List of Endangered species in Ghana



This is a list of Endangered species in Ghana according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Enteromius subinensis 182403 EN
Monocyclanthus vignei 32185 EN
Hunteria ghanensis 32186 EN
Dalbergia setifera 32187 EN
Hymenostegia gracilipes 32188 EN
Irvineia voltae Butterfish 182333 EN
Terminalia habeensis 32200 EN
Apodiscus chevalieri 87754196 EN
Epiplatys chaperi ssp. schreiberi 183126 EN
Chrysichthys walkeri 182745 EN
Limbochromis robertsi 182617 EN
Cola boxiana 33895 EN

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)