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Animals in Ghana

28 mammal species are recorded in Ghana in this dataset, 9 of them in a threatened Red List category. Ghana sits in Africa, where 267 species are recorded in total. Every species below is listed because the range description of its IUCN Red List assessment names Ghana.

They belong to 10 families, the best represented being Cercopithecidae (7), Bovidae (5), Molossidae (4). By Red List category: 3 Critically Endangered, 5 Endangered, 1 Vulnerable, 6 Near Threatened, 12 Least Concern, 1 Data Deficient.

These counts come from the text of each assessment rather than from an official country checklist, so a species whose assessment names a region without naming Ghana is missing here, and a wide-ranging animal is counted in every country it crosses. All 28 of them have a full written profile.

Species recorded
28
Threatened
9
Continent
Africa
Data updated
August 9, 2026

Conservation status in Ghana

The most threatened species in Ghana

8 of the 9 species recorded here that the IUCN Red List places in a threatened category — Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered.

The families found in Ghana

  • Cercopithecidae 7
  • Bovidae 5
  • Molossidae 4
  • Anomaluridae 3
  • Soricidae 3
  • Manidae 2
  • Bathyergidae 1
  • Elephantidae 1

Every species recorded in Ghana

All 28 of them, written profiles first.

Where to go from Ghana

The countries in Africa that share the most species with Ghana, by number of species recorded in both.

Species data from the IUCN Red List; countries are derived from the range description of each assessment. Last refreshed on August 9, 2026.