Wildlife trends in Liberia and Sierra Leone
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In an eight-month field study of the pygmy hippopotamus, an endangered Red Book species, the author was able to make some assessment of the status of other animals in Liberia and Sierra Leone and shows how the danger is increasing for most of them. Chimpanzees in particular are exported in large numbers, and in order to catch the young animals whole family groups may be eliminated.
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The principal threat to survival of C. liberiensis is habitat loss and fragmentation secondary to agriculture, hardwood logging, gold mining, and subsistence farming throughout the Upper Guinean forest ecosystem.
“The principal threat to survival is habitat loss and fragmentation secondary to agriculture, hardwood logging, gold mining, and subsistence farming throughout the Upper Guinean forest ecosystem (Robinson 1971;Verschuren 1983;Anstey 1991b;Roth et al. 2004;Norris et al. 2010;Hoppe-Dominik et al. 2011;Lindsell et al. 2011;Mallon et al. 2011;Fauna and Flora International and Forestry Development Auth”
From Choeropsis liberiensis (Artiodactyla: Hippopotamidae) (2019) · cites this paper as Robinson 1971
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- JOHNSTON, H. H. 1905. Notes on the mammals and birds of Liberia. Proc. Zool. Soc. L'ond. 1: 197-210.
- JONES, T. S. 1951. Notes on the monkeys of Sierra Leone. S.L. Agricultural Notes. No. 22. GPO Freetown. Cambridge Core terms of use, available at https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0030605300009704 Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. IP address: 191.101.255.116, on 15 Sep 2026 at 14:25:36, subject to the
- KUHN, H. J. 1965. A provisional checklist of the mammals of Liberia. Senckenbergiana Biologica. 46(5): 321-340.
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Flacke, G. L., & Decher, J. (2019) · Mammalian Species · doi:10.1093/mspecies/sez017 · Cited by 9 · see citing works
- Authors
- Robinson, P. T.
- Corresponding author
- Robinson, P. T.
- Venue
- Oryx
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1971-09
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 117-122
- ISSN
- 0030-6053 (ISSN-L)
- 1365-3008
- OpenAlex
- W2023031305
- Cited by
- 19
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Oryx (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- World Wildlife Fund
- Michigan State University
- College of Engineering, Michigan State University
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- wildlife status, pygmy hippopotamus, chimpanzees, wildlife trade, poaching, threatened species, Red Book species, Liberia, Sierra Leone, wildlife conservation
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