There's a lot of coverage on the more charismatic animals of Africa- namely the elephant, rhino, the lion- and all with good reason, too. The illegal wildlife trade, trophy hunting and specifically the ivory and rhino horn trade has successfully been mainstreamed into the news. However the lesser known species remain in the wild, unspoken for.
Here's the Who's Who of the critically endangered and endangered mammals in Africa, according to the IUCN.
Critically Endangered (52)
Addax
Aders' Duiker
African Wild Ass
Alaotra Reed Lemur
Black Rhinoceros
Black-and-white Ruffed Lemur
Blue-eyed Black Lemur
Bouvier’s Red Colobus
Claire's Mouse Lemur
Dama Gazelle
De Winton's Golden Mole
Diademed Sifaka
Dryas Monkey
Eastern Gorilla
Eisentraut's Mouse Shrew
Ethiopian Amphibious Rat
Fleurete's Sportive Lemur
Gerp's Mouse Lemur
Golden Bamboo Lemur
Golden-crowned Sifaka
Greater Bamboo Lemur
Harenna Shrew
Hill's Horseshoe Bat
Hirola
Indri
James' Sportive Lemur
Kipunji
Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat
Livingstone's Flying Fox
Lophuromys eisentrauti
Marohita Mouse Lemur
Miss Waldron’s Red Colobus
Mongoose Lemur
Mt Oku Hylomyscus
Mt. Kahuzi Climbing Mouse
Niger Delta Red Colobus
Nosy Be Sportive Lemur
Perrier’s Sifaka
Phillips’ Congo Shrew
Preuss’s Red Colobus
Red Ruffed Lemur
Riverine Rabbit
Rodrigues Flying Fox
Rondo Dwarf Galago
Sahafary Sportive Lemur
Sahamalaza Peninsula Sportive Lemur
Seychelles Sheath-tailed Bat
Sibree's Dwarf Lemur
Silky Sifaka
Western Gorilla
White-collared Lemur
Wimmer's Shrew
Endangered (136)
Abbott's Duiker
African Wild Dog
Ahmanson’s Sportive Lemur
Ankarana Sportive Lemur
Ansell's Shrew
Arnhold's Mouse Lemur
Arrogant Shrew
Ashy Red Colobus
Aye-aye
Baer's Wood Mouse
Bale Shrew
Barbary Macaque
Barbour’s Vlei Rat
Bemaraha Woolly Lemur
Betsileo Sportive Lemur
Betsileo Woolly Lemur
Bioko Forest Shrew
Blue Whale
Bokiboky
Bongolava Mouse Lemur
Bonobo
Burton’s Vlei Rat
Cameroon Soft-furred Mouse
Cameroonian Shrew
Chimpanzee
Collared Brown Lemur
Coquerel's Giant Mouse Lemur
Coquerel's Sifaka
Crowned Lemur
Crowned Sifaka
Danfoss' Mouse Lemur
Daraina Sportive Lemur
Desperate Shrew
Dieterlen's Brush-furred Mouse
Drill
Eastern Voalavo
Eisentraut's Striped Mouse
Ethiopian Wolf
Father Basilio's Striped Mouse
Fin Whale
Geata Mouse Shrew
Giant Golden Mole
Giant Mole Rat
Giant Thicket Rat
Golden-brown Mouse Lemur
Golden-rumped Sengi
Grandidier’s Vontsira
Grevy's Zebra
Grewcock's Sportive Lemur
Gunning's Golden Mole
Guramba Shrew
Holland's Sportive Lemur
Hubbard's Sportive Lemur
Isalo Serotine
Jenkins' Shrew Tenrec
Jentink's Duiker
Jolly's Mouse Lemur
Juliana's Golden Mole
Kihaule's Mouse Shrew
Long-tailed Big-footed Mouse
Lorenz Von Liburnau’s Woolly Lemur
Lowland Red Forest Rat
MacArthur's Mouse Lemur
Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat
Madame Berthe's Mouse Lemur
Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat
Margot Marsh's Mouse Lemur
Marley's Golden Mole
Mediterranean Monk Seal
Milne-Edward's Sifaka
Milne-Edwards's Sportive Lemur
Mittermeier's Mouse Lemur
Mittermeier's Sportive Lemur
Montagne D’ Ambre Fork-marked Lemur
Montane Mouse Shrew
Montane Shaggy Rat
Moore's Woolly Lemur
Mount Oku Rat
Mountain Nyala
Narrow-headed Shrew
Nile Lechwe
Northern Giant Mouse Lemur
Northern Shrew Tenrec
Nyika Burrowing Shrew
Okapi
Otto's Sportive Lemur
Pale Fork-marked Lemur
Pennant's Red Colobus
Petter's Tuft-tailed Rat
Praomys obscurus
Preuss’s Monkey
Pygmy Hippopotamus
Randrianasolo's Sportive Lemur
Ring-tailed Lemur
Roloway Monkey
Rumpi Mouse Shrew
Sambirano Fork-marked Lemur
Sambirano Mouse Lemur
Sambirano Woolly Lemur
Sanford's Brown Lemur
Sanje River Mangabey
Sao Tomé Collared Fruit Bat
São Tomé Free-tailed Bat
São Tomé Shrew
Scott's Sportive Lemur
Sei Whale
Simmons' Mouse Lemur
Slender-horned Gazelle
Small-toothed Sportive Lemur
Southern Woolly Lemur
Speke's Gazelle
Suncus aequatorius
Tana River Mangabey
Tana River Red Colobus
Tanzanian Shrew
Tanzanian Woolly Bat
Temminck’s Red Colobus
Udzungwa Red Colobus
Ugandan Shrew
Upper Guinea Red Colobus
Usambara Shrew
Van der Decken’s Sifaka
Van Zyl's Golden Mole
Verreaux's Sifaka
Vincent's Bush Squirrel
Walia Ibex
Western Falanouc
Western Gerbil
White-footed Sportive Lemur
White-fronted Lemur
White-naped Mangabey
White-tailed Mouse
White-tipped Tuft-tailed Rat
Wright's Sportive Lemur
Zanzibar (Kirk's) Red Colobus
Ziama Horseshoe Bat