Democratic Republic of Congo, 1995

All Years for Democratic Republic of Congo: 2016 — 2013 — 2007 — 2002 — 1998 — 1995

1995 Summary Totals for Democratic Republic of Congo

Data Category	Definite	Probable	Possible
Aerial or Ground Total Counts	469	0	0
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts	4,001	7,174	7,174
Dung Counts	0	6,000	1,000
Informed Guesses, Undocumented Aerial or Dung Surveys and GIS Extrapolations	0	0	57,800
Total	4,470	13,174	65,974

No changes between current and previous report.

Democratic Republic of Congo : Elephant Estimates

	Survey Details²			Number of Elephants				Area	Map Location
Input Zone	Type	Reliab.	Year	Estimate	95% C.L.	Source	PFS³	(km²)	Lon.	Lat.
Bushimae	IG3	D	1987	120		Won wa Musiti, Quest. Reply, 1991	3	5,266	23.0E	7.4S
Garamba National Park and Surrounding Reserves	AS2	B	1995	11,175	7,174	Smith et al., 1995a	2	15,125	29.3E	4.0N
Ituri	IG3	D	1989	6,730		Alers et al., 1992	2	30,000	27.3E	2.1N
Kahuzi-Biega National Park	IG3	D	1989	9,000		Alers et al., 1992	3	6,000	28.1E	2.1S
Lomami	IG3	D	1989	8,000		Alers et al., 1992	2	32,000	24.7E	1.2S
Maiko National Park	DC2	C	1992	6,000	1,000	Hart & Sikubwabo, 1994	3	10,800	27.6E	0.4S
Rest of Forest	IG3	D	1989	27,620		Alers et al., 1992	1	1,061,000	23.4E	0.5N
Salonga Nord National Park	IG3	D	1989	2,650		Alers et al., 1992	2	19,000	21.7E	1.6S
Salonga Sud National Park	IG3	D	1989	3,680		Alers et al., 1992	3	17,000	20.9E	2.5S
Virunga National Park	AT2	A	1990	469	0	Aveling, 1990	3	7,506	29.5E	0.4S

* Range of informed guess

¹Key to Causes of Change (only tracked since 2007): DA: Different Area; DD: Data Degraded; DT: Different Technique; NA: New Analysis; NG: New Guess; NP: New population; PL: Population Lost; RS: Repeat Survey (RS ́ denotes a repeat survey that is not statistically comparable for reasons such as different season); –––: No Change

²Key to Survey Types: AC: Aerial Count, not specified; AS: Aerial Sample Count; AT: Aerial Total Count; DC: Dung Count; EX: Extrapolation from GIS; GD: Genetic Dung Count; GS: Ground Sample Count; GT: Ground Total Count; IG: Informed Guess; IR: Individual Registration; OG: Other Guess. Survey Type is followed by an indicator of survey quality, ranked from 1 to 3 (best to worst). Survey Reliability is keyed A-E (best to worst) as outlined in this table.

³PFS: Priority for Future Surveys, ranked from 1 to 5 (highest to lowest). Based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of national range accounted for by the site in question, PFS is a measure of the importance and urgency for future population surveys. All areas of unassessed range have a priority of 1. See Introduction for details on how the PFS is derived.

Please note that in the 1995 African Elephant Status Report, this country was named Zaire, as that was its official name at the time.