List of domestic and wild animals of Niger used for food, medicine or otherwise
The names of the animals are given in the following tables:
- Wild animals: reptiles
- Wild animals: birds
- Wild animals: mammals
- Wild animals: other animals
- Domestic animals
Each table is alphabetically ordered based on the scientific names. Note that generally the Zarma and Hausa names are used for alike animals as well. The basic information for wild animals is derived from EC-FAO (2000). The report does not always provide consistent spelling for Zarma and/or Hausa names for animals. Using the available sources and knowledge of Zarma, choices have been made and
sometimes spelling has been adapted. No changes have been made in Hausa spelling, English, Dutch and sometimes French names are derived from information available on the internet.
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Wild animals: reptiles
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Scientific name
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Zarma
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English
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Nederlands
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Français
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Hausa
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Agama agama
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danfane
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small common lizard
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kleine hagedis
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margouillat (petit lézard)
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kadangaré
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Bitis arietans
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gasama
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salamander
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salamander
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salamandres
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kasa
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Bufo spp.
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koroboto 1
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frog
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kikker
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grenouille
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Chamaeleo africanus
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damé
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(African) chameleon
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(Afrikaanse) kameleon
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caméléon (africain)
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hanweynia
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Crocodylus niloticus
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karé
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(Nile) crocodile
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(Nijl)krokodil
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crocodile
(de Nil)
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kada
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Eryx muelleri
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waïtam
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(sand) boa
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(zand)boa
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boa (d'Afrique occidentale)
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tandaka
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Geochelone sulcata
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kmbiti
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spurred tortoise
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spoorschildpad
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tortue terrestre
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kunkuru
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Naja nigricolis
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firssa
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cobra
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cobra
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cobra
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komourtiou
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Pelomedusa subrufa
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tchimbiti
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helmeted tortoise
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gehelmde schildpad
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tortue
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Python regius a
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kourkour
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ball python
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'konings'python
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python royal
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modoua
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Python sebea b
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gondi géri
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'rock' python
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'rots'python
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python de sebea
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mitiji
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Testudo sulcata
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ankura
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spur-thighed tortoises
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landschildpad
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tortue terrestre
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kahihiya
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Trionix triunguis
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youmaï
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inland water tortoise
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zoetwater schildpad
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torue d'eau douce
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.
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Varanus exanthematicus
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komni
2
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savannah monitor
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Savanne varaan
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varan des sables
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damo
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Varanus niloticus
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baou
3
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Nile monitor
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Nijlvaraan
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varan du Nil
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tsari
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a Dutch name is translation from French and Danish name (Kongephyton).
b English and Dutch name are translations from Danish 'Klippephyton'.
Names (also) given in FAO report
1
korboto (not in FAO)
2 baou
3 bâwu
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Wild animals: birds (curoyan)
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Scientific name
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Zarma
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English
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Nederlands
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Français
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Hausa
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Actophilornis africana
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haro-boŋ curo 1
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African jacana
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lelieloper
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jacana à poitrine dorée
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taaka bado
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Alopochen aegythiacus
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birkibirki cece
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Egyptian goose
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nijlgans
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oie d'Egypte
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makokha
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Anas acuta
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hen-daw
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pintail (duck)
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pijlstaart (eend)
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canard pilet
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dun-ya
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Anas clypeata
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fitifita
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shoveler (duck)
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slobeend
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canard souchet
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.
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Anas querquedula
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fitifita
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garganey (duck)
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zomertaling
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sarcelle d'été
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Ardea cinerea
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hoisa
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grey heron
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blauwe reiger
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héron cendré
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zalbé
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Balearica pavonina
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nkaago
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black crowned-crane
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zwarte kroonkraan
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grue couronnée
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garmaaka
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Bucorvus abyssinicus
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burtu
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northern ground hornbill
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Abessijnse hoornraaf
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grand calao
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burtu
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Bubulcus ibis
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bogobogo
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cattle egret
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koereiger
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héron garde-boeuf
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balbela
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Ciconia abdimii
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walia
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Abdim's stork
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regenooievaar
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cigogne d'Abdim.
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shamuwaa
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Columba guinea
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kolwen kirya
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speckled pigeon
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gespikkelde duif
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pigeon de Guinée
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huaral-wala
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Coracias abyssinicus
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dada
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Abyssinian roller
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Sahelscharrelaar
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roller d'Abyssine
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tsanwaka
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Dendrocygna fauve
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noru guya
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fulvous whistling-duck
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gele boomeend
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Dendrocygne fauve
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.
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Dendrocygna viduata
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noru guya
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white-faced whistling duck
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witwang boomeend
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Dendrocygne veuf
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Egretta alba
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koysa
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great egret
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grote zilverreiger
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grande aigrette
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Eupodotis senegalensis
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toka
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white-bellied bustard
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senegaltrap
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poule de pharaon
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tankarki
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Francolinus albo
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darfanda
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francolin
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frankolijn
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francolin
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kaza dutsi
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Gallinula chloropus
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harikuna
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common moorhen
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waterhoen
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poule d'eau
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kaza ruwa
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Numida melagris
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curo bi
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helmeted
guinea fowl
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helmparelhoen
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pintade
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zabo daji
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Oena capensis
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burtakoy 2
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namaqua dove
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langstaartduif (maskerduif)
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tourterelle de cap
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bardo
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Otis arabs
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tsourbela
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Sudan bustard
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trapgans
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grande outarde
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tujé
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Pelicanus rufescens
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kaarey wandey
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pink-backed pelican
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kroeskoppelikaan
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spatule d'Afrique
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kwasaa kwasaa
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Plectopterus gambiensis
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mekidimbo
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spur-winged goose
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(Gambiaanse) gans
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canard armé
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dun-ya
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Porphirio porphyrio
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dadar
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purple
swamp hen
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purperkoet
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poule sultane
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Psittacus erithacus
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aku
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African grey parrot
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grijze roodstaartpapegaai
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perroquet gris du Gaboŋ
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aku
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Pterocles exustus
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fitifita
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chestnut-bellied
sand grouse
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roodbuikzandhoen
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ganga du Sénégal
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Ptilopachus petrosus
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kubu gorwa
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stone partridge
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rotspatrijs
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poule de rochers
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kaza geza
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Sarkidiornis melanota
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hendow
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knob-billed goose
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knobbeleend
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canard casqué
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dun-ya
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Streptopelia vinacea
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kolwen
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vinaceous dove
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wijntortel
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tourterelle vineuse
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kurtia
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Struthio camalus
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taatagaye
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ostrich
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struisvogel
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autruche
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jiminaa
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Threskiornis aethiopicus
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gabou a
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sacred ibis
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heilige ibis
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ibis sacré
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shirwa
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Tockus erythrorynchus
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kotikoti
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(northern red-billed) hornbill
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neushoornvogel
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petit calao
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cillikowa
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Touraco sp.
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kolwen gubba
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touraco
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toerako
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touracos
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habja
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a noori guyya (Peace Corp Dictionairy)
Names (also) given in FAO report
1 haro-boŋ ciria
2 burtakooi
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Wild animals: mammals.
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Scientific name
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Zarma name
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English name
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Dutch name
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French name
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Hausa name
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Acinonyx jubatus
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mari
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cheetah
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jachtluipaard
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guépard
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.
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Adenota kob
(Kobus kob)
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bessa
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Senegal kob
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kob
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cobe de buffon
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maraya
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Alcelaphus buselaphus
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fondey
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Coke's hartbeest
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Coke's hartbeest
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bubale
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dari gomki
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Atelerix albiventis
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kunu
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hedgehog
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egel
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hérisson
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buchia
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Canus aureus
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zoŋo 1
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(golden) jackal
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jakhals
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chacal
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dilla
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Cercopithecus aethiops
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wankalga
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vervet monkey
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blauwaap
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singe vert (vervet)
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tsula
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Cyncerus caffer
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haw bi
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(Cape) buffalo
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(Afrikaanse) buffel
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buffle
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bawna
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Eidolon helvum
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gamagie
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flying fox
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vleermuis
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chauve-souris
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Erythrocebus patas
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foono kirey
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patas monkey
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patasaap
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singe rouge (patas)
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jan biri
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Gazella dorcas
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jeri 2
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dorcas gazelle
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dorcas gazelle
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gazelle dorcas
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bareywa
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Gazelle rufifrons
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jeri 2
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red-fronted gazelle
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Thomson's gazelle
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gazelle à flancs roux
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bareywa
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Giraffa camelopardalis
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ganji-yo 3
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giraffe
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giraf
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giraffe
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rakoumidaji
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Herpestes naso
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kaabi
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(long nosed) mongoose
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mangoeste
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mongouste
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tunku
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Hippopotamus amphibius
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baŋa 4
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hippopotame
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nijlpaard
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hippopotamus
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dorina
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Hippotragus equinus
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me kwaaray 5
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Roan antelope
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Roan antiloop
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antilope cheval
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gwanki
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Hystrix cristata
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hamkardji
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African crested porcupine
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gekuifd stekelvarken
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porc-épic du Nord de l'Afrique
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baï gouwa
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Ictonyx striatus
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bugdari
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striped polecat zorilla
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gestreepte bunzing
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zorille commun
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bugdari
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Kobus defassa
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ganji-farkay
6
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waterbuck
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waterbok
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cobe onctueux
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gwanbaza
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Lepus capensis
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tobey
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hare
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haas
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lièvre
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zoomo
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Loxodonta africana
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ce beri
7
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(African) elephant
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(Afrikaanse) olifant
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éléphant (africain)
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guiwa
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Lutra maculicollis
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hari hansi
8
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(spotted necked) otter
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(gevlekte) otter
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loutre (a cou tachete)
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karan ruwa
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Ourebia ourebi
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himbouka
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oribi
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oribi
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ourebi
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batsiya
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Panthera leo
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musu beri
9
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lion
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leeuw
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lion
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zaki
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Papio doguera
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foono bi
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baboon
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baviaan
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babouin
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bakin biri
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Phacochoerus aethiopicus
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birŋa
10
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desert warthog,
wild boar
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wrattenzwijn,
wild zwijn
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phacochère,
sanglier
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giado
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Sylvicapra grimmia
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buka
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common duiker
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Grimm's duiker
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céphalophe de Grimm
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gada
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Tragelaphus scriptus
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tuntungari
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bushbuck
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bosbok
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guib harnaché
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madje
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Trichechus senegalensis
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ayu
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West African manatee
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Westafrikaanse lamatijn
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lamantin
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.
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Viverra civetta
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zibda
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civet cat
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civetkat
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civette
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jibda
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Xerus erytropus
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kuregé/kogné
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squirrel
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eekhoorn
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ecureuil
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kuregé
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Names (also) given in FAO report
1 zogno
2 gueri, djeri
3 gandjiyo
4 bagna, bana
5 me kwaraï, me kwarey
6 gangui farka
7 kié béri
8 hari hensi
9 moussu béri, maussu béri
10
birnya, birgna, bilnya and birŋa are
probably different way of writing the
same word.
They refer to a wild species according to
Bornand.
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Wild animals: others
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Scientific name
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Zarma name
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English name
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Dutch name
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French name
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Hausa name
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Androctonus spp.
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dan
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scorpion
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schorpioen
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scorpion
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kunama
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Achatina fulica
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alokoto
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giant African land snail
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agaatslak
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achatine, de gros escargot terrestre
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Biomphalaria spp.
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loulou
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freshwater snail
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zoetwaterslak (drager van Schistosoma mansoni)
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escargot d'eau douce
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kakan kulii
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Bulinus spp.
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loulou
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freshwater snail
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zoetwaterslak (drager van Schistosoma mansoni)
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escargot d'eau douce
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kakan kulii
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Conus spp.
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loulou
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freshwater snail
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zoetwaterslak
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escargot d'eau douce
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kakan kulii
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Cyprea spp.
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norizé
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cyprea shell
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cyprea schelp
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cauri
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diyan wuri
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Dinothrombium spp.
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kaïdiya ize
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red velvet mite
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rode fluweel mijt
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mite
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damana
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Etheria elliptica
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diana
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freshwater mussel
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zoetwater mossel
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moule d'eau douce
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.
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Gryllus spp.
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kollo
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cricket
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krekel
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grillon
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tsagula
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Lynnea natalensis
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loulou
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freshwater snail
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zoetwaterslak
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escargot d'eau douce
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kakan kulii
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Mossamedessa abnormis
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dan beri
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'waltzing' spider
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walsende spin
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araignée valser
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roso roso
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Mutela dubia,
M. rostrata
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jingam
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freshwater mussels
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zoetwater mossels
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moules d'eau douce
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comba
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Myrmeleonidae
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gandafarkey
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common ant-lions (doodle bugs)
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mierenleeuwen
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fourmilions
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rakumikasa
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Nephila senegalensis
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dadara
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banded-legged golden orb-web spider
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spin met gestreepte poten
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araignée à patte rayé
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taw taw
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Pandanus spp.
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dan bi
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African emperor scorpions
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zwarte reuze schorpioen
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scorpion noir géant
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kunama
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Papilio demodocus
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alpha tiow-tiow
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(citrus swallowtail) butterfly
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vlinders
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papillons
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malam didi
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Poekilocerus spp.
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saji do 1
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locust, grasshopper
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veldsprinkhaan
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sauterelle/criquet (acridiens)
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houral tounfafia
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Polistes spp.
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hawlondi
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paper wasps
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veldwespen
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polistes
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rina
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Schizophilum spp.
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kondjandjé
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millipede
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duizendpoot
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mille-pattes
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daïdaya
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Sphodromantis spp.
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beri beri
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praying mantis
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bidsprinkhaan
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mante
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koki koki
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Names (also) given in FAO report
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Domestic animals
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Scientific name
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Zarma name
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English name
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Dutch name
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French name
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Hausa name
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Bovinae, bovini
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haw
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cow
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koe (rund)
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boeuf
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Camelus dromedarius
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yo
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dromedary
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dromedaris
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dromadaire
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.
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Canis lupus familiaris
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hansi
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dog
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hond
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chien
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.
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Capra hircus
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hincin
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goat
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geit
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chèvre
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.
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Columbella spp.
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tantabal;
kolnay
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pigeon
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duif |
pigeon
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Equus asinus
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farkay
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donkey
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ezel
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âne
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.
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Equus caballus
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bari
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horse
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paard
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cheval
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Felis sylvestris catus
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musu
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cat
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kat
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chat
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.
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Gallus domesticus
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goroŋo
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chicken
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kip
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poule
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Ovis aries
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feji
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sheep
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schaap
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mouton
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Sus domesticus
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alada |
pig |
varken |
cochon, porc |
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Last updated:
08 februari 2012
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