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Wildlife Trends in Liberia and Sierra Leone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

P. T. Robinson
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Abstract

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In an eight-month field study of the pygmy hippopotamus, an endangered Red Book species, the author was able to make some assessment of the status of other animals in Liberia and Sierra Leone and shows how the danger is increasing for most of them. Chimpanzees in particular are exported in large numbers, and in order to catch the young animals whole family groups may be eliminated.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 11 , Issue 2-3 , September 1971 , pp. 117 - 122
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1971

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