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554 species have research-grade observations in Mauritania on iNaturalist. KnowKi turns the most recorded into short lessons with real photos, so you can learn a country's wildlife from home.

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Most recorded here

The species with the most research-grade observations on iNaturalist, and how many each has. Most recorded doesn't mean native.

Birds

  1. Great White Pelican Pelecanus onocrotalus43
  2. Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus40
  3. Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia40
  4. Brown-necked Raven Corvus ruficollis39
  5. Slender-billed Gull Chroicocephalus genei29
  6. Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis26
  7. Eurasian Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia25
  8. White-crowned Wheatear Oenanthe leucopyga25
  9. West African Crested Tern Thalasseus albididorsalis23
  10. Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula21

Plants

  1. Dwarf eelgrass Zostera noltii91
  2. Giant milkweed Calotropis procera67
  3. Little Neptune grass Cymodocea nodosa38
  4. Colocynth Citrullus colocynthis15
  5. Sea purslane Sesuvium portulacastrum14
  6. Kheep Leptadenia pyrotechnica12
  7. Date Palm Phoenix dactylifera9
  8. Shoalgrass Halodule wrightii9
  9. Simple-thorned greenthorn Balanites aegyptiaca8
  10. Pink Djirrie Rogeria adenophylla6

Mammals

  1. Dromedary Camel Camelus dromedarius22
  2. Common Warthog Phacochoerus africanus17
  3. Rock Hyrax Procavia capensis14
  4. Felou Gundi Felovia vae14
  5. African Wolf Canis lupaster8
  6. Common Bottlenose Dolphin Tursiops truncatus7
  7. Fennec Fox Vulpes zerda6
  8. Fat Sand Rat Psammomys obesus6
  9. Northern Small-spotted Genet Genetta genetta5
  10. African Wildcat Felis lybica4

Insects

  1. Saharan Silver Ant Cataglyphis bombycina21
  2. Striped Hawkmoth Hyles livornica20
  3. Plain Tiger Butterfly Danaus chrysippus14
  4. Red-veined Dropwing Trithemis arteriosa10
  5. Vagrant Emperor Anax ephippiger8
  6. Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata7
  7. Anthia sexmaculata7
  8. Painted Lady Vanessa cardui6
  9. Broad Scarlet Crocothemis erythraea6
  10. Desert Locust Schistocerca gregaria6

Spiders and kin

  1. Androctonus aleksandrplotkini5
  2. African fattail scorpion Androctonus amoreuxi3
  3. Buthacus occidentalis2
  4. Tropical Tent-web Spider Cyrtophora citricola1
  5. Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus1
  6. Argiope sector1
  7. Androctonus dekeyseri1

Reptiles

  1. Sudan Mastigure Uromastyx dispar27
  2. Boulenger's Agama Agama boulengeri23
  3. Anderson's Short-fingered Gecko Stenodactylus petrii18
  4. Ringed Wall Gecko Tarentola annularis13
  5. Duméril's Fringe-fingered Lizard Acanthodactylus dumerilii11
  6. Nile Monitor Varanus niloticus9
  7. Sierra Leone Wall Gecko Tarentola parvicarinata8
  8. Savannah Monitor Varanus exanthematicus8
  9. Green Sea Turtle Chelonia mydas7
  10. African Rock Python Python sebae6

Amphibians

  1. Crowned bullfrog Hoplobatrachus occipitalis4
  2. Subdesert Toad Sclerophrys xeros4
  3. Edible bullfrog Pyxicephalus edulis2
  4. Egyptian Toad Sclerophrys regularis1

Fish

  1. Moroccan White Seabream Diplodus cadenati10
  2. Guinean Puffer Sphoeroides marmoratus8
  3. Spotted Seabass Dicentrarchus punctatus7
  4. Flagfin Mojarra Eucinostomus melanopterus7
  5. Atlantic Bluespotted Cornetfish Fistularia tabacaria5
  6. Butterfly-winged Comber Serranus papilionaceus5
  7. Spotfin Burrfish Chilomycterus reticulatus4
  8. Lusitanian toadfish Halobatrachus didactylus4
  9. Guinean Parrotfish Scarus hoefleri4
  10. Bennett's Puffer Ephippion guttifer4

Mollusks

  1. Heavy African Ark Senilia senilis12
  2. Giant hairy melongena Pugilina morio3
  3. Persicula cingulata3
  4. Lesser butterfly cone Conus byssinus3
  5. Striped false limpet Siphonaria pectinata3
  6. Horned murex Bolinus cornutus3
  7. Natica fulminea2
  8. Rugose Donax Donax rugosus2
  9. Glabella faba2
  10. Decollate Snail Rumina decollata1

How a trip works

A trip has its own trail of lessons: meet six species, match them to new photos, then practice with four choices. Species you learn go into your Fieldbook, and starting a trip earns its Passport stamp. Your home place stays as it is.

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Species lists and counts from research-grade observations on iNaturalist, as of October 2026. Free, with no ads, no account and no purchases.