The Adrar des Iforas, in Mali, is zoologically a poorly known massif. Located in Southern Sahara, and with some 100 mm annual rainfall, it retains some elements of the ethiopian fauna. In 50 years, largest mammals disappeared almost completely through the combined effect of drought, gun and car. Only Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia, common gazelle, Gaze/la dorcas, and striped hyaena, Hyaena striata, remain there. Three bat species were recently caught : Nycteris thebaica (first record for Mali), Asellia tridens (first record for Mali), and Nycticeius schlieffeni. Three rodents species, too, were hand-caught : the Southern gundi Massoutiera mzabi (first recorded in Mali, where it was expected, as it is known from nearby Hoggar), the Small sand gerbil, Gerbil/us gerbillus, and the Nile rat, Arvicanthis sp. (northernmost capture in Mali for this genus).Resume. -Le massif de l'Adrar des Iforas, au Mali, est zoologiquement peu connu. Situe au sud du Sahara, il retient quelques elements de la faune ethiopienne, avec une pluviosite annuelle osculant autour de 100 mm. La grande faune mammalienne a pratiquement disparu on 50 ans, victime de la secheresse et de l'association du fusil et de l'automobile ; il ne subsiste que le mouflon, Ammoiragus lervia, et la gazelle, Gazella dorcas, parmi les Ongules ; la hyene rayee est le plus gros des Carnivores qui subsistent. Parmi les Chiropteres, les auteurs signalent la capture de Nycteris thebaica (premiere mention au Mali), d'Axellia tridens (premiere mention au Mali), et de Nycticeius schlieffeni. Parmi les Rongeurs, le goundi Massoutiera mzabi a ete collecte pour la premiere fois au Mali : la presence de cet animal, connu au Hoggar proche, etait attendue dans 1'Adrar. Gerbillus gerbillus a etc capture egalement, ainsi qu 1 Arvicanthis sp. ; un individu de ce dernier genre a ete capture dans un oued : c'est la capture la plus septentrionale connue au Mali pour ce genre.Zoologiquement, et botaniquement le moins connu des Massifs Centraux sahariens, PAdrar des Iforas est peuple de Mammiferes pleinement sahariens et de relictes ethiopiennes. Recemment, Tun de nous (E.A.S.) a collecte quelques individus interessants de la petite faune ä Kidal (le chef-lieu du cercle) et dans un rayon de quelques dizaines de kilometres autour de cette derniere localite.
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