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Rediscovery of relict populations of the Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus in south-eastern Mauritania, with observations on their natural history

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Tara Shine ,
Wolfgang Böhme ,
Hemmo Nickel ,
Dirk F. Thies  and
Thomas Wilms
Tara Shine
Affiliation:
42 Meadow Way, Kilkenny, Ireland
Hemmo Nickel
Affiliation:
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut Und Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenauerallee 160D-53113 Bonn, Germany. E-Mail: W.Boehme.Zfmk@Uni-Bonn.De
Dirk F. Thies
Affiliation:
c/o GTZ Office, Nouakchott, Mauritania
Thomas Wilms
Affiliation:
Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut Und Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Adenauerallee 160D-53113 Bonn, Germany. E-Mail: W.Boehme.Zfmk@Uni-Bonn.De
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Abstract

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In 1998 and 1999, relict populations of the Nile crocodile Crocodylus niloticus were rediscovered in south-eastern Mauritania, 70 years after the last reports of their existence and 6 years after the IUCN Species Survival Commission listed them as extirpated in that country. Crocodiles' were found in four different types of wetlands, herein described. Preliminary observations on their natural history and their interactions with humans are provided, and the main threats and the prerequisites for their protection are discussed.

Keywords

Crocodylus niloticusMauritaniaSaharan/Sahelian wetlands
Type
Short Communication
Information
Oryx , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , July 2001 , pp. 260 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 2001

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