Sunday, May 2, 2010

Guinea - Animals in the Habitats and the Fossil sites, and Biodiversity

Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve consisting of the savanna and tropical forests is UNESCO World Heritage. However, it was listed World Heritage in Danger in 1992. It seems to be sacrificed about decided Resource Development. The research and the protection of the chimpanzee are done in Mount Nimba and the surrounding.

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.
Guinea
Guinea
regionally extinct
in historic age
Even-toed ungulateGiraffe
CarnivoreCheetah
Guinea
extant species
TenrecNimba Otter Shrew
HyraxRock Hyrax, Western Tree Hyrax
ElephantAfrican elephant
PrimatePotto, 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
RodentBeecroft'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
LagomorphCape Hare, African Savanna Hare
HedgehogFour-toed Hedgehog
Even-toed ungulateGiant Forest Hog, Common Warthog, Red River Hog, Hippopotamus, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Water Chevrotain, African Buffalo, Sitatunga, Bushbuck, Bongo, 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
BatLamotte's Roundleaf Bat
MegabatWoermann'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
PangolinGiant Pangolin, Tree Pangolin
CarnivoreAfrican Palm Civet, Wild Cat, Serval, Caracal, African Golden Cat, Lion, Leopard, African Civet, Johnston's Genet, Rusty-spotted Genet, Striped Hyena, Spotted Hyena, Egyptian Mongoose, Liberian Mongoose, African Wild Dog, Pale Fox, African Clawless Otter, Spotted-necked Otter, Striped Polecat
CrocodileSlender-snouted Crocodile, Nile Crocodile, Dwarf Crocodile
endangered FrogWestern Nimba Toad
GooseSpur-winged Goose, Egyptian Goose
GuineafowlHelmeted Guineafowl, Crested Guineafowl
Stork
IbisSacred Ibis, Spot-breasted Ibis, Hadada Ibis, African Spoonbill
HornbillWhite-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
TuracoGreen Turaco, Yellow-billed Turaco, Violet Turaco, Grey Plantain-eater, Great Blue Turaco
CraneBlack Crowned Crane
PelicanWhite Pelican, Pink-backed Pelican
FlamingoLesser Flamingo, American Flamingo
ParrotAfrican Grey Parrot, Jardine's Parrot, Senegal Parrot, Rose-ringed Parakeet, Red-faced Lovebird
Guinea
marine species
SireniaAfrican Manatee
DolphinAtlantic Humpback Dolphin, Atlantic Spotted Dolphin, Clymene Dolphin, Short-beaked Common Dolphin, Fraser's Dolphin, Melon-headed Whale, Pygmy Killer Whale, Orca
TurtleGreen turtle, Olive Ridley
RayManta ray, Smalltooth sawfish
SharkWhale shark, Scalloped hammerhead, Shortfin mako, Porbeagle shark
MarlinAtlantic sailfish, Atlantic Blue Marlin, Atlantic White Marlin
TunaNorthern bluefin tuna
The following sites are the natural habitats of wildlife, where various species are seen, in Guinea.
Guinea
Mount Nimba
Strict Nature Reserve

[World Heritage]
Mountainous area
HyraxRock Hyrax, Western Tree Hyrax
PrimatePotto, Senegal Bushbaby, Diana Monkey, King Colobus, Western Red Colobus, Chimpanzee
RodentGreater Cane Rat, Forest Giant Squirrel
Even-toed ungulateDesert Warthog, Red River Hog, African Forest Buffalo*, Bushbuck, Bay Duiker, Black Duiker, Maxwell's Duiker
PangolinGiant Pangolin, Tree Pangolin, Long-tailed Pangolin
CarnivoreNimba Otter Shrew, African Palm Civet, African Golden Cat, Lion, Leopard, Johnston's Genet, Servaline Genet, Rusty-spotted Genet, Malabar Large-spotted Civet, Slender Mongoose, African Clawless Otter
FrogGuinea Screeching Frog, Zaire Toad, Liberia Nimba Toad, Western Nimba Toad, Rainforest Running Frog
HornbillRed-billed Dwarf Hornbill, African Pied Hornbill, Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill, Black-casqued Hornbill, Yellow-casqued Hornbill
KingfisherWhite-bellied Kingfisher, Dwarf Kingfisher, Chocolate-backed Kingfisher
TuracoGreen Turaco, Yellow-billed Turaco
RaptorCassin's Hawk-eagle
OwlSandy Scops-owl, Fraser's Eagle-owl, Shelley's Eagle-owl, Rufous Fishing-owl
birdAfrican Lemon-dove, Western Wattled Cuckoo-shrike, White-necked Rockfowl, Yellow-throated Olive Greenbul, Green-tailed Bristlebill, Sharpe's Apalis, Sierra Leone Prinia, Nimba Flycatcher, Grey-winged Robin-chat
Badiar
National Park

[Biosphere Reserve]
Savannah forest
ElephantAfrican elephant
PrimateChimpanzee
Even-toed ungulateGiant Eland
CarnivoreLion, Spotted Hyena
Haut Niger
National Park

[Biosphere Reserve]
Forest area
PrimateChimpanzee
PangolinGiant Pangolin
Even-toed ungulateKob
CarnivoreLion, Gambian Mongoose, Spotted-necked Otter

Wildlife's class - mammal, reptile (dinosaur), amphibia, bird, fish, arthropod (insect), molluscs, cnidarian, echinoderm (others), plant
Redlist Categories & Criteria - Extinct, Extinct in the Wild, Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable, others
The italic shows endemic species. * after the name shows subspecies. ~ after the name shows family or genus.
          shows maga species.          shows rare and interesting species.
Area attribute - regionally extinct in historic age, regionally extant species, regionally marine species, UNESCO World Heritage, UNESCO World Hertage Tentative List, UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, Ramsar Site
Habitat environment - Rainforest, Savannah, Desert area, Mountainous area, Wetland, Forest area, Coastal area, Marine park, Tundra area, Colony, Nesting site
Geologic age - Paleozoic (Cambrian, Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, Carboniferous, Permian), Mesozoic (Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous), Cenozoic (Paleocene, Eocene, Oligocene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Holocene), Quaternary (Pleistocene, Holocene)


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