Cote D’Ivoire / Ivory Coast
I spent a week in Tai National Park with Charles Foley in February 2024.
Lesser Anomalure (Anomalurus pusillus)
We recorded 32 species including 9 species of primate: Campbell’s Monkey, Diana Monkey, Spot-nosed Monkey, King Colobus, Upper Guinea (Western) Red Colobus, Chimpanzee, Thomas & Demidorff’s Galagos and Western Potto. There was also a good diversity of rodents and we saw Brush-tailed Porcupine, Nagtglas’s Dormouse, Fire-footed Rope Squirrel, Red-legged Sun Squirrel, Forest Giant Squirrel, Lord Derby’s & Lesser Anomalures along with Defua Rat, a Swamp Rat species (likely Edward’s), Wester African Wood & Soft-furred Mice and Forest Giant Pouched Rats.
Common African Pangolin (Phataginus tricuspis)
We also found Büttikofer’s Epauletted Fruit Bat, Halcyon Horseshoe Bat and a slit-faced bat species plus we heard Hammer Bats. We saw a Water Chevrotain, Maxwell’s & Brooke’s Duikers (and our guide saw Zebra Duiker), and we heard a Northern Bushbuck. The highlights were a fabulous and confiding White-bellied Pangolin, several Johnston’s Genets and almost being pounced on by a Liberian Mongoose!
Johnston’s Genet (Genetta johnstoni)
Community Reports
Tai National Park, 2024: Royle Safaris, 2 weeks & 33 species including Pygmy Hippo, Red River Hog and Common Cusimanse.
Tai National Park, 2024: Jon Hall, 1 week & 32 species including Lesser Anomalure, White-bellied Pangolin and a Liberian Mongoose. And here is Charles Foley’s entertaining story about the trip.
Pygmy Hippos in Tai Forest, 2024: Thug Hamster’s report on several Pygmy Hippo encounters during 2 weeks in Tai Forest.
Tai Forest, 2023: Royle Safaris, 2 weeks & about 30 species including Pygmy Hippo, Water Chevrotain, White-bellied Pangolin and Chimpanzee.
Tai Forest, 2022 and 2023: Ben Schweinhart’s superb report of two visits to Tai Forest featuring 46 species over 5 weeks including White-bellied Pangolin, Pohle’s Fruit Bat, Water Chevrotain, Pel’s Anomalure and Pygmy Hippo.
Tai Forest, 2022: Ian Thompson, 2 weeks & 29 species including Chimpanzee and 8 other primates, Pel’s Anomalure, Johnston’s Genet plus 6 duikers species including Zebra Duiker.
Tai Forest, 2022: Pictus Safaris, three weeks & 52 species including Long-eared Flying Mouse, Chimpanzee, Johnston’s Genet, Liberian Mongoose, and Jentink’s Duiker.
Tai Forest Pygmy Hippo safari, 2022: Royle Safaris, 1 week & 49 species including Liberian Mongoose, Brush-tailed Porcupine, Johnston’s Genet, Common Cusimanse and Zebra Duiker.
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