Table 1. Specimens of endemic mammals and birds documented in Noe4D and number of endemic species and subspecies described for decades starting in 1920.
(Color code as in Fig 1; darker color for specimens with killed animals; lighter color for specimens without killed animals; number of taxa for species and subspecies recognized today in non colored lines in the form of ‘number of taxa with type material based on killed animals’ / ‘number of taxa with type material excluding killed animals’–excluding the taxa described and put in synonymy).
| Order | 1920–1930 | 1930–1940 | 1940–1950 | 1950–1960 | 1960–1970 | 1970–1980 | 1980–1990 | 1990–2000 | 2000–2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anseriformes | 89 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Galliformes | 31 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | 5 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Podicipediformes | 34 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 2 | - |
| - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Columbiformes | 121 | 103 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 18 |
| - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Mesitornithiformes | 53 | 28 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Pterocliformes | 24 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cuculiformes | 116 | 151 | 42 | 19 | 114 | 21 | 18 | 27 | 7 |
| - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Caprimulgiformes | 88 | 162 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 17 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Charadriiformes | 63 | 52 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Gruiformes | 111 | 144 | 25 | 13 | 26 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
| 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Pelecaniformes | 18 | 58 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | - |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Accipitriformes | 152 | 141 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 5 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Strigiformes | 49 | 42 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 14 |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Coraciiformes | 173 | 185 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 22 | 23 | 65 | 73 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Leptosomiformes | 30 | 35 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Psittaciformes | 48 | 45 | 10 | 22 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Falconiformes | 41 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Sub-total non-Passeriformes | 1241 | 1230 | 179 | 147 | 357 | 103 | 103 | 191 | 149 |
| 5 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Passeriformes | 1577 | 1813 | 273 | 134 | 390 | 326 | 349 | 1132 | 621 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 69 | |
| 5 | 20 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | |
| Sub-total birds | 2818 | 3043 | 452 | 281 | 747 | 429 | 452 | 1323 | 770 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 37 | 69 | |
| 10 | 24 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Afrosoricida | 90 | 217 | 31 | 27 | 291 | - | 171 | 2433 | 2279 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100 | |
| 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 | |
| Primata | 277 | 483 | 74 | 43 | 19 | 35 | 2 | 96 | 25 |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 167 | |
| - | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 24 / 21 | |
| Chiroptera | 45 | 141 | 42 | 39 | 609 | 13 | 101 | 344 | 3942 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 111 | |
| 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 11 | |
| Carnivora | 24 | 30 | 14 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Rodentia | 26 | 61 | 51 | 6 | 57 | 4 | 259 | 898 | 978 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 21 | |
| 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Sub-total mammals | 462 | 932 | 212 | 115 | 979 | 53 | 534 | 3792 | 7249 |
| 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 400 | |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 43 / 21 |