Mammalogy in the Republic of Guinea: an overview of research from 1946 to 1996, a preliminary check‐list and a summary of research recommendations for the future

Abstract

(Uploaded by Plazi for the Bat Literature Project) The mammal fauna of Guinea is one of the least well-known in West Africa. This review has been prepared to bring together the scattered literature, and in the hope of stimulating research and identifying topics, geographical localities and habitats where knowledge is most limited. It covers some 411 biological publications, attempting to review all relevant material concerning terrestrial and freshwater aquatic mammals of Guinea published between 1946 and July 1996. Veterinary papers and those on domestic or introduced species have been excluded, as have those on Cetacea. Taxonomic literature is considered only insofar as it is relevant to biogeographical matters.