Elephant Database
African Elephant Specialist Group

Mali
2016 African Elephant Status Report

All Years for Mali: 201620132007200219981995

Summary Totals for Mali

Estimates from SurveysGuesses% Known and
Possible Range
Area (km2)
Survey categoryEstimate± 95% CLFromTo
Informed Guesses2535151100.025,495
Totals 201525305151  
Totals 20063570141297  
Assessed Range100.025,495
Unassessed Range0.00
Total Range10025,495

Summary Totals for Mali

Data Category Definite Probable Possible Speculative
Informed Guesses2530510
Totals 20152530510
Totals 20063570141156

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report

 Estimates from SurveysGuessesArea
Cause of Change Estimate ± 95% CL From To% Known and PossibleTotal
New Guess-1040-90-246100.025,495
Totals-1040-90-246100.025,495

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report

Cause of Change Definite Probable Possible Speculative
New Guess-1040-90-156
Totals-1040-90-156

Interpretation of Changes in Estimates from Previous Report (2007 scaling)

Cause of Change Definite Probable Possible Speculative
New Guess-1040-90-156
Totals-1040-90-156

Area of Range Covered by Each Data Category (km²)

Data CategoryKnown RangePossible RangeTotal Range
Informed Guesses25,495025,495
Unassessed Range000
Totals25,495025,495

Mali: Elephant Estimates

Cause ofSurvey Details2 Number of Elephants Area Map Location
Input ZoneChange1TypeReliab.YearEstimate95% C.L. SourcePFS3 (km²) Lon. Lat.
Gourma
+ Gourma aerial survey zoneNGOD2015253Dias et al., 2015115,125 2.4W 15.4N
NGOD2015253Dias et al., 201515,125 2.4W 15.4N
+ Gourma: surrounding areaNGOD201551Ganame, pers. comm., 201511,287,763 3.5W 17.4N
NGOD201551Ganame, pers. comm., 20151,287,763 3.5W 17.4N

* 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.

Note that totals for the Definite, Probable, and Possible categories are derived by pooling the variances of individual estimates, as described at http://www.africanelephantdatabase.org/reliability. As a result, totals do not necessarily match the simple sum of the entries within a given category.

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