The wildlife of Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

is composed of its flora

Flora

Flora is the plant life occurring in a particular region or time, generally the naturally occurring or indigenous—native plant life. The corresponding term for animals is fauna.-Etymology:...

 and fauna

Fauna

Fauna or faunæ is all of the animal life of any particular region or time. The corresponding term for plants is flora.Zoologists and paleontologists use fauna to refer to a typical collection of animals found in a specific time or place, e.g. the "Sonoran Desert fauna" or the "Burgess shale fauna"...

.

The varied vegetation of Algeria includes coastal, mountainous and grassy desert

Desert

A desert is a landscape or region that receives an extremely low amount of precipitation, less than enough to support growth of most plants. Most deserts have an average annual precipitation of less than...

-like regions which all support a wide range of wildlife. Many of the creatures comprising the Algerian wildlife live in close proximity to civilisation. The most commonly seen animals include the wild boar

Boar

Wild boar, also wild pig, is a species of the pig genus Sus, part of the biological family Suidae. The species includes many subspecies. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises...

s, jackal

Jackal

Although the word jackal has been historically used to refer to many small- to medium-sized species of the wolf genus of mammals, Canis, today it most properly and commonly refers to three species: the black-backed jackal and the side-striped jackal of sub-Saharan Africa, and the golden jackal of...

s, and gazelle

Gazelle

A gazelle is any of many antelope species in the genus Gazella, or formerly considered to belong to it. Six species are included in two genera, Eudorcas and Nanger, which were formerly considered subgenera...

s, although it is not uncommon to spot fennecs (foxes), and jerboas. Algeria also has a few panther

Leopard

The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

, leopard

Leopard

The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

 and cheetah

Cheetah

The cheetah is a large-sized feline inhabiting most of Africa and parts of the Middle East. The cheetah is the only extant member of the genus Acinonyx, most notable for modifications in the species' paws...

 populations but these are seldom seen.

A variety of bird species make the country an attraction for bird watchers. Barbary macaque

Barbary Macaque

The Barbary Macaque , or Common macaque, is a macaque with no tail. Found in the Atlas Mountains of Algeria and Morocco with a small population, of unknown origin, in Gibraltar, the Barbary Macaque is one of the best-known Old World monkey species. Besides humans, they are the only primates that...

s are the sole native monkey. Snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate, legless, carnivorous reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears. Like all squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales...

s, monitor lizard

Monitor lizard

Monitor lizards are usually large reptiles, although some can be as small as in length. They have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well-developed limbs. Most species are terrestrial, but arboreal and semiaquatic monitors are also known...

s, and numerous other reptile

Reptile

Reptiles are members of a class of air-breathing, ectothermic vertebrates which are characterized by laying shelled eggs , and having skin covered in scales and/or scutes. They are tetrapods, either having four limbs or being descended from four-limbed ancestors...

s can be found living among an array of rodent

Rodent

Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....

s throughout the semi arid regions of Algeria.

Endangered species and conservation

Algeria is also home to a number of endangered species which are currently protected under Algerian law. The country's most endangered animal is the serval

Serval

The serval , Leptailurus serval or Caracal serval, known in Afrikaans as Tierboskat, "tiger-forest-cat", is a medium-sized African wild cat. DNA studies have shown that the serval is closely related to the African golden cat and the caracal...

, a beautiful, wild feline

Felinae

Felinae is a subfamily of the family Felidae which includes the genera and species listed below. Most are small to medium-sized cats, although the group does include some larger animals, such as the Cougar and Cheetah....

 which is larger than a domestic cat but smaller than a leopard

Leopard

The leopard , Panthera pardus, is a member of the Felidae family and the smallest of the four "big cats" in the genus Panthera, the other three being the tiger, lion, and jaguar. The leopard was once distributed across eastern and southern Asia and Africa, from Siberia to South Africa, but its...

. The serval has the longest legs in the cat family and its coat is characterized by leopard-like spots. Very few of these elegant creatures still exist in the northern parts of Algeria.

Another creature that is endangered in Algeria is the Mediterranean monk seal. These seals live in cave

Cave

A cave or cavern is a natural underground space large enough for a human to enter. The term applies to natural cavities some part of which is in total darkness. The word cave also includes smaller spaces like rock shelters, sea caves, and grottos.Speleology is the science of exploration and study...

s and in rocky outcrops along the coast of Algeria and their numbers have been made scarce by over-fishing and pollution

Pollution

Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability, disorder, harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light...

. Monk seals do not give birth often and usually have only one pup, which means attempts to increase the seal population are slow and difficult. Besides the serval and seals, Algerian wild dogs

Dog

The domestic dog is a domesticated form of the gray wolf, a member of the Canidae family of the order Carnivora. The term is used for both feral and pet varieties. The dog may have been the first animal to be domesticated, and has been the most widely kept working, hunting, and companion animal in...

 and a species of bat

Bat

Bats are mammals of the order Chiroptera "hand" and pteron "wing") whose forelimbs form webbed wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums, and colugos, glide rather than fly,...

 are also considered to be endangered.

Flora

In the north some of the native flora includes Macchia scrub, oaks, cedars and other conifers. The grape vine is indigenous to the coast.

In the Sahara region some oases have palm trees. Acacias with wild olives are the predominant flora in the remainder of the Sahara.

Mammals

There are 104 mammal species in Algeria, of which 3 are critically endangered, 2 are endangered, 10 are vulnerable, and 3 are near-threatened. 1 of the species listed for Algeria is extinct and 1 can no longer be found in the wild.

Reptile fish and amphibians birds and marine mammals

• Chalcides mauritanicus
  Chalcides mauritanicus
  Chalcides mauritanicus, or the Two-Fingered Skink, is an African species of skink found in Algeria and Morocco. It occurs in sandy areas and plantations, but cannot exist in severely modified habitats. It also requires good ground cover, but as this is becoming increasingly scarce, the species is...
  
  
• Chalcides minutus
  Chalcides minutus
  Chalcides minutus, or the Small Three-Toed Skink, is a species of skink found in Morocco and western Algeria. Its numbers are declining, but it is locally common. It is most often found in damp, sunny forests or grasslands with thick vegetation, but it can also be found in relatively dry areas, and...
  
  
• Boomslang
  Boomslang
  The boomslang is a large venomous colubrid snake.-Taxonomy & etymology:It is currently the only species in its genus, although several species and subspecies have been described in the past...
  
  
• Horned desert viper
• Cerastes vipera
  Cerastes vipera
  Cerastes vipera is a venomous viper species found in the deserts of North Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...
  
  
• Saw-scaled viper
• European Turtle Dove
• Saharan Spiny-tailed Lizard
• Desert Monitor
• Gongylophis muelleri
  Gongylophis muelleri
  Gongylophis muelleri, known commonly as the Saharan sand boa, is a species of snake in the Boidae family. It is found in Africa....
  
  
• Guinea fowl
• Egyptian cobra
  Egyptian cobra
  The Egyptian cobra is a species in the genus Naja found in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It is one of the largest Naja species in Africa.- Description :...
  
  
• Mediterranean Chameleon
• Testudo graeca
• Gongylophis colubrinus
  Gongylophis colubrinus
  Gongylophis colubrinus, the Kenyan sand boa, is a boa species found in northern Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized.-Description:...
  
  
• Erycinae
  Erycinae
  The Erycinae are part of a family of non-venomous snakes called boas found in Europe, Asia Minor, Africa, Arabia, central and southwestern Asia, India, Sri Lanka, and western North America. Three genera comprising 15 species are currently recognized....
  
  
• European Pond Terrapin
  European pond terrapin
  The European pond turtle , Emys orbicularis is a long-living freshwater species of turtle.-Geographic range:It is found in southern and central Europe, West Asia and North Africa...
  
  
• Small-spotted Lizard
• Sahara Frog
  Sahara Frog
  The Sahara Frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, and Western Sahara; in French it is called grenouille verte d'Afrique du Nord, and in Spanish it is known as rana verde norteafricana.Its natural habitats are rivers,...
  
  
• Eurasian Wryneck
  Eurasian Wryneck
  The Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, is a species of wryneck in the family of woodpeckers.This species breeds in temperate regions of Europe and Asia. It is migratory, wintering in tropical Africa and southern Asia. It is a bird of open woodland and orchards...
  
  
• Little Grebe
  Little Grebe
  The Little Grebe , also known as Dabchick, member of the grebe family of water birds. At 23 to 29 cm in length it is the smallest European member of its family. It is commonly found in open bodies of water across most of its range.-Description:The Little Grebe is a small water bird with a pointed...
  
  
• Great Crested Grebe
  Great Crested Grebe
  The Great Crested Grebe is a member of the grebe family of water birds.- Description :The Great Crested Grebe is long with a wingspan. It is an excellent swimmer and diver, and pursues its fish prey underwater. The adults are unmistakable in summer with head and neck decorations...
  
  
• Great Spotted Woodpecker
  Great Spotted Woodpecker
  The Great Spotted Woodpecker , Dendrocopos major, is a bird species of the woodpecker family . It is distributed throughout Europe and northern Asia, and usually resident year-round except in the colder parts of its range...
  
  
• Black Stork
  Black Stork
  The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork. It is seen in...
  
  
• White Stork
  White Stork
  The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average from beak tip to end of tail, with a wingspan...
  
  
• Griffon Vulture
  Griffon Vulture
  The Griffon Vulture is a large Old World vulture in the bird of prey family Accipitridae.The Griffon Vulture is long with a wingspan. In the nominate race the males weigh and females typically weigh , while in the Indian subspecies the vultures average...
  
  
• Rough-toothed Dolphin
  Rough-toothed Dolphin
  The Rough-toothed dolphin is species of dolphin that can be found in deep warm and tropical waters around the world.The species was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823...
  
  
• Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
  Atlantic Spotted Dolphin
  The Atlantic Spotted Dolphin is a dolphin found in the Gulf Stream of the North Atlantic Ocean. Older members of the species have a very distinctive spotted coloration all over their body.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Common dolphin
  Common dolphin
  The common dolphin is the name given to two species of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.Prior to the mid-1990s, most taxonomists only recognised one species in this genus, the common dolphin Delphinus delphis...
  
  
• Pygmy Killer Whale
  Pygmy Killer Whale
  The pygmy killer whale is a small, rarely seen cetacean of the oceanic dolphin family . It derives its common name from sharing some physical characteristics with the orca It is the smallest species that has "whale" in its common name. In fact, "killer" may be more apt in the case of the pygmy...
  
  
• Orca
  Orca
  The killer whale , commonly referred to as the orca, and less commonly as the blackfish, is a toothed whale belonging to the oceanic dolphin family. Killer whales are found in all oceans, from the frigid Arctic and Antarctic regions to tropical seas...
  
  
• Pilot whale
  Pilot whale
  Pilot whales are cetaceans belonging to the genus Globicephala. There are two extant species, the long-finned pilot whale and the short-finned pilot whale . The two are not readily distinguished at sea and analysis of the skulls is the best way to tell the difference between them...
  
  Common
• Starling
  Starling
  Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The name "Sturnidae" comes from the Latin word for starling, sturnus. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent...
  
  
• European Green Toad
  European Green Toad
  The species group of the green toads is an anuran group toad found in mainland Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. They live in many areas, including steppes, mountainous areas, semi-deserts, and urban areas...
  
  
• Brine Shrimp
  Brine shrimp
  Artemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans known as brine shrimp. Artemia, the only genus in the family Artemiidae, has changed little externally since the Triassic period...
  
  
• Mediterranean Tree Frog
• Common toad
  Common Toad
  The common toad or European toad is an amphibian widespread throughout Europe, with the exception of Iceland, Ireland and some Mediterranean islands...
  
  
• European Pond Terrapin
  European pond terrapin
  The European pond turtle , Emys orbicularis is a long-living freshwater species of turtle.-Geographic range:It is found in southern and central Europe, West Asia and North Africa...
  
  
• Mediterranean House Gecko
• Moorish Gecko
  Moorish gecko
  Tarentola mauritanica is a species of gecko native to the Western Mediterranean region of Europe and North Africa and widely introduced to North America and Asia. It is commonly observed on walls in urban environments, mainly in warm coastal areas, though it can spread inland - especially in Spain...
  
  
• Red-tailed Spiny-footed Lizard
• Iberian Wall Lizard
• Algerian Sand Racer
• southern smooth snake
• False Smooth Snake
  False Smooth Snake
  The false smooth snake is a species of snake in the Colubridae family.-Geographic range:It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and Western Sahara.-Habitat:...
  
  
• Natrix maura
  Natrix maura
  Natrix maura is a natricine water snake of the genus Natrix. Its common name is viperine water snake or viperine snake. Despite its common names, it is not a member of the Subfamily Viperinae...
  
  
• Lataste's Viper
• nile crocodile
  Nile crocodile
  The Nile crocodile or Common crocodile is an African crocodile which is common in Somalia, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Egypt, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Gabon, South Africa, Malawi, Sudan, Botswana, and Cameroon...
  
  but is extinct in the wild
• ostrich
  Ostrich
  The Ostrich is one or two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member of the genus Struthio. Some analyses indicate that the Somali Ostrich may be better considered a full species apart from the Common Ostrich, but most taxonomists consider it to be a...
  
  
• Egyptian Vulture
  Egyptian Vulture
  The Egyptian Vulture is a small Old World vulture, found widely distributed from southwestern Europe and northern Africa to southern Asia. It is the only living member of the genus Neophron. It has sometimes also been known as the White Scavenger Vulture or Pharaoh's Chicken...
  
  
• Golden Eagle
  Golden Eagle
  The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...
  
  
• Aquila fasciata
• Loons'
• Grebes
• Shearwaters
• petrels
• Storm-petrels
• Pelicans
• Boobies
• gannets
• Cormorant
  Cormorant
  The bird family Phalacrocoracidae is represented by some 40 species of cormorants and shags. Several different classifications of the family have been proposed recently, and the number of genera is disputed.- Names :...
  
  
• Bitterns
• herons
• Egrets
• Storks
• Ibises
• spoonbills
• Flamingos
• Ducks
• geese
• swans
  Swans
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• Osprey
  Osprey
  The Osprey , sometimes known as the sea hawk or fish eagle, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey. It is a large raptor, reaching more than in length and across the wings...
  
  
• Hawks
• kites
• eagles
  Eagles
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• Caracaras
• falcon
  Falcon
  A falcon is any species of raptor in the genus Falco. The genus contains 37 species, widely distributed throughout Europe, Asia, and North America....
  
  
• Pheasant
  Pheasant
  Pheasants refer to some members of the Phasianinae subfamily of Phasianidae in the order Galliformes.Pheasants are characterised by strong sexual dimorphism, males being highly ornate with bright colours and adornments such as wattles and long tails. Males are usually larger than females and have...
  
  
• partridge
  Partridge
  Partridges are birds in the pheasant family, Phasianidae. They are a non-migratory Old World group.These are medium-sized birds, intermediate between the larger pheasants and the smaller quails. Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East...
  
  
• Buttonquail
  Buttonquail
  Buttonquail or hemipodes are members of a small family of birds, Turnicidae, which resemble, but are unrelated to, the quails of Phasianidae. They inhabit warm grasslands in Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia...
  
  
• Crane
  Crane (bird)
  Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the order Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back...
  
  
• Rails
• crakes
• coots
• Ardeotis arabs
• Northern bluefin tuna
  Northern bluefin tuna
  The Northern bluefin tuna is a species of tuna in the Scombridae family. It is variously known as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna and formerly as the tunny. Atlantic bluefin are native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  
• Oystercatchers
• Avocet
  Avocet
  The four species of Avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts.Avocets have long legs and long, thin, upcurved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer...
  
  
• stilt
  Stilt
  Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets. They are found in brackish or saline wetlands in warm or hot climates....
  
  
• Thick-knee
• Pratincole
  Pratincole
  The Pratincoles or Greywaders are a group of birds which together with the coursers and Egyptian Plover make up the family Glareolidae. They have short legs, very long pointed wings and long forked tails....
  
  
• courser
  Courser
  The Coursers are a group of birds which together with the pratincoles make up the family Glareolidae. They have long legs, short wings and long pointed bills which curve downwards...
  
  
• Plover
  Plover
  Plovers are a widely distributed group of wading birds belonging to the subfamily Charadriinae. There are about 40 species in the subfamily, most of them called "plover" or "dotterel". The closely related lapwing subfamily, Vanellinae, comprises another 20-odd species.Plovers are found throughout...
  
  
• lapwing
  Lapwing
  Vanellinae are any of various crested plovers, family Charadriidae, noted for its slow, irregular wingbeat in flight and a shrill, wailing cry. Its length is 10-16 inches. They are a subfamily of medium-sized wading birds which also includes the plovers and dotterels. The Vanellinae are...
  
  
• Sandpiper
• allie
  Allie
  Allie is a unisex given name. It is a pet form of names beginning with Al. It can refer to:* Allie Reynolds , an American major league baseball pitcher...
  
  
• Skuas
• Jaegers
• Gulls
• Terns
• Auks
• murres
• puffins
• Sandgrouse
  Sandgrouse
  The sandgrouse are a family, Pteroclididae, of 16 bird species, the only living members of the order Pteroclidiformes. They are restricted to treeless open country in the Old World, such as plains and semi-deserts. They are distributed across northern, southern and eastern Africa as well as...
  
  
• Pigeons
• doves
  Doves
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• Cuckoos
• anis
  Anis
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• Barn owls
• Typical owls
• Nightjars
• Swifts
• Kingfishers
• Bee-eaters
• allie
  Allie
  Allie is a unisex given name. It is a pet form of names beginning with Al. It can refer to:* Allie Reynolds , an American major league baseball pitcher...
  
  
• Great white shark
  Great white shark
  The great white shark, scientific name Carcharodon carcharias, also known as the great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a large lamniform shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. It is known for its size, with the largest individuals known to have approached...
  
  
• Grey Nurse Shark
  Grey nurse shark
  The sand tiger shark or grey nurse shark is a species of shark that inhabits coastal waters worldwide. It lives very close to the shorelines and beaches of North America, hence the name, sand tiger shark. Despite a fearsome appearance and strong swimming abilities, it is a relatively placid and...
  
  
• Great hammerhead
  Great hammerhead
  The great hammerhead is the largest species of hammerhead shark, family Sphyrnidae, attaining a maximum length of 6.1 m . It is found in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, inhabiting coastal areas and the continental shelf...
  
  
• Basking shark
  Basking shark
  The basking shark is the second largest living fish, after the whale shark. It is a cosmopolitan migratory species, found in all the world's temperate oceans. It is a slow moving and generally harmless filter feeder and has anatomical adaptations to filter feeding, such as a greatly enlarged...
  
  
• Shortfin mako
• Ardeotis arabs
• Northern bluefin tuna
  Northern bluefin tuna
  The Northern bluefin tuna is a species of tuna in the Scombridae family. It is variously known as the Atlantic bluefin tuna, giant bluefin tuna and formerly as the tunny. Atlantic bluefin are native to both the western and eastern Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Mediterranean Sea...
  
  
• Atlantic Blue Marlin
  Atlantic blue marlin
  The Atlantic blue marlin is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic blue marlin feeds on a wide variety of organisms near the surface. By using its bill, it can stun, injure, or kill while knifing through a school of prey and then return later at its leisure to eat...
  
  
• Atlantic White Marlin
• Loggerhead Sea Turtle
  Loggerhead Sea Turtle
  The loggerhead sea turtle , or loggerhead, is an oceanic turtle distributed throughout the world. It is a marine reptile, belonging to the family Cheloniidae. The average loggerhead measures around long when fully grown, although larger specimens of up to have been discovered...
  
  
• Porbeagle
  Porbeagle
  The porbeagle is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere. In the North Pacific, its ecological equivalent is the closely related salmon shark...
  
  
• Blacktip shark
  Blacktip shark
  The blacktip shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae. It is common to coastal tropical and subtropical waters around the world, including brackish habitats. Genetic analyses have revealed substantial variation within this species, with populations from the western Atlantic Ocean...
  
  
• Spinner shark
  Spinner shark
  The spinner shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, named for the spinning leaps it makes as a part of its feeding strategy. This species occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide, except for in the eastern Pacific Ocean...
  
  
• Dusky shark
  Dusky shark
  The dusky shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, occurring in tropical and warm-temperate continental seas worldwide. A generalist apex predator, the dusky shark can be found from the coast to the outer continental shelf and adjacent pelagic waters, and has been recorded from...
  
  
• Common Octopus
  Common Octopus
  The Common Octopus is the most studied of all octopus species. Its natural range extends from the Mediterranean Sea and the southern coast of England to at least Senegal in Africa. It also occurs off the Azores, Canary Islands, and Cape Verde Islands.- Characteristics :O. vulgaris grows to 25 cm...
  
  
• Bignose shark
  Bignose shark
  The bignose shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae. Distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, this migratory shark frequents deep waters around the edges of the continental shelf. It is typically found at depths of , though at night it may move towards the...
  
  
• Sandbar shark
  Sandbar shark
  The sandbar shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus, is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, native to the Atlantic Ocean and the Indo-Pacific. It is distinguishable by its very high first dorsal fin and inter-dorsal ridge....
  
  
• Blacktip reef shark
  Blacktip reef shark
  The blacktip reef shark is a species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae, easily identified by the prominent black tips on its fins...
  
  
• Great white shark
  Great white shark
  The great white shark, scientific name Carcharodon carcharias, also known as the great white, white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a large lamniform shark found in coastal surface waters in all major oceans. It is known for its size, with the largest individuals known to have approached...
  
  
• Scalloped hammerhead
  Scalloped hammerhead
  The scalloped hammerhead is a species of hammerhead shark, family Sphyrnidae. Originally Zygaena lewini, it was later moved to its current name. The Greek word sphyrna translates into "hammer" in English, referring to the shape of this shark's head.This shark is also known as the bronze,...
  
  
• Sharpnose sevengill shark
• Bluntnose sixgill shark
  Bluntnose sixgill shark
  The bluntnose sixgill shark, Hexanchus griseus, often simply called the cow shark, is the largest hexanchoid shark, growing to more than 5.4 m in length.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Gulper shark
  Gulper shark
  The gulper shark , is a large common deep-water dogfish. Gulper sharks have no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, a long, broad snout, widely spaced flat denticles, and angular, extended pectoral fins. Maximum length is 1.5 m...
  
  
• Kitefin shark
  Kitefin shark
  The kitefin shark or seal shark is a species of dogfish shark in the family Dalatiidae, and the only species in its genus. It is found sporadically around the world, usually close to the sea floor at depths of . With a sizable oil-filled liver to maintain neutral buoyancy, this shark is able to...
  
  
• Bramble shark
  Bramble shark
  The bramble shark, Echinorhinus brucus, is covered with large, thorn-like denticles, and hence the name "bramble" shark.-Physical characteristics:...
  
  
• Velvet belly lantern shark
  Velvet belly lantern shark
  The velvet belly lantern shark is a species of dogfish shark in the family Etmopteridae. One of the most common deepwater sharks in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, the velvet belly is found from Iceland and Norway to Gabon and South Africa at a depth of...
  
  
• Angular roughshark
  Angular roughshark
  The angular roughshark, Oxynotus centrina, is a sleeper shark of the family Oxynotidae. It reaches a length of about 1.5 m ....
  
  
• Perez's Frog
  Perez's Frog
  Perez's Frog is a species of frog in the Ranidae family. It is found in southern France, Portugal, Spain, and two sites in the United Kingdom; in Spain it is very abundant, as evidenced by its Spanish name rana común .Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland,...
  
  
• Leatherback Turtle
• Brongersma's Toad
  Brongersma's Toad
  The Brongersma's Toad or Crapaud De Brongersma is a species of toad in the Bufonidae family.It is found in Algeria, Morocco, and Western Sahara....
  
  
• European Eel
  European eel
  The European eel, Anguilla anguilla, is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish. They can reach in exceptional cases a length of 1½ m, but are normally much smaller, about 60–80 cm, and rarely more than 1 m....
  
  
• Salamandra algira
• Acanthodactylus
  Acanthodactylus
  Acanthodactylus is a genus of lizards within the Lacertidae family, commonly referred to as fringe-fingered or fringe-toed lizards ....
  
  
• Bedriaga's Fringe-fingered Lizard
  Bedriaga's Fringe-fingered Lizard
  Bedriaga's Fringe-fingered Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is endemic to Algeria.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
  
  
• Algerian Ribbed Newt
  Algerian Ribbed Newt
  The Algerian Ribbed Newt or Triton D'Algerie is a species of salamander in the Salamandridae family found in Algeria and Tunisia....
  
  

Insects

• Epimyrma africana
  Epimyrma africana
  Epimyrma africana is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is endemic to Algeria.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
  
  
• Monomorium noualhieri
  Monomorium noualhieri
  Monomorium noualhieri is a species of ant endemic to Algeria....
  
  
• Epimyrma algeriana
  Epimyrma algeriana
  Epimyrma algeriana is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is endemic to Algeria.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
  
  
• Strongylognathus afer
  Strongylognathus afer
  Strongylognathus afer is a species of insect in family Formicidae. It is endemic to Algeria.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
  
  
• Strongylognathus foreli
  Strongylognathus foreli
  Strongylognathus foreli is a species of insect in family Formicidae. It is endemic to Algeria.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
  
  
• Red locust
  Red locust
  The Red Locust is a large grasshopper species found south of the Sahara in Africa. Its name refers to the colour of its hindwings. It is sometimes called the Criquet nomade in French, due to its nomadic movements in the dry season.-Adults:...
  
  
• Desert Locust
  Desert locust
  Plagues of the desert locust have threatened agricultural production in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia for centuries. The livelihood of at least one-tenth of the world’s human population can be affected by this voracious insect...
  
  
• Fat-tailed scorpion
• Honey bee
  Honey bee
  Honey bees are a subset of bees in the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests out of wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis...
  
  
• Acilius duvergeri
  Acilius duvergeri
  Acilius duvergeri is a species of beetle in family Dytiscidae. It is found in Algeria, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, and Spain.-References:* Foster, G. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 August 2007....
  
  
• Calopteryx exul
  Calopteryx exul
  The Glittering Demoiselle is a species of damselfly in the family Calopterygidae. It is found in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Its natural habitat is along rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
  
• Chalepoxenus brunneus
  Chalepoxenus brunneus
  Chalepoxenus brunneus is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is found in Algeria and Morocco.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 31 July 2007....
  
  
• Myrmica pharaonis
  Myrmica pharaonis
  Myrmica pharaonis is a species of ant native to West Africa, but it has been introduced to Asia, Europe, Central America, South America, North America and Australia....
  
  
• Onychogomphus costae
  Onychogomphus costae
  Onychogomphus costae is a species of dragonfly in family Gomphidae. It is found in Algeria, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, and Tunisia. Its natural habitat is rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
  
  
• Strongylognathus afer
  Strongylognathus afer
  Strongylognathus afer is a species of insect in family Formicidae. It is endemic to Algeria.-Source:* Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. . Downloaded on 10 August 2007....
  
  

Prehistoric mammals

• Moeritherium
  Moeritherium
  Moeritherium is a genus consisting of several species. These prehistoric mammals are related to the elephant and, more distantly, the sea cow...
  
  
• Pelorovis
  Pelorovis
  Pelorovis is an extinct genus of African wild cattle, which first appeared in the Pliocene, 2.5 million years ago., and became extinct at the end of the Late Pleistocene about 12.000 years ago or even during the Holocene, some 4,000 years ago...
  
  
• megantereon
  Megantereon
  Megantereon was an ancient machairodontine saber-toothed cat that lived in North America, Eurasia, and Africa. It may be the ancestor of Smilodon.- Fossil range :...
  
  
• homotherium
  Homotherium
  Homotherium is an extinct genus of machairodontine saber-toothed cats, often termed scimitar cats, endemic to North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs , existing for approximately .It first became extinct in Africa some 1.5 million years ago...
  
  
• protocetus
  Protocetus
  Protocetus atavus is an extinct species of primitive cetacean from Egypt. It lived during the middle Eocene period 45 million years ago....
  
  
• hipparion
  Hipparion
  Hipparion is an extinct genus of horse living in North America, Asia, Europe, and Africa during the Miocene through Pleistocene ~23 Mya—781,000 years ago, existing for...
  
  
• sivatherium
  Sivatherium
  Sivatherium ' is an extinct genus of giraffid that ranged throughout Africa to Southern Asia . The African species, S...
  
  
• prolibytherium
  Prolibytherium
  Prolibytherium is an extinct artiodactyl ungulate native to Early Miocene North Africa.The 1.80 m long creature was related to the modern giraffe and okapi. Unlike these, however, Prolibytherium had a set of large, leaf-shaped ossicones with a width of 35 cm...
  
  
• propliopithecus
  Propliopithecus
  Propliopithecus is an extinct genus of ape.The 40 cm long creature resembled today's gibbons. Its eyes faced forwards, giving it stereoscopical vision. Propliopithecus was most likely an omnivore. It is possible that Propliopithecus is the same creature as Aegyptopithecus...
  
  
• dryopithecus
  Dryopithecus
  Dryopithecus was a genus of apes that is known from Eastern Africa into Eurasia during the late Miocene period. The first species of Dryopithecus was discovered at the site of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne, France, in 1856...
  
  
• sivapithecus
  Sivapithecus
  Sivapithecus is a genus of extinct primates. Fossil remains of animals now assigned to this genus, dated from 12.5 million to 8.5 million years old in the Miocene, have been found since the 19th century in the Siwalik Hills in what is now India, Nepal, and Pakistan...
  
  
• ramapithecus
• dinofelis
  Dinofelis
  Dinofelis is a genus of sabre-toothed cats belonging to the tribe Metailurini. They were widespread in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America at least 5 million to about 1.2 million years ago...
  
  
• kanuites
  Kanuites
  Kanuites is an extinct genus of viverrid native to Africa.Kanuites was about long, and looked remarkably similar to modern genets. Kanuites was probably an omnivore and may have had retractable claws, like a feline. It may have lived at least part of its life in trees....
  
  
• ictitherium
  Ictitherium
  Ictitherium is an extinct genus belonging to the family Hyaenidae and the subfamily Ictitheriinae erected by Trouessart in 1897. Ictitherium species were endemic to Eurasia and Africa during the Middle Miocene through the Early Pliocene and existed approximately .Ictitherium were around long, and...
  
  
• agriotherium
  Agriotherium
  Agriotherium is an extinct genus of Ursidae of the Miocene through Pleistocene epochs, endemic to North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia living from ~13.6–2.5 Ma, existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Ursus etruscus
  Ursus etruscus
  Ursus etruscus is an extinct species of mammal of the family Ursidae , endemic to Europe, Asia and North Africa during the Pliocene through Pleistocene, living from ~5.3 Mya—11,000 years ago, existing for approximately ....
  
  
• Indarctos
  Indarctos
  Indarctos is a genus of mammals of the family Ursidae endemic to North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene, living from ~11.1—5.3 Ma, existing for approximately ....
  
  
• Ursavus
  Ursavus
  Ursavus is an extinct genus of mammals of the family Ursidae that existed in North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia during the Miocene, living from ~23—5.3 Ma, existing for approximately . It apparently dispersed from Asia into North America about 20 Ma, becoming the earliest member of the...
  
  
• Anancus
  Anancus
  Anancus is an extinct genus of gomphothere endemic to Africa, Europe, and Asia, that lived during the Turolian age of the late Miocene to early Pleistocene, roughly from 3—1.5 million years ago....
  
  
• Archaeobelodon
  Archaeobelodon
  Archaeobelodon is an extinct genus of proboscidea of the family Gomphotheriidae endemic to Europe and Africa during the Miocene from 16.9—16.0 Ma, living for approximately ....
  
  
• Platybelodon
  Platybelodon
  Platybelodon was a genus of large herbivorous mammal related to the elephant . It lived during the Miocene Epoch, about 15-4 million years ago, and ranged over Africa, Europe, Asia and North America...
  
  
• Palaeomastodon
  Palaeomastodon
  Palaeomastodon an extinct genus of Proboscidea. Palaeomastodon fossils have been found in Africa, lived some 36-35 million years ago. They are believed to be the ancestors of elephants or mastodons. This genus is related to Moeritherium....
  
  
• Barytherium
  Barytherium
  Barytherium is a genus of an extinct family of primitive proboscidean that lived during the late Eocene and early Oligocene in North Africa...
  
  
• Deinotherium
  Deinotherium
  Deinotherium , also called the Hoe tusker, was a large prehistoric relative of modern-day elephants that appeared in the Middle Miocene and continued until the Early Pleistocene. During that time it changed very little...
  
  
• Dorudon
  Dorudon
  Dorudon was a genus of ancient cetacean that lived alongside Basilosaurus 41 to 33 million years ago, in the Eocene. They were about five meters long and were most likely carnivorous, feeding on small fish and mollusks. Dorudontines lived in warm seas around the world...
  
  
• Basilosaurus
  Basilosaurus
  Basilosaurus is a genus of cetacean that lived from in the Late Eocene. Its fossilized remains were first discovered in the southern United States . The American fossils were initially believed to be some sort of reptile, hence the suffix -"saurus", but later found to be a marine mammal...
  
  
• Samotherium
  Samotherium
  Samotherium is an extinct genus of giraffe from the Miocene and Pliocene of Eurasia and Africa. Samotherium had two ossicones on its head, and long legs. The ossicones usually pointed upward, and were curved backwards, with males having larger, more curved ossicones, though, in the Chinese...
  
  
• Stegodon
  Stegodon
  Stegodon , is a genus of the extinct subfamily Stegodontinae of the order Proboscidea. It was assigned to the family Elephantidae , but has also been placed in Stegodontidae . Stegodonts were present from 11.6 mya to 4,100 years ago...
  
  
• Hyaenodon
  Hyaenodon
  Hyaenodon is an extinct genus of Hyaenodonts, a group of carnivorous creodonts of the family Hyaenodontidae endemic to all continents except South America, Australia and Antarctica, living from 42—15.9 mya, existing for approximately .-Morphology:Some species of this genus were amongst the largest...
  
  
• Gomphotherium
  Gomphotherium
  Gomphotherium is an extinct genus of proboscid which evolved in the Early Miocene of North America from 13.650—3.6 Ma, living about .The genus emigrated into Asia, Europe and Africa after a drop in sea level allowed them to cross over...
  
  
• Albanosmilus
  Albanosmilus
  Albanosmilus is an extinct genus of the family Barbourofelidae.It was previously thought to be constituents of the feliform Nimravidae family of false sabre-toothed cats. It was assigned to Barbourofelinae by Bryant ....
  
  
• Barbourofelis
  Barbourofelis
  Barbourofelis is an extinct genus of large, mostly carnivorous mammals of the family Barbourofelidae endemic to North America, during the Miocene living from 13.6—5.3 Ma and existed for approximately .-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Ginsburgsmilus
  Ginsburgsmilus
  Ginsburgsmilus is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the family Barbourofelidae endemic to Africa during the early Miocene. There is only one known specimen of Ginsburgsmilus napakensis, dated to 20-19 mya.-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Prosansanosmilus
  Prosansanosmilus
  Prosansanosmilus is an extinct genus of mammalian carnivores of the suborder Feliformia, family Barbourofelidae, which lived in Europe during the Miocene epoch , existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Sansanosmilus
  Sansanosmilus
  Sansanosmilus is an extinct genus of carnivorous mammal of the family Barbourofelidae endemic to Europe, and Asia living during the Miocene 13.6—11.1 mya, existing for approximately .-Taxonomy:...
  
  
• Machairodus
  Machairodus
  Machairodus was a genus of large machairodontine saber-toothed cats that lived in Europe, Asia, Africa and North America during the Miocene through Pleistocene living from 11.6mya—126,000 years ago, existing for approximately .-Species:...
  
  
• Miomachairodus
  Miomachairodus
  Miomachairodus was an extinct genus of large saber-toothed cats of the subfamily Machairodontinae, that lived in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America during most of the Miocene...
  
  
• Therailurus

Dinosaurs

• Brachiosaurus
  Brachiosaurus
  Brachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
  
  
• Nigersaurus
  Nigersaurus
  Nigersaurus is a genus of diplodocoid sauropod dinosaur from the middle Cretaceous period, about 119 to 99 million years ago during the Aptian or Albian age. This dinosaur was described by Paul Sereno and colleagues in 1999...
  
  
• Carcharodontosaurus
  Carcharodontosaurus
  Carcharodontosaurus was a gigantic carnivorous carcharodontosaurid dinosaur that lived around 100 to 93 million years ago, during the late Albian to early Cenomanian stages of the mid-Cretaceous Period...
  
  
• Spinosaurus
  Spinosaurus
  Spinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German...
  
  
• Phosphatodraco
  Phosphatodraco
  Phosphatodraco is a genus of azhdarchid pterodactyloid pterosaur from a late Maastrichtian-age Upper Cretaceous portion of the Oulad Abdoun Phosphatic Basin, Grand Doui, near Khouribga, central Morocco.Phosphatodraco is based on holotype OCP DEK/GE 111, found in...
  
  
• Azendohsaurus
  Azendohsaurus
  Azendohsaurus was a genus of herbivorous archosauromorph from the Late Triassic Period of Morocco. The type species is known only from a partial jaw fragment from Morocco. Azendohsaurus was previously regarded as a dinosaur, as either an ornithischian or a prosauropod...
  
  
• Rebbachisaurus
  Rebbachisaurus
  Rebbachisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the superfamily Diplodocoidea, up to 20 meters long, that lived during the Early-Late Cretaceous period in Africa about 99 million years ago. This massive four-legged plant-eating animal had a small head, a long, graceful neck and a whiplike...
  
  
• Ouranosaurus
  Ouranosaurus
  Ouranosaurus is an unusual genus of herbivorous iguanodont dinosaur that lived during the early Cretaceous about 110 million years ago in what is now Africa. Ouranosaurus measured about seven to eight meters long...
  
  
• Aegyptosaurus
  Aegyptosaurus
  Aegyptosaurus meaning 'Egypt’s lizard', for the country in which it was discovered is a genus of sauropod dinosaur believed to have lived in what is now Africa, around 95 million years ago, during the mid- and late-Cretaceous Period . Like most sauropods, it had a long neck and a small skull...
  
  
• Bahariasaurus
  Bahariasaurus
  Bahariasaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur found in the Bahariya Formation in El-Waha el-Bahariya or Bahariya oasis in Egypt and Kem Kem Beds of North Africa, which date to the late Cretaceous Period, , about 95 million years ago...
  
  
• Deltadromeus
  Deltadromeus
  Deltadromeus is a genus of large basal ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from Northern Africa. It had long, unusually slender hind limbs for its size, suggesting that it was a swift runner. The skull is not known. Two fossil specimens of a single species Deltadromeus (meaning "delta runner") is a...
  
  
• Erectopus
  Erectopus
  Erectopus is an allosauroid theropod from the Lower Cretaceous of France.The material comprising the type series was discovered in the late 19th century from the Phosphate-bearing beds of La Penthèive at Louppy-le-Château in eastern France, which have also produced remains of plesiosaurs,...
  
  
• Afrovenator
  Afrovenator
  Afrovenator is a genus of megalosaurid theropod dinosaur from the mid Jurassic Period of northern Africa. It was a bipedal predator, with a mouthful of sharp teeth and three claws on each hand...
  
  
• Allosaurus
  Allosaurus
  Allosaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur that lived 155 to 150 million years ago during the late Jurassic period . The name Allosaurus means "different lizard". It is derived from the Greek /allos and /sauros...
  
  
• Atlasaurus
  Atlasaurus
  Atlasaurus was a moderately large genus of sauropod dinosaur from Middle Jurassic beds in North Africa.-Discovery and species:Atlasaurus was discovered by Monbaron, Russell & Taquet in 1999...
  
  
• Bahariasaurus
  Bahariasaurus
  Bahariasaurus is a genus of large theropod dinosaur found in the Bahariya Formation in El-Waha el-Bahariya or Bahariya oasis in Egypt and Kem Kem Beds of North Africa, which date to the late Cretaceous Period, , about 95 million years ago...
  
  
• Berberosaurus
  Berberosaurus
  Berberosaurus is a genus of abelisauroid theropod dinosaur from the Pliensbachian-Toarcian-age Lower Jurassic Toundoute Continental Series found in the High Atlas of Toundoute, Ouarzazate, Morocco. The type species of the genus Berberosaurus is B. liassicus, in reference to the Lias epoch...
  
  
• Ceratosaurus
  Ceratosaurus
  Ceratosaurus meaning "horned lizard", in reference to the horn on its nose , was a large predatory theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period , found in the Morrison Formation of North America, in Tanzania and Portugal...
  
  
• Chebsaurus
  Chebsaurus
  Chebsaurus is a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous, cetiosaurid sauropod dinosaur, specifically a eusauropod. It lived in present day Algeria, in the Middle Jurassic Period. The type species, C. algeriensis, was named in 2005 by Farida Mahammed and is the most complete Algerian sauropod known...
  
  
• Cristatusaurus
  Cristatusaurus
  Cristatusaurus is an extinct genus of spinosaurid theropod dinosaur. It lived during the Early Cretaceous Period of what is now Africa....
  
  
• Deltadromeus
  Deltadromeus
  Deltadromeus is a genus of large basal ceratosaurian theropod dinosaur from Northern Africa. It had long, unusually slender hind limbs for its size, suggesting that it was a swift runner. The skull is not known. Two fossil specimens of a single species Deltadromeus (meaning "delta runner") is a...
  
  
• Dryosaurus
  Dryosaurus
  Dryosaurus is a genus of an ornithopod dinosaur that lived in the Late Jurassic period. It was an iguanodont . Fossils have been found in the western United States, and were first discovered in the late 19th century...
  
  
• Elaphrosaurus
  Elaphrosaurus
  Elaphrosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Kimmeridgian stage of the Late Jurassic of Tanzania. Elaphrosaurus was probably a ceratosaur about 6 meters long. Suggestions that it is a late surviving coelophysoid have been entertained but are generally dismissed. It was first...
  
  
• Elrhazosaurus
  Elrhazosaurus
  Elrhazosaurus is a genus of basal iguanodontian dinosaur, known from isolated bones found in Lower Cretaceous rocks of Niger. These bones were initially thought to belong to a species of the related dryosaurid Valdosaurus, but have since been reclassified.-Discovery and history:Elrhazosaurus is...
  
  
• Eocarcharia
  Eocarcharia
  Eocarcharia is a genus of carcharodontosaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Elrhaz Formation that lived in the Sahara 112 million years ago, in what today is the country of Niger. It was discovered in 2000 on an expedition led by University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno. The...
  
  
• Inosaurus tedreftensis
• Jobaria
  Jobaria
  Jobaria was a sauropod dinosaur discovered in the Sahara Desert in 1997. It was named after "Jobar", a creature of local legends, and is thought to have been about 18 metres long. It was found in the Tiourarén Formation, originally thought to represent the Hauterivian to Barremian stages of the...
  
  
• Kryptops
  Kryptops
  Kryptops is a genus of abelisaurid theropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Niger. It is known from a partial skeleton found at the Gadoufaoua locality in the western Ténéré Desert, in rocks of the Aptian-Albian age Elrhaz Formation...
  
  
• Rebbachisaurus
  Rebbachisaurus
  Rebbachisaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur of the superfamily Diplodocoidea, up to 20 meters long, that lived during the Early-Late Cretaceous period in Africa about 99 million years ago. This massive four-legged plant-eating animal had a small head, a long, graceful neck and a whiplike...
  
  
• Paralititan
  Paralititan
  Paralititan was a giant titanosaurian sauropod dinosaur genus discovered in coastal deposits in the Upper Cretaceous Bahariya Formation of Egypt. The fossil represents the first tetrapod reported from the Bahariya Formation since 1935. Its 1.69 meter long humerus is longer than that of any...
  
  
• Rugops
  Rugops
  Rugops is a genus of theropod dinosaur which inhabited what is now Africa approximately 95 million years ago...
  
  
• Sigilmassasaurus
  Sigilmassasaurus
  Sigilmassasaurus is a genus of tetanuran theropod dinosaur from the middle of the Cretaceous Period of northern Africa...
  
  
• Spinophorosaurus
  Spinophorosaurus
  Spinophorosaurus is a genus of early sauropod dinosaur from Niger. It was recovered in a rock formation belonging to the lower part of the Irhazer Group, the age of which is unknown but may be Middle Jurassic or older. It is unusual for having spiked osteoderms, probably from the tail, similar to...
  
  
• Spinostropheus
  Spinostropheus
  Spinostropheus is a genus of small ceratosaurian dinosaur that lived in the late Jurassic period of Niger. Once thought to be a species closely related to the abelisaurs , subsequent studies have confirmed the original interpretation as a basal ceratosaur closely related to Elaphrosaurus...
  
  
• Tazoudasaurus
  Tazoudasaurus
  Tazoudasaurus is a genus of vulcanodontid sauropod dinosaur hailing from the Early Jurassic Toundoute overthrust beds located in the High Moroccan Atlas Mountains. The remains, consisting of a partial adult skeleton and associated partial juvenile skeleton found in continental detrital sediments,...
  
  
• megalosaurus
  Megalosaurus
  Megalosaurus is a genus of large meat-eating theropod dinosaurs of the Middle Jurassic period of Europe...