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Guinea - Animals in the Habitats, and Biodiversity
Guinea is a country located in the west of Africa and the tropical zone. It is bordered by Guinea Bissau, Senegal, Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone, and by the Atlantic Ocean to the south-west. The following shows the distribution of animals in Guinea.
| Guinea | |
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Guinea regionally extinct in historic age |
 | Even-toed ungulate |
Giraffe (5m) |  | Carnivora |
Cheetah |
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Guinea extant species |
 | Tenrec |
Nimba Otter Shrew |  | 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 ,
Campbell's Mona Monkey ,
Lesser Spot-nosed Monkey ,
Guinea Baboon ,
Olive Baboon ,
Collared Mangabey ,
Sooty Mangabey ,
King Colobus ,
Western Red Colobus ,
Olive Colobus ,
Chimpanzee |  | Rodent |
Beecroft's Flying Squirrel ,
African Brush-tailed Porcupine ,
Striped Ground Squirrel ,
Fire-footed Rope Squirrel,
Gambian Sun Squirrel,
Red-legged Sun Squirrel,
Small Sun Squirrel,
Green Bush Squirrel |  | Rabbit |
Cape Hare ,
African Savanna Hare |  | Hedgehog |
Four-toed Hedgehog |  | Even-toed ungulate |
Giant Forest Hog ,
Common Warthog ,
Red River Hog ,
Hippopotamus ,
Pygmy Hippopotamus ,
Water Chevrotain ,
African Buffalo ,
Sitatunga ,
Bushbuck ,
Bongo (Stripe),
Bay Duiker ,
Ogilby's Duiker ,
Black Duiker ,
Red-flanked Duiker ,
Yellow-backed Duiker ,
Zebra Duiker ,
Blue Duiker ,
Maxwell's Duiker ,
Common Duiker ,
Roan Antelope ,
Royal Antelope ,
Oribi ,
Waterbuck ,
Kob ,
Bohor Reedbuck ,
Hartebeest |  | Megabat |
Woermann's Bat ,
Angolan Rousette,
Egyptian Rousette ,
Little Collared Fruit Bat ,
Hammer-headed Fruit Bat ,
Buettikofer's Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Gambian Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Peter's Dwarf Epauletted Fruit Bat ,
Veldkamp's Bat ,
Zenker's Fruit Bat |  | Pangolin |
Giant Pangolin ,
Tree Pangolin |  | Carnivora |
African Palm Civet ,
Wild Cat (Spotted),
Serval (Spotted),
Caracal (Tufted large ear),
African Golden Cat ,
Lion (2.5m),
Leopard (Spotted),
African Civet (Spotted),
Johnston's Genet (Spotted),
Rusty-spotted Genet (Spotted),
Striped Hyena ,
Spotted Hyena ,
Egyptian Mongoose ,
Liberian Mongoose ,
African Wild Dog ,
Pale Fox ,
African Clawless Otter ,
Spotted-necked Otter ,
Striped Polecat (Foul-smelling secretions) |  | Crocodile |
Slender-snouted Crocodile ,
Nile Crocodile ,
Dwarf Crocodile |  | Goose |
Spur-winged Goose ,
Egyptian Goose |  | Guineafowl |
Helmeted Guineafowl ,
Crested Guineafowl |  | Stork |
Yellow-billed Stork ,
African Openbill Stork ,
Woolly-necked Stork ,
White Stork ,
Saddle-billed Stork ,
Marabou Stork |  | Ibis |
Sacred Ibis ,
Spot-breasted Ibis ,
Hadada Ibis ,
African Spoonbill |  | 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 |  | Turaco |
Green Turaco ,
Yellow-billed Turaco ,
Violet Turaco ,
Grey Plantain-eater ,
Great Blue Turaco |  | Crane |
Black Crowned Crane |  | Pelican |
White Pelican ,
Pink-backed Pelican |  | Flamingo |
Lesser Flamingo ,
American Flamingo |  | Parrot |
African Grey Parrot ,
Jardine's Parrot ,
Senegal Parrot ,
Rose-ringed Parakeet ,
Red-faced Lovebird |
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Guinea marine extant species |
 | Sea-cow |
African Manatee |  | Dolphin |
Atlantic Humpback Dolphin ,
Atlantic Spotted Dolphin ,
Clymene Dolphin ,
Short-beaked Common Dolphin ,
Fraser's Dolphin ,
Melon-headed Whale ,
Pygmy Killer Whale ,
Orca |  | Turtle |
Green turtle ,
Olive Ridley |  | Ray |
Manta ray ,
Smalltooth sawfish |  | Shark |
Whale shark (12m),
Scalloped hammerhead ,
Shortfin mako ,
Porbeagle shark |  | Marlin |
Atlantic sailfish ,
Atlantic Blue Marlin ,
Atlantic White Marlin |  | Tuna |
Northern bluefin tuna |
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Guinea small extant species |
 | Bat (CR) |
Lamotte's Roundleaf Bat |  | Bat (EN) |
Maclaud's Horseshoe Bat |  | Frog (CR) |
Western Nimba Toad |  | Frog (EN) |
Guinea Screeching Frog ,
(Phrynobatrachus annulatus) ,
(Amnirana occidentalis) |
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