Animals Seen in Ghana 2008
(mammal nomenclature follows Kingdon, J. 2004. The Kingdon pocket guide to African mammals. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.)
Class Subclass Order Suborder Family Subfamily Genus Species Subspecies Common Name Notes
Mammalia - mammals Eutheria - placentals Primata - primates Catarrhini - apes & Old World monkeys Cercopithecidae - Old World monkeys Colobinae - colobid monkeys Colobus vellerosus Geoffroy's Pied Colobus Monkey
Cercopithecus aethiops sabaeus Callithrix (Green) Monkey
Cercopithecinae - cheek-pouch monkeys Cercopithecus patas Patas Monkey
Cercopithecus mona lowei Lowe's (Mona) Monkey
Papio anubis Olive Baboon
Galagonidae - galagos & bushbabies or owl - check songs
Chiroptera - bats Pteropodidae - Old World fruit bats Eidolon helvum Straw-coloured Fruit Bat
unident fruit bat over Lake Volta
unk unident light tan bat over Lake Volta
Insectivora - insectivores Erinaceidae - hedgehogs Atelerix albiventris African Hedgehog RK
Lagomorpha - rabbits & hares Lepridae - rabbits & hares Lepus saxatilis Scrub Hare
Rodentia - rodents Sciuridae - squirrels Protoxerus aubinnii Slender-tailed Squirrel
Paraxerus poensis Green Squirrel
Funisciurus pyrropus Fire-footed Rope Squirrel
unident ground squirrel sp 1 Richard's "ground squirrel"
Muridae unident rat in market see Richard's photo
Hystricomorpha Thryonomyidae - cane-rats Thryonomys swinderianus Marsh Cane-Rat (Grasscutter)
Pholidota - scaly ant-eaters Manidae - pangolins Phataginus tricuspis Tree Pangolin RK
Proboscidea - elephants Elephantidae - elephants Loxodonta africana African Bush Elephant
Artiodactyla - even-toed ungulates Hippopotamidae Hippopotamus amphibius Hippopotamus
Suidae - pigs Phacochoerus africanus Common Warthog
Bovidae - horned ruminants Bovinae - bovines Tragelaphus scriptus Bushbuck
Antilopinae - true antelopes Cephalophus rufilatus Red-flanked Duiker
Kobus ellipsiprymnus Waterbuck
Kobus kob Kob
Sarcopterygii - lobe-finned fish Dipnoi - lungfish Lepidosireniformes Protopteridae Protopterus annectens annectens African Lungfish local name = Jymanacuse
Reptilia Testudinata - turtles Trionychidae Trionyx triunguis African Softshell Turtle
Crocodylia - crocodiles Crocodylidae Crocodylus niloticu Nile Crocodile
Squamata - lizards & snakes Sauria - lizards Agamidae Agama agama africana Red-headed Agama Lizard male & female
Scincidae - skinks Mabuya quinquetaeniata Five-lined Skink male & female
Gekkonidae Hemidactulus mabouia Tropical (House) Gecko
Insecta - true insects Hymenoptera - ants & wasps Formicidae Apis mellifera africana African honey bee
unk mud wasp at Lake Volta - see photo
unk unident large black "bumble bee" see Richard's photo
unk 125 ant
Isoptera - termites unk unident red termite sp 1 mushroom nest
unk unident termite sp 2 sand castle nest
unk unident termite sp 3 shallow bulge on tree
unk unident termite sp 4 major lump in tree
Hemiptera - true bugs unk red true bug
Lepidoptera - butterflies & moths unk unident sp 1 see photos
unk unident sp 2 see photos
unk unident sp 3 see photos
unk unident sp 4 see photos
Diptera - flies Glossinidae Glossina sp tsetse fly at Mole
unk unident horse fly looking thing at Mole
unk unident smaller fly see photo of Richard's leg
Mantodea - mantises unk unident sp 1 Nigerian Flower Mantis?
Odonata - dragonflies & darners unk unident sp 1 see Lake Volta photo
unk unident sp 2 see Bobiri photo
Diplopoda - centipedes unk unident centipede
Chilopoda - millipedes unk unident millipede
Arachnida - spiders Araneae - spiders unk unident spider wolf spider like - see photo