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Animals in Ghana

14 animal species on file have openly licensed sighting records from Ghana, 6 of them threatened. Records include captive animals and introduced populations.

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Species recorded
14
Threatened
6
Groups represented
6
Sighting records
436
Fiji: 11 speciesTanzania: 21 speciesW. Sahara: 8 speciesCanada: 38 speciesUnited States of America: 61 speciesKazakhstan: 13 speciesUzbekistan: 10 speciesPapua New Guinea: 11 speciesIndonesia: 26 speciesArgentina: 22 speciesChile: 18 speciesDem. Rep. Congo: 21 speciesSomalia: 13 speciesKenya: 20 speciesSudan: 21 speciesChad: 12 speciesHaiti: 9 speciesDominican Rep.: 10 speciesRussia: 32 speciesBahamas: 12 speciesFalkland Is.: 5 speciesNorway: 26 speciesGreenland: 14 speciesFr. S. Antarctic Lands: 15 speciesTimor-Leste: 5 speciesSouth Africa: 35 speciesLesotho: 6 speciesMexico: 28 speciesUruguay: 13 speciesBrazil: 31 speciesBolivia: 9 speciesPeru: 17 speciesColombia: 19 speciesPanama: 18 speciesCosta Rica: 19 speciesNicaragua: 13 speciesHonduras: 12 speciesEl Salvador: 12 speciesGuatemala: 13 speciesBelize: 16 speciesVenezuela: 15 speciesGuyana: 8 speciesSuriname: 12 speciesFrance: 45 speciesEcuador: 18 speciesPuerto Rico: 13 speciesJamaica: 10 speciesCuba: 14 speciesZimbabwe: 14 speciesBotswana: 12 speciesNamibia: 33 speciesSenegal: 21 speciesMali: 11 speciesMauritania: 7 speciesBenin: 17 speciesNiger: 9 speciesNigeria: 21 speciesCameroon: 14 speciesTogo: 7 speciesGhana: 14 speciesCôte d'Ivoire: 17 speciesGuinea: 11 speciesGuinea-Bissau: 8 speciesLiberia: 12 speciesSierra Leone: 12 speciesBurkina Faso: 6 speciesCentral African Rep.: 12 speciesCongo: 10 speciesGabon: 11 speciesEq. Guinea: 13 speciesZambia: 12 speciesMalawi: 12 speciesMozambique: 15 specieseSwatini: 8 speciesAngola: 14 speciesBurundi: 8 speciesIsrael: 26 speciesLebanon: 16 speciesMadagascar: 14 speciesPalestine: 11 speciesGambia: 9 speciesTunisia: 14 speciesAlgeria: 19 speciesJordan: 13 speciesUnited Arab Emirates: 13 speciesQatar: 9 speciesKuwait: 10 speciesIraq: 13 speciesOman: 16 speciesVanuatu: 8 speciesCambodia: 8 speciesThailand: 22 speciesLaos: 8 speciesMyanmar: 13 speciesVietnam: 19 speciesNorth Korea: 4 speciesSouth Korea: 15 speciesMongolia: 12 speciesIndia: 33 speciesBangladesh: 12 speciesBhutan: 9 speciesNepal: 12 speciesPakistan: 16 speciesAfghanistan: 11 speciesTajikistan: 9 speciesKyrgyzstan: 9 speciesTurkmenistan: 7 speciesIran: 20 speciesSyria: 15 speciesArmenia: 13 speciesSweden: 36 speciesBelarus: 15 speciesUkraine: 24 speciesPoland: 25 speciesAustria: 22 speciesHungary: 18 speciesMoldova: 14 speciesRomania: 18 speciesLithuania: 18 speciesLatvia: 18 speciesEstonia: 23 speciesGermany: 51 speciesBulgaria: 20 speciesGreece: 21 speciesTurkey: 23 speciesAlbania: 15 speciesCroatia: 20 speciesSwitzerland: 20 speciesLuxembourg: 19 speciesBelgium: 32 speciesNetherlands: 42 speciesPortugal: 32 speciesSpain: 36 speciesIreland: 26 speciesNew Caledonia: 17 speciesSolomon Is.: 8 speciesNew Zealand: 23 speciesAustralia: 36 speciesSri Lanka: 12 speciesChina: 24 speciesTaiwan: 18 speciesItaly: 28 speciesDenmark: 40 speciesUnited Kingdom: 43 speciesIceland: 16 speciesAzerbaijan: 10 speciesGeorgia: 16 speciesPhilippines: 20 speciesMalaysia: 17 speciesBrunei: 5 speciesSlovenia: 18 speciesFinland: 28 speciesSlovakia: 17 speciesCzechia: 24 speciesEritrea: 7 speciesJapan: 49 speciesParaguay: 7 speciesYemen: 14 speciesSaudi Arabia: 16 speciesCyprus: 13 speciesMorocco: 23 speciesEgypt: 23 speciesLibya: 9 speciesEthiopia: 12 speciesDjibouti: 6 speciesUganda: 14 speciesRwanda: 11 speciesBosnia and Herz.: 13 speciesMacedonia: 14 speciesSerbia: 16 speciesMontenegro: 17 speciesTrinidad and Tobago: 11 speciesS. Sudan: 10 species
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Which well-known animals are recorded in Ghana?

The most looked-up species with records here.

VU, Vulnerable
Leopard (Panthera pardus)

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Felidae

DD, Data Deficient
Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Apidae

What kinds of animals are recorded in Ghana?

  1. Mammals

    grey wolf, leopard, african bush elephant, chimpanzee

    4 species

  2. Birds

    peregrine falcon, common ostrich, western barn owl

    3 species

  3. Reptiles

    green turtle, nile crocodile

    2 species

  4. Fish

    great white shark, ocean sunfish, whale shark

    3 species

  5. Insects

    honey bee

    1 species

  6. Arachnids

    emperor scorpion

    1 species

Which threatened animals are recorded in Ghana?

Species listed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List. The category is global, not specific to Ghana.

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerable4
Great white sharkCarcharodon carchariasLamnidaeVulnerable1
Ocean sunfishMola molaMolidaeVulnerable1
Whale sharkRhincodon typusRhincodontidaeEndangered1
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangered23
ChimpanzeePan troglodytesHominidaeEndangered21

All animals recorded in Ghana

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusRecords here
Grey wolfCanis lupusCanidaeLeast Concern4
Peregrine falconFalco peregrinusFalconidaeLeast Concern117
Common ostrichStruthio camelusStruthionidaeLeast Concern4
LeopardPanthera pardusFelidaeVulnerable4
Western barn owlTyto albaTytonidaeLeast Concern141
Honey beeApis melliferaApidaeData Deficient48
Great white sharkCarcharodon carchariasLamnidaeVulnerable1
Green turtleChelonia mydasCheloniidaeLeast Concern27
Ocean sunfishMola molaMolidaeVulnerable1
Whale sharkRhincodon typusRhincodontidaeEndangered1
African bush elephantLoxodonta africanaElephantidaeEndangered23
ChimpanzeePan troglodytesHominidaeEndangered21
Nile crocodileCrocodylus niloticusCrocodylidaeLeast Concern28
Emperor scorpionPandinus imperatorScorpionidaeNot recorded16

Method: a species is listed if GBIF holds at least one CC0 or CC BY occurrence record for it in Ghana. Zoo animals, escapes and introduced populations are included, and native species nobody has recorded are missing. See the methodology.