Animal Info - Sao Tomé and Principe
Contents
Threatened Species, Environmental
and Social Data (Mammals, Biodiversity/Ecosystems,
Population, Area, Economy),
References and Links
Threatened Species
Threatened Species: The following list
includes all mammals which occur in Sao Tomé and Principe and are rated
as Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU) in the 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals.
- Vulnerable:
- Sao Tomé Collared Fruit Bat (Myonycteris brachycephala). (Endemic to Sao
Tomé.)
- Sao Tomé Free-tailed Bat (Chaerephon tomensis). (Endemic to Sao
Tomé and Principe.)
- Sao Tomé Shrew (Crocidura thomensis). (Endemic to Sao
Tomé and Principe.)
Environmental and Social Data
Mammals
Total number of species: 8 (Groombridge
& Jenkins 1994)
Number of endemic species: 3 (Groombridge & Jenkins 1994)
Number of threatened species: 1996
and 2000: 3 (37.5 % of
total species) (IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000)
Biodiversity/Ecosystems
Sao Tomé and Principe contains portions of the Gulf of Guinea Islands Forests,
Guinean-Congolian Coast Mangroves, and Gulf of Guinea Marine Ecosystems Global 200 Ecoregions (Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999)
Population
Population in 1995: 140,000 (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population density in 1995: 145.3 people/sq km (377.8 people/sq mi) (Natl. Geog. Soc. 1995)
Population in 1998: 150,123 (World
Almanac 1999)
Area
Area: 963 sq km (372 sq mi) (Natl.
Geog. Soc. 1995)
Economy
Per capita GDP ($ U.S.) (1996): $1,000 (World Almanac 1999)
References and Links
References: Groombridge & Jenkins 1994, IUCN 1996,
IUCN 2000, IUCN
2004, Natl. Geog.
Soc. 1995, Olson & Dinerstein 1998, Olson & Dinerstein 1999, World Almanac 1999
General Links (After you get to one of these sites, click on the link
for Sao Tomé and Principe): CIA
World Factbook, Foreign
Embassies of Washington, D.C., Library
of Congress - Country Studies, University
of Texas - Country Maps, Washington
Post - Countries, World
Resources Institute - Country Profiles; Links for Sao Tomé and
Principe: Sao
Tomé and Principe Page
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