List of mammals that perform mass migrations explained
Mass migrations take place, or used to take place, by the following mammals:[1]
Africa:
North America:
North America and Eurasia:
Eurasia:
Of these migrations, those of the springbok, black wildebeest, blesbok, scimitar-horned oryx, and kulan have ceased.[2]
Notes and References
- Grant Harris. etal. Global decline in aggregated migrations of large terrestrial mammals. Endangered Species Research. 7. 55–76. Apr 2009. 10.3354/esr00173. free.
- Penny van Oosterzee. Wildebeest no more: The death of Africa's great migrations. New Scientist. December 9, 2017. Cites Harris et al. See figure.
