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1995 Continental Totals for Africa

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All Years for Africa: 2013 — 2007 — 2002 — 1998 — 1995

1995 Summary Totals for Africa

Data Category Definite Probable Possible Speculative
Aerial or Ground Total Counts 31,901 0 0 0
Aerial or Ground Sample Counts 253,342 21,557 21,557 0
Dung Counts 0 79,731 20,432 0
Informed Guesses, Undocumented Aerial or Dung Surveys and GIS Extrapolations 990 0 122,086 2,252
Other Guesses and Other Extrapolations 0 0 0 27,330
Totals 1995 286,233 101,288 164,075 29,582

Continental and Regional Totals and Data Quality

Region Definite Probable Possible Speculative Range Area (km²) % of Continental Range % of Range Assessed IQI1 PFS2
Central Africa 7,320 81,657 128,648 7,594 2,769,550 48 57 .22 1
Eastern Africa 90,482 16,707 20,000 1,084 1,075,362 19 31 .26 2
Southern Africa 170,837 16,382 27,113 15,350 1,725,798 30 50 .41 2
West Africa 2,760 1,376 5,035 5,554 227,088 4 49 .14 3
Totals 286,233 101,288 164,075 29,582 5,797,798 100 50 .33

1 IQI: Information Quality Index: This index quantifies overall data quality at the regional level based on the precision of estimates and the proportion of assessed elephant range (i.e. range for which estimates are available). The IQI ranges from zero (no reliable information) to one (perfect information).

2 PFS: 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.