nigeria Civil War Islamist insurgency Niger Delta conflict

Society

Corruption Demographics Education Ethnic groups MASSOB MOSOP Oodua Peoples Congress Health Languages Organized crime Poverty Water supply and sanitation

Culture	Anthem Cinema Coat of arms Cuisine Flag List of Nigerians Literature Media Music Public holidays Religion Smoking Sport

Outline Index

Category Portal WikiProject

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Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

Dependencies and other territories	Canary Islands / Ceuta / Melilla / Plazas de soberanía (Spain) Madeira (Portugal) Mayotte / Réunion (France) Saint Helena / Ascension Island / Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) Western Sahara

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