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Wildlife and Parks in Senegal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

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Abstract

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The Director of National Parks in Senegal and a well-known European conservationist survey the wildlife, especially mammals, of this conservation-conscious West African country, where three new national parks have been declared in the last eighteen months. One of the highlights of the enormous Niokolo-Koba park is the giant Lord Derby's eland Taurotragus derbianus of which there are now over 400.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1977

References

* IFAN: Fundamental Institute of Black Africa; CNRS: National Centre for Scientific Research; ORSTOM: Overseas Office of Scientific and Technical Research; CRMMO: Center for Research on Mammalian and Avian Migration.