Volta Highlands - Africa
Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Togo
Area
8604 km²
Elevation
12 - 1202 m
Hierarchy
Higher Ranges
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Artiodactyla
Bay duiker
Cephalophus dorsalis
Black duiker
Cephalophus niger
Red-flanked duiker
Cephalophus rufilatus
Yellow-backed duiker
Cephalophus silvicultor
Kob
Kobus kob
Red river hog
Potamochoerus porcus
African buffalo
Syncerus caffer
Bongo (antelope)
Tragelaphus eurycerus
Harnessed bushbuck
Tragelaphus scriptus
Carnivora
African clawless otter
Aonyx capensis
Marsh mongoose
Atilax paludinosus
African civet
Civettictis civetta
Common kusimanse
Crossarchus obscurus
Rusty-spotted genet
Genetta maculata
Hausa genet
Genetta thierryi
Egyptian mongoose
Herpestes ichneumon
Spotted-necked otter
Hydrictis maculicollis
White-tailed mongoose
Ichneumia albicauda
Serval
Leptailurus serval
Honey badger
Mellivora capensis
Gambian mongoose
Mungos gambianus
African palm civet
Nandinia binotata
Leopard
Panthera pardus
Chiroptera
Afronycteris nanus
Afronycteris nanus
Little free-tailed bat
Chaerephon pumilus
African sheath-tailed bat
Coleura afra
Cyclops roundleaf bat
Doryrhina cyclops
Straw-coloured fruit bat
Eidolon helvum
Gambian epauletted fruit bat
Epomophorus gambianus
Epomophorus pusillus
Epomophorus pusillus
Buettikofer's epauletted fruit bat
Epomops buettikoferi
Franquet's epauletted fruit bat
Epomops franqueti
Noack's roundleaf bat
Hipposideros ruber
Hammer-headed bat
Hypsignathus monstrosus
Cape serotine
Laephotis capensis
Yellow-winged bat
Lavia frons
Angolan rousette
Lissonycteris angolensis
Giant roundleaf bat
Macronycteris gigas
Azagnyi fruit bat
Megaloglossus azagnyi
Angolan free-tailed bat
Mops condylurus
Sierra Leone collared fruit bat
Myonycteris leptodon
Veldkamp's dwarf epauletted fruit bat
Nanonycteris veldkampii
Tiny serotine
Neoromicia guineensis
Bates's slit-faced bat
Nycteris arge
Hairy slit-faced bat
Nycteris hispida
Large-eared slit-faced bat
Nycteris macrotis
Rendall's serotine
Pseudoromicia rendalli
White-winged serotine
Pseudoromicia tenuipinnis
Halcyon horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus alcyone
Lander's horseshoe bat
Rhinolophus landeri
Egyptian fruit bat
Rousettus aegyptiacus
Scotonycteris occidentalis
Scotonycteris occidentalis
African yellow bat
Scotophilus dinganii
Mauritian tomb bat
Taphozous mauritianus
Naked-rumped tomb bat
Taphozous nudiventris
Erinaceomorpha
Four-toed hedgehog
Atelerix albiventris
Hyracoidea
Rock hyrax
Procavia capensis
Lagomorpha
African savanna hare
Lepus victoriae
Primates
Mona monkey
Cercopithecus mona
Lesser spot-nosed monkey
Cercopithecus petaurista
Tantalus monkey
Chlorocebus tantalus
Ursine colobus
Colobus vellerosus
Common patas monkey
Erythrocebus patas
Prince Demidoff's bushbaby
Galagoides demidoff
Senegal bushbaby
Galago senegalensis
Olive baboon
Papio anubis
Rodentia
Beecroft's flying squirrel
Anomalurus beecrofti
Lord Derby's scaly-tailed squirrel
Anomalurus derbianus
Guinean grass rat
Arvicanthis rufinus
African brush-tailed porcupine
Atherurus africanus
Emin's pouched rat
Cricetomys emini
Gambian pouched rat
Cricetomys gambianus
West African shaggy rat
Dasymys rufulus
Fire-footed rope squirrel
Funisciurus pyrropus
Gerbilliscus kempii
Gerbilliscus kempii
Lorrain dormouse
Graphiurus lorraineus
Nagtglas's African dormouse
Graphiurus nagtglasii
Gambian sun squirrel
Heliosciurus gambianus
Red-legged sun squirrel
Heliosciurus rufobrachium
Crested porcupine
Hystrix cristata
Typical striped grass mouse
Lemniscomys striatus
Heuglin's striped grass mouse
Lemniscomys zebra
Rusty-bellied brush-furred rat
Lophuromys sikapusi
Guinea multimammate mouse
Mastomys erythroleucus
Natal multimammate mouse
Mastomys natalensis
Matthey's mouse
Mus mattheyi
African pygmy mouse
Mus minutoides
House mouse
Mus musculus
Dalton's mouse
Praomys daltoni
Forest giant squirrel
Protoxerus stangeri
Black rat
Rattus rattus
Gracile tateril
Taterillus gracilis
Greater cane rat
Thryonomys swinderianus
Rudd's mouse
Uranomys ruddi
African striped ground squirrel
Xerus erythropus
Soricomorpha
Crosse's shrew
Crocidura crossei
African giant shrew
Crocidura olivieri
Climbing shrew
Suncus megalura
Tubulidentata
Aardvark
Orycteropus afer