Wildlife of Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone has 15 identified species of primates that include bushbaby, monkeys and a great ape, the common chimpanzee which is Sierra Leone's largest primate. Chimpanzees are found across the country with the 2010 chimpanzee census estimated a wild population in excess of 5500 more than double the number previously thought to live in the country. This is the second largest population of the endangered subspecies of western chimpanzee, after Guinea,
with the largest density in the Loma area, 2.69 individuals per km2, and the Outamba, with 1.21 individuals per km2.
Largest prehistoric animals
There is much controversy over the largest-known of these reptiles. Fossil remains of a pliosaur nicknamed as "Predator X" have been discovered and excavated from Norway in 2008. This pliosaur has been estimated at in length and in weight. However, in 2002, a team of paleontologists in Mexico discovered the remains of a pliosaur nicknamed as "Monster of Aramberri", which is also estimated at in length. This species is, however, claimed to be a juvenile and has been attacked by a larger pliosaur. Some media sources claimed that "Monster of Aramberri" was a "Liopleurodon" but its species is unconfirmed thus far.
Another very large pliosaur was "Pliosaurus macromerus", known from a single incomplete mandible. It may have reached , assuming the skull was about 17% of the total body length.