Wolof words for Wild animals in Senegal

These are animals which you might come across in the north of Senegal.

janax ji
mouse picture
mouse or rat / souris ou rat		 lëg gi
hare picture
hare / lièvre		 golo gi
monkey picture
monkey / singe		 golo bu nuul bi
green monkey
green monkey / singe verte
yoolaan bi
genet picture
genet / genette
Genetta thierryi / Genetta tigrina
siiru si
wild cat picture
wild cat / chat sauvage
Felis libyca		 wel wi (njappati)
sand fox picture
sand fox / renard pâle
Vulpes pallida
till gi
jackal picture
jackal / chacal
Canis aurens
suññéel bi
hedgehog picture
hedgehog / hérisson
(Atelerix albiventris)
kund bi
badger picture
honey badger / ratel
Mellivora capensis
jab gi / wéxéñ wi
skunk picture

african skunk / zorille commun
Ictonyx striatus
stripped weasel / zorille de libye
Poecilictis libyca

bukki bi
hyena picture
hyena / hyène
Crocuta crocuta

xojox mi

Gambian sun squirrel
/ écureuil de Gambie
(Heliosciurus gambianus)

jaar ji / jaxar ji
squirrel picture
stripped ground squirrel
/ écureuil fouisseur
(Xerus erythropus)
mbaam-àll mi
warthog picture
warthog / phacochère		 sikkóor bi
mongroose picture
mongoose / mangouste
Ichneumia albicauda
Herpestus paludinosus
Mungos mungo
Herpestes sanguineus
Herpestes ichneumon

 

léebéer bi
hippo picture
hippopotamus / hippopotame
(Hippopotamus amphibius)
leraw bi
dugong picture
dugong / lamantin
Trichechus senegalensis
mbott mi
toad picture
toad / crapaud

Other animals of interest.

kéwél gi
gazelle picture
gazelle / gazelle
(Gazella rufifrons, Gazelle dorcas) 		kooba gi
antelope picture
roan antelope
/ antilope chevaline
(Hippotragus equinus) 		mbill mi
reedbuck picture
common reedbuck
/ cobe des roseaux
(Redunca redunca)
gaynde gi
lion picture
lion / lion
Panthera leo
njamala mi
giraffe picture
giraffe / girafe
(Giraffa camelopardalis) 		dàngin gi
gorilla picture
gorilla / gorille
saaw mi
porcupine picture
porcupine / porc-épic
Hystrix cristata		 njomboor ji
rabbit picture
rabbit / lapin

 

segg mi
leopard picture
leopard / panthère, léopard
(Panthera pardus) 		tene mi
cheetah picture
cheetah / guépard
(Acinonyx jubatus) 		wànga-lànga wi
rhinoceros
rhinoceros / rhinocéros
(Diceros bicornis)
ñey wi (ñay wi)
elephant picture
elephant / éléphant
(Lexodonta africana)
kaña gi
rat picture
black or ship rat, / gros rat
(Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus) 		mbeexeer
frog picture
frog / grenouille 		fasu àll wi
zebra pciture
zebra / zèbre		 nagu àll wi
buffalo picture
african buffalo /
buffle d'Afrique
Syncerus caffer
kax
civet picture
african civet /
civette d'Afrique
(Viverra civetta)

kancóoli gi

giant Gambian rat
/ rat géant de Gambie
(Cricetomys gambianus)

njaxat bi

aardvark / oryctérope
(Orycteropus afer) 		saafaandu gi

cape hunting dog
/ chien sauvage dÁfrique
(Lycaon pictus)
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