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Ghana - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity
Ghana is a country located in the west of Africa and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Côte d'Ivoire to the west, by Togo to the east and by Burkina Faso to the north, and by the Gulf of Guinea to the south. The following shows the distribution of animals in Ghana.
| Ghana | |
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Ghana
regionally extinct
in historic age |
 | Carnivora |
Cheetah |
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Ghana
extant species |
 | Aardvark |
Aardvark (Living fossil) |  | Hyrax |
Rock Hyrax ,
Western Tree Hyrax |  | Elephant |
African elephant (７．３m) |  | Primate |
Potto ,
Senegal Bushbaby ,
Prince Demidoff's Bushbaby,
Patas Monkey ,
Vervet Monkeys' ,
Diana Monkey ,
Mona Monkey ,
Campbell's Mona Monkey ,
Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey ,
Olive Baboon ,
Collared Mangabey ,
Sooty Mangabey ,
King Colobus ,
Ursine Colobus ,
Western Red Colobus ,
Olive Colobus ,
Chimpanzee |  | Rodent |
Beecroft's Flying Squirrel ,
Lord Derby's Scaly-tailed flying squirrel ,
Pel's Flying Squirrel ,
Long-eared Flying Mouse ,
Crested Porcupine ,
African Brush-tailed Porcupine ,
Striped Ground Squirrel ,
Ebian's Palm Squirrel,
Kintampo Rope Squirrel,
Red-cheeked Rope Squirrel,
Fire-footed Rope Squirrel,
Gambian Sun Squirrel,
Red-legged Sun Squirrel,
Small Sun Squirrel,
Green Bush Squirrel,
Forest Giant Squirrel,
Slender-tailed Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Cape Hare |  | Hedgehog |
Four-toed Hedgehog |  | Pangolin |
Giant Pangolin ,
Tree Pangolin ,
Long-tailed Pangolin |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Giant Forest Hog ,
Common Warthog ,
Red River Hog ,
Hippopotamus ,
Water Chevrotain ,
African Buffalo ,
Sitatunga ,
Bushbuck ,
Bongo (Stripe),
Giant Eland ,
Bay Duiker ,
Ogilby's Duiker ,
Black Duiker ,
Red-flanked Duiker ,
Yellow-backed Duiker ,
Blue Duiker ,
Maxwell's Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Red-fronted Gazelle ,
Royal Antelope ,
Oribi ,
Waterbuck ,
Kob ,
Bohor Reedbuck ,
Tsessebe ,
Hartebeest |  | Megabat |
Woermann's Bat ,
Angolan Rousette,
Egyptian Rousette ,
Little Collared Fruit Bat ,
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat ,
Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Franquet's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Veldkamp's Bat … total 12 species | | Carnivora |
African Palm Civet ,
Wild Cat (Spotted),
Serval (Spotted),
Caracal (Tufted large ear),
African Golden Cat ,
Lion (２．５m),
Leopard (Spotted),
Common Genet (Spotted),
Johnston's Genet (Spotted),
Haussa Genet (Spotted),
Rusty-spotted Genet (Spotted),
Striped Hyena ,
Spotted Hyena ,
Common Kusimanse ,
Slender Mongoose ,
Egyptian Mongoose ,
White-tailed Mongoose ,
Gambian Mongoose ,
Side-striped Jackal ,
African Wild Dog ,
African Clawless Otter ,
Spotted-necked Otter ,
Striped Polecat (Foul-smelling secretions),
Honey Badger |  | Crocodile |
Slender-snouted Crocodile ,
Nile Crocodile ,
Dwarf Crocodile |  | Goose |
Spur-winged Goose |  | Guineafowl |
White-breasted Guineafowl ,
Helmeted Guineafowl ,
Crested Guineafowl |  | Stork |
Yellow-billed Stork ,
African Openbill Stork ,
Abdim's Stork ,
Woolly-necked Stork ,
White Stork ,
Black Stork ,
Saddle-billed Stork ,
Marabou Stork |  | Ibis |
Sacred Ibis ,
Spot-breasted Ibis ,
Hadada Ibis ,
Glossy Ibis |  | Hornbill |
White-crested Hornbill ,
Black Dwarf Hornbill ,
Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill ,
Red-billed Hornbill ,
African Pied Hornbill ,
African Grey Hornbill ,
Piping Hornbill ,
Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill ,
Brown-cheeked Hornbill ,
Black-casqued Hornbill ,
Yellow-casqued Hornbill |  | Crane |
Black Crowned Crane |  | Pelican |
White Pelican ,
Pink-backed Pelican |  | Flamingo |
Lesser Flamingo |  | Parrot |
African Grey Parrot ,
Cape Parrot ,
Jardine's Parrot ,
Senegal Parrot ,
Rose-ringed Parakeet ,
Red-faced Lovebird ,
Black-collared Lovebird |  | tree |
African Baobab |
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Ghana
marine extant
species |
 | Sea-cow |
African Manatee |  | Turtle |
Olive Ridley ,
Leatherback turtle |  | Ray |
Smalltooth sawfish ,
Common sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (１２m),
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako |  | Marlin |
Atlantic sailfish ,
Atlantic Blue Marlin ,
Atlantic White Marlin |
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Ghana
small extant
species |
 | Frog (CR) |
(Conraua derooi) | | Frog (EN) |
(Hyperolius bobirensis) ,
(Hyperolius torrentis) ,
(Phrynobatrachus annulatus) ,
(Phrynobatrachus ghanensis) ,
(Amnirana occidentalis) |
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