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This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Ghana.Of the mammal species in Ghana, five are endangered, eleven are vulnerable, and fourteen are near threatened. [1]The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Ghana is an important country for dozens of vulnerable, threatened, endangered, critically endangered or near-extinct mammalian species including the primates common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) and western red colobus (Piliocolobus badius), the big cats lion (Panthera leo) and leopard (Panthera pardus), African bush elephant (Loxodonta ...
A dark-coloured leopard skin from Central Africa A leopard in the Serengeti The African leopard exhibits great variation in coat color, depending on location and habitat. Coat colour varies from pale yellow to deep gold or tawny, and sometimes black , and is patterned with black rosettes while the head, lower limbs and belly are spotted with ...
Mole National Park, one of Ghana's seven national parks, is the country's largest wildlife refuge. [1] [2] The park is located in the Savannah region of Ghana on savanna and riparian ecosystems at an elevation of 50 m, with a sharp escarpment forming the southern boundary of the park. The Park is 24 km from Damongo, the district capital, 146 km ...
It is one of only 3 locations in Africa with a canopy walkway, [8] which is 350 metres (1,150 ft) long and connects seven tree tops which provides access to the forest. [6] [9] The most notable endangered species of fauna in the park are Diana monkey, [10] giant bongo antelope, [11] yellow-backed duiker [12] and African elephant. [13]
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The Zanzibar leopard was described as a leopard subspecies by Reginald Innes Pocock, who proposed the scientific name Panthera pardus adersi in 1932. [6] Following molecular genetic analysis of leopard samples, it was subsumed to the African leopard (P. p. pardus) in 1996. [7] [8] However, some authors continue to use P. p. adersi. [9]
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